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Show BASEBALL AT ITS BESTJN JAPAN Chicago. Feb. 23. Fred Merrlneld, former University of Chicago baseball base-ball star, who i& teaching school In Japan, bourns tho island empire as a safe resort for umpires in an article wiiiten for the current number of tho University of Chicago Magazine. Mer-rlfleld Mer-rlfleld saj s he has umpired games for three years In Japan, and the worst "kick" he ever received was a polite and mild protest, Merrlflold says baseball base-ball Is one of the beat Influences in the life of the young Japanese. |