Show 1 I 1 FIRST ST I 1 THING 1 I p FRENCH P LEARN I 1 IN I 1 I 1 BASEBALL IS HOW TO CUSS POOR UMPIRE I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 Z I 1 1 I 1 1 7 4 54 1 t 11 I 1 WN I 1 5 I 1 I 1 A 11 4 f e I 1 I 1 t 41 1 1 I 1 1 ii I 1 5 I 1 I 1 t it I 1 77 7 e I 1 j i 1 i a 1 1141 1 IV 1 I 1 1 av I 1 1 A 11 ai f 1 I 1 I 1 if I 1 1 Y al 1 1 I 1 X 1 a I 1 A I 1 7 t um I 1 i ep 6 J N 1 14 P 4 1 I 1 il t ii 1 I 1 11 e e r C I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 kl 1 I 1 I 1 41 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 aiji I 1 3 r V x 1 11 16 fal 11 10 I aj 4 t nf I 1 k 4 1 I 1 N L i alf va V 4 1 iv 7 1 J 16 1 0 ia 8 I 1 1 A X r if 4 i ra na I 1 Z I 1 it I 1 ay iy 4 1 M I 1 5 Z ako 1 J 1 I 1 i A r J I 1 1 ln N M Z D 14 1 4 I 1 11 11 1 11 11 1 K 4 11 1 X I 1 I 1 1 i 1 4 0 AMERICAN SAILORS atil AND SOLDIERS IN FRANCE about ab P atthe the first thing French rench pot lus lua learned of tho the great american gamauf baseball after the it gitary ary had orde ordered reil that they be instructed by yankee sol I 1 dier adler details was wa s to 60 cuss the Lka ip pire lre the cans consider this 6 sign of distinct t pi progress ogress among thir pupils and they lia have redoubled doubled their efforts to drill into them the finer points of tild the game and baseball lins has token big with the french and even now there Is talk folk of I 1 all efte rahe the war league national national with paris marseilles Marsell fes lyons toure strassburg bardea bordeaux ux and other french rr ench cities composing the circuit t sport was Wai needed the time the work or fl Ailt law put a damper on the sport in hi th the e states who had seen the ifie americans Americ hns playing in evera ever place lh ce or inmost in most of the cilles and villages of franco france decided that li it was a sport conducive to phy needed in military training and they asked the ille american authorities for details to ibach teach their men the game practically every french I 1 barracks behind the lines was given ft a detail from the american comi commands mands they procured the equipment and issued guide guidd books I 1 written ln in french forthe ers I 1 1 I 1 the procedure of the ille instruction jit at one of the ca may he fe considered typical of the ahe hundreds of instruction camps inaugurated during the summer Instruct instruction fon begins I 1 early in august the detail of ofin in tors first appeared an on ad an amp ampro ro I 1 I 1 diamond on the beach and went through rudimentary explanations with athletic instructors land men from SO 30 regiments as eager scholars three classes of mote more than fifty dion men each puzzled avci intricate explanations for jorty forty minutes oil each the american da tall fall tipp appealed eared twice al n week thereafter and with the aid of their guide books the began biegan to absorb such phrases as out at af first only if was hors sur sui to ie prem premiere lere base baid at tile lie end of three weeks practice the file french cli soldiers learned many of the flue fine pol points I 1 ants of the game an and were here thoroughly imbued wl with th tile the spirit of t the lie great american pastime after the first lesson teams were organized wid and a series erles of games played allowing the men to to learn the game gam e from experience and not from observation plays being explained as the game progressed I 1 instruction discontinued I 1 I 1 As the soldiers spend but from three to six weeks beeks at the headquarters for physical instruction it vaa found necessary to discontinue the instruction st september 13 11 on that day six teams representing the three regions from which the 30 dran met inet in a three game gamb be series ries they were vero able top to play lay an average of 3 82 innings in the 40 minute period w aich Is not bad for beginners 7 are they learning the game yes swear the yankee anstr instructors actors for in the last laft garrie game one gollu protested with I 1 i pit all the vigor of to active arms and a lot of french u lien an american corpo corporal ful acting as arb arbiter lter called him out on a close decision ailt at fast 1 r I 1 I 1 at |