Base Ball, Trap Shooting and General Sports
BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS. Volume 47—No. 18. Philadelphia, July 14, 1906. Price, Five Cents. ACROSS THE SEA. BRUSH'S BELIEF BASE BALL MOVEMENT GROWING IS THAT THE YOUNGER LEAGUE IN OLD ENGLAND. IS ON THE WANE. America's National Game, Which A. The New York Chief Quoted as De G. Spalding Introduced Two De claring That the American League cades Ago, Is at Last Gaining Has Let Itself Gradually Drift Into Appreciable Ground in Britain. a Secondary Position. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. BY CHARLES ZITHER. London, England, June 2S.—In the few Cincinnati, O., July 10. — President Weeks that have elapsed since the John T. Brush, of the New York first news was published of steps world's champion club, recently sound taken to introduce base ed to me the decadence ball in England the ex of the American Leagrue. pectations of those who The New York magnate are behind the movement expressed to me his be have been more than re lief that Ban Johnson's alized.. Several new teams organization is deterior have been formed and ating. As a, support to the interest shown by his statement he cites the public in the first the poor work done by exhibition game shows the Boston Americans, that from the spectacu with all its alleged stars, lar point of view also this season; the slump the sport is rapidly of the Washing-tons; the "catching on" here. Nel failure of the Clevelands A. G. Spalding son P. Cook, who hails last year; the poor start John T. Brush from Vermont, and has of the New York Amer- been most active in the formation of leans, and the recent tumble of the the base ball association, spoke en Athletics.
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