An interesting feature in the coming season's programme will be the possibility of a British Army team entering the City League A@ the Durham Light Infantry have a desire to take up the great American pastime, Mr. T. F. Mullahey, hon. secretary of the American Association, has already addressed an invitation to Major E. T. Heslop to attend or to send a representative to today's conference.
Mr. Mullahey promised to give the British soldiers every possible assistance in forming a team, including provision for securing experienced ball players to act as coaches and structors, paying special attention to explaining the technicalities of the game.
Should the plan materialize and the Durhams enter a team in the League it would not only set a precedent in Shanghai that a British service team had competed but it would probably be the first occasion in the entire British Army, history that a soldier squad has contended in any official baseball tournament outside of the British Isles New Blood The American will have to rely on new blood this summer, owing to the departures of several former star performers, As yet the strength of the griffins remains an unknown quantity, but as a good number of aspirants are anxious to undergo the test, the team still have high hopes of getting into top form capable of giving the other contenders the characteristic fight.
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