The Archive · 1939

Baseball Popularized

The news that baseball. America's national game, has gained a firm footing in Australia and South Africa has created quite a stir among the ever-growing number of baseball players and fans "in this country, where. several. baseball leagues operate, Players are already discussing the possibility of visits from Dominions for a series of. Test matches, With cricketer Dudley Nourse captain of the Natal baseball team, and tennis player H. C. Hopman leading the Australians, v such tours. seem not improbable: and crowds would flock to see such favourites: in a different sphere, Baseball failed to take a frm grip in England when it was first in-about six years ago... After

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