Baseball in France.

The French army is learning baseball rapidly. They like for its speed and excitement, but they have found American terms very difficult. A poilu simply cannot wrap his tongue around such words as "catcher", "base hit", and "umpire",.

So the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club of Paris has prepared and issued a "Code Simplifie du Baseball", which renders the tongue-twisting American phrases into French. The Code "Simplifie" was first put into use recently in the Bois de Boulogne between the American Signal Disbursing team and the Triple A's. The "Code" was distributed to the French-speaking spectators. Boston Traveler.