SOFTBALL DIFFERENT NOW
-- i The growth of softball in W'ellington has been exceptional, despite the limi- : tations imposed by the lack of playing facilities. There are 53 teams in action-r e\ ery Haturday afternoon states Sports Post. ' Tlie game is well established in the ! | schools, 18 of which now engago in seri- j ous softball. Conipetitions are lield ' e\ery Weduesday, and on Saturday mprnings 200 boys play in extra-school games. • i Softball liere ha.s been developing | according to New Zealand vstandards. | All Ainericanisms, such as talking back i and arguing with the umpire, have been i dropped. Actually the American invas- j ton did the game serious liarm. Those ! who saw and l'heard" the play were j lukewarm in their interest and tlie New | Zealand association had to bear wjitb poiuted criticism. But todnv the game ! has emerged as one admirably suited to | New Zealand speetator ta-stes *and j standards, a game free from the bally- j lioo that is an integral a part of the | American game.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 March 1946, Page 6
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