Little League scores in Israel debut

JERUSALEM (AP) The Jerusalem Schleppers took the field, and itwas one, two, three strikes, you're "bahutz" at the old ball game.

Little League baseball made its debut in Israel yesterday.

No hot dog or peanut vendors were about. No one made like HarryCaray on "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." The game lasted only fiveinnings. And the jargon may have sounded strange.

But Opening Day in Israel did have its American touches:cheering fans, bats hurled in disgust by strikeout victims, screamingcoaches, a head coach from Texas and the mayor - Jerusalem's TeddyKollek - tossing the first ball.

Baseball debuted with an all-star game drawn from the …