GAT in NY Times; Greenland words

[Barry Popik]

   Greetings from Copenhagen and a really lousy computer.  I leave for
Iceland in a few hours.
   My guide wasn't too clear on port or starboard. Sorry for any error in
that message.

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BASEBALL IN 1823 NYC

   George A. Thompson's find about baseball was in Saturday's NY Times.
Must reading!
   Any other places as well?  Village Voice?  Baseball America?

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GREENLAND WORDS

   A native guide had all day and gave me these:

ICE CUBES--"Penguin candy"  or seal.

GOSSIP--"Kamik mail."  (Kamik=boots--ed.)

BUTTERFLY (ON MEN'S NATIONAL ANORAK)--"Charm pop."

"Eskimo" actually means something close to "meateater," which is why
Greenlanders prefer "Inuit" (which by the way means "human being").

"Igloo" actually means "house" in general--not necessarly "house of ice."
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