The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-28
ATHLETICS III JAPAN.

Between 'Japs and Foreigners.
These extracts from a letter from an
eaerican now in Japan show the sort
Z me that foreigners are living in the
rnd OF the Mikado in wal time:
1okohama.-YOu at home must re-
ira my present location here near
me capital Of Japan as the ideal one
sor . letter writer. But instead Of the
8s.uai lack Of inspiration, the traveller
VINO writes from here is up against
something almost as discouraging-
= task Of selection. / cannot write
1ou any more definite or accurate
news OF the war thaa you are probably
lsetting In the papere; and as you most
lslkely find that quite sufficiently tire
some. ! shall content myself this time
WITH giving you a few pointers on the
Nay we Amuse ourselves here.
WfIle the war goes merrily on over
mere en- the mainland-and you who
watch from the other side Of the globe
may not realize that the "seat of war
~ nearly . thousand miles from the
kAikado's capitalize people at home
Iare carrying on their usual business
With very nearly the usual quiet and
Eoroer. OF course there is an occasion
~ outburst Of enthusiasm, but the Japs
nave settled down to business in .
kvery quiet and truly b~usinesslike man.
(ner. All We Of the foreign colony find
fume Tor our OWE amusements In our
kcwn way.
Outdoor sports are the thing now.
land rowing, yachting md baseball &C.
lcupy q spare moments. A few days
ago the Yokohama Rowing club held
I1ts annual spring regatta. The wealth
ker was nne and the waters of the bay
were dotted over with Y!easure craft.
native and foreign. 4 good sized
ycsOwd attended. with q fair sprinkling
lot women. There was music by .
hand. the races were holly contested.
fAnd altogether It was . jolly and high
~ successful occasion.
u There rel single and double SOULS
and fOurs for the Europeans, q couple
ri yacht races and . contest for native
Sefews. The great event came on the
Rocond day Of the regatta, when Yoko-
MANA rather easily beat the crews
which had come up from Kobe for ths
Ianter.port races. which occasion caused
considerable keen rivalry. That even.
ing We Of Yokohama entertained the
visitors from Kobe and consoled them
31or the defeat we had administered
EARLIER In the day, with . good dinner
sand : play at the public hall.
On Saturday there were some good
kyAcht races: but the moss interesting
contest Of the season was the baseball
I Dame between teams from the Toxic
! High school and the Yokohama club.
The w~esterners seemed to be badly in
fpeed Of practice, and while they made
slome good individual plays they had
2 team work: and the little Japs, who
kSed . surprisingly clean. fast
beat them by . Of 8 10 0.
yfI6re u the lineup Of the Toxic team
sEthe names look queer enough. quite
contrast to the Irish list Of . league
sam at home:
kcbayashi. cf.............s ngiura. Is.
pakano. 1b........... Morepdsumi, II
lur00a, Tashiro, n
rhikewA, 1b..........s.... UyenO, 81,
pnuishi, c.
&Kobayashi Was Tokio's star at thu
and Mollison, who played third
"a Yokohama, put up : snappy field
III game. Toxic made six Of her runs
= the Arst four innings, the game af
49, that being very close. with no runs
01copt the two for the high school 10
41o ninth. In the third tho foreigner
pe = : neat double play: In the
birth they were up in the cir. and the
Ex3Gp6 Tailed four runs. fhe NTH in
x1ng ~ the fastest a the game,
%sEo110 being retired wien only four
ms pitched.
he Japs went into tie game with
4oAt spirit. and while their playing
Won1dn't be regarded q very formid,
0ble IN the States. It vas about q
1ood q the average high school d
$500 pufs up: ana to zee such IN ex
11blt1on ~ the little OrieMaals wal {
Sevelntion.
Il = 20 wonder that thee people
|zote able 70 lace great big hsssia and
~ her % much trouble. sors tAey
oom - catch on to modern Ways a
llng things very quickly ana easily
- are determined to suceese ID ~
undertake.
I - polleo Newfoundland
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