Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-18
JAP TEAM WINS
ITS FIRST GAME
TAKE H0N0RS FROM HIGH
SCHOOL NINE
BROWN MEMS CLEVER WORK
Hit the Ball at Will and outplsy the
Prep. School 5oys-kono
Strikes Out Nine
BROWN MEMS CLEVER WORK


port of several hundred of their fell
low countrymen. the Japanese baseball
team which had been junketing about
the northern part of the state for sew
eral weeks won their first game played
in Southern California yesterday after
noon at Fiesta park The little brown
men wearing the uniforms of the Uni
versity of Waseda. Toxic, convinced
the skeptics that they knew q thing
or two about the national game
themselves, and also that they can ap-
ply their knowledge with material re-
suits.
Subjects of the mikado from all the
nearby towns made forced march on
Fiesta park, and when the first inter-
national baseball match game In Los
Angeles was called by Umpire Ireland
there were several hundred of the Wa
seda hackers lending voice to their
confidence that the prep school lads
would have to yield to the assaults
Of the Japanese batteries.
It was fondly expected that the little
brown men couldn't get aboard a
curved ball with the billet, but the
manner in which they leaned up
against the choicest productions of
Mr.. Thompson will make the high
school boys rather conservative when
they discuss this question hereafter.
1t was the first of the series that
the Japs are to play in Los Angeles,
and their future opponents were all
on hand to get a line on the Japs
ability in knocking the sphere out Of
the lot" and other baseball dOings Of
a kindred nature. And the Japs made
good, although it must be admitted
that the high school boys put UP an
odorous exhibition of ball playing and
that the men from the Orient scored
their winning runs on an error by the
high schools third baseman.
A large delegation of high school
rooters were on hand to cheer on the
warning hosts from the high school.
but the fates decreed that the little
ball binglers from the other side of
the pond should walk away with the
long end of the score.
The Japs made a sucucessful charge
of horse, foot and heavy artillery in
the first inning, bringing two men over
the terminal rubber. Thompson took
to issuing transportation in the initial
round and forced one of the Russian
he cd
his amble by dint of timely stick
welding. In the last inning the Japs
had the laddies from the school on the
hill Kuropatkined and skeered 20
death. They bumped the sphere around
a-plenty, and lent variety to the meet
ing by inducing the prep commando
to sling the ball any old place.
In the last period with a gentleman
named Yamawaki holding down the
second spot and another Nippon patriot
yclept Ohara clinging to the third pill
low, Arte Tzumataui clouted the
sphere on a line to Childs who appeared
on the third corner for the high school
detachment. Childs failed to basket
the ball and became peevish and an
noyed thereat and so, when he did
grab the pesky thing, he passed It
several versts over the initial sacker' :
head allowing the two Japs on the
bases to complete their walk around
and also presenting the visiting Or
ganization collectivel with the game
IA most commendable and hospitable
act considering it would manifestly be
impossible to present them with nice
live Russian.
Pitcher KOno who jambs 'em over
for the Toxic town nine was a most
unexpected surprise to the ball basters
who imbibe knowledge at the local
high school. They touched him for a
total of five hits and three runs and
but for the unlucky error in the last
inning might have had a chance to up
hold the honor of their school. But the
Japs came along with neat and nifty
pOkes when they were needed and had
things about their own way through
out the entire course of the seance.
O'Hara, it's said he is known as Pat
in Toxic town, but there are doubts
played a nice game for the Japs
but the honor OF the day went tc
Kono who passed them over for tbs
Oriental ball basters.
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