The Washington times., 1907-12-26
BETWEEN OLYMPIC MANAGER AND ATHL ETES GROWS WIDER
Great American
Game Spreading
All Over Globe
Baseball Popular in Japan.
Australian League
Proposed.

| Baseball is now fiourishing n many
! foreign countries. and It is believed that
/ In time the game Will be played in every
| country Is. the world
According to a letter from Sydney,
New South Wales, all efforts are now
| being directed toward getting the public
school boys interested in tire game. In
/ Sydney eighteen teams occ rpy the dia-
mond every Saturday afternoon during
| the winter. and II more ground was
I available more players would probably
| be identified with the sport. In Mel
bourne. Victoria, and the southern state,
I many teams also play regularly every
Saturday afternoon, and the public is
being attracted for the reason that the
! teams get chance OF playing in ad-
vance of the football matches, which
are literally patronlzed.
Flourishes in Tasmania.
In. Hobart. Tasmania. baseball has
! been successfully inaugurated this year.
and is being played with great success.
II is also conspicuous at Newcastle. New
South Wales. and for a season flour
ished in Brisbane the capital OF Queens
land. but owing 10 the scarcity OF
grounds and the migration OF the pio-
neers IL fell through Every year an
interstate series Of games is played be-
tween Victoria and New South Wales
1 In each capital city alternately and
players travel 600 miles and pay their
own expenses 10 indulge in the contest
Many Of the leading cricketers take part
in the games.
Il Is expected that at no distant day
- "a 3ssrL IL. -. =
basis, and in this direction the New
South Wales Association has been doing
good work, and the present position OF
the game there Is principally due 70 the
efforts OF the association.
Japs Interested.
In Tokyo. Japan. much interest is
manifested in the game. A series OF
contests between nine from st. Louis
and Hawaii players, received detailed
Erite-ups, with Illustrations. The Tokyo
hokumin tNation). A leading newspaper
Of japan. gives the following account
of the first match. translated freely.
after describing the elaborate decora- /
tions Of the Keio grounds for the oc-
casion. the arch OF welcome erected in
honor Of the visitors, the yelling crowd
Of students and the great assemblaEe
Of spectators. the Nation says,
'As the 81. Louis nine entered through
the arch great shout Of welcome was !
given them by the thousands assembled !
The visitors practiced little before the |
game. Pitcher Lgeslic's throwing was
wonderfully quick and his speed sur
prised the KeiO players. The batting I
order OF the Hawaiian team showed its :
tactics, the Cainaman. En- SUe. noted 4
as a fast runner, coming first 10 bat be- I.
cause they wanted 10 utilize his speed !
and bunt 20 put him to first in safety I.
He bunted. rs was expected. and ran 4
Ike an arrow. vi N within twelve 4
feet Of first base ne threw himself along I
the ground His speed was simply won I
derfui He stole down 20 second and 4
on the catCher's error got 20 third He 4
came home on a hit from Bushnell. The I
tactics were splendid.
"In the ninth both sides had scored I
the same. and IL was decided 10 play on. 4
KeiO Rooters.
Now the Keio rooters picked UP cour- 4
age. again and began their college yeus.
hlnng the grounds with their voices. .
This weakened the spirit CT the Ha- 4
waiisns. and Fernandez. who was
staining on the coaching line. making T.
horrible noises, which caused laughter
among tho spectators. became quiet
Yet the Hawaiians showed much spirit 4
and many feared that they would win.
But in the thirteenth Keio succeeded in
getting some OF the Hawaiians ratified 4
and brought i'm two runs. thus settling
the destiny Of tie day. In the tenth /
and eleventh innings the Hawaiians
came up strong, but never until they
had two men out. when il was too late
Perhaps the spectators who had /
heard reports about the Hawaiian team
we're surprised at the result OF course.
the ability Of the team cannot be Judged /
altogether on the first game. but as a
team they are not perfect. Pitcher Ioki
threw splendidly and his opponents were
bothered with his curves. even the
strongest batters among them beiag
fooled by his magical throws That Mr.
Evers, before the game. was struck I'm
the stomach and had his wind knocked 1
cut. was not a good omen for the Ha-
waiian team. Perhaps today was an
on day for the Hawaiians and they may
come up stronger later.
Thirty Cents the Price.
The Waseda players were among the
careful Observers Of today and they
may have gained some pointers. There
were about 5000 at the game. charged
on an average Of 30 cents each If the
Hawaiians make a better showing with
WaSeda, pne game viii become very !
popular and there will be enough money
TO pay the expenses of the -rRWaiian
team
Mike Fisher. the San Francisco mag
nate. has taken a team TO Honolulu and
from there they will go on to japan 1
There they will play with the best /
teams which can be found iIs the en-
plre OF the rising sun, and then so on
still further.
Manila will be Fishers next objec-
tive point. and there he expects to make
"a great hit There are enough Amerf- /
cans In the city TO make sure OF a good
picked team TO play against. and there
should be big crowds ready 20 pay ad-
missions 10 see q team of champions |