Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
WANT TO co HOME
WITH BASE BALLSTARS
Japanese Write to Mike Fisher
for Permission to Accom-
pany the American
Team.
neciaI Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
SAN FRANCISCO. July 11.-Mikt
Fisher is being deluged with letters from
Japanese who are anxious to make the
trip with the all-American base ball star:
10 Japan next fall. One letter In par
ticuIar. written by Tozan T. Masko o.
ST Louis, Mo-, who engineered the toul
of the Jap team in the east last spring
called the Mikado, will serve to show
how the little brown men are taking &c
the base ball invasion. Masko Is one OF
the first ball players that japan eve'
turned out. and he has been ian ever
since, acting as manager. umpire ano
promoter of base ball contests here as
well as in the orient. He has written
Fisher asking for the position Of inter
prefer and umpire.
He also inclosed piece OF stationery
used by the Mikado Club which is rich az
we'll as original. Here 1t is;
..Mikado's japanese base ball team was
organized in Japan during 1905 by Tozar
T. Masko Every Japanese player is full
blood Japanese. Not one OF them car
speak English. They do all their con-
versing and coaching in Japanese. and II
Is cert ainly the most Japanesy japanese
you ever listened to. There are in Japan
265 middle schools and thirty-f1ve univer-
sites at which base ball is played. Mi
kados team is composed of the pick OF
the players from these institutions. and
they have crossed the 1000 miles of Pa
cific ocean in order to reach Americs
for this tour.
Won't "Throw' a Game.
al. Under no circumstances will we
throw a game. Leaving entirely out OF
consideration the moral aspect Of the
question. dishonesty with the public Is
bad business policy.
80 Under no circumstances will we
play for a smaller admission price thar
% cents. This must be paid by every
ore, both men and women. If a game Is
worth seeing it is worth paying for.
IS We positively will not admit free OF
charge the relatives Of friends Of bal
players. managers. magnets, stockholders
or officers. We are not running chart
table institution.
~. We positively will not admit at any
stage of the game children who are un-
accompanied by their parents. Children
must be pretty small to get by our
ticket taker.
''5. We positively win not recognize sea
l
owners may have paid you, but that
doesn't do us any good.
Business Is Business"
'd Keep your gates closed until we are
on the ground ready to sell tickets and
see that we get all that Is coming to US.
We know. of course. that every one is
honest, but business Is business.
az We carry our own tickets for both
gate and grandstand We sell and you
take. When you are ready to settle count
the tickets you have taken in. figure your
share of the receipts and We pay you
instantly.
IS We always reserve the right to use
two umpires. one Of whom will be fur
nished by US.
50 Don't make contract with US un-
less you are prepared to abide by 1t In a
STRAIGHTFORWARD businesslike manner.
We expect to act honestly with you. Be
honest with us.
80 We are willing to furnish you all
the free advertising matter you can use
to advantage. But don't expect us to
pay for putting 1t up. You ought to have
enough energy to look after that your
self
III. Settlement must be made for each
game as It is played. We positively will
not wait until the end Of the series"