Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-15
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! Chinese. The education of the latter
he refers to with pride, as also to the
influence which those who have al.
ready graduated have obtained In com.
mercial and governmental circles In
China.
The best Of the teams which the
All-American nine met are all, col
lege mines. made up of lads averaging
about nineteen years of age, with
none over twenty-one. Baseball has
become the national game of Japan,
and the coming generation will be
true ball-players. All available va
cant spaces, as also the public parks,
for the authorities encourage the de-
vclopment Of all sports. are filled
with junior ball teams. Some OF the
really young still dress in kimonos
and wear clogs, but the greater por-
ton are uniformed In club outfits
How many clubs there are In To-
kyo 1t would be impossible to esti-
mate. but baseball has grown to he
n large affair. The professional does
not exist as yet; but he will. En-
thusiasm runs Just as high at base
ball game in Japan as II does In
America. The last contest between
the two leading mines, Keio and Wa
soda. took place over two years ago:
before the games had finished, a reg
ular pitched battle had cnsued; since
then further contests between them
have been prohibited by their respcc-
tive faculties. At present the Keios
are conceded to be the best team In
Japan.
The visit OF the All-American team
was widely hcralded as the great
American professional team, and
these young japanese were awed and
nervous over their approaching con
test. At dinner given some nights
ago member Of the Keio team said
I'VE are insects compared with the
giants who will soon be treadlng up
on us, and, while we will do our best,
we fear we will make a sorry show
Ing" The results have not been so
lad. There was no international
courtesy about the game. The Amer
leans played ball for all they knew
how. They were, OF course, handi-
| capped by the facts OF long sea
voyage without sufficient time to get
into training, but, after all. they
were professionals. The first game
With the Wasedas resulted In a score
OF to o. and the game with the Ke-
los to 0. In the latter game Kcio
managed to hold down the All-Amer-
leans to l to o tn the eighth inning,
neither side making n safe hit until
the third.
Weak at the Bat.
The weak point OF the japanese
team is their batting. Whether their
small stature will hinder their de-
velopment in this respect remains to
be seen. Considering that they are
novices at the game, they are simply
marvellous at all the other points.
They are quick. active. and heady.
In any game OF sport with foreign
ers, their national pride assert itself.
and yet 1t is remarkable that, no mat
ter how unfair n decision may be
rendered against them. they are new
Ell kickers. The crowd may jeer. in
fact does so loudly and profusely, but
the players are trained in a military
fashion such as is never seen in an
American team. have seen the Y.
c. and A. C. Ca foreign club In Yo-
kohama) walk of the field In a poor
ly umpired game as the result OF an
unfair decision, while the Japanese
team suffered even worse treatment
the inning before and without a pro-
test.