The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-20
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AUSTRALIANS GET
BASEBALL FEVER
Series of Exhibitions Held by
Columbia Park Boys on the
Tour of Anfipodes

The baseball team. if nothing else.
has achieved fame for the youthful
athletes of the Columbia Park boys
club on their Antipodean trip. The or
ganization always has maintained a
high baseball standard among its
ton, and its youngest team last year
was the winner of the boys league
championship.
The first game played by the young
travellers after leaving here was an ex-
hibition at Marian, New Zealand, Where
the mayor started the game by pitch
ing the first ball. 1t was the first time
that the people of this town had ever
witnessed a real game of baseball, and
it brought out a large crowd of the
townspeople.
Again at Taihape, at the earnest re-
quest of the leading citizens, the boys
gave another exhibition. The party ar
rived in Sydney on July . and the fol-
lowing day, without any preparation,
the team was called upon to play the
Paddington baseball nine, which has
won the championship of the New
South Wales baseball league for a num-
Der of years. The Nocsl lads won
handily by a score of > to 0. This game
was largely attended. as it was played
on the day of the New South Wales
and Queensland Rugby football game.
On the following Tuesday the local
lads easily defeated the University of
sydney, Is to 3. On the next Thursday
a game was arranged TO take place at
Parramatta on u slOping field. Rain
spoiled this contest, which had to be
called on account of the darkness. with
the score 8 to ) in favor of the Aus
tralians.
Melbourne was the next stop. where
the team was pitted against picked
nine representing the state OF Vic
toria.
The vietorians scored three runs in
the first inning, after that the game
settled down TO a magnificent exhibit
tion both sides, the VictOrians
finally winning, to , y second nine.
made up of Vietorians, played a few
days later, was won by Columbia Park,
Is to o. Later the first Victorian nine
met the American boys and were
beaten, to O.
From here the party journeyed to
Perth in Western Australia. On land
ing here they found that a great day
had been arranged in their honor on
the Freemantle oval. The first base
ball team organized In Western Aus
tralia made its debut, and the members
We're glad when the agony of the game
was over with a score of ~ to 0.
In the tour of South Australia, the
nine of that section was defeated. II
to O.. From Melbourne the party jour
neyed to Tasmania and in Hobart
found a warm enthusiasm existing re-
garding the national game. The first
game played was at Brown River and
was won by the local lads. IA to 0. a
game was arranged with the Launces-
ton baseball association and the Co
lumbia Parks won by a very large
score.
in all 40 exhibitions were given by
mines picked from the membership OF
the party. The results of the tours
were evident in Western Australia, for
after the game at Freemantle it was
at once decided TO adopt the American
game as a summer sport, the interest
in cricket being very small among
boys.
Upon leaving Perth James Csveny
was left behind to spend three months
coaching various mines the fine
points of the game. Perth, Freemantle
and Kalgeorlie Will all avail them
selves of Caveny's coaching. In both
sydney and Melbourne the small boys
have adopted the game and are taking
great interest in IT..