The sun., 1910-10-09

TRs CsIIewe NIss- mat GhIsagss Player,
Are Nesalng

The I nivsrsitv Of thicagu baseball team.
whivh - touring in Jauan n'w ani Won 49,
hT-t isO RAm-- plaveI wrh university
teams 'r-r~. - up asain-t The l->t that
iapan 'sa produce IN ~" way ~ college
hiu-- Iu the Japan if.'~f.-sr 81 Trc~n.
date Spp-ar, a Js-rripi iou 81 10" h-i" amt
Ma--dA tpsn- n appsar- from this ar'i'i"
thai the krio team - strong with the hat
Nhich most lRpans-- teams are not The
OrisniAls ,uStoma riiy are good n"ldei-.
Nefy alert and fast eu Tho base~ too. b't not
strong hi'tsr- The description of The tvo
college teams the Chicasoan~ are mes'ing
fOlloNS u will be noticed thrN have hasa
ban lanSuaR~ IN Japan too
-k~io AMI Ms-.ia are both in eN"~ll"E Et
conditioa aud not day has been lo-' ~'n'-
September l that each team has not gone
through three or four hour ot strenuous
peTfcCtinR practice lhe Ma-eda team has
lust returned from a two months hall trip
80 the HAN auan Islands. where they NOR
than held their own With al the teams that
we're brought out TO meet them
ION the last Of August the keio team in
iis FIRST game since the summer NAcauon
defeated the crack nine of the nited states
cruiser New Orleans hy the score of . 10 ,.
and this Vas the mr., game that The sailor
team had lost oW Of twenty riavei this
season. nineteen consecutive matches haV-
Ing been Won from almost a many different
mss al % SsS ~ % IN. and ~" s Of ." .yr% n"
port visited bV the cruiser this summer
The NO team PLAYED great hall 'ha,
the sirons~~i aud Just Al The point a wear
ago considered ~ he their weakest st tho
ba' ISo hass.r and : HON. run when
si'Ssr 1UdEin from that game and "om,
pariag the play OF the k.,o team .iih their
work OF n year ago against the W. ons,n
team they have Improved considerably
especially IN their stick work. whhh wa-
a. time. wofully weak during the series
The Kaio team Ia pract icAllv composed
Of Veterans. Takahama, captain of last
Nurakami. hr-i baseman last year being
the only members OF last years nine who
viii he found misslng when keio m"e,s
places were substitutes on last years
team and both PLAYED in games against
hsSs nS nsh si.sSn.,eiy % nIIed % 1h. piirhap. so4
for Keto during the las, three years will
face the Chicago batsmen this fall with an
added year OF experience
Both ar. shONIns cHCellent form a.
present apd marked Improvement IN their
apeed and control The work of the giant
Sssaat. another Ksio veteran. l. again az
.noTtstop end has lost none Of his old form
& Hs s Snd2nsisdiy the o,,, es-' al a, around l,s
any time he could get his passport kanki.
~ IutFu bose onu VINO fhtfhms lne ieuhs
ia hardly q whit less halter than SaSak'
and In seneralshlp and stick work even
has 4 shade on him
The Nassda team since their return
from Honolulu look ~. but keio biz
the better Of the two The NaS~da men
have had gone excellent experience and
practice while in Hawaii This summer
and even though they don't look quite
a. good a. keiO Chicago viii have TO he
mighty careful not TO he caught mapping
" hon they mes'
-iamawaki is the only member Of the
NASsda team which met the badgers last
wear who was graduated last June lisposI-
'ion was behind the bat and he had the
reputation Of being one OF the best IN Japan
who l. also n pitcher. has taken
NAmAwAkis place Tie has PLAYED on the
vi redA team for three years and ~ an eN-
rellent all round man Oi. another Of the
pitchers. had the misfoTtune 10 Iniure his
arm Last year and " 10 doubtful whether
he could last nine innings against the
AAroOns lie is powerful and sure hitter,
however. and when not IN the box viii
probably be found In the out field
Omura Masedas third pitcher. has
EXCELLENT control Ne pitched the only
game against Wisconsin last year
robIta, who is The captain. ~ ono OF the
besi batters on the team His regular
position 10 at frs, Hara. ~ second ha-a,
il the beat all around man on the team.
being quick and active. fukahoft. who
plays In the outhsld. was awarded medal
on leaving Honolulu last month for head
ng the batting percentage during the
went odd games played there