The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-17


schools, industrial schools. high schools
and 1 guess you will remember what a
time the University of Wisconsin base
ball team had in winning game from
any of the Japanese universities. -.
Here in the Philippines the game mas
taken a still stronger hold. 1t Is hepeo
by the government that ultimately us
popularity will be so great that II VIII
supplant cock fighting, which is now the
national sport" I'll tell you about the
cock fighting later.
1t would delight your heart and arouse
your admiration if you could see some
of these Filipino kids play baseball, ano
then realize that they have only ia the
game for a few years. They do nothn
else in their leisure time. and consequent
ly are making great progress. l saw a
game Saturday between the Phlhplnes
Trade school and hign scnool l,n tea ~
Igorrotes, Moros and Tagalogs, all dressed
up in American-made uniforms ana play
ing with the spirit and determination OF
big leaguers.
had q goodly assortment of curves; the
catcher gave signals properly, ana thSs
knew when to hit 1t out and When %
bunt. I was very much surprised at their
coached by some American college man.
Can Root as Well.
BY watching the. Americans play they
have picked up a lot of baseball slang
wnich they use continually, mixing it IN
with their excited native chatter At the
game l saw the other day you Wouio
hear sounds like this: Taga, hoy, agoWr
put her over, bonga, loo-bowa, gong
shoot 'er first cog, oWa, glass arm
Even : the little kids are all hard after
the game. Before the Americans came
native children up to the age OF 10 wore
no clothes at all. The law now requires
CO. r0ElrlT
Sometimes it will be a pair of sandals
sometimes a very short little shirt and
sometimes a straw hat, and that is abso'
lutely all. Men, women and children
smoke cigars and cigarettes.
1 actually saw land I'm going to senc
you a picture later) a little boy about
years old with absolutely nothing on bu
hat, a cigar in his mouth. Spaldins
glove on his hand, and ne was DuNnlne
'em over to a larger boy, who had Die
glove and was letting him warm up"
Another five years and ba seball Will o'
supreme here.
cockfiyhts Everywhere.
Right now cock fighting is the bis
thing. Every man has his fightinl
rooster, on which he bestows more at
tention than he does on his children. Th'
birds are trained from chickenhood vi
and are considered household pets.
They are either tethered out IN thu
front yard Ike a watch dog or given al
honored roost In the front room. At ths
end of every car line there is big cOcl
pit, with tier on tier of seats arounC
It, On Sundays and all holidays crowd:
of people, all with their ROSTERS, hike
out there, and from daylight to dark tn,
| fighting goes on. On the left leg of eacl
rooster q steel spur is fastened, foul
inches long and sharper than razor.
They have a referee In the center O
the pit, who picks out promiscuousll
from the bunch, two ROSTERS which ap
pc to be about equal in age and weight
The two owners thereupon tuck thu
chickens under their arms and step int
the middle of the ring. Each man tell
the referee how much he Is prepared u
bet on his rooster.
The rooster backed by the bigges
amount is the favorite, and the owner o
the fayorite takes off his hat so the erowt
NAV know The other owner keeps hi
on About this time pandemonium break
| loose, and for five minutes shouting
yelling and making of bets goes on. Tn
| stock exchange is as quiet as q summe
morn compared to the foolish excitem N
they work up here trying to place thai
bets. man bets on the that sn" o.
that Off rooster.
"Hat On" Starts 1t.
Finally little bell rings and the noisl
| suddenly ceases. Mr. HAT On now GOV
ers up his ROSTERS head and allows Mr.
That Offs" rooster TO peck his on thu