The Washington herald., 1911-05-27

Washington fans yesterday caught a
glimpse of a real japanese baseball team
| in action. when Georgetown defeated the
Keio University nine on TIE Hilltop dia-
mond with a rousing batting rally in the
ninth inning. final count to ,.
President Taft was scheduled to be
there but at the last minute sent word
that Mrs Taft was holding a lawn party
and insisted upon having him at her side.
| A crowd of 1900 persons turned out to
see the Japs do battle, and everybody
| left with the impression that the Orient
ais know almost as much about our
national game as We do.
| 1t has been said that over in Japan,
where baseball has been thriving for the
past ten years, the natives are sadly
lacking in the fine points of the game
and are easily caught by moth-eaten
| tricks The work of Keio University S
team yesterday hardly bears out this as
sertion. Pitcher Fukuda worked his bat
! ters like an old professional. He used
his change of pace in fine style. had
good speed. and a fine curve ball. FU-
kuda's control was perfect. not a single
Georgetown batter going to first via the
| pass route
Know Inside Baseball.
AS for quick thinking and inside base
| ball, the little fellows certainly showed
| it in almost every inning. Take the
! eighth inning for instance. Georgetown
had already scored two runs, one man
was out and second and third loaded.
| The Jap outfield. instead OF playing way
| back. crawled up to scarcely ten feet
behind the infielders They had 1t all
| figured that a long fly would score the
man on third any way. and that by
! pie wing in close a line drive might be
converted into a double play, retiring the
| side. This is exactly what happened.
| Davis drove vicious liner over the
! shortstops head. and Centerfeldsr Taxa
| hara made n beautiful catch Of II, doub-
| ling up Feenan at second.
When it comes to quick action the
| Japs take the money. In the very first
inning Tug Fury, of the Hilltoppers,
| knocked the ball over the bank in right
! field, but he got no farther than third
| base, as the ball was recovered IN a
| flash. and instead of an ordinary home
run only went for three bases.
| Catcher Miyaka. ShortstOp Sasaki, and
! Centerfielder Takahara We're the stars
! for the visitors. The catcher was sure
| death on foul flies. In the fifth he ran
| clear to the grandstand after Hunts pop
UP. How the little fellow ever got under
it still remains mystery.
| As for the game itself, Georgetown won
| by playing better all around baseball.
| The Hilltoppers outbatted and outfielded
| the foreigners, and but for an error by
Davis might have gained a shut-out.
| Coach Sprigman picked the right man
when he sent in big Dave White to>do
the twirling. White kept his six hits
well scattered and used good judgment
| at all times.
The Hilltoppers got a man to third in
the first chapter. but could not score
him. In the sixth Cogan raped out a
pretty triple and Fury was hit by a
pitched ball. No one out first and third
| occupied. But the Hilltoppers were un-
able to score. and 1t was not until the
| eighth that they broke into the run col
umn. Hunt started off this inning with
| a single TO center and stole second, he
/ took too big lead off the bag and was
nailed on a lightning throw. Cogan
dropped the ball to an unguarded spo'
| in right field and pulled up at second
Fury crashed to the left field fence
1 for a home run, scoring Cogan aheao
of him.
| Japs Score in Sixth.
/ The Japs pulled down their only tai
lies in the sixth. Kusaka started OIL
with a pretty single to right; Goto fan
ned. Sasaki was safe when Davis FUN.
bled his easy grounder. A single tc
left by Kauki scored Kusaka. and MI
yika raped out another bingle. sending
in Sasaki. Koyami grounded to White
who threw him out at first, and on thi:
play Kauki tried to sneak home only
to be caught by a narrow margin.
GEORGETOWN won the game in the fina
half of the ninth. An error by Kusaka
gave Donnelly life. White beat ou
an infield hit and Donnelly raced t.
third. Hunt drove up a sacrifice fly tt
Higo and Donnelly sprinted home witt
the much needed tally.
The Score.