The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-08-03
BASEBALL IN JAPAN |

Trip Of University Of Chicago
Team Described.
MalnlehI Denpo Predicts Pastime viii
Become National Game In Mika.
doe Kingdom and Promote
Better Feeling. CO.,
Chicago.-''Honorable baseball, Of
all games in the world the, most re-
lined. the most highly organised and
the most active" IL to become tho ma
uonal game Of Japan.
Daily newspapers Of the island en-
pire. commenting with enthusiasm up.
on the recent visit Of the University
OF Chicago baseball team, declare this,
and then 90 so far as to predict that
the mikado and Uncle Sam. hands
,clAsped a. fellow.fans, will never, new
ior will utter a harsh word except, per
sAaps. at the umpire
The Mainichi Denpo, according to a
translation sent to President Harry
Frat Judson. Of the University Of Chi.
oago. By Montgomery Schuyler. charge
d'afaires at Tokyo, and published In
the current University Of Chicago
Magazine, had the following to say on
the subject:
The American peoples own est.
mate Of baseball may not be quite I'm.
}fvasonable II we take into considerar
ltion the fact that Of all foreign games
adopted BY our students baseball IS
the most popular and attracts the larg:
est number Of spectators, and that sew
ieral international matches have been
held. Il baseball makes progress al
this rate In this country, and II We do
not have any new international game,
then baseball will become the national
game. a. It r. in America
Without reference to warship
teams or professional teams, the con.
tract Of American and Japanese .s...al
iwtll. besides promoting tk:ss game II
Iesh, contribute mucss to q better I'm,
dsrstanding between the two nations.
The University Of Chicago team
nov visiting this country consists Of
I1tudents Of good moral standing and
|e1cellent scholarship. They are real
American gentlemen whose amiability
% an object lesson to our students.
I'VE have been told that In the princi.
lpal American colleges students Of IN, |
lfsrtoe scholarship can not Join base
bali team no matter how good players
they may be. Following this example,
par schools have adopted rule where
~ those can not become members Of
ltas representative school teams. II
VIII thus be seen that the evils that
the enlightened public feared might
attend the game OF baseball have been
prevented.
II baseball matches can be held by
Japanese and American students who
GROSS the ocean, and II thus the stu.
dents OF the two countries cultivate
ffiendship, then international baseball
matches between japanese and Amer.
lean students can no longer be regard.
~ - sport pure and simple.
We hope that baseball in this coun.
" VIII make sound progress among
our students and that We may be able
q have moro international matches. +
Il II natural to expect in this connec.
ton that the graduates Of various
schools viii make It easier to have in.
fetnatfonM matches. America will feel
proud Il ono Of her national games be
somes q international game, in which
tho Japanese nation alone can take
part Il our people intend to make
baseball an international game. the
American people viii extend to us
ehstr most cordial support"
The Japanese newspaper paid 4
glowing tribute to the exemplary and
DpoFtsmanlike behavior Of the Chicago
Dtudents. ss.
IA moments Of e1oitement," It said.
eetsry psrson Is liable toiose control
= shiS temper, and especially II this
~ case the world over with young
men. But IN many occasions OF thrill.
NJ excitement and close contests tho
c1lcaSo team always maintained cain,
gsntl6manly attitudes. Not . word Of .
Mnguage came out Of their I
A. II
the United statss, the east !
u lnas almost . monopoly Of polite
assG md refinement. The west ID zen. 8
rally considered - rough and unre
aned. hut from this west We had the
,laaeafe md satisfaction Of welcom.
u hefe 8 bissball team most *. 2
l10la13 not only IN the skill Of the
N but alSo IN their conduct on the
l111
they have given 10 vsTy useful lss'
Ions n many Ways. and especially 70
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