Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-04-14
Trip of University of Chicago
Team Described.
MaInlchI Denpo Predicts Pastlme VIII
Become National Game In Mika-
dos Kingdom and Promote
Better Feeling.

Chicago baseball, OF
all games In the world the most re-
fined, the most highly organized and
the most active" is to become the ma
tiona 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 go so far as to predict that
the mikado and Uncle Sam, hands
clasped as fellow-fans, will never, new
er will utter a harsh word except, per-
haps, at the umpire.
The Mainichi Denpo, according to
translation sent to President Harry
Pratt Judson, of the University Of Chi
cago, by Montgomery Schuyler. charge
daffaires at Tokyo, and published in
the current University of Chicago
Magazine, had the following to say on
the subject:
"The American peoples own esti-
mate of baseball may not be quite un-
reasonable II we take into considera-
ton 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
eral international matches have been
held. If baseball makes progress at
this rate in this country, and II we do
not have any new international game,
then baseball will become the national
game as IL is in America.
without reference to warship
teams or professional teams, the con-
tract of American and Japanese teams
will, besides promoting the game It,
self, contribute much to a better un-
derstanding between the two nations.
THE University of Chicago team
now visiting this country consists OF
students of good moral standing and
excellent scholarship. They are real
American gentlemen whose amiability
is an object lesson to our students
We have been told that in the princi
pal American colleges students OF in
ferior scholarship can not join base
ball team no matter how good players
', they may be. Following this example
our schools have adopted a rule where
by those can not become members ol
the representative school teams. Il
will thus be seen that the evils thai
the enlightened public feared NIGH
attend the game Of baseball have beer
prevented.
'If baseball matches can be held by
| Japanese and American students whC
cross the ocean, and II thus the stu
dents of the two countries cultivate
friendship, then international baseball
matches between japanese and Amer
ican students can no longer be regard
ed as sport pure and simple.
I'VE hope that baseball in this coun
try will make sound progress amonI
our students and that we may be abl
to have more international matches
II is natural to expect in this connec
ton that the graduates OF variou
schools will make it easier to have in
ternational matches. America will fee
proud II one of her national games be
comes an international game, in whicl
the Japanese nation alone can TAX
part. If our people intend to max
baseball an international game. tn
American people will extend to U
their most cordial support"
The Japanese newspaper paid
glowing tribute to the exemplary an
sportsmanlike behavior of the Chicag
students.
Tn moments Of excitement" It sait
every person is liable to lose contrC
of his temper, and especially is thi
the case the world over with youn
men. But in many occasions Of thrill
ing excitement and close contests tn
Chicago team always maintained calm