Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-14

When Bret Harte wrote the above verse
il is hardly probable that he had ever
seen a Chinese base ball team perform.
but his words are certainly just as APP
propriate in that sense as to a seven up
game: il anything. more so. The nine
composed of Chinese which played at
Georgetown yesterday had all the req
uisites to which a similar verse might
be dedicated. 1t kept its style of play
in the dark. had tricks galore and surely
played most peculiar game.
There were no two innings in which
the Hawaii nine played the same kind
OF q game. It was one complete attempt
to trick the Blue and Gray bunch, and
many times success attended the efforts.
flee and the first and third basemen
PLAYED close. then ii was that the brown
men swung hardest at the ball, and vice
versa Once when Georgetown men were
looking for the batter to clout the ball
he laid down a perfect bunt along the
third base line. and as fast as Davis IS
he did not get TO the ball before the run
ner was at first. 1t was bunt with two
or one or none down: the Chinese team
seemed to have no preference, just 50
there was a chance to fool the opposing
players.
On the base lines there were continual
attempts on the part OF the Chinese nine
TO draw throws. which they did at times
and which gave them several runs. In
the field there were little Intentional slips
that gave plenty of opportunity for the
Blue and Gray men to place themselves
in a hole. The center fielder, Sing Hung.
had a way of catching fy balls with men
on the bases which had the appear
ance OF ira pping or dropping the ball. 1t
was an attempt to get the Georgetown
runners to leave the bags with the idea
that the ball had been missed.
The 'shortstop uncorked new way of
playing that position with q man on hrst.
Instead Of shifting the least bit at the
sign to waste the ball he would main
tain q position within two or three feet
Of the ball during the entire time that
first base was occupied. 1t made 1t much
easier for him to receive a throw from
home. but 1t left a lot of room for the
hit and run play through the position he
had practically left vacant.
Yes. there was some peculiar base ball
uncorked by that team, but il was all
that made 1t able to play on even terms
With the Blue and Gray nine. 1t was by
taking advantage of the little slips on
the part Of Georgetown that the Chinese
nine was able to make the showing IL
did Georgetown looked much the strong
er team. both in the field and at bat,
but 1t was in the really finer points that
the foreign aggregation showed to adj
vantage. just the part OF the game In
which 1t would not be expected to do
much.
None of the pitchers used by the
Chinese team seemed to have much on
the ball, but they were continually out
guessing the batters. Time and again the
Georgetown men would swing at balls
that were not good by feet simply be-
cause they had been fooled.
There were times. though. when the Blue
and Gray men hit in mighty hard luck.
Once with two men down and third and
second occupied. DAILY hit the ball at the
second baseman on Inc at about
m.le-a- minute gait. On two other occa-
sions line drives were hit directly at
somebody when men were on the bases.
Kan Yen. who did the catching for the
Chinese team, had a good arm and was
able TO shoot the ball down to second on
a line, but IL generally went into center
field He had little or no control over the
ball after il left his hand.
l. Tin. who held down third, was in the
main responsible for almost every run
scored by Georgetown. Poor throws TO
FIRST by him at different stages OF the
game gave the Blue and Gray chances
for runs that were made and which II
otherwise would not have scored. The
youngster when he threw to first as soon
as he got hold OF the ball always made a
perfect throw. but whenever he took time
to steady himself IL was practically i'm
possible for him 10 get the ball anywhere