The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-11
Fast Playing by the Chinese
Students From Hawaii
PLEASED MANY BARRE FANS
Visitors from the Orient Showed They
Knew the Game and Batted Wea-
ferris Offerings With Unusual
Hardness.

To many, the Chinese baseball team
which defeated the Italian A. c. at the
]. A. c. baseball park off Berlin street
yesterday afternoon by score OF to >
was a disappointment but to the major.
ity Of ono of the largest crowds that
have gathered at the park this summer
the work of the Hawaiian islanders wa;
Impressive. The disappointed are mum
bored among those that eongregated very
early with the idea of witnessing a
bunch of 18th century Chinese elfigies
running around with their solemn regard
for the AIanchurian race dangling from
their top pieces. Many expected to hear
The visitors prancng up and down the
coaching lines pouring forth lot OF
wash talk and conyersing in the laundry
dialect.
No, the Chinese baseball club was
composed of Hawaiians Of Chinese de-
scent. who have been thoroughly educat.
ed at the Hawaiian university Of Homo
lulu to the language, customs and man
ners of the American people. There
was a marked absence of the laundry
chatter when the team was in action.
Almost all the communication between
the players was through the medium
of the tongue of the United States. eX.
cept when in distress the signals of Con-
fucius were brought into use.
Every man in the visitors lineup was
well versed in the rudiments of our ma
tiona game and handled himself with
ease in his position. They are very fleet
Of foot, being exceptionally fast in get
ting away from the mark At the bat,
many hits We're credited to them by their
remarkable speed IN making first on in
Geld hits. In the field they are alert
They possess the quick action and mo-
tions that characterize the playing of the
foreign disciples of A. G. Spaulding.
The game was practically won in the
opening inning by the Chinese team by
pilimg up four runs before the local team
was aware of their predicament. The
-four runs We're scored on three hits, two
of them of the scratch order, base on
balls and three errors. Giuseppe Wea-
feri, who has not been in the best of
shape all season, was ordered to pre-
scribe for the yellow peril and after the
first two innings the fans We're reminded
of the work of Weaferi of the last two
years. Giuseppe steamed over a varied
assortment, which the small band of
fasteners had great difficulty in con
Meeting with.
The Hawaiians We're represented on
the mound by three of their box staff.
Apau was the first one in action. He
had varegated line Of shoots, ocea
sionaly heaving the splitter. He was
withdrawn in the second inning with two
out and replaced by V. Ayau, the most
versatile player on the team. The little
shortstop did very we'll until the sew
enth inning, and then he began to grow
wabbly. The signal was out for his der.
ricking. Kan Yen ascending the young
hill, and he held the Barre team at bay
to the end.
The visitors made two clever double
plays. In the first inning Davidson had
reached first base on free ticket. Cal
,agni was attempting to sacrifice the
head of the batting order to second.
ECaF popped foul to the catcher. All
Toon turned at the crack OF the bat,
and stepping few feet snaked the ball
with his uncovered hand Turning, he
mapped the ball to first, doubling David
ION. Again in the second, another double !
a rally of the l. A. c. boys, !
tbs play narrowly averted being turned
into triple
The rumor was cast abroad that the