The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-12
CHINESE ARE GOOD
AT BASEBALL
oNlGNrAL TEAM NOW TOURING
UNITED STATES PUTS W 4
.clAooY GAME,

CIV u IOUk UaSeD0D
tour over the country to prove to
America that Hawaii js not so far be.
hind the times after ALL 1f the game
the Chinese coilegians play can be
taken as criterion. then Hawaii IL
more aggressive than most Americans
suspect. especially when It comes TO
baseball. The Hawaiian team displays
rather surprising knowledge Of the
great national game. Il
The way they play and their famil-
iarity with the game IL only one more
PROOF that baseball's popularity liz
reaching the International stage. TO
come right down to hard facts. there
isn't much to choose between this
rather unique team. for It's the first
Chinese college team that has ever
played In this country. and the average
| American university nine. Since they
have played In this country the Chi
nesc nine has met and defeated some
Of the speediest college tcams--which
is the best proof of its baseball intcili-
gencc.
Although strategic In their own
fashion there is a glaring absence Of
| real scientific playing. Their attack
Is steady. and while they know the
'hit and run," the "hook Slide and
other various methods Of attack. they
have not yet acquired that knowledge
OF utilizing II successfully.
Even though the little yellow men
live In far off Hawaii. nevertheless
they are up-t date in many phases OF
the game. Their coaching-that Is
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ent than that heard at an. average COL
legc game. A surprising fact IL they
are well up In the slang Of the game.
| They are snappy and gingery In
their methods and frequently one
heard such directions as these: Get
up on your toes" "hold the bag. kid"
"only takes one to hit him." "'rhat
boy. give It a ride" and other express
sions with which we are 40 familiar
And these not only come from the
coacher's lips. but the whole team
takes part In the defensive directions
when an opponent Is at bat the whole
nine helps to give the pitcher cncour-
agement They keep up running
fire with such fiery expressions as
these: ''Don't lose him." Now you've
got him." "Hc can't hit a balloon"
Keep a working there" and others Of
like consequence. They look like real
ball players all around. and every now
and then spit copiously In their gloves
just like our players do.
| In fielding the average American
college nine has nothing on the Chi
nese team. The Chinese. agile as wild
cats, follow up the ball In wonderful
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on the sensational. Their throwing is
good and accurate on the whole. Their
worst tendency IL they play the batter
instead of the runner when men are on
bases. Lack Of reliable coaching is
responsible for this. They still have
much to learn In the art of batting.
but even SO they do fairly well with
the willow. They meet the ball too
high and the consequence IL most Of
their drives go high for easy outs.
Bunting plays no part In their artil-
lery attack. their main desire being to
hit the ball as hard as possible. Also
their hits are not well placed. They
do not look for the weak spots. When
they do. hit the sphere, however, 1t goes
sailing. for they put every muscle into
play in an endeavor TO hit It hard.
Although the Chinese are the finest
of sportsmen they haven't any too
much love for their Japanese brothers.
The Waseda team from Japan played
In Honolulu last year and the game
nearly ended ID a revolution.
THAT was some game, believe me-"
declared one Of the players. ''Waseda
has a fine team. but there's too much
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They fight the umpire too much. The
umpire says one thing--the Jap an
other. We get mixed up In row and
then--woW! Big doings-tell you.
Police. they come and stop fight. Bit
ter feelings too much. Before the
game was over we thought somebody
would get hurt. No more Japs--no.
sir! II Japs played like American
boys there would be no trouble. Po-
lice won't let us play them any more
| One of the team was asked why they
didn't use their native language In
their signals. Ills reply was:
mo fair to Americans. They give
US a good deal. We do same by them
Our motto--fair. play"
| And this only goes to show their true
sporting spirit.
/ They also keep abreast OF the times.
too. In baseball. Many of them COM
mented on the Cobb incident. Try
Cobb, he great player" said one. He
1 shouldn't lose his temper and hit fan
That hurts the game. Fans ought ia
praise him and not insult him. Cobb
he's got feelings like other men: but
fans shouldn't make him mad Great
player. that fellow; Me like to bat
Il like him."
Il On the bases the men are lively. but
there is no thought attached to their
movements. They are reckless base
runners and easy prey for cunning
pitchers and quick infielders. with
better knowledge they would do much
n better.
II Under the circumstances the Chi
nese boys play a very good game. Ed
ward X. C. Yap. who is managing the
team. examined the college baseball
situation In Hawaii. Young Mr.. Yap
In an intelligent Celestial and speaks
English fluently. He said: since
we have been In this country the thing
l have noticed about your college
teams Is they are better trained. AT