The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-11
ALL CHINESE ARE
DRAWING CARD
Miles Of Press Dope GOlnn Out
About Them-Praise Is
General.

Kcios, nor the wasedas never got
half the press notices nor the
good stun that il coming the way OF
the Honolulu Chinese baseball team
now touring tho states. All the papers
that come to Honolulu from wherever
the boys have played are full of inter
esting accounts Of the team and the
playing Of the Chinese lads.
The following write-up, taken from
the New York Sun of May %, will be
found very interesting reading:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Brackity.de-ax de-ax,
Higgity-H oggity- Highly Hog
Chinese Ball Team.
Rahl Rah! Rahl
Imagine awakening some quiet night
and hearing this shouted in squeaking
tones under your boudoir window!
There would be no cause for alarm,
however, and it would be needless to
phone to police headquarters and ad.
wise the officers of the law that fresh
tong war had broken out, for this in
nocent conglomeration of "iibber iab.
Der" is simply college yell. 1t ism t
as terrifying as it sounds when bunch
of leather unged Celestials get together
and spin it off-only the college yell of
the Chinese baseball players from Ho-
nolulu.
The Chinese students, who are here
for few days, are making a long, in
fact rather unique baseball tour over
the country to prove to America that
Hawaii is not so far behind the times
after all. If the game the Chinese col
legians play can he taken as a critic
rion, then Hawaii is more aggressive
than most Americans suspect, especially
when it comes to baseball. The Ha-
waiian team played its first game in this
city yesterday afternoon at the Polo
Grounds, facing Fordham University,
and while the visitors lost by a to 0
score, on the other hand the far-of ISL
anders displayed rather surprising
knowledge of the great national game.
The way they play and their famil-
iarity with the game is only one more
proof that baseball s popularity is
reaching the international stage. To
come right down to hard facts, there
ism t much to choose between this
rather unique team, for it is the first
Chinese college team that has ever
played in this country, and the average
American nine. Since they have been
in this country the Chinese nine has
met and defeated some of the speediest
college teams-which is the best proof
of its baseball intelligence.
Every person who sat in the stands
at the Brush stadium agreed that the
Chinese team 's>showing surprised them
Some folks doubted its ability before
the game, but once the players got into
action there was every cause to change
opinion. A speedier game than that
| displayed by the Chinese could not be
desired. They know every angle and
their disadvantage is they lack the sci
ence impaired by professional coaching
The aid of the big Lacquer to the Amer
lean collegian gives the latter slight
advantage, but the Chinese-with the
help of professional coaching
soon learn to know how to put into
play some of the fine points that helI
to make the game scientific.
Although strategic in their OWL
fashion there is a glazing absence Of
real scientific playing. Their attack il
steady, and while they know the "hit
and run, the "hook slide" and othel
various methods of attack, they have
not yet acquired that knowledge of util
izing it successfully.
Even though the little yellow mel
live in far off Hawaii, nevertheless
they are up-to-date in many phases o
the game. Their coaching-that il
when men are on bases-is no differen
than that heard at an average colleg
game. A surprising fact is the.
are well up in the slang of the game.
They are snappy and gingery in thei
methods and frequently one heard sucl
directions as these: "Get up on you
toes,'' "Hold the bag, kid" "Onl.
takes one to hit him., "That-a-boy
give it ride and other expression
with which we are so familiar. Ant
these not only come from the coacher
lips, but the whole team takes part il
the defensive directions. When an op
ponent is at bat the whole nine help
to give the pitcher encouragement
They keep up a running fire with sue
fiery expressions as these: "Don't los
him. - ''Now YOU we got him." "H
can't hit balloon, - Keep a-workin
there" and others of like consequence
They look the real bali players al
around, and every now and then spi
copiously in their gloves-just like on
PLAYERS do.
In fielding the average American co
lege nine has nothing on the Chimes
team. The Chinese, agile as wildcats
follow up tie ball in wonderful style
in fact their field work bears ON tn
sensational. Yesterday several of tn
| players made some wonderful stops an
every time they were at the ball. Thei
throwing is good and accurate on tn
whole. Their worst tendency is the
play the batter instead of the runne
when men are on bases. Lack of relia
BILE coaching is responsible for this
They still have much to learn in the ar
of batting, but even SO they did fairl
well with the willow. They meet tn
ball too high and the consequence j
most of their drives go high for cas-
outs. Bunting plays no part in thei
artillery attack, their main desire be
ing to hit the ball as hard as possible
Also their hits are not well placed
They do not look for the weak spots
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