Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-30
S0X AND GIANTS
PLAYKE|O TEAM
American Globe GirdIerS Beat
University Nine on Dia-
rnond at Toxic.
JAP FANS ENTHUSIASTIC
WHEN THEIR TEAM SCORES
Japan About to Adopt Base Ball as
It's National Game-Gossip
of the Trip.
BY JOSEPH G. FARRELL.
By Ripley
IN the Chicago Tribune. J

oE the Chicago Tribune.l
ON BOARD EMPRESS OF JAPAN.
December 3.-Once more we are afioat,
bound for Nagasaki, which port Will be
reached at 2:30 o'clock After the siren
uous first day in Japan the boys were
routed early from the Grand Hotel. in
Yokohama. to the ever-present 'rickey,''
to the waiting special train for Toxic, to
more .'pickeys" to the heio Park for the
morning game against the greatest ball
team i'll the world outside OF the United
States.
The game started promptly at ~
O'Clock, and it wasn't one minute later
before Japan was rocked from north to
south and east to west with a spasm of
delight The second batter on the keio
team whacked corling three-bagger off
Jim Scott, and Keio University became
bedlam.
Never since the beginning OF the world
have so many kimonos been destroyed at
one sitting. Then the run came over
something the picked world-girdling team
never looked for and something beyond
the widest dreams OF the keio boys
themselves. The base ball grounds be-
came sight never to be forgotten by an
energetic rag picker.
Jim Scott Invincible.
tbs we'll the Japs took all the pleasure
they could at that particular time for
they never had a chance thereafter Jim
Scott settled down, and in the ninth in
ming sent the keioites to the study hall
under the impression that he had been
kidding them all through the game. for
he finished the ninth inning with nine
balls, retiring the side strikes The
great Sugase. idol OF Japan, premier
athlete pitcher ard batter shattered the
atmosphere with the force of his swings
four times, but never touched the ball.
The great American team, selected
from the best of the two squads by
Callahan and McCraw, certainly looked
great enough. with Jim Scott on the
mound and going we'll to defeat the
worlds champs. Scott, pitcher; Wingo.
catcher; Merkle. Doyle, Dolan and Lobert
on the intield and MCGEE, Crawford and
Speaker in the outer garden are a
formidable aggregation.
McGraw. after the game, spoke glow
ingly of the future of base ball in
ing made by the best team in Japan
against the Sox-Giant crew would be an
impetus to the future advancement of
the sport.
One of the interesting sidelights on the
field that day was the appearance Of Nc
Graw the first base coaching line and
Callahan on third, directing the base
runners. Shadow ball, "A new practice
idea perfected by both teams. in which
they go through all of the practice mo-
tions at lightninglike speed without using
a bail. brought whirlwinds of applause
from the onlookers. This novel idea was
interesting and excited no end of COM
ment during the latter end of the world S
tour in the United States, and the Sox-
Giants will show it during the 1914 sea-
son around the large circuits.
During the three games played in
Japan a remarkable fact noticed by
great many of the tourists was the great
amount of patience and courtesy extend
ed the players. Not a spectator left the
seats until the last man was out in the
ninth inning of each game.