The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-06-16
Honolulans Defeated Columbia
Nine Scouts After Some
Of Players.

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NEW YORK, june 1.-The play Of
the All,chinese baseball team Of Homo.
luln, which defeated Columbia satur.
day afternoon. was q great surprise 10
followers Of basebaIl, who did not dg.
ure that the celestlals would have much
chance with team Of the caiibre Of
the Morningsiae Heights boy. An IN.
prejndiecd observer Of the game be
tween the two teams could easily see
that the Chinese from the Hawaiian lei
aiids surpassed thelf opponents IL ev,
cry departments Of The game.
The record Of the season Of the Chi
cse spealis louder than any words OF
praise in their behalf. The team ar
rived in this country the latter part OF
February. and since arriving have play
ed sixty-fonf games 10 an parts Of the
United States OF this number they
have won forty.nve. lost seventeen and
tied two, a record Of which any Amer.
lean college team might feel proud.
Have Made Great Record
These games were played under great
difficulties. on strange grounds and IN a
section Of the country where there was
= feeling against the race; but in eF-
cry case the Chinese wcu the admirn-
tion Of the spectators for the clean,
snappy way IA which they handled
themselves on the playing field. In the
game against Columbia Apau, who.
pitched, striking out ten Of his oppo-
'nents, allowed seven scattered hits aud
did not issue single baee on balls.
Ne went into the box with sore arm
from the effects Of a hard game be.
pitched on Thursdny In West Virginia.
Friday the team played IN Pittsburgh
and arrived IN New York late after a
hot night s ride in a sleeper.
Scouts After Several Players.
On the team are several PLAYERS OF
exceptional ability, and during the ear
" spring while PLAYING ia the Middle
West scouts from the american Assoc.
cation made offers for some Of the
players, but an have agreed not to play
professional bali En- Sue, who plays
center field, has record Of playing
two consecutive seasons without an err
ror. That this is no .1uky record was
demonstrated by two catches he made
Saturday. One was a long fly he pulled
down over his left shoulder after run
of twenty yards. Had the ball passed
him it would have been an easy home
run, as the runner was on second base
before the ball was caught. In the
fifth inning he made a pretty sh0estring
catch Of . ball that looked like sure
Texas Lacquer.
The Ty Cobb Of the team Is Kan Yin,
the star catcher, who plays third base
when he is not catching. The st. Paul
Club made him a splendid offer to join
their ranks, which he refused. He Is y
heavy hitter, daring and fast base
runner, aud on third looks like the best
third baseman seen on a college team
since the days Of the late AL Storke.
There are only fourteen players with
the team Of whom four are pitchers.
There are two catchers. Foster, one Of
the pitchers, is the heavy hitter Of the
club and plays left field when not in
the box. Akana the first baseman and
captain Of the team, is another star and
does not look unlike Stuify McInnis in
the way he covers the bag. An amaz-
ing part Of the play Of the Chinese is
that they picked up the game them
selves and have never had coach.
They are familiar with all the common
baseball expressions and when ON the
coaching lines perform all the regular
stunts done by big league players. Part
of the time they coach the base runner
in English, but in the heat of the ex-
eitement turn to their native language
to express their desires.
Captain Akana is highly pleased with
the treatment afforded the team by the
American colleges, but says that they
encountered some tough umpiring when
they played some Of the league. teams
in the West. An insight into the know
edge Of the game played by the Chi
nese was demonstrated against colum-
bia when the umpire called bad
strike. A substitute sitting on the bench
turned aud said with the slightest in.
Election TO his speech, 1.-THE jumps
missed that one