New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Da Chuk and Sup Max Put
in Background by Game
of Baseball.
LEES PROMINENT ON
THE ORIENTAL TEAM
Doe. the Pitcher, Throws Down
Glove and Cries When the
Brownies Defeat Him.
-Owaies, & All.Chinese, g.,


The score is tucked away down in
the column along with the other re-
suits Of the opening games in The
Tribune Baseball Tournament
The old order in China has changed,
And the order Of things in Chinatown
has changed with &. The slsnt-eyed
children that play IN the narrow,
tvisty streets full Of shutting. black
bloused Orientals and strange smells
have put aside the games Of their an
ccStorS. Da chuk and sup nak-no,
gentle reader, those are not fancy
forms OF chop Sucy, but real Chinese
games-have gone into the junk hesp
along with pigtailS. No kite ever
could rise above the roofs Of Mott or
rC'l st.
The game now is baseball. OF
course, only the men children may play
this great, new game. for the feminist
movement still has lot Of ground TO
make I'D even in Chinatown. Even
little ShaverS in their gay blue or
pink blouses and red and glass bead
trimmed caps bat rubber balls with
pieces of old broom handles.
The Ali-Chinese nine has the diStine-
'joD Of being the only uniformed team
r the l15-pound class on Columbus
nrrf playground. The players are
.,-. well Sct-up lot OF lads. too
Of them high school students.
ske il from Eddie Steinhardt, the
.und instructor, they know the
They're all gooJ players" said
Stc.uaart to The Tribune reporter
Yesterday afternoon "They can bat
well and they can field we'll and run
the bases with the best Of them
They are q quiet. well hammered lot,
TOO. and, above all, they are eager and
willing 10 learn the finer points of the
game. and what they learn they re-
member and put into practise the first
chance they get.
Last year, when the Chinese team
from Hawaii came TO play at the Polo
Grounds, they went in a body to root
for their compatriots. And believe me,
they can root. too. Every one of them
has the baseball vernacular pat. In
their own games they make as much
noise on the coaching lines as the best
OF them. Tommy Fung, the first base
man, can keep yelling "At bOy!" ss
'oud and as long as Larry Doyle-and
that's going some
The Lees are well represented in the
Chinese baseball world. There are five
or them on the team, but they don't
belong TO the same family. Doe Lee is
q pitcher and heads the batting order,
according 70 the ancient Chinese Gus
tom Of "the last shall be first"
Doe is a good pitcher. too. with an
urderhand delivery that is reminiscent
OF the Old Sal that made Iron Man"
McGinnity famous. Just now his team
mates are prone TO criticise him q DIT
for losing that last game with the
Brownies.
Boe allowed only two hits in the first
eight innings, and had three-run lead
behind him. But the Brownies had
been up to the Polo Grounds one day
last week with the other Tribune base
bali tournament boys. They had seen
the Pirates beat Marquard and the
Giants. and incidentally they had
learned q thing or two. They started
bunting.
himself spelled defeat.
at was a great game said Lddle
Stcfnhardt. "The Chinese boys played
wall but the Brownies were little TOO
much for them. ] guess It was because
-rcy were Americans and knew the
came better. / was sorry for Boz lie
GOT IN in the air when they began
bunting and after the Wild throw ne
threw down his glove and cried. Ana
they say that the Chinese are unemo-
f.o7ai
"They are going to play the Brown,
les again. and il is going TO be good
game. too. There always is Dig crowd
down here when the Chinese play--so
big one that we have TO get the ropes
ont 20 keep them off the diamond
Z 50 hn ~
He plavs at short. and pitches oc:aa-
sionally Tommy FunG calls MIN
regular Peck.npaugh."
Gooey Moy, the team manager 2lu
catcher. is an all-around athlete' ne
sides PLAYING behind the bat his sPc-
cigItv is the high jump, and ne mas
qualified to represent his school IN 'he
bic interscholastic meet on July j.
Then there is Ed Lee, who plays sec
opd base. Vow Lee. at third, ana roy
loo left field. They are good players
au George Wing and Frank Chm d.
vide the honors in centre and rlShI
Another Of the Lees. little jimmie
Who is not out of knicSerbockers, IS
rcrular member Of the Cherry Grave
Di0gers. a formidable nine IN the
MIDGET class. Jimmy is not the most
slender member of his team, ana pc
hrrd the bat he looks like chuhSy
little BilliSen.
The All-Chinese squad would not be
complete without q mascot Lutte
Frankie Hor is the Jimmy Ford Of ms
fesn, and he attends to all the bats