Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-18
ll1eii Players Are Showing Up Well
In Field Practise; Pitchers Speedy
Daily Workouts From Now I'm
til Opening Game of Series
on Saturday Afternoon

Meiji University's visiting ball team
got out on the diamond al Athletic
park this afternoon fer its first prae-
tise since arriving on Monday for the
local series.
The Japanese aggregation is made
up OF speedy youngsters and several of
them look as If they ought to sting
the pill hard. The pitchers are well
set-up, one Of them m particular being
unusually tall and rangy. The infield-
ers handle grounders in nice shape.
and altogether the Japanese collegians
should be able to give the Oahu teams
plenty OF hard battling.
Practise today was rom to 4. Yes
terday a big crowd OF fans was on
hand to watch an announced practise.
but the Meijis preferred 10 take 1t
easy and get well rested up from their
steamer voyage. They will practise
tomorrow and next day and should be
in fine fettle for the opening contest
against the AllHawaiis, managed by
David Desha and Henry Williams, at
$3.50 o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
Promoter Sam Hop announced that
Bill Raposo win do the scoring for
the series. The umpire staff will IN
ciude 0lmos, doe Fernandez and Ida
ka, who used to play for the Asahis..
Tickets are now on sale at the la
waiian Drug Company, Bethel and He-
tel streets, and will be on sale at the
ball park box office. They may be
reserved over the phone by calling up
1916. Johnny Motley, well known ball.
player and fan. is in charge of the
seat sale.
Sam Hop says the tickets are going
well and the prediction is that as soon
as the fans realize the worth of the
Meijis the stands win be filled at each
game.
Following the Saturday game with
the Hawaiis. the Sunday bill will be
double-headeraT The first game viii
be the Chinese VS.. Japanese Athletic
Club, and the second game the Portu-
guese A. G. VS.. Meiji.
The formal opening of the Interna-
tional League will be celebrated on
Sunday by parade starting at 1890
o'clock from Fort and King streets,
with five teams and band. The pa
rade will pass through the principal
I'm xassa sataJss anie, which really
opens the league, Mayor Lane will
toss the first bah and Consul Arita of
Japan viii officiate behind the bat as
catcher.
In fielding they are particularly
clever, and as most OF their men are
for several seasons, they have master
ed many ofsthe fine points of inside
baseball. and in tight places are said
to invariably play together and exhibit
cool headwork. In the first champion
ship series in Japan in which Meiji.
Waseda, Keio and First High School
took part, the Meiji players carried
away the prize for fast. clean fielding,
but owing to the fact that the team
batting was only .179, they finally lost
the series to Waseda, an aggregation
of heavy stickers who batted $50.
However. the team has generally
showed up much better under the
stimulus of foreign competition. Last
year, starting at Manila, they toured
through the possessions of the United
States and everywhere won s major
ity Of their games. On the mainland
they visited Seattle and Portland and
then went as far east as Chicago.
playing frequently in the north and
middle west. During this tour thss
team showed up stronger in all de-
partments of the game and made par
ticular gains in batting. Ikeda is
said to be their fastest fielder.
Tonight the visiting team will be the
guests at formal reception rendered
in their honor by prominent local Jap
anese businessmen. The reception
will be held at Tokiwaen and among
others the vice-consul will speak. To-
morrow the team will be received in
the home of ConsuEG General Arita