Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-29
Baseball Trip
Bearing Fruit
Japanese Students Organic Cldb
Which Expects TO Build Baseball
Park Costing $4,000.
(Ry Isaac Gregg

(By isaac bftSg(
Washington. Nov. 29.--The Ameri-
can baseball mission, composed Of
leading PLAYERS of the two major
leagues, including several members
/ Of the New York Giant worlds
championship team and Of the New
York Yankees, winners Of the Amer
lean league pennant, has justified lis
/ trip to the Far East, according 10 re-
ports from Japan reaching Washing
ton.
The team, headed by Herbert Hun
ter. las made so favorable an impress
sion on the young Japanese Of schoo.
are that enthusiasts Of the hrst
High School and Keio University,
both of Tokyo. have organized a
club which Will establish baseball
recreation park at cost estimated
at $4,000. Within this park there
will be a baseball diam9nd, laid out
according TO specifications, and a
modern grandstand for The accommo-
dation Of $500 club members. 1t
will be located near the Arakawa
Park in the outskirts Of Tokyo with
which tourists are familiar
While the movement f5r the organ
ization Of the Tokyo Baseball Club
as it viii be styled, originated among
the students OF the two institutions
named above and was sponsored
promptly by faculty members, mem
bership viii not be confined 20 them
but will be offered 10 the general
public Membership viii be divided
into Ivo classes: the first class n1em-
barshps win cost $50 aro those Of the
second class S25. Membership in
either class will entitle the holder TO
attend all baseball games for period
Of tel years without further payment,
the ONLY difference being in the loca-
ton Of the seats. tirst-c!ass members
being given front seats, with second
class members seated Just behind
them.
Two ten-ton caterpillar tractors
will keep the Price to Nernal l25 mile
government operated mail route in
Utah open continually for mail trucks
for the first time this winer, accord
ing to arrangements being made by
the Postoffice Department.
a week ago a call for help was re-
ceiyed from the director Of the mail
service by which the Uintah Valley
in Utah receives an average Of 10
tons Of parcel post, letters and news
papers each day. The road over the
PASS was blocked with eight feet Of
snow. ne reported. G1i@ p0stDffce
deuartment secured tractor 20 clear
the path. The snow was so deep i
pushed the big tractor off the road
nut finally a path was cleared. Nov
two big tractors have been secured
and one viii be stationed on each side
Of the p"ss When q snow storm
sweeps d,wn the tractors will b.
started and keep The road clear OF
drifts
In former wears the direct route
has been abandoned during the win
ter and longer road which does not
go over IS high has been used. But
even then the expense for use OF
horses to uull the trucks ont of drifts
mounted high.
The Harding administration in jls
Near East policy is pursuing the
course laid out by the Wilson admin
istratlon and which has been eXem-
aifiad in Secretary Of State I'm
SINS denunciation Of the Anglo
Persian Treaty secretly negotiated by
Great Britain and defeated by the
United States.
The precedent set by the State De-
partmert i'm the instance Of the An
clo-p Persian pact would govern the
attitude of this government towards
treaty between the Entente Allies
and Turkey if that treaty should,
like the Anglo-Persian Treaty. be in
tended TO exclude American nationals
from equality Of opportunity with
any Entente nationals i'm the Near
East investment field.
Secretary Hughes policy respect
ing the Turkish settlement IS unaer-
stood, from his utteranceS. to be lden-
tical with Secretary Lansing's res
pecting Persia. with the exception
that Secretary Hughes has reduced
the whole problem to logical PROPOSE
tions and bulwarked them with
Americas contribution to the victory
of the Allies. at the same time ask
ing nothing that would depart from
Americas tradition or that would op-
erGte to deny the nationals OF any
counrv equal opportunity wiki tn
nationals of the United States. II Is
the belief Cf This government maj rs
position is urassailable and opposl-