Show M MM Interest in Sports Spreads Far in-Far in Far East Elwood S. S Brown Former Salt Lake Y 1 M. M C. C A. A Director tor Tells of Remarkable Development of 0 Group Games GaUles Among Anong Natives J of Philippines China China and ald Japan BY DAVE COLEMAN LWOOD S. S BROWN who was hero here lost last week on oil a short visit E work vork the men in inthe inthe in for Francc France to engage in Y M. M r C. C A A. A among to leaving ing interesting manner manner of h Ins his s experiences in in the in iii most the thc trenches tells a Philippine islands and in the far cast cast of athletic sports among tile thc he people has hns been heen rapid durin during The spread the past t few years chief chiefly through the thc agency of the he the i. Y U M. C. C A. A Mr Mi h Brown who came to Salt Snit Lake in 1906 was physical director of the thc local Y M r. r C. C A. A for three ear years During his stay here he lic was no noted ed as ns Rh an organizer along all al lines of athletics and md particularly for the basketball lie he produced In 1908 his basketball team was ono one of the thc finest that has ever er e been gathered together It I numbered in m its is line tip Hoisington Metcalf Bloom- Bloom t Hammond Gunn hum and Hoffman Hofman and was successful in trimming some of fuist the most prominent eastern teams A record set ct l by lW one of these men I Hoisington who played at guard has has probably never been equaled in in the I state as ns he be went through h a n s season son of twenty games ih only live five field anrod him I 1 I Great eat athletic teams were only one phase of Elwood Browns Brown's activities and he gained recognition as an nn enthusiastic en en- worker in less well known phases of sporting activity as well wel went the Philippines s In ln 1910 he wont went to director of ot the American can can- physical European as Y 1 M. M I. I C. C A. A A At t the tl time me o of his 18 ariva there wn was only onh one nc organization organization for tor the furtherance ol ot pa games es and sports sport but since that time there have been added a n Y T for tor Filipino students and ono one for tor employed bo boys s and business men TIle Thc They are all al situated situated situated situ situ- on the tho same compound and have haxe ft i large larRe e membership In 1915 15 the popular popular pop pop- ular la Y V. M. M l C. C A A. m man n gave Ravo ga e up the actual ac ac- ac- ac n l d directorship and nd became General Secretary turn turning Ins secretary ot ot the organization his attention more to the P popularizing P lz us of or sport port and mass games ame Kamei amonI the tho competitive whole Highly a people iIri as I oo t i ar ton baseball and t ton Q 0 h. h A were prevalent on the tho track athletics Island when Brown arrived ed having I b by tho the American sol aol been beon beon Introduced di era 1 Large e mass games frames chief chIc among them volleyball a game that has not yot yet come into Its He own oun In this country were Introduced first among amone the em em- of ot the government who were sent Rent Into the hills In the hot season in order to give hils them hem some outlet for Since that time their up pent-up energy volleyball hn has spread like wildfire through vole bal the island and is played b by tens of or thousands thousand of or native athletes and boys bos and girl girls As s s an indication the tho the record of or the spread pread of ot game frame the of or n a Philippine sporting K goods d store the surprising sur- sur is Interesting Interesting- In that It shows pricing number of or 1000 volleyballs sold Jold Ince since the Inauguration of ot 1 the game same It Is interesting 10 tO note nOle in a imn connection that the tho first ball bal used In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Philippines came camo from the SI ostern estern Arms of this city and reached Manila by wa way of or a A suit case bearing tho name of or Elwood S. S Brown The bureau of or education has lent Its Is hearty support to this popular game It requires no equipment but a net I and a a ball baJ Even Een in the tho wildest widest parts of tho the country naked half naked haI-naked children ma maYbe may maybe be found playing with wih a ra rag ball bal and anda a homo home spun net stretched between two trees In some of or tho the narrow vil village vl- vl vil- vil lage lago streets street ropes are arc stretched from pole to pole to serve as nets The girls girl especially have taken to the sport and vie vio 10 with the boys bOs In tho the skill shown Among the grownups the game is an exhibition of or skill ski to tho the last lat degree The net Is Js set et at a a height of or eight feet and the tho players use all al the execution and nicety of or control that characterizes character character- izes tho the play pIa of or a n champion tennis p player bayer Indoor baseball because se bec of or Its Is cheapness cheap cheap- ness fleas and unIversal appeal Is the other leading diversion of or the islanders and also of or the tho Japanese and Chinese The Tho girls take tako to the game with an art exceptionally exceptionally tonal quick understanding In batting batting bat bat- ting they swing with the freedom of or oraH an alt American big leaguer The softer younger and larger brother of the big leaguers dollar dolar and a a quarter is as ae much a a part of at the household as is the American boys boy's mitt The Chinese girls are aro fond of or the tho bat and ball baJ and some lome of or the pictures show them playIng playing play play- ing lag indoor Indoor baseball in the tho shadow of ot the walls of Peking with peculiar pa pa- pa shaped goda-shaped shaped Ioda-shaped buildings In the back baek- ground The Chinese girls have the advantage ad over their American sisters Bisters in that they are allowed the freedom ot of trousers trouser The sight of or these games Is said to give one a peculiar feeling of or a n strange blending of or the old and the tho new new of or the most modern of oC ideas and the mot most ancient The skill and speed shown Is said to be little loss less than remarkable and visitors h have e watched amazed amazed the prowess of ot the girl players Great Great athletic carnivals are held hel every year under the direction of ot a controlling athletic body formed for tor the purpose In 1911 Hil the Philippine Ama- Ama teus Athletic Federation was formed under A. A A. A U. U principles On account of or the distance from A. A A A. A U U. headquarters that organization was not entered and a great gret deal of or red tape wa was thus titus eliminated The P. P A. A A. A I F. F as it Is known now includes In Its membership every unit of th the country Interested in athletics The army the university the English clubs and the bureau of education are the more Important of or these unIts unita unla Three hundred and tf fifty thousand boys under the control of ot the tho board of or education hold membership cards The club Is responsible for tor the eligibility of or Its Is members and an athlete athlete ath ath- lete hate Is not nol entered as an art individual but under the tho signature of ot his club oUI- oUI cals dabs The official championships In all an sports ports are held at the same time once every ory yea year yeat Because of or the fa favorable alt all al torms ol or sport can be engaged cn- cn In Int at the same time of the year ear thus practically eliminating consideration tion ton of or seasons seasons At ot various times there have been boen as many as 2500 athletes competing in one meet The meet was won in tn 1017 1917 by the Army Arnn but the natives na na- tives compare favorably with wih tho the Americana Americans in athletics although their smaller stature puts them theta at a disadvantage dis die advantage at basketball The athletic Continued on following page INTEREST IN SPORTS IN THE FAR EAST C Continued from pr preceding page carnivals are ma made e a gala ala affair and the finest fp specimens from the time Philippine Philip pine jine athletic clubs gather to compete livery two years ears th the tho Far Eastern Athletic association holds the Far Eastern East Jast- em ern championships championship The first series completed In 1913 1013 was wal won b by the Filipinos Fi- Fi Fil Fil- In 1915 the tho Chinese were victorious vie vic Ic In the Shanghai meet while the Japanese won in 1917 j In Tokio A peculiar feature is that each of or the competing nations has hau won the meet held In Its Is own country The 1919 tOi tournament Tt- Tt ament Is to be held In Manila and In addition to Japan China and the PhilIppines Philippines Phil Phil- Phi Phi- Java Slam Siam and Malaya are arc to tobe tobe tobe be re represented Numerous magnificent prizes are arc af given to the successful team among them a wreath from Crom the tho American Ameri Amen can caim members of or the Worlds World s Olympic committee and a replica of the time famous Ten Arches Arche which was wa presented presented presented pre pre- b by former President Juan Shi KaI Kal Kat To show the Intense Interest aroused by athletics and this meet In particular particular lar might be cited the fact act that the larr Ph Philippine government has appropriated tel ted to pay the tIme expenses of the tho teams to the meets Some of ot the most prominent men of the competing countrIes countries countries coun coun- tries are arc ale seen een on the sidelines In their thel boxes Prominent among the time distinguished distinguished distin distin- spectators men who had hod ne never er known what such a thing waa as before but who are now wool the fans arc are Count Okuma former premier o of Japan Kano head of or the time jiu jitsu lt u system In iii the school of ot physical education In Japan KishI a a steamship magnate of the time land of ot the cherry cherr blossom Count Motono foreign minister al and r the tIme three soils onn of ot th time the emperor The emperors emperor's sons eons are areat greatly Interested and pictures showing them at the e events ent nt Indicate the deferential deferential deferential defer defer- nod of oC th the head hend b by the onlookers ers era as they are pas passing b by though they are yet et young oung ho boys Mr Ir Brown Drown ha has a collection o of pictures pie pic pl- pl tures lures which i Is 18 without doubt doull one of ot time the finest st of or Its kind A trip through his Us albums gives j a kalcl kaleidoscopic picture pie plc- tore ture o of a n simple people In Inman Inmany inmany man many aspects enjoying the time recreation t by liv the fertile minds l of AmeriCan American Ameri Ameri- can and English enthusiasts Black shining negro athletes with wih the symmetric build of ot Greek Greel Phil Phil- Philippine I divers flying through the air i riders like Ike swallows Chinese bicycle and amid basketball and tennis pIn players vcrs competing com corn on courts court out of dool doors doorn sur- sur mounded I by beautiful lawns all ill tinge on oil the time unbelievable The picture which typifies them all al Is II one omit ole of a halH baseball game gamo In Japan Tapan The catcher catchers Is s wearing bal the time regulation pad pud gloves Kloves 05 and amid mask but hut behind him hint stands un an In umpire clad clatl not In th the conventional black box boy coat cont and peaked coat but buttar but but- tar far from It It it-a i long toga like cloak that makes make him for tor all aU the world like Ike a n monk of ot th the Middle l lle Ages reed freed freedor for or the moment from an old bund bund- written manuscript On his feet flet primitive primi th tive- tive barefoot foot sandals an als take the tile place of spikes A man nian who has haM been blen so o hH Instrumental In n recasting recanting the tho mode of ot thought In the time minds o of puch uch a ft people who people who has wi wrought ought ht such monumental changes cannot but make the lives o of our sol sol- happier In Franco France and I Italy n I better betel and |