| Show Teem Team of Stir Star Baseball Players Playes I Will Visit Orient in November f A now venture In baseball 8 seems ems to tobe tobe tobe be forthcoming from tram the tile following communication received from the tho Reach neach All 1111 America club of Skin Francisco which says that the tho clubs club's team leam made up of the star tar players player of off the country will tour the Orient this fall faU The The latter letter Jetter I says Mr 11 Sporting Editor Editor Dear Dear Sir Sir-On Sir On the third day of November 1908 Reach's peach's American All Baseball club win sail from San Francisco for Japan China the Philippines and ond Hawaiian Islands This team will be bo composed of some seine I of the star stai players of the United States This will be one of at the greatest trips i that a a. a baseball club has ever ever token taken in In all covering a distance of about miles tulles It will wilt be the first time that an American club has ever visited the OrIent Orient Or Or- lent and will tend to increase the popularity popularity popularity pop pop- of this great American n game in these countries In fact the Influence onCe ence of this trip should snake make baseball the national sport In all these theBe various places At the tho present time Um baseball l Is very popular in the Orient In Japan they have a team four league composed of the university clubs of ot that country In Manila there is a live club league composed of United States troops and civilians In Hawaii there la is a four four- team league c composed of ot athletic club clubs The class of ot baseball played b by these teams is very high but they thoy will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un be much benefited by seeing these great players in action and willbe will willbe willbe be educated up to the liner finer points of the Uio game When the series of games is 18 played In Japan the people of ot Yokohama and will be apt to break tho the worlds world's record for attendance at a ball game The Japanese aro are very progressive and will realize at once what an advertisement advertisement advertisement advertise advertise- ment this would be to them and as they have the population or of 0 these two clUes cities to draw from tram there Is la no reason why the record should not be broken The club will sail alt under tho the management manage manage- ment meat of M. M A A. Fisher ono one of th the best 1 known baseball ll managers on the tho Pa Pa- Pacific cine coast and J. J L L. Woods a n promoter Under their management t. t there thero can be no doubt that the trip willbe will willbe be a a. grand success from tram every standpoint stand stand- point The personnel of the club will win consist consist con con- of such stars as 08 Frank Chance of oC the Chicago Nationals Orval Overall Overall Overall Over Over- all of the same club JigS's Jiggs Donohue of the tho Chicago Americans Americana Hal Chase of I the New York Americans Cy Cobb obb of Detroit Bill Dill Burns Burn a and Delehanty of ot Washington Pat Donohue Donahue of or the Buston DUN Bus DUNton ton Americans and Nealon of Pittsburg Jack Jacl Bliss DUss of the St St. Lous Nationals George Will William laIn Deveraux and fouls Rollie of at the la cuic CHiC coast league |
