Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-06 | Page 3 | Maroon Diamond Team Departs for Orient

H j Maroon Diamond Team H i Departs for Orient CHICAGO. April G. Seeking- wider,! it not greater worlds to conquer, the University of Chicago baseball team today departed on its third quintcn-nlal quintcn-nlal trip to Japan, leaving the other 1 members of the conference nothing to B fear from their diamond prowess. Their lack of outdoor work will handicap the Maroons when they ar-rive ar-rive in the land of t the wisteria, by r comparison with tho midway teams. H wh'ch have preceded them in oriental B invasions, because the earlier cru- H saders started at the end, Instead of B the beginning ot the American collego H baseball season. Moreover, It will be impossible for them to beat the record h of their predecessors, who have won Hj twenty-two games In two invasions H without suffering a defeat. H In recognition of that handicap. H Coach .Page has been concentrating this spring's training on the offensive by devoting tho greater part of the daily drills to batting, whether tho weather permitted outdoor or indoor The Chicago "U" players arc sched-ii sched-ii led to clash with the University of Hj Utah at Salt Lake Friday afternoon in K one of their first games en route to Hl San Francisco, where they will oin-H' oin-H' bark for Japan. Ht 00