Chapter 209: Autumn Conference Finals
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The two sides were Hayata Sho, the number one name in the West Tokyo area, and Husken International High School, which won the East Tokyo District championship for the first time in the summer tournament.
As a member of the baseball club of the Takanoren Affiliated School, Lee Wonrang and his teammates entered the game for free.
"What does Husken mean by Hughesken International?"
Li Yuanrang knew that the school with katakana in its name was the number one thorn in the side of Principal Morimoto.
However, the word Hughesken seems a little familiar.
"It's the Dutch Hughesken who was hacked to death by the Shogunate at the end of the Edo period."
The main general Yabe replied.
"But what does this Husken have to do with Husken International University?"
"It's okay, it's just that the headquarters of this school is in Azabu, and it's relatively close to where Hughesken was killed."
Henry Hugh Sken was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and later immigrated to the United States. After the opening of Japan at the end of the Edo era, Hughesken was hired by the U.S. Consul in Japan, Harris, as a secretary and translator.
However, Li Yuanrang will know that the reason for this name has nothing to do with history books. It's from a comic that isn't serious enough at all.
As for the current Housken International University. In fact, it was originally just a tuition institution in Minato. Later, he received investment and founded a telecommunications university.
When the university was established, the owner of the company happened to pass by the tombstone erected nearby after Hughesken's murder, and felt that the name could make the school look more foreign, so he directly appropriated it, and added the word "international" to the back.
Of course, because of the deep pockets, the Husken International school is not completely unrelated to the word international.
Because it is a correspondence-based school, it naturally adopts a credit system rather than a semester system.
Husken International has reached agreements with some high schools in Europe and the United States to recognize credits in each other.
Their baseball club was only established this year, and the main squad is made up of first-year students from all over Japan. So now the lineup of the autumn conference is not much different from the summer conference.
The only difference is that because of the academic system, there are several international students who only enroll in September. Most of them are attracted by the lucrative scholarships. There are also people who aim to get better training in Japan, where baseball is developed.
In college-level competitions, tickets for reserved seats are rarely sold. The pitch is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The members of the Peace School arrived a little late. The best location has been snatched up.
Fortunately, Li Yuanrang brought a cheap telescope bought at a 100-yen store, so even if he sat on the top of the mountain, he could see a little more clearly.
"Is there really a foreigner at Husken International?"
During the pre-match warm-up, Li Yuanrang saw a tall foreigner in the opponent's lineup. However, the number he wore was fourteen. Maybe not the main players.
"Fourteen's this? It is said to be the trump card of their school. ”
Because he won the main position, Tian Guwu was no longer in charge of managing the data book during the game. But he still does the usual data collection.
The tablet in his hand has the player profiles of the two teams that participated today.
"It's really rare for an ace to wear a number fourteen."
"Because he's a Dutchman, like Hughesken."
The Dutch-born ace of Husken International is Hendrik Van Buren. His choice of the number 14 was somewhat related to a well-known Dutch footballer in the past. He didn't come to Japan to study for a big scholarship, but simply to get a high level of baseball training.
Baseball is not a very popular sport in Europe.
In the world, the Netherlands and Italy are recognized as strong European teams.
The Netherlands, in particular, finished in the semi-finals of the last World Baseball Classic.
But in reality, most of the Dutch baseball players come from Dutch islands like Curacao or Aruba in the Caribbean.
Or a U.S. resident of Dutch ancestry.
Baseball in the Netherlands isn't very strong. The quality of the players is not on par with those of the Caribbean overseas territories.
For a young man like Van Buren, who grew up in the Netherlands from a wealthy family and loves baseball, it was very attractive for him to be able to train in Japan, where baseball was thriving.
This match was attacked by Hayata. Van Buren was given the opportunity to prove himself from the start.
He is only 16 years old, but according to the information, his height is close to 1.90 meters.
Although it is not a high-pressure throwing method with a sense of pressure. But a pitcher with such height and long arms can throw a straight ball at a tricky angle with a three-quarter shot.
It's just that compared to the height, the ball speed doesn't seem to be too fast.
This game at Jingu Stadium shows the pitcher's ball speed.
Van Buren's through ball speed averages around 135 km/h. The fastest goal seems to be 137 kilometers.
Even with such a ball speed, the blow of the first game, Hayata's luxurious playing line actually went up and down three times.
But this repressive force was maintained only for one round.
From the fourth inning, the opposing hitter began to find the doorway.
As a newcomer, the difference between his good and bad balls is too obvious. It is inevitable that a line with practical experience like Hayata will suffer.
Two points in the fourth game, one point in the fifth, and two points in the sixth game.
Van Buren had already lost a full five points when he was replaced with Pitcher Mound.
On the other hand, the pitcher strength on Hayata's side is not too outstanding.
Husken International has been able to bite the score.
The match between the two teams turned into a complete blow-it-out.
At the end of the nine innings, the score was eight to seven.
Hayata won by a narrow margin of just one point.
The winner of this tournament will be the winner of the Autumn Tokyo Tournament and will be guaranteed to qualify for the next year's Spring Tournament.
However, the losing side still has a good chance of entering Koshien.
Theoretically, the runner-up at the Tokyo Games would compete with the fifth place finisher at the Kanto Games for a spot in Koshien in the spring.
Although most of the time this place will be given to teams from the Kanto region.
However, Huscan International was the representative of East Tokyo in the summer, and this autumn conference also performed very well.
These are all reasons to impress the selection committee.
Or maybe they can hope for the opponent in today's match.
If Hayada wins the Jingu Conference in the university division at the end of this month, the Tokyo region will get another place to play in the spring armor.
As for the last method of marching into Chunjia. Relying on the special situation of the school to participate in the selection of the "National Miserable King", he got only three 21st century places in each competition.
That's really not what the deep-pocketed Husken International is good at.