In 1906, the first student baseball team was set up in Taiwan
The very expensive Yakuo
(Photo by Mr. Hsieh Shih Yuan)
In the beginning, Japanese sent their troops to Taiwan. Later on, other officials came to Taiwan to pass on their ruling and colonizing policies. Some of them had already got in touch with baseball when they were in Japan, so baseball became their recreational activity after work. Baseball was developed vigorously during the first years of the 20th century; the first formal team was formed by the principal of Taiwan governor prefecture high school, Keichi Tanaka in 1906.
In 1917, the first foreign team joined the tournament
Visits from Japanese teams
(Photo by Mr. Hsieh Shih Yuan)
In 1917, it was the first time that a Japanese baseball team came to Taiwan and had 8 contests with a team led by some Japanese living in Taiwan.
(source from Taiwan Baseball Centennial, Mr. Hsieh Shih Yuan)
