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Pioneering American Sports in China by Former Coe Captain
Former Coe College football captain B W Smith, a YMCA director in China, helped introduce American sports to Chinese youth in 1911 and later taught in the Navy and American associations. He shares vivid tales of kite day, cricket, pidgin English, road building, and Chinese customs from Shanghai to Foochow.
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Coe
Adeline Taylor
China
B. W. Smith
Coe College
Y.M. C.A
Trissa Darnall
Boyd
Marjorie
Smith
Far East
Y.M.C.A
American Association
Smiths
Iowa
Y.M
Foochow
Mr. Smith
Shanghai
Russia
Hades