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== History == === Introduction and early years === {{see also|Taiwan under Japanese rule}} Baseball was introduced to Taiwan around 1897, but it initially remained a game for Japanese bureaucrats and bankers in the colonial seat of Taihoku (modern-day [[Taipei]]).{{sfnp|Morris|2011|pp=10}} The first official baseball team in Taiwan was formed in 1904, when the island was a [[Empire of Japan|Japanese colony]], by the Middle School of the Taiwan Governor-General's National Language School (present-day [[Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School|Chien Kuo Senior High School]]). The first organized baseball game was played between this team and the team of the Normal School of the Taiwan Governor-General's National Language School (present-day [[Taipei Municipal University of Education]]) in March 1906. From 1906 through the mid-1920s, Taiwanese baseball teams consisted mainly of [[Japanese people|Japanese]] players. Taiwanese did not become actively involved in the sport until the mid-1920s. Around 1921, the first team made up of [[indigenous Taiwanese peoples]] was established in eastern Taiwan, and it was reorganized into the Noko ({{zh|t=θ½ι«}}; also known as ''Nenggao'') team. As part of the reorganization, Japanese officials offered players on the team the opportunity to attend the Hualien Agricultural School.{{sfnp|Yu|2007|pp=15-16}} That the Noko team consisted completely of indigenous Taiwanese, rather than Japanese or [[Han Taiwanese]] players, was a milestone in racial integration, albeit often noted through a colonial lens. Nonetheless, the success and popularity of the team laid the foundation for the further development of baseball in southern Taiwan, notably Takao First Public School in present-day Qijin, [[Kaohsiung]], and Mawuku Public School in present-day [[Taitung County]].{{sfnp|Yu|2007|pp=17}} === Colonial participation === {{see also|Kano baseball team}} By 1931, high school baseball had become very popular in Taiwan, even though of all players dating back to 1923 in the Islandwide High School Baseball Tournaments, only 5.2% were [[Taiwanese people|ethnic Taiwanese]].{{sfnp|Morris|2011|pp=36}} The baseball team of [[National Chiayi University|Kagi Agriculture and Forestry Institute]], hailing from southern Taiwan, played its way into the final of that yearβs [[Japanese High School Baseball Championship|Summer Koshien]] tournament. The team arrived as one of 22 district representatives out of a total of 631 team across the empire.{{sfnp|Morris|2011|pp=37-38}} Historians have noted the significance of the "tri-ethnic" Kano squad, consisting of [[Japanese people|Japanese]], [[Han Taiwanese]], and [[Taiwanese indigenous peoples|indigenous Taiwanese]] students.{{sfnp|Morris|2011|pp=32-33}}{{sfnp|Yu|2007|pp=20}}
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