Pihkala, L. (English spelling) PihkalaL

Japanese: Pihkala,L.(英語表記)PihkalaL
Pihkala, L. (English spelling) PihkalaL

…It is also called Finnish baseball. After the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, American baseball toured Scandinavia, and it was combined with traditional ball games such as Kuningaspalo and Pitkapalo, and was perfected in 1922 by Lauri Pihkala, a sports instructor, and others. Two teams of nine players each compete with a ball lighter than a baseball and a thinner bat. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pihkala, L." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…フィンランド式野球ともいわれる。1912年のストックホルム・オリンピック大会後,北欧を巡業したアメリカの野球がきっかけとなり,古くからのクニンガスパロ,ピトカパロなどの球技と合成し,体育指導者のピフカラLauri Pihkalaらが22年に完成させたもの。1チーム9人の2チームが,野球よりも軽いボールと細いバットを使って争う。…

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