In 1931, 25 years after baseball was imported to Taiwan, a team from Kagi (Chiayi) School of Agriculture and Forestry traveled to Japan to take part in the Spring Koushien high-school baseball tournament, placing second and setting a new high-water mark for Taiwanese baseball.
棒球傳入台灣近 30 年後，1931 年更由嘉義農校打進日本「甲子園」高中聯賽奪下亞軍，成為第一個發展高峰。