Lot # 128: 1936 Japan Pro Baseball Program--Hankyu vs. Osaka Tigers

Category: Publications

Starting Bid: $150.00

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Item was in Auction "Auction 51 Ended 3/17/2017",
which ran from 2/22/2017 1:00 AM to
3/16/2017 11:00 PM



This is a rare program produced during the first year of Japan Pro Baseball. The program was printed for the games of the 7th, 8th and 9th of October between the Hankyu team and the Osaka Tigers played at Takarazuka Stadium. The cover page contains this information along with the team logos. The interior pages contain team photos of both clubs in their 1936 uniforms, along with team rosters. Shuichi Ishimoto (HOF), who had just been appointed to the job, is listed as Tigers manager, and he was not the manager during the earlier Spring/Summer 1936 season. Numerous other Japan Hall of Fame members and other luminaries are listed on the team rosters including Hankyu manager Daisuke Miyake. Also, HOFers Fumio Fujimura, Henry Wakabayashi (Hawaii), Kenjiro Matsuki, Minoru Yamashita and Saburo Miyatake are listed. In addition, Americans Jimmy Horio and Masao Furukawa (Hawaii) are listed. The back page contains scorecards and a promotion for future Japan Pro Baseball games to be played on October 23-25 at the same stadium.

Size: 5" x 7 1/2", 4 pages

Condition: Would be Vg/Ex but has some numbers handwritten in pencil on the interior pages.

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