This baseball and the signed ball in lot 95 were the property of General Lyman Lemnitzer. Lemnitzer, who was commander of forces in Asia at that time, attended at least one Tour game.
He later became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President John F. Kennedy. This Rawlings Official League ball is signed by no less than seven Japan Hall of Famers including
Osamu Mihara, Shigeru Mizuhara, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Kenjiro Tamiya, Tetsuharu Kawakami, Yasumitsu Toyoda and Takehiko Bessho. Other star players include Noboru Aota and Hiroomi Ohyane.
Size: Regular sized baseball.
Condition: Signatures overall 9 of 10.
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