In 1950, Joe DiMaggio and Lefty O'Doul embarked on a goodwill tour of Japan. Two of the issues in this lot have covers commemorating this tour. The 11/11 issue depicts DiMaggio swinging and contains his facsimile autograph. On the 11/25 cover, DiMaggio shares the picture with Japan Hall of Fame member Kaoru Betto. The third magazine, which has a cover in which DiMaggio is sliding is the 7/16/49 issue. All newspapers contain mostly baseball news, including information about the DiMaggio tour in the two 1950 magazines. There are photos scattered throughout the inside pages. Each page is quite large. Japanese newspapers such as these are rarely seen today, as they were not generally saved at the time.
Size: Each newspaper is 10 3/4" x 16" and contains 8 pages.
Condition: Average condition is Excellent. There are some folds and small edge tears that do not significantly detract from the quality of the magazines.