Nisei

1947 Portland Vets

1948 Seattle Nisei Vets

 1948-7-07 Averages, box scores, and all-star team for Northwest Fourth of July tournament. 

    Pic of champion Seattle Vets; Edo Sasaki, Seattle pitcher; and Kay Kiyokawa, Hood River pitcher. 

1948-7-07 Nisei Vets finally did it. 

1948-7-07 pic of Heat Heyamoto (Seattle ss) with Hank Matsubu behind home plate.

Matsubu, Hank 1948 Ontario (OR) A.C. 

1944-5-06 Hank Matsubu - 2nd base in internment camp

1947-8-01 Picture of Wally Yonamine

    "Sad Shiraishi, the former Taiyo A.C. baseball flash, has a drug store in Ontario, Oreg. and also operates a film projector in a movie house there." 

1949-7-20 Northwest Times picks their ideal Nisei all-star team. 

1954-8-25 "Masami Ikeda, McChord Air Base hurler, was named pitcher among the stars in the Washington State semi-pro baseball tournament concluded recently in Bellingham." 

 

Puget Sound League Blue Section

1947-3-04 Northwest Times propose that Nisei Vets combine with Western Giants to make one strong team instead of "two weak teams." 

1948-3-10 Shiro Yamaguchi is baseball chairman of NVC. 

1948-3-17 Team sponsored by Nisei Veterans Committee. Non veteran players will be allowed this year. Expected roster named. They were champions last year. 

1947-4-22 Edo Sasaki k'd 16 for Nisei Vets; standings. 

1947-8-01 Vets captured title. 

    "The live spirit of the hustling Vets should be credited to Shiro Yamaguchi, the pre-war shortstopping ace of the Western Giants, and Joe Kesamaru, the lightning-shifty ex-college and prep star. The two combined their talents to keep the never-say-die Vets much intact." 

1950-5-03 Nisei Vets 3, Teamsters 14. Western Giants 8, Eastlake Merchants 1. 

1951-4-11 Nisei Vets and Western Giants will combine for team in Puget Sound League. 

1952-1-01 "After Richard Tsuji injured his throwing arm, Managers Shoichi Suyama and Joe Kesamaru of NVC called on Sasaki to carry the pitching load, and Sasaki, although off to a slugging start, finished like Citation in the long stretch. A hurler with more stuff on the ball than any Nisei hereabouts today, Sasaki was largely responsible for NVC's rousing second-half comeback in the Puget Sound league last season."

    "Ray Saito, infielder-outfielder for Nisei Veterans - Possibly the most outstanding Nisei baseball player in the Pacific Northwest. Saito was a feared batsman for the N.V.C. outfit in the P.S. circuit. As an outfielder in '51, he was second to none as far as his smooth fielding and timely hitting were concerned. To the Vets he was as valuable, though not as colorful, as Jim Rivera was to the Seattle Rainiers. Saito was the ace in the NVC fly-chasing department."