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[1944 Heart Mountain All Star Baseball Team, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, September/October 1944]
Maker
Shimada, Mori
Date1944
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 6.75 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Mori Shimada
Object number92.10.2B
DescriptionHeart Mountain baseball team photograph. 1944 All-Star team from Heart Mountain which played a visiting team from Gila River. Most of the players are wearing uniforms from local teams they played for before the war.
Front row (left to right): Snooks Kaoota, Take Ikeda, Yuzo Yasuhara, John Santo, Russ Hinaga, Mori Shimada, Chesty Okagaki, Fuzzy Shimada (went on to become a professional bowler after the war). Back row: Tosh Asano, Texie Watanabe, Min Horino, Babe Nomura, Fumio Kusunoki, Norman Yasui, George Ishitani, Chiakizuki, Bill Shundo, Rosie Matsui (coach).
Front row (left to right): Snooks Kaoota, Take Ikeda, Yuzo Yasuhara, John Santo, Russ Hinaga, Mori Shimada, Chesty Okagaki, Fuzzy Shimada (went on to become a professional bowler after the war). Back row: Tosh Asano, Texie Watanabe, Min Horino, Babe Nomura, Fumio Kusunoki, Norman Yasui, George Ishitani, Chiakizuki, Bill Shundo, Rosie Matsui (coach).
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1945