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[Tas Yamada sliding into first base, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, May 1944]
[Tas Yamada sliding into first base, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, May 1944]
[Tas Yamada sliding into first base, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, May 1944]

[Tas Yamada sliding into first base, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, May 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 2.375 in, W: 3.375 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Mori Shimada
Object number92.10.2G
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Tas Yamada slides into first base as the catcher, George Miyahara, stands facing the viewer waiting for the ball with glove ready. Bother wear baseball uniforms. Yamada has the number "13" on his back. Miyahara has "ASAHI" across his chest. The umpire, Harry Miyakusu, in dark jacket behind them calls him safe. Rows of barracks in background.

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