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Camp Shelby Baseball
From Hattiesburg American June 18, 1943
Allowing only one hit, a home run in the fifth inning with one man on base, pitcher Anzai of the 442nd Infantry team, led his mates to a10-2 victory over the 202nd Engineers yesterday afternoon on diamond No.7.
Capitalizing on 6 errors and seven walks the 442nd Infantry pushed over seven runs in the first three innings and three more in the last.
The winners batted all around in the third inning as four runs crossed the plate. Third baseman Joe Yoshimura and right fielder Oka drew walks and advanced on a fly to centerfield by Lou Iwoka.
Shortstop Koono walked to fill the bases. Yoshimura scored on Higuchi's roller to 2nd and center fielder Ysimuza drew another walk. Then came Anzai’s sizzling double and three more runs were in.
Anzai fanned seven engineer batters and only center fielder Kemp was able to get a hit, a Homer with Battaglio on base.
Batters were: Anzai and Kirihara for the 442nd; Nalinowski and Morrison for the 202nd Engineers.
Source Information
June 18, 1943
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+ Hattiesburg American
Media Type: Newspaper
Place: Hattiesburg
State: Mississippi
Country: United States
The Hattiesburg American was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper, the Hattiesburg Progress.[2] In 1907, the Hattiesburg Progress was acquired by The Hattiesburg Daily News. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the newspaper was renamed the Hattiesburg American.
The Hattiesburg American was purchased by the Harmon family in the 1920s and was sold to the Hederman family in 1960.[2] Gannett acquired the newspaper in 1982.
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