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Semi-Pros and 442nd Infantry Play Sunday
From Hattiesburg American July 3, 1943
Muss Freeman has been selected to start on the mound for the Hattiesburg semi-professional baseball team which plays the 442nd Infantry (Japanese-American) of Camp Shelby at 2:45 PM Sunday at Kamper park.
Freeman has pitched in only one game this year for Hattiesburg, giving up three hits, although Hattiesburg lost the game 5-1 to the 474th Quartermasters. After scoring victories over the 69th Quartermasters and the 631st Tank Destroyers, the locals' record stands at 2 victories and one loss.
The 442nd INF. Has also dropped only one game Annette was also to the 474th quartermasters. The score was 2-1. The 442nd has made one appearance in Hattiesburg, swamping the strong 35th field artillery, 10-2.
Southpaw Higuchi will probably get the call to pitch for the 442nd. He allowed only six hits when the men from the Islands swamped the 35th F. A.
Admission prices will be $0.15 and 30 cents and men of the armed forces will be admitted free.
The probable starting lineups are as follows: 442nd: Nakahara, ss, Tanaka 1b, Mori, cf, Uto, lf, Yogi, 3b, Higuchi, p, Oka, rf, Morita, 2b, Tsunehero, c.
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July 3, 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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People mentioned in this clipping: Higuchi Muss Freeman