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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.