Japanese Catcher in 1932 Sanella Margarine Set?
Posted By: <b>Tom</b><p>I know that the only baseball player in this set other than Babe Ruth was the Japanese catcher from their 1932 Olympic team. I have two of these cards and would like to list one, but I can't find his name anywhere. Does anyone have any idea of this guy's name?<br />Thanking you in advance from a new member.....<img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1158282227.JPG">
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Japanese Catcher in 1932 Sanella Margarine Set?
Posted By: <b>Chris Counts</b><p>I have a friend who has this card, and he's convinced it's a young Josh Gibson, although I'm not sure why ...
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Japanese Catcher in 1932 Sanella Margarine Set?
Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>I just picked up the same card last week. Love how it shows the equipment of the day. The back actually says it is a baseball trainer or coach. That made sense to me - from the people milling around in the background and no stands, it does not appear to have been a game situation (although with colorized pix, not photos, it's hard to be that precise).<br /><br />I think these were issued in anticipation of the upcoming Olympics? If so, it would probably be an anonymous amatuer bballer.<br /><br />Nice card.<br /><br />Joann
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Japanese Catcher in 1932 Sanella Margarine Set?
Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>Definitely Jim Thorpe or Joe Jackson. <br /><br />-Ryan
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Japanese Catcher in 1932 Sanella Margarine Set?
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Japan didn't have a baseball team at the '32 Olympics- in fact it wasn't even a demonstration sport there. It was in Berlin in '36, but the participants were 2 American teams.<br />The first Japanese team to play in the Olympics was in Tokyo in '64, in a 1 game match against the U.S.<br />Great card, whoever it is.
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Japanese Catcher in 1932 Sanella Margarine Set?
Posted By: <b>Tom</b><p>Here's where I got that - guess he was wrong! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rbcraik.com/tobacco/1932_sanella.htm" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.rbcraik.com/tobacco/1932_sanella.htm</a>
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Japanese Catcher in 1932 Sanella Margarine Set?
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Although little was recorded, Olympic baseball first appeared in 1904 St. Louis. Eight years later in 1912 Stockholm, a American team played against host Sweden, winning 13-3. In 1936 Berlin, two American teams played each other. The 1952 Helsinki event was a modified form of the sport, Finnish baseball, played by two Finnish teams. Australia played a one-game exhibition against the United States in 1956 Melbourne and Japan did the same in 1964 Tokyo.<br />After a 20-year hiatus, Olympic baseball (labeled an exhibition sport/event by the IOC) returned but with tournament formatting (1984 Los Angeles). In 1988 Seoul, it was termed a demonstration sport. Japan defeated the United States in the inaugural tournament finale in 1984. However, in 1988, Team USA was the winner over Japan.
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BTY-The other baseball player in the Sanella Margrine book has not been proven yet but is almost positively thought of as Japanese Hall of Famer Jiro Kuji.
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Didn’t Babe Ruth catch in ‘32?
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Here’s a good read - https://prewarcards.com/2017/11/19/i...nd-astra-sets/
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