Cuban Baseball and Castro Experts?

[EddieP]

Nice photos.

The umpire is Raul “ el Chino” Atan.

This is from Ecuador’s version of Wikipedia:

‘En la Liga Profesional de Béibol Cubana trabajó como árbitro desde 1927 hasta 1961. En la Liga Mexicana se desempeña como árbitro de 1940 a 1945, y allí fue jefe del cuerpo de árbitros. En 1946 regresa a Cuba. En Cuba llegó a impartir justicia en un juego que sólo duró 69 minutos.

Fungió también como árbitro en Venezuela y República Dominicana. Sirvió de maestro para los nuevos árbitros que participarían en la ..l”


I am a bit rusty in reading Spanish, but it roughly translates:” He worked as an umpire in the Professionla Cuban Baseball league from 1927 to 1961. He was an umpire in the Mexican League from 1940 to 1945 where he was the head umpire. He returned to Cuba in 1946. In Cuba, He umpired a game that lasted 69 minutes.
He also umpired in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. He taught new umpires who participated in the…”

There were some photos auctioned by Hake with the same RFM logo. It was dated by PSA to be taken circa 1947.

Looking at the garb ( 2 chest pockets plaid shirt/ baggie pants) in the Atan photo and comparing it to old family photographs, I would reckon it was taken sometime in the 1950s.