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Sports

Sports were a major form of recreation for the Issei and Nisei in the camps. Baseball became the preferred sport for both, although basketball and football were also popular among the Nisei. Organized teams, often consisting of friends from prewar neighborhoods, played each other in highly competitive matches. Other sports, like ping-pong, judo, boxing, badminton, and sumo wrestling were also popular pastimes.

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[Playing basketball at Children's Village] (ddr-csujad-29-349)
img [Playing basketball at Children's Village] (ddr-csujad-29-349)
Two boys playing basketball at Children's Village. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P292
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-349/
[Manzanar gymnasium] (ddr-csujad-29-215)
img [Manzanar gymnasium] (ddr-csujad-29-215)
Photograph of the Manzanar gymnasium. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P158
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-215/
ManzaKnights baseball player (ddr-manz-10-119)
img ManzaKnights baseball player (ddr-manz-10-119)
Min Watanabe, coach.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-119/
ManzaKnights baseball team (ddr-manz-10-118)
img ManzaKnights baseball team (ddr-manz-10-118)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-118/
Girls baseball team (ddr-manz-10-153)
img Girls baseball team (ddr-manz-10-153)
Left to right (faces visible): May Noma, Ritsuko Masuda, Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi, Yoshiko "Pee Wee" Kusunoki Nakamura, Masa Fujioka Kunitomi, Marian Fujii, unknown.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-153/
ManzaKnights group (ddr-manz-10-138)
img ManzaKnights group (ddr-manz-10-138)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-138/
Painting of a baseball game (ddr-manz-2-2)
img Painting of a baseball game (ddr-manz-2-2)
Caption: "Our guard in the watch tower became a spring baseball fan at Santa Fe."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-2/
Baseball player sitting in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-152)
img Baseball player sitting in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-152)
Original caption: "George Tanimura, member of Poston Block 219 Baseball Team 'Hachi-ren-tai', in early 1944."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-152/
Three ManzaKnights baseball players (ddr-manz-10-120)
img Three ManzaKnights baseball players (ddr-manz-10-120)
Original caption: "Min, Tino, Nob."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-120/
Member of the ManzaKnights (ddr-manz-10-139)
img Member of the ManzaKnights (ddr-manz-10-139)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-139/
Members of a women's basketball team in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-4)
img Members of a women's basketball team in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-4)
Original caption: "Leone Miyazaki, Coach."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-4/
ManzaKnights baseball game (ddr-manz-10-121)
img ManzaKnights baseball game (ddr-manz-10-121)
Original caption: "Min, Yo Ishida."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-121/
Poston baseball team (ddr-manz-10-151)
img Poston baseball team (ddr-manz-10-151)
Back row, left: Bob Yamamoto, after camp gardening in Salinas. Front row, second from left: Saburo Iwamoto, truck driver of supplies in Poston camp. After camp farmed in Salinas. Back row, far right: George Tanimura, after the war provided Walmart with Tanimura vegetables.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-151/
Girls basketball team (ddr-manz-10-150)
img Girls basketball team (ddr-manz-10-150)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-150/
Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Chiyeko Akahoshi (October 25, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-107)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Chiyeko Akahoshi (October 25, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-107)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Chiyeko Akahoshi (October 25, 1943). Envelope is postmarked October 26, 1943 from the Manzanar Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-107/
Baseball player fielding a ball (ddr-fom-1-741)
img Baseball player fielding a ball (ddr-fom-1-741)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-741/
Women's sports team in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-583)
img Women's sports team in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-583)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-583/
Women's sports team in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-584)
img Women's sports team in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-584)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-584/
Hunt baseball team (ddr-fom-1-561)
img Hunt baseball team (ddr-fom-1-561)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-561/
Martial arts school in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-602)
img Martial arts school in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-602)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-602/
Baseball player swinging a bat (ddr-fom-1-752)
img Baseball player swinging a bat (ddr-fom-1-752)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-752/
Hunt baseball team (ddr-fom-1-588)
img Hunt baseball team (ddr-fom-1-588)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-588/
Baseball player catching a ball (ddr-fom-1-751)
img Baseball player catching a ball (ddr-fom-1-751)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-751/
Baseball player swinging a bat (ddr-fom-1-736)
img Baseball player swinging a bat (ddr-fom-1-736)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-736/
Baseball player preparing to bunt (ddr-fom-1-742)
img Baseball player preparing to bunt (ddr-fom-1-742)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-742/
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