Diamond Gods Of the Morning Sun - Hotchkiss, Ron
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This is the story of the Asahi, a Japanese Canadian baseball team that was formed in 1914 and competed in Vancouver's Caucasian leagues between 1918 and 1941. Using a strategy called "brain ball," the smaller Japanese defeated the larger white teams and won a number of championships. This describes what happened to some of these Asahi players after Pearl Harbor when British Columbia's Japanese were sent to internment camps in the province's interior. Here they played an important role in establishing baseball leagues. Following the war, many former Asahis came to eastern Canada where they…mehr

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This is the story of the Asahi, a Japanese Canadian baseball team that was formed in 1914 and competed in Vancouver's Caucasian leagues between 1918 and 1941. Using a strategy called "brain ball," the smaller Japanese defeated the larger white teams and won a number of championships. This describes what happened to some of these Asahi players after Pearl Harbor when British Columbia's Japanese were sent to internment camps in the province's interior. Here they played an important role in establishing baseball leagues. Following the war, many former Asahis came to eastern Canada where they continued to play an important role in baseball as they began new lives. There is a second story here as well. It is about a former Asahi fan who was determined that the Asahi legend would not die and how she insured that what they meant to the Japanese community before World War II would never be forgotten.
Autorenporträt
Ron Hotchkiss is a retired high school history teacher who became interested in Rosa Grosse when researching his book, "The Matchless Six: The Story of Canada's First Women's Olympic Team". Grosse's name kept appearing in reports of women's track and field meets, especially those of her victories at the prestigious Millrose Games, held each year at New York's Madison Square Garden. Wanting to know more about her, Hotchkiss embarked on a voyage of discovery that lasted five years. Along the way he met Grosse's daughter, sister-in-law, and a number of her contemporaries. In so doing, he discovered one of the many forgotten stories of Canadian history - one that inspired pride in an earlier generation of Canadians. "Queen Of the Cinder Track" is an attempt to bring Rosa out of the shadows and give her the recognition she so richly deserves.