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This issue is especially interesting for its combination of Japanese professional baseball and American sports legends, including an illustrated Joe Louis boxing instructional feature and a photograph of a Babe Ruth memorial-themed Rose Parade float.
Inside are numerous photographs, articles and instructional sequences covering baseball, boxing, American football, track and field, skiing and other sports.
Highlights include:
- Joe Louis boxing instruction feature with photographs demonstrating boxing and training techniques
- Shigeru Chiba / Yomiuri Giants cover
- Babe Ruth “Our Babe” Rose Parade memorial float
- Full-page color photograph of Susumu Yuki (柚木進) of the Nankai Hawks
- Extensive Japanese professional baseball coverage
- Baseball action and instructional photo sequences
- Tokyo-Hakone Ekiden relay coverage
- American football feature
- Skiing and winter sports
- Period Japanese sporting-goods and pharmaceutical advertisements
- Numerous photographs of Japanese athletes and sports personalities
A fascinating piece of postwar Japanese sports history, particularly appealing to collectors of Japanese baseball, Yomiuri Giants/NPB memorabilia, Joe Louis and vintage boxing material, Babe Ruth memorabilia, and mid-century Japanese magazines.
Condition: Vintage used condition with overall age toning and handling wear. The front cover has edge wear, small tears/chips, handwritten notation near the lower left, and a tear/chip along the lower edge. Additional age-related wear may be present throughout. Please review all photographs carefully as they are part of the condition description.
Original Japanese publication.
