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The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles

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Juniors Basketball Team, late 1920s

The Oliver Juniors basketball team pose for a picture in the Daiichi Gakuen practice yard, late 1920s. The two young men kneeling in front are Gene Sakamoto on the left and Joe Suski on the right. On the far left in the back row is Paul "Yaz" Yazaki. In the center is Frank "Match" Kumamoto, and to his right is Seichi Frank Kito. On the far right is Masao Joe Itano; second from the right is David Miyamoto; and third from the right is Mas Kaizoji. Courtesy Joe Suski.

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