First team of Japanese Immigrants to US

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Date	1919
Location	Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Description	The Salt Lake City Nippon baseball team was in existence in 1919. It appears to have played at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. As of November 2010, the Spread Project lists this team as the first known team of issei, or first-general Japanese immigrants, in the US.
Sources	Email from Michael Flannery, 11/21/ 2010. Michael cites the webpage http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/ethnic_cultures/the_peoples_of_utah/japaneselifeinutah.html which includes a photograph of this team. Its depiction of immigrant baseball is spare.
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Submitted by	Micheal Flannery
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