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This is the 3rd installment in the series, and this time I will tell you about an incident that triggered the creation of the rules unique to the Keio Waseda match.

 

Speaking of Keio's cheering seats in the Keio Waseda match, which side do you imagine on the first base side or the third base side? ?

 

The answer is＼Third base side／! ! If you come to Jingu Stadium from Gaienmae Station, you will be on the left side on both days. In other league games, the third base side and the first base side are switched on the first and second days, but why is the bench and cheering seat decided to be on the third base side for both days in the Keio Waseda game?

 

A surprising trouble 88 years ago is greatly involved in this. On October 22, 1933, the Keio-Waseda autumn league match was tangled up to the third round, and the third round was also a fierce battle. Also, from the beginning, the cheering squad and the cheering seats caused a big uproar over the referee's decision.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, the big trouble started. I bought a lot of dissatisfaction.

After that, in the top of the 9th inning, Mizuhara took up the defense of the third, but from the Waseda side cheering seats who felt anger and excitement at the protest earlier, garbage andAppleThe core of is thrown towards Suwon. In response, Suwon threw the apple back to the wall on the side of third base, causing the cheering crowd to rage. rice field. With the cram school baseball team's good-bye victory in this game, many students, said to be 6,000, demanded an apology from the manager and Suwon player.

 

  On the other hand, in the midst of the chaos, the Keio cheering team lost their honorable baton, and the Waseda University side was blamed for causing the chaos and violence. I was. The turmoil dragged on, and as a result, the head of the Waseda baseball club took responsibility and resigned, and the matter was settled. At one point, it was covered extensively in newspapers, and headlines such as 'Keio-Waseda game suspended again?'

One of the reasons why the turmoil has grown so much is that Suwon, who is the person concerned, has attracted a lot of attention. Mizuhara, who has the experience of winning the national high school baseball championship, joins the cram school baseball club with much fanfare. Considering the enthusiastic support at the time, it can be said that the attention was higher than it is now. It was rumored that he was in a relationship with the popular Mizuhara player Kinuyo Tanaka, who was a famous actress in the Showa era, and it was a big attention from the public. After that, another trouble caused him to quit the baseball club, but after graduating, he joined the Yomiuri Giants. He served as a captain until he was drafted into World War II, and made significant contributions. After returning to Japan, he made a great contribution to the development of Japanese baseball after the war, including serving as manager of the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons. Mr. Senichi Hoshino has a history of his talent blooming under Mr. Suwon.

　

Since this incident, the bench on the third base side and the cheering seat have been occupied by the cram school baseball club, and this tradition has continued for more than half a century. Neither the person who threw it nor Mr. Suwon could have imagined that such a tradition would be shaped by the apple.

 

Next time, I will tell you about the "last" Keio-Waseda game, a memory that should not be forgotten.

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