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Three men, Normie Roy, Takizo Matsumoto, and John Pesky, examine some baseballs while Tom Dowd, Godfrey Cabot, and James Walsh look on. Original caption: "L to R. Tom Dowd, See Red Sox; Normie Roy, Braves; Takizo Matsumoto; John Pesky, Red Sox; Godfrey Cabot - Boston's best known Industrialist; James Walsh Mgt Dir. Chamber of Commerce." Boston Traveler caption: "Boston and baseball are not strange to one of the Japanese newspapermen visiting the country, for Takizo Matsumoto (third from left) was a graduate student at Harvard before the recent war. Snapped at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon to the newspapermen today were, (left to right [sic], Tom Dowd, Red Sox traveling secretary; Rookie Pitcher Normie Roy of the Braves; Matsumoto; Third Baseman Johnny Pesky of the Red Sox; Godfrey Cabot, Boston industrialist, and James Walsh, managing director of the Chamber of Commerce." Used in: Boston Traveler, February 3 1950. Original credit line: Ernest Hill for Boston Traveler.