Twelve basketball players from China were admitted at the Port of Seattle on 31 January 1929 as temporary visitors for five months each with a $1,000 bond. Two of them had Section 6 certificates; student status and could remain one year. The Office of the Governor General of Manila, Philippine Islands recommended that his office grant temporary visas to twelve members of the basketball team composed of Chinese students from Manila. The captain of the team, Domingo Rufino Choa, was a full blood Chinse from the Philippines.
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor, Immigration Service, Luther Weedin, Commissioner of Immigration in Seattle said,
“All members of this party are of a superior type of
Northern Chinese, and most of them speak English
fluently. A Souvenir booklet describing the basket ball
team is enclosed.”
[They were not from Northern China. Most of them were from southeastern China, studying in the Philippines, and several were born in the Philippines. Unfortunately the souvenir booklet titled “Souvenirs China & Japan Tour, Chinese Basket Ball Team,” published by C. C. Lim of Manila, P.I., was not included in the file.]
[Most files for Section 3 (2), temporary visitors, do not contain much information. Usually a photograph is not included.]
Chen Ping-Huang [10360/1-1] had attended St. John’s University and Kwang Hu University. His father was a well-to-do export merchant at Changehow near Amoy, Fukien, China (According to Wikipedia: a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, China, beside the Taiwan Strait). His property was valued at $150,000 Mexican. His reference was Tang Chin-Yun of the University of Washington.
Hi … Do you have any information of other team members? One of them is my grandfather .
What is your grandfather’s name? I will see if there is more information on him.
Lim Chuan Teck – he played guard
Did he have another name?
Charles Lim
I have sent you a photo in your FB messenger
Hello, I am doing research on the 1929 Chinese basketball team that played in the U.S. I was wondering if it would be possible to talk to you further about the
Hi Joey, I’d love to hear more about your grandfather. Send me an email and we can figure out when to talk.
Trish
Lim Chu Cong is my Grandfather. i have pictures of the whole basketball team . and the team riding on the airplane of my grandfather.
Wow! Would you like to share them on the blog?
If you do, please email them to me at THackettNicola at gmail.com
Hello, I am a second-year graduate student in Liaoning, China, and I am conducting evidence-based research on the 1929 Chinese basketball team that played in the U.S. I was wondering if I could talk to you for further information.
Please contact me via my email: hebaiqiao00@gmail.com
pls share the photos here or to my email
Hello, I am a second-year graduate student in Liaoning, China, and I am conducting evidence-based research on the 1929 Chinese basketball team that played in the U.S. I was wondering if I could talk to you for further information.
Please contact me via my email: hebaiqiao00@gmail.com
Hi Cory, I would love to see photos of the whole basketball team. Could you share them with me?
Trish THackettNicola@gmail.com