In Kyoto, the rain stopped and the morning of November 28 was clear but cold.  The game began on time at 2 P.M.  Eiji Sawamura took the mound for All Nippon amid “thunderous applause” by the 30,000 fans.   Alas, the young hurler could not repeat his stellar performance.  The All Americans jumped to a two-nothing lead in the bottom of the first, added five more in the third, and another three in the fourth.  Sawamura was wild, walking seven and throwing a wild pitch.  At Shizuoka, the Americans had been fooled by his curve and the late movement on his two-seam fastball, but in Kyoto the Major Leaguers refrained from chasing the curveball, letting most break harmlessly out of the strike zone for balls.  When they did swing, the All Americans hit Sawamura’s pitches hard.  On top of the seven walks, Sawamura surrendered eight hits before Ichioka removed him with one out in the bottom of the fourth.  It was almost as if the Americans knew what type of pitch Sawamura was about to throw.

Kenichi Aoshiba, also from the Kyoto area, finished the game for All Nippon.  He did only slightly better, giving up seven runs off seven hits in four and two-thirds innings, including a 100-yen winning home run to Bing Miller.  Once again, the Japanese defense did little to help their pitchers.  They booted the ball six times during the game. At the end of nine, the Americans had cruised to a 14-1 victory.