page_title: Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
section_title: 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games
hierarchical_section_title: Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium / History / 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games
caption_attribution_description: English: The score board at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.
context_page_description: The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium located inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 10,000.
context_section_description: The Far Eastern Championship Games (also known as Far East Games) was a small Asian multi-sport competition considered to be a precursor to the Asian Games. In 1912, E.S. Brown, president of the Philippine Athletic Association and Manila Carnival Games, proposed the creation of the "Far Eastern Olympic Games" to China and Japan. It was at that time that Governor-General William Cameron Forbes was the president of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Association from 1911-1913. Governor-General Forbes formed the Far Eastern Olympic Association.  
  The first Far Eastern Championship Games was held in the Manila Carnival Grounds in Malate, Manila, Philippines on February 4, 1913. Forbes was also the one who formally declared the games open. Six countries participated in the eight-day event: The Philippine Islands, Republic of China, Empire of Japan, British East Indies (Malaysia), Kingdom of Thailand and British crown colony Hong Kong. The Philippines also hosted the games in 1925 and 1934.
  The Manila Carnival Grounds was redeveloped into the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in 1934, named in honor of the country's national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, before the 10th Far Eastern Games. Baseball was a main event in every Far Eastern Games and, in that year, the games were played at the new Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. Legendary American players Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth hit the first and second home runs, respectively. The game that saw the participation of an all-star team, which included Gehrig, Ruth and Jimmy Foxx, was one of the highlights of the stadium’s history.
caption: The score board at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.
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