Kansai Six Universities Baseball League

…In the fall of 1931, the Kansai University Baseball League was established by the Kansai University Baseball League, which was the first university baseball league in the area, with the universities of Kansai, Doshisha, Ritsumeikan, Kansai, Kyoto, and Kobe Commercial University joining forces. They achieved some success in competing with the Tokyo University Big Six, but they did not have their own stadium, and the gap in ability between private and national universities widened, leading to a stalemate in both management and technology. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Kansai Six Universities Baseball League is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1931年秋に関西学院，同志社，立命館，関西，京都，神戸商科の各大学が結集して関西六大学野球連盟を設立，同地区に初めて大学野球組織が誕生した。東京六大学に対抗する形でそれなりの成果をあげたが，専用球場をもたず私立と国立大学との実力差が開くなど運営，技術両面でしだいに行き詰まった。…

※「関西六大学野球連盟」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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