1923 Far Eastern Championship Games

It was the first and only time that Osaka hosted the event, marking a departure of the capital Tokyo being the traditional Japanese venue.

He scored 116 points to lead the Philippines and beat China to recapture the gold medal.

Demonstration matches in tennis and volleyball were contested but were not awarded medals as part of the official programme.

[4] There were calls for a boycott of the 1923 games in China, due to poor relations with Japan, but as the delegation was traditionally led by an American from the Chinese YMCA branch the nation participated at the games regardless.

This led to further questions in the press about China's national sovereignty in international sports.