The chief priest at the time, Dosetsu TSUGA, introduced Eiji SAWAMURA who was in the Kyoto Commercial High School (now the Kyoto Gakuen Senior High School) baseball team to Tokyo Yomiuri Giants Senior Managing Director, Tadao ICHIOKA.
その当時の住職は栂道節で、京都商業学校（現京都学園高等学校）野球部にいた沢村栄治を東京巨人軍専務取締役市岡忠男に紹介した。