oregon state's beaver express train left corvallis with 31 players on december 19, 1941, just three days after duke university invited oregon state. standing on the platform in corvallis was chiaki "jack" yoshihara. yoshihara had immigrated to the united states of america at the age of three on the last ship allowed into the united states before the united states put a moratorium on japanese immigration. by executive order, no japanese-americans were permitted to go more than from their homes. multiple fbi agents informed oregon state coach, lon stiner that no exception would be made for yoshihara. teammates, students, the acting oregon state president, and the campus rotc commandant protested the decision to no avail. yoshihara, the beavers' 32nd player, watched the beaver express leave corvallis from the platform without him on it.