Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 49

              BULLSEYE
   by  Jiro Sumita
WHAT NEXT?
   Wet weather may be halt-
ing the sports  activities
in Denson, Arkansas, but
Amache residents can thank
the recreation department
for the temporary standstill
of the sports activities
here.
   Two weeks have passed
since the last basketball
game sponsored by the
recreation department was
played, but at this writing,
no steps have been taken
in organizing the next
major sport.   If this is
to be softball, we think
more attention should be
given to it--and soon.
ACTIVE
   Probably the most sports-
active center outside of
those in California is
the Gila project in Arizona.
Over there, not one sport
but many sport programs
are being carried out and
they are all well organized.
Topping this list at pres-
ent is basketball, with
baseball coming right up.
Other organized sports are
softball, sumo, and boxing.
Besides these, track meets
are being planned.
   We can draw only one
conclusion from all this,
and that is that the Gila
recreation department  is
a hustling organization.
NEW NAMES
   Where is football called
"tokyu;" hockey, "zokyu;"
and golf, "dakyu?"   Well,
it’s in Japan.
   According to the sports
column in the Denson Trib-
une,  a recent broadcast
from Tokyo heard in New
York stated that the Jap-
anese Athletic association
had changed the names of
American and English im-
ported sports.
   Previously, these sports
had a similar sound as in
English;  namely:
   "Rogubi," "hokki," and
"gorofu."   Baseball had
already been changed in
similar category, "yakyu."
LEADERS
   One block that isn't
waiting for the recreation
department to push along
their sports program is
Block 11G.   Basketball,
softball, and volleyball
teams--they have them all.
TSUCHIYA  IS
SHOGI KING
   Kenji Tsuchiya, 10H,
won the three-day shogi
tournament,  competed by 75
persons, held at the 8G Goh-
Shogi hall last week end,
according to Andrew Tsuchi-
ya, co-supervisor of the
tournament.
   The second place winner
was Kanejiro Takai, while
Isao Nakagawa took third
place.
   Trophies to the winners
will be awarded later by
the recreation department,
concluded Tsuchiya._____________
PIONEER
     Sports
March 20, 1943     Page 7_______
CAGE LEAGUE
KEPT ALIVE
   Intramural basketball
league games for the second
semester,  which began this
week in the boys’ high
school PE department, are
expected to continue a
month,  according to Coach
John C. Hoke.
   Meanwhile, the school
gym is expected, to be com-
pleted, and to windup the
season  a school-wide cage
tournament is being planned
in the new gym._____________________
Thank    You!
   For the cooperation
and patronage given dur-
ing the basketball sea-
son,  the recreation and
education departments
express their thanks
to the residents.___________________
TURK RETURNS  FROM
TRIP TO DENVER
   Harvey Turk, head of the
recreation department,  re-
turned Wednesday from a
four-day business trip to
Denver.
   Kay Matsuhiro, Koe Yo-
shida, and John Kimura,
who accompanied him,  re-
turned this morning after
attending the AAU basket-
ball tourney.
-----SPORTS-----
      IDE-MS
-----by Joseph Ide-----
  the glamorous Garbo has
her feet, the dynamic Dur-
ant  has his schnozzle, but
so what?...they have nothing
on our boy Hirano, who has
exclusive rights to a chin
that is a C-H-I-N...
   the last issue of the
PIONEER carried a complete
page exclusively Hirano,
but the sports dept didn't
get a chance to toss in
their 2-cents worth…so,
tho' late, we come in for
our digs now…
   we first eyed Hirano at
the old PIONEER office in
the 8F rec hall...he was
hustling around the dusty
and crowded news-den sup-
posedly in the process of
setting up a readable rag
...we, in our shy way, said
hello and he said hello
but with the darndest look
of are-you-real?   in his
eyes...then he disappeared
under a pile of copy...two
minutes later he came up
for air and pointing his
chin at us (which I noticed
for the first time then),
he bellowed,  "How about
checking up on why the
water pump isn't working
... that was our introduction
to Editor Hirano and our
first assignment on the
PIONEER…
    since then Hirano (or
Bobbo as we affectionately
call him) has gotten under
our skin...his chin, his
squint-eyed  smile, his
easy-going manner, his
"knock yourself out,'' gets
us.
   we've, never seen anyone
work as hard, as he does
without so much as a peer
…this fragile-1ooking
specimen of the human (?)
race is a  dynamo on legs,
piano legs at that…and
he abounds with energy and
go...
   we've yet to see the
boy get mad or riled…
even as a member of the
championship Zephyr cage
team he was the coolest
man under pressure…
   Hirano will be heading
for the Army soon...the
office won't seem the same
without him...we'11 miss
him, sure, but we'll miss
more the sight of that
"unique" chin...and yeah,
who's going to take all
our dough from now on?...