Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 57

              PIONEER  Sports
April   17,   1943___________Page 7
CAGE  CHAMPS,  ALL-STARS
TO  BE  HONORED  MONDAY
  A get-together  honoring
and All-Star  choices will"b
Terry  hall.
The   teams to be  honored  are the Royal Araians, king-
pins of the  AA  league  and the 8th Annual Granada tourna-
ment:  Ramblers, second-place
winners in the tournament;
Amache  Zephyrs,   A league
Champions;  and Deltan Jrs.,
B  titlists.
   The All-Stars are:   AA--
Tosh Shimizu, Neb Kuwatanil,
Shig Fukuyama, Yuk Yawata,
and Kiyoshi Yamate.
   A (Div. I)--George Yama-
zumi, Yoshio Kurita, Frank
Matsuura, Bill Kawasaki,
and Flu   Inaba.
   A (Div. I I)--Jack Hama-
hashi,  George Hamamoto,
Kane Miyoshi, Jack Iseri,
and Alfred Kato.
   There were noB All-Stars.
   Invitations are avail-
able  at the 7B recreation
office.    Each player and
manager will be permitted
to bring   one  guest.
   Koe Yoshida, athletic
director, will be in charge
of the  presentations.
VOLLEYBALL
LEAGUE SET
   The  girls' volleyball
league will get under way
tomorrow, according, to Mickey
Hayashi, athletic  director.
   Three games are scheduled
to be played at the 11F
courts.
   The softball league will
not start until the 30th
of this month, said Miss
Hayashi.   Seven teams are
entered   in the   league.
BASES  MADE  BY
REC.   DEPT.  MEMBERS
   Bases to be used for the
softball leagues were made
by members of the department
under the supervision of
Mickey "Finn" Hayashi and
Sunny Kondo.
TUMBLERS PERFORM
AT  HOLLY SMOKER
   Sixteen members of the
junior high school tumbling
team, performed at the Holly
high school Smoker Friday
at the  Holly gymnasium,
stated Clarence W. Kahler,
physical education instruct-
tor, yesterday.
   The members are:
   Masami Sugimoto, William
Sugawara,  Minoru Tonai,
Tsuyoshi Yamauchi, Henry
Kuwatani.
   Tamotsu Hakagawa, Hideo
Koyama, Kiyoshi Hasegawa,
Minoru Matsunaga, Lawrence
Nakamura.
   Kay Kanazawa, Charles
Kubochi, Isamu Hasegawa,
Benjamin Tsurumoto, Akira
Fujimoto, and Arthur Miya-
shima.
   As an added attraction,
Ben Tsurumoto and Akira
Fujimote presented a judo
exhibition.
Center  Leagues
Open Next Week
   The center's A softball
league will officially get
under  way on Saturday,
Apr il 24, it was decided
at a manager's meeting
Thursday night.    The AA
league will begin the fol-
lowing  day.
   It was announced that
there will be no B league
unless another team decides
to   sign the league roster.
   The teams are: AA--Dod-
gers, Deltans, Dusters, and
Royal Araians.    A--Kaynines,
Cardinals, Bombers, 12G
Randers,   and Echoes.
GAME   CALLED OFF
DUE   TO   DARKNESS
   The Blocks 11H and 9E
softball tilt Wednesday
evening  at   the 11G  diamond
was called off because of
darkness.  The game ended
in the third inning  with
the   11H boys   leading   7-5.
Casaba Teams
Vie  For Honors
   The intramural cage
competition at the senior
high school has entered its
third week and 10 teams
are fighting it out for
top honors, according, to
Head Coach John Hoke.
   Two teams, Hank Shimada's
and George Hinoki's, have
been named undisputed cham-
pions of the 1st and 2nd
periods respectively.   The
remaining four periods'
teams are deadlocked and
are expected to complete
playoffs by Wednesday.   The
teams  are:
   Kenji Yamaga's and Lefty
Kitagawa's, 3rd period;
Noboru Niizawa's and Saburo
Kawamura’s, 4th period;
George Aoki's  and  Goro Shi-
zuru's  5th period; and
Harry     Kajioka's     and   Tosh
Okamura’s 6th period.
   The intramural champions
will be awarded chenille
emblems, stated Hoke.  Tosh
Okamura's  team won the  1st
semester crown.
SOFTBALL
SEPOL  GIRLS
NIP  8E, 3-1
   The Sepol Ramblerettes,
champions of the Merced
Assembly center, were forced
to play alert, heads-up
softball to defeat the 8E
Storiettes, 3-1, at the 11G
diamond   Wednesday evening.
   The contest developed
into a pitchers' duel be-
tween Ramblerette Shinobu
Kunimoto and Starlette Phyl-
lis Kinoshita.    Miss Kuni-
moto won her won game by
walloping a mighty homer.
BLOCK    7H   TAKES
10 - 7   DECISION
   The 7H softballers took
a 10-7 decision from the
12K lads Monday at the 12K
diamond.    Ken Yamaga, 7H,
and  Tosh Furukawa, 12K, led
the     hitting     parade  with
each  getting  2 for  3.
9E    RAIDERS   UPSET
AMACHE    ZEPHYRS
   The 9E Raiders pulled a
fancy upset by nosing out
the Amache Zephyrs, 12-11,
in the final inning, at
Raider park Tuesday.
   Shige Ishigaki was the
losing hurler.   Makoto Sa-
kaguchi chucked for the
winners.