Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 74

              PIONEER
Sports
Page 6        June 16, 1943
Johnnie
   Presents
     By  tsuruta
aa all-stars
   Having matched all of
the AA players in action,
and having weighed careful-
ly the ability of each,
we're picking the mythical
AA softball team of the
center.
   For pitcher,we'll choose
Romeo Kitagawa of the cham-
pionship Dodger team, who
has a perfect pitching rec-
ord of four straight wins.
Kenny Ohki, of the Dodgers
and Tom loka, Deltans, are
on a par but Tom's superior
batting places him in the
number one spot for catcher.
Old-timer George Kawamura,
Deltans, is picked to cover
the initial sack.    At sec-
ond, we like Mas Uyesugi,
Duster, who was shifted
from the short patch.   The
hot corner is held down by
Flu Inaba, Deltans.    Fred
Kishi, Dodgers,  with his
.714 hickory average can't
be beat at the short-step
berth.
   In the outfield we like
Su Fukuyama, Wahoos' heavy
sticker,   Kanemi Ono and
Tosh Shimlzu, Dodgers, and
Sat Uyekubo, Dusters.   Each
is noted for his hitting
and fielding ability.
   Honorable mention must
be given to speedball chuck-
er Tad Mukaihata, Wahoos,
who wrecked his arm after
winning his first two games.
With Tad on the mound, the
Wahoos may have copped the
AA pennant.
Four  AA, Four
A Teams  Signed
   Four AA and four A teams
have signed  up for the
baseball leagues expected
to start next month.  They
ere the Dodgers, Knines,
Dusters, and Deltans in the
AA and Sepol, Skibos, and
two teams, from the Motor
Pool in the A league.
  The deadline for sign-
ups is June 21 (Monday),
according to Harry Shiro-
naka and Joe Harada, ath-
letic directors.  All teams
wishing to participate in
any of the leagues are
asked to sign up at the 7E
rec office before that date.
AA SWAT KING
FRED  KISHI
TOPS  BATTERS
   Fred Kishi, slugging
short stop of the champion
Dodgers, won the AA soft-
ball batting crown with a
fat .714 average in six
league games.  Tosh Shimi-
zu of the Dodgers and Su
Fukuyama of the Wahoos fol-
lowed with .600 and .583
averages respectively.
   The averages, compiled
from the rec. department's
official score book, of
those who played two or
more games and hit .200 or
better, follows:
GP          Pct.
B.  Umekubo,   Du		2	.500
Y.  Hara,   De		4	.444
M. Uyesugi,   Du		5	.400
H.  Shironaka,   De	4	.400
M.  Saito,   Dg		2	.400
Sh. Fukuyama,   Wa	5	.375
T.   Kunimoto,   Du	3	.375
S.   Uyekubo,   Du		5	.333
G.  Fujimitsu,   De		2	.333
F.   Inaba,   De		6	.325
T.  Ioka,   De		6	.313
K.  Miyoshi,   Dg		5	.307
M. Ishigaki, De		5	.308
J.   Nishimura,   Du	5	.300
A.  Kishi,  Wa		4	.300
K.  Ohki,   Dg		6	.263
H.  Fujiu, Du		5	.250
B.  Wada, De 		4	.250
J.   Hamahashi,   Dg	3	.250
K.   Ono,   Dg		2	.250
G.  Karatsu, Wa		2	.250
S.  Miyashima,   Wa	2	.250
G. Kawamura,   De	6	.231
S. Fujita,  Wa		5	.231
R. Nimura,   Du		5	.231
G. Yoshiwara,   De		6	.222
G. Maruyama,   Wa	4	.222
C. Kunisaki,   Du		4	.200
J.  Kubochi,   Dg		2	.200
M. Hamada,   Du		2	.200
   LEGEND:     Du, Dusters;
De,  Deltans;   Dg,   Dodgers;
Wa. Wahoos.
RAIDERS  WIN,  20-1
   Behind Ed Hamanishi,who
hurled one-hit ball, the
Raiders ended their regular
season witrh a 20-1 triumph
over the winless  Condors
Saturday  afternoon.
   Score by  innings:
Condors       000  01   -     1     1   3
Raiders       1401  5x   -    20   10   1
   BATTERIES: Condors--T.
Sugimoto, M. Hirose and K.
Sugimoto;  Raiders--E. Ha -
manishi and   E.   Kamanishi.
TO  MEET  ECHOES
KNINES  BEAT  SKIBOS,  8-1
   With pitcher George Ta-
kaoka hurling brilliant
ball, the Knines easily
took the measure of the
Skibos, 8-1, Monday evening
at the 10F field.
   This win gave the Knines
a tie for the A league lead-
ership with the Echoes.
These two teams will meet
for the A softball champion-
ship tomorrow, 6:30 p.m.
at the 10F diamond.
   The Knines started their
fireworks in the third in-
ning when ace Pitcher George
Takahashi of the Skibos
allowed two hits and a walk,
and gave up two runs.    Add-
ing three more runs in the
next inning, the winners
practically sewed up the
game.
   In  the fifth, Skibo
pitcher George Takahashi
blew up when Kenneth Ozaki
swatted one of his "float-
ers" for a home run.  Be-
fore the inning was over,
the Knines had put across
another three runs.
   Wayne Horita relieved
Takahashi and hurled no-hit
ball for the final two
innings.
   The Skibos combined two
hits and a fielder's choice
for their only run of the
game in the last of the
seventh.
   Heavy stickers for the
day were Knines ' catcher
Joe Harada and Pitcher Hori-
ta of the Skibos with two
hits apiece.
   Score by innings:
Knines  002 330 0 - 8 8 4
Skibos  000 000 1 - 1 5 2
   BATTERIES: Knines--G.
Takaoka and J.Harada; Ski-
bos--G.Takahashi, W. Hori-
ta and T, Miura.
=SPORTS  CIRCLE==
   A SOFTBALL-Thursday
Knines  vs   Echoes-10F-6:30
  A  SOFTBALL-Results
Knines  def Skibos,   8-1
Raiders  def  Condors,   20-1
  C  SOFTBAFL-Today
11F vs Ramblers, Jrs -10F-6:30
9H vs   Echo   Jrs.-10F-6:30
  THURSDAY
Chiquitoes   vs   11E-10F-6:30