Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 83

              PIONEER
    Sports
July 17, 1943       Page 5
vIEWING
	sports
===with   shiro===
DEBUT...
   Making my initial ap-
pearance on the sport page
with this column, "Viewing
Sports," working along with
Sports Editor Johnnie Tsu-
ruta and sharing sports
reporting duties, I will
try to bring things of in-
terest to you. through the
medium of this column...
COMPARISON...
   In comparing the athletic
activities of Amache and
Manzanar, we find that the
sports in Amache is a jump-
and-a-leap ahead of the
sports scheduled in Manza-
nar ...
BASKETBALL...
   A heavier schedule dur-
ing basketball season with
some 60-odd teams to Amache's
22, was one reason for the
delay at Manzanar in get-
ting softball under way.
And too, due to the tem-
peramental weather condi-
tions there, a good four
weeks were needed in play-
ing off the postponed
games, for all games were
played outdoors...
SOFTBALL...
   Therefore, while soft-
ball was still in its prim-
itive stages, in Manzanar,
Amache's softball leagues
had been completed with
their all-stars chosen and
King Hardball crowding the
spotlight.
GOLF...
   Manzanar proudly presents
its 18 hole golf course
with the longest fairway a
distance of approx. 550 yds.
The shortest drive is the
89 yd. fairway over a large
creek where the mountain
stream flows, (trouts too).
Truely a sportman's paradise.
TENNIS...
   For all rabid tennis lov-
ers, four clay courts have
been constructed and con-
ditioned, with a 15 feet
fence around each two courts.
Two courts are reserved
for the tennis club members
while the other two are o-
pen to the residents.   Most
of the work on the golf
course and the tennis courts
were done through volunteers ,
MORE  TO  COME…THIRTY  FOR
NOW…
AA  BASEBALL  TOMORROW
TWO  GAMES  SCHEDULED
   The twice-defeated K-
nines will tangle with the
undefeated Dodgers tomorrow
morning at the 10F diamond
from 9 o'clock in an AA
league  game.
   The Dodgers showed lots
of power at the plate Sun-
day when they walloped Bob-
by Umekubo, Dusters' ace
pitcher, for 15 hits.  With
the return of Kenny Ohki
to the line-up, and the
slugging of Jack Hamahashi,
Dave Matsushima, and Nob
Kuwatani, they are favored
to cop their second League
win.
   The underdog Knines, who
have no steady pitcher to
bank on, will rely on Egg
Igasaki, George Matsuura,
and Yukio Miyamoto, all
.400 hitters.
   The probable starting
line-ups:
KNINES 			DODGERS
Y.  Miyamoto      P	G.  Tanji
S. Nomura          C 	N. Kuwatani
G. Matsuura       1B 	T. Kuwatani
S. Fujita 	            2B 	R. Kitagawa
G.  Maruyama    3B 	K.   Ohki
K.   Ozaki            SS 	B.  Matsu'ma
E. Igasaki            LF	 J. Hama'shi
T.  Kamei           CF   	 J.   Shiro
A.  Hirose           RF	 K.  Miyoshi
   In the afternoon game
from 2 o'clock,the Dusters
will meet the Deltans, who
are the "team, to -beat" in
another AA league fracas at
the  10F field.
   The Deltans, boasting
an experienced team from
top to bottom, will start
Lefty Nishijima on the
mound, and should cop their
second straight game with-
out too much trouble.
   Minus the services of
Mas Uyesugi, Miles Hamada,
and Hobi Fujiu, who have
left for outside employ-
ment, the Dusters will have
to juggle their line-up and
will have a hard time match-
ing the   slugging Deltans.
   The     probable     starting
line-ups   include:
DELTANS                     	BUSTERS
L.   Nishi'ma        P	B. Umekubo
T.   Ioka	            C 	               C.  Kunisaki
G.  Kawamura     1B              R. Nimura
M. Ishigaki          2B              K.  Umekubo
F.  Inaba              3B               S. Sumano
H. Shiro'ka          SS	J.  Hagihara
G. Yoshi'ra          LF 	N. Matsu'wa
G. Watanabe      CF 	S. Uyekubo
Y. Aoki 	            RF 	J.   Nishi'ra
MERCS 9,   WAKS 6
   With pitcher George Ma-
tsuda whiffing nine men,
the Mercuries opened their
A league season with a 9-6
triumph over the Wakabas
Tuesday evening.
   Ken Arimoto and Yuta Ko-
buke, Mercuries , were cred-
ited with a  homer apiece .
   Score by innings:
Wakabas       201   03  -   6    4    4
Mercuries      414   0x  -   9    7    2
   BATTERIES:  Waks-G. No-
zawa, Y. Matsumoto and T.
Yamada; Mercs -G, Matsuda ,
and   K.  Arimoto, J.  Hoshizu.
SCRAPPERS WIN, 21-7
   In a game which saw a
total of 24 walks,the Scrap-
pers defeated the Ko-Nuts,
21-7, Thursday evening at
the   10F diamond.
   Tuesday, the Scrappers
will  play the  Mercuries.
   Score  by  innings:
Ko-Nuts 		420 01 -   7 4 3
Scrappers             471 9x  - 21 9 3
   BATTERIES: Ko-Nuts-W.
Morita, J. Aoki and B. Fu-
Kumitsu; Scrappers-S . Sako,
M, - Furuta and H. Shimada,
Y. Otani.
A LEAGUE TO PLAY
DOUBLE HEADER TODAY
   The first doubleheader
of the A league will be
played when the Ramblers meet
the Skibos (formerly the
Yankees) in the opening game
from 1 p.m. and the veteran
Motor Pool nine tangles
with the Raiders from 3 p.
m. today at the 10F field.
   Both teams are lined with
young players and the game
should be a toss-up.
   The probable starting
batteries:   Ramblers-Hide
Noda or Yuk Yotsuya and Tad
Ono; Skibos-Saburo Kawa-
mura or Ted Abe and Taxie
Miura.
   In the afternoon game,
the experienced Motor Pool-
ers, potentially the strong-
est team in, the A loop,
will probablv start the
200-pound battery of George
Nakano and Tiny Fukuyama.
The Raiders will have Jun
Furuno, Ed Bamanishi or Bob
Shiro chucking, with Hank
Hamanishi behind the plate.