Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 95

              PIONEER
   Sports
August 28, 1943    Page 5
johnnie
   presents
             by tsuruta
A LEAGUE CHAMP TILT
   The A league is going
into the final stretch this
afternoon as the league-
leading Motor Pool tangle
with the one-loss Mercuries
at the 10F field at 1 o'-
clock in a game which might
mean the crown for the
Motormen-if they win. The
hurdling of the Mercs will
mean a clear path to the
flag as the MP's should
have no trouble with the
two weak teams left on their
schedule.   A Mercury win
will mean a tie for the
league  lead.
   We won't  try to predict
the winner.     The  breaks
should  decide   the   tilt.
THE MAN OF THE WEEK
   Tomizo Jow, Knine short-
stop, slammed a homer, two
triples, and a single a-
gainst the Dodgers Sunday
and was the big cog in his
team, setting a new scoring
record of 28 runs at the
10F diamond.
A LEAGUE
Motor Pool-Merc
Clash Featured
   The undefeated Motor Pool
will play the once defeated
Mercuries in a contest which
will probably decide the
championship of the A league
today at the 10F field at
1 p.m.
   The Motormen boast three
straight victories, but
their perfect record was
marred Wednesday even ing
when the Ko-Nuts tied them
3-3, in four innings. The
game will be played off
later.
    The Mercs lost a heart-
breaker to the Ramblers
Saturday, 8-6, and must win
today to keep them in the
running for the pennant.
They have four wins and
one   loss.
   The game is expected to
be a toss-up with the hot
team coming out  on the-top.
   Probable starting bat-
teries; Motor Pool-George
Otani or George Nakano and
Tiny Fukuyama; Mercs -
George Matsuda and Dix Asai.
   In the 2nd A league tilt
of the  day,  the winless  Ko-
Nuts will play the Skibos
at 3 p.m. at the 10F dia-
mond,   Saturday.
   Probable starting bat-
teries; Ko-Nuts -Wayne Ho-
rita and Bill Fukumitsu;
Skibos- Sab Kawamura or Ted
Abe  and Harry  Fukumitsu.
AA  TILTS
TWO  TOMORROW
   The league-leading Motor
Pool will meet the supposed-
ly re-vamped Dodgers in an
AA league tilt tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock at the
10F field.
   In their first meeting,
the Motor Pool behind Jack
Otani's five-hit pitching,
whitewashed the Dodgers to
a score of 16-0 in the only
shut-cut game of the  league.
   The Dodgers will be out
to revenge the defeat, but
the Motormen with George
Fujimitsu, Roy Hatanaka,
Ben Takamatsu and Jimmy Ha-
namura's superior slugging
and Otani and Joe Nakamu-
ra' s chucking will probab-
ly be too much for Mas Ho-
shino's  cohorts.
   The Dodgers will start
their ace twirler John Ari-
shita, with Nob Kuwatan i
catching.   Otani and Harry
Okada or Tad Ono will prob-
ably form the Motor Pool
battery.
   In the feature game of
the   day,   the     Deltans will
tangle    with the Knines  at
2  p.m., at  the   10F diamond.
   In the last half, the
Kniners, despite pitcher Yuk
Miyamoto's 15-strike - out
performance, went down as
the Deltans made the game
a run-away when they crossed
the plate five times in
their half of the last in-
ning to win a hard-earned
tilt,   11-5.
   The mound duel between
Deltan Lefty Nishijima and
Knine Yuk Miyamoto should
develop into an interesting
exhibition for the fans.
Tomorrow's contest will no
doubt be an even affair with
the breaks deciding the
winner.
   Probable starting bat-
teries:   Deltans-Lefty  Ni-
shijima or Tim Sasabuchi,
and Tom Ioka; Knine--Yuk
Miyamoto and  Joe  Harada.
2nd  MEETING
ALL-STAR GAME AT BRISTOL
   The Amache All-Stars
will travel to Bristol again
tomorrow to tackle the
Prowers county All-Stars,
the same team the locals
soundly trounced last week
to  the   tune   of   15-3.
    The teams making the
trip will be the Dusters,
Motor Pool, and the Dodg-
ers. The Deltans and the
Knines will not play as
they clash in an AA league
game  at the   local  diamond.
   The Prowers boys, with
a week of practice, will no
doubt be able to give the
Amache aggregation more
competition, especially if
Harold Rice, former San Di-
ego Padre pitcher is in
good  shape.
   The local team will
probably start the Duster
battery of either John Nii-
zawa or Bob Umekubo on the
hill and Chick Kunisaki or
Norio Matsukawa donning the
mask.
RAIDERS WIN TWO
DUMP   KO-NUTS, 18-8
   Working out three chuck -
ers, the Raiders outclassed
the win-less Ko-Nuts,-18-8,
in an A league tilt Wednes-
day evening at the 10F   field.
   Home  runs were  credited
to Raiders  Ralph Maeda and
Sam    Nakatani     and    Ko-Nut  
Frank Komatsubara.
   Score  by   innings:
Ko-Nuts   304   000   1  -  8    2   3
Raids        911   025    x  -18   10  4
   BATTS:  Ko-Nuts--W.  Ho-
rita, P. Kurihara, F. Taka-
moto and B. Fukumitsu;
Raids--B. Shiro, W. Hama-
nishi, J. Furuno and F. Ta-
shiro,   H.   Hamanishi.
BEAT   WAKS, 5-3
   Scoring four runs in
their half of the last in-
ning, the Raiders  won their
2nd A league game of the
week Thursdsy evening, heat -
ing the Wakabas, 5-3, at
the 10F field.
   Score  by  innings:
Raiders     1 0 0 0 4 - 5   7   1
Wakabas  1 0 0 0 2 - 3   6   3
   BATTS: Raids- B. Shiro
and H. Hamanishi; Waks-I.
Isomura-and Y. Matsumoto.