Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 103

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	SKETCHES
   While in the high school
library a couple of weeks
ago, I noticed an energetic,
small, bespectacled man ar-
ranging the books. Curious,
I asked one of the assistant
librarians who he is. She
replied, "That's William
Aubrey Easton, the newly
appointed librarian."
   The result was an intro-
duction and material for
this   column.
   "I was born in Hannibal,
Mo., in 1903, the hometown
of Mark Twain, the great
American writer," began
Easton.  "But I only re-
ceived  my elementary edu-
cation in Missouri,for my
high school days were spent
in Iowa.   Subsequently, I at-
tended the University of
Colorado for my BA, and
studied for a BS in library
science at the University
of Denver School of Libra-
rianship,"  he revealed.
   Seeking further infor-
mation, I inquired about
past accomplishments.
   "I spent nearly 10 years
teaching both in elementary
and high schools, and ser-
ving as high school librarian
in Wyoming and Colorado,"
Easton declared. "You know,
it was in those days that
one of my co-workers made
it a hobby to make me pose
in front of a camera. He
took gruesome shots of me
dressed like Frankenstein,
with those spine-chilling
eyes."
   "Having no special hobby
or interest, I like every-
thing. My leisure -time
reading is. largely devoted
to books such as Ivanhoe,
Lost Horizon, and Mrs. Min-
niver; but I also enjoy my
comic strip favorites,
Blondie, Terry and the Pi-
rates and Lil' Abner," he
continued.
   "In the realm of sports,
my football hero is Aubrey
Devine,All-American quart-
erback of Iowa in 1921, and
my baseball Idol is the late
Lou Gehrig," said Easton.
"In fact I eat "Wheaties,"
and an spite of all the
advertisements, it's my
favorite  dish.''
   ''I became a librarian be-
cause it offers a chance for
a never-ending education,''
he   concluded._______________
PIONEER
	Sports
September 25, 1943   Page 5
A  BASEBALL
MOTOR  POOL  PARROTS  ARE  CHAMPS,
HIGHLIGHTS  OF  LEAGUE  REVIEWED
   The eight-team A Base-
ball league swung into ac-
tion on July 13, with two
of the teams clashing. From
then on, this busy league,
consisting of Motor Pool,
Mercuries,Raiders, Skibos,
Ramblers, Scrappers, Waka-
bas, and Ko-Nuts, who fin-
ished in that order, played
four games, a week, one
each on Tuesday and Thurs-
day evenings and climaxed
the week with a doublehead-
er  on Saturday afternoons.
   The Motor Pool went thru
their season undefeated and
took the crown. The cellar-
dwelling Ko-Nuts were the
only team who marred their
clean slate. They fought
the champions to a 3-3
deadlock.
   The longest tilt was the
Raider-Skibo contest.   It
went 18 ½ innings and it ac-
tually took 23 days to de-
cide the outcome.  Two games
ended in a tie and in their
third meeting, the Skibos
behind Saburo Kawamura's
shut-out hurling, won 5-0.
Incidentally, this was the
only shut-out game of the
league.
   The most exciting and
the best game was between
the Raiders and the Mercu-
ries. It ended in a 0-0
deadlock with pitcher Jun
Furuno opposing George Ma-
tsuda.   Furuno gave up five
hits and Matsuda two. This
six-inning affair was called
off because   of darkness.
   The Mercuries have scored
most runs in a single game
with 22 in five innings
against the hapless  Ko-Nuts.
   In the individual pitch-
ing department,Rambler Hi-
de Noda and Mercury Matsuda
stood out.   Noda had 11
strikeouts and Matsuda 10
in a tilt. On the other
hand, Ko-Hut Wayne Horita
gave 12 free passes in five
innings. He also holds the
record for one inning, al-
lowing six base-on balls.
Scrapper Sueo Sako had
five Annie Oakleys to come
right behind Horita.
   This and  many other e-
vents marked the 1943 A
baseball season.
REC   WILL NOT BUY
FOOTBALL   SUITS
FOR   HIGH   SCHOOL
   For the past few weeks,
the buying of football suits
for the high school by the
recreation association has
been under discussion.
   The matter, however, was
settled Thursday when mem-
bers of the association
met and voted that they
will not make the purchases.
SHUTTLECOCKS SOLD
AT CLEARANCE PRICE
   Badminton shuttlecocks
will be sold at a clearance
price of 20 cents each at
the 7E recreation office,
according to Mitch Hashigu-
chi, recreation field direc-
tor.
   It was also reported
that in the near future,
the high school gym will
be  available for this sport.
ADAMS  EXPRESSES
THANKS TO MONITORS
   Stanley E. Adams, assist-
ant internal security office-
er, who acted as escort
for the Tuleans who arrived
here Wednesday, wishes to
thank the following train
monitors for their coopera-
tion and help during the
two-and-half  day  trip:
   Ginji Mizutani, Fred
Fujita, William Matsumoto,
Masao Taketa,Joe Nishihara ,
William Sugiyama, Joe Fu-
jioka, Fusako Miyasaki,
May    Kitazumi,     and    Emiko
Fukuye.
LECTURE - FORUM
SERIES START  SOON
   Lecture-forum series
sponsored, by the adult edu-
cation department will start
again as soon as curtail-
ment on public activities
is lifted,states Samuel J.
Gordon, night school prin-
cipal.
ART  CLASSES   MOVE
   Adult art classes which
were being held in 11G and
12G recreation halls will
be moved to Terry Hall
starting Monday, announces
Samuel Gordon.