Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 3

              25  GRIPPERS IN DAILY PRACTICE
LOCAL ELEVEN  EMPLOYS  VARIED
ATTACK  FOR HOLIDAY TUSSLE
   "We will use a varia-
tion of single wing, "A"
formation and occasionally
"T" formation to mix up
our offensive attack,"con-
fided Pete Furuta, acting
coach of Amache Boys' club
eleven, when interviewed
by this reporter Thursday
morning.   Furuta is whip-
ping his gridiron charges,
composed entirely of high
school students,into a fast,
well - coordinated team, for
the coming Nov. 11 pig-
skin melee with Holly high
invaders.
   "Our attack," continued
Furuta, "will be made up
around speedy Dave Matsu-
shima at fullback and half -
back Tommy "Swede" Furu-
kawa, aerial artist and
shiftiest runner on our
inexperienced   squad."
   Incidentally these two
are the only experienced
footballers on the team
but with George Morishige,
10-flat man, playing op-
posite Furukawa, coach Fu-
ruta seems confident the
team can "supply plenty of
speed to generate touch-
downs."
   According to Furuta the
local eleven began prac-
tice about two weeks ago
while the Holly high grid-
ders have played something
like seven or eight games
and are well-groomed, for
the Armistice Day fracas.
   "I saw last week's Holly-
Granada high game and will
admit our opponent has a
fine, strong team. "Our
squad averages only about
145 pounds but we can make
up our lack of weight and
practice with plenty of
speed and fighting spirit
they have shown me," con-
cluded  Furuta.
   Boys' club eleven will
have a 25-man roster to
meet    Holly's     power    with
speed  and  deception.     They
are:
   Ends, Ronald Matsuoka,
Min Takata, Jim Konishi,
and Tom Tokunaga; tackles,
Richard Kitagawa, Kenchi
Muranaga, Tad Kuwatani,
Frank Oda, Yas Hirano  and
Henry Nakano; guards, Kenji
Yotsuya, Luther  Mizukami,
George Watanabe, Jim Hira-
shiki, Fred Fukusawa and
Kiyoshi Sanui.
   Centers, Tak Takesako
and Kiyo Kumamoto;quarter-
back, Tok Kunimoto; ha1f-
backs, Andy Takata, Swede
Furukawa, George Morishige
and Archie Yoshida; and
fallbacks, Dave Matsushima
and   Jack Hoshizu.____________________
PIONEER
      Sports
November 6, 1943                      Page7
   Turnouts for badminton
at the high school gym every
Monday and Wednesday eve-
nings,6:30 to 10:30 o'clock,
have fulfilled all expect-
ations last week, accord-
ing to Director George Ni-
nomiya.
   With the exception of
"birds", the recreation
department furnishes all
the other essentials, such
as racquets, nets, etc.
The "birds" may be pur-
chased at the 7E recreation
office for a nominal charge.
   One important regulation
is that all participants
wear rubber soled (yes,
heels too) shoes. For fur-
ther information inquire
to George Ninomiya or at
the  7E recreation office.
CAGE  SIGN-UPS  DEADLINE
EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY
   Basketball team sign-ups
for the tour proposed casaba
leagues have been extended
until  Wednesday evening,
according to Athletic Direc-
tor  Harry Shironaka.
   Thus far,only six teams
have shown any intention
of registering for the  four
leagues.     Plans   for   league
formation    will be dropped
if    enough squads do  not
register    by the Wednesday
deadline, Shironaka added.
   Teams which have enter-
ed are:Deacons, AA; Royal
Flushers, Firemen, A; Hos-
pital,  Garage,   Industrial;
and Ramblerettes, Girls .
Team managers are urged
to sign-up immediately at
the 7E recreation office.
jonnie
	presents
		by tsuruta
AMACHE  BOYS'   CLUB
   It's Amache Boys’ club,
instead of Amache high
school, that's going to
clash against Holly high
gridders on Nov. 11, says
the local high' school of-
fice.
   This football team is
not representing the pro-
ject high school it seems.
Just a "bunch" of high
school students rounded up
under sponsorship of the
recreation department--and
a  football  team was   born.
   Your guess is just as
good as mine why the high
school doesn't want its
name used. It is a pretty
complicated thing and we
don’t know--or do we?
A GRAND HELPER
   John Kawata,former Pet-
aluma (Calif.) high school
three-year letter man in
tennis, joined the PIONEER
staff and will help us
cover sports.
   He was PE assistant in-
structor at the local high
school at one time and in
all probability the fans
will see some expert sports-
writing in the next issue.
COACH PETE  FURUTA
   Coach Furuta of the Boys’
club eleven was quite an
athlete  in his school days.
   He starred as a back-
field man at University
high school in Oakland,
Calif., for three years
and  later at Marin JC.
   He also cavorted for
the East Bay All-Stars,one
of the outstanding nisei
gridiron teams in Califor-
nia  before  evacuation.
FOOTBALL BOOSTER
TAGS ON SALE
   To defray the general
expenses of the Holly hi-
Amache Boys' club grid tus-
sle slated for Armistice
Day, Nov. 11 at the 10F
ball diamond, BOOSTER tags
are being sold by the mem-
bers of the local football
squad and at the 7E rec-
reation office.