Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 17

              December  24,   1943___________PIONEER  Christmas  EDITION________Page 13
   Hi
      SPORTS
   by harioka
COMPLAINT
   has been received by
this columnist concerning
an article that appeared
in a previous issue.   It
all happened after t he
Amache-Granada game. A
lissome lass stepped up
to yours truly and asked
me if I was the one who
wrote about the high school
"pep  club."
    She had me cornered.
Naturally, the answer was
"yes."     Then     she     pounced
on me and     objected-“We
didn’t like it!”
   Well, if this classy-
lassy will check back to
the issue dated Dec. 15,
she will find out that no
"cracks” were made against
the rooters.   I was merely
"thinking out loud” asking
the student body to cooper-
ate by giving the yell
leaders more support, that's
all.
   Remember,  my d e a r,
there's always two ways to
take things--good way and
bad way. How about trying
the good way just for me,
huh?
VARSITY
   boys of the Amache high
will be leaving Monday for
a series of basketball
tussles around Denver.
They are in for stiff com-
petition, we know.  But re-
member, boys, you are
making this trip for bas-
ketball games only - - or
pleasure.   Things are dif-
ferent today. You are, in
a way more or less on a
"goodwill mission." There
is  nothing     so   democratic
athletics.  Whatever
you do, whatever you say,
it will all reflect back
on the residents of this
center.   And to those who
have relocated around Den-
ver.
   First     of     all,  we  want
you to play your best to
win but leave a  good   impres-
sion in doing  so.     Secondly,
win or   lose, be   good   sports-
men.
   Bon Voyage, Amache In-
dians.   Here’s hoping that
you'll have a pleasant trip
and wishing you all the
luck in the world.
   a  MERRY  MERRY  CHRISTMAS,
if you read this far, you 
deserve it.
INDIANS   SCALP  2   MORE
GRANDA  HI  &  McCLAVE
CARDS  “BITE THE DUST”
   Visiting McClave high
Cardinals and the local
Indian varsity five put on
a dull, listless four-quar-
ters of basketball tussle
that saw the Hoke boys
stagger home to 26-18 vic-
tory Tuesday night at the
high school gymnasium. For
the   first   time this season
the     Indians had to start
out definitely on the de-
fensive and found themselves
first-quarter shortenders
on 6  to  3  count.
   From midway of  second
canto Amache's   "golden boys"
began to  click and managed
to forge   ahead   of  the  tal-
ler     Cardinals.     But     they
were   clicking     in the  well
known     one-cylinder  spray
engine    manner;    that     is,
every     time     it     fired  the
momentum  had     to  carry the
wheel  for     several rounds
At half-time  the   score stood
13-9 in Indians’   favor.
   Second half was a slam-
bang affair with both teams
matching bucket for bucket.
In the last few minutes
Amache quintet pulled away
by snaring three consecu-
tive goals to clinch their
third  triumph.
Summary:
INDIANS   26     CARDINALS  13
Okamura     4     f     Ahlson   6
Hoshizu      6      f    Eckert      4
Kajioka        2     c   Everhart    4
Furono        2     g   Hoffman   4
Shimada      5     g Ellenb’gr     0
   SUBS:  Amache-Kitaga-
wa  1,  Aoki, Yamaga, Mizoue
6, Kashiwabara. McClave--
Downing.
   The  Indian Bees “whooped”
it up again and soundly
trounced the Cardinal light-
weights by a lopsided 36-6
count. Amache junior cag-
ers looks to be about the
‘best" in this neck of the
basketball woods.
   Shiro Kawamura led the
attack for the home five
by  chalking   up   9   points.
   Hard fighting Granada
Bobcats coon within a bucket
of toppling the oven-con-
fident Amache Indians Fri-
day night as they overcame
a wise first-half deficit
only to go down to a close
27-26 defeat at the local
gym.    Indian varsity was
holding a 17 to 9 edge at
half-time.
   The tide began to turn
in the third canto with
Bobcat’s Fitch at the cen-
ter slot finding his shoot-
eye, while his team-
mates were holding the home
cagers to one field goal.
But the Indians were still
leading   19-17.
   In the   final  stanza  the
game turned   into  a  frenzy
of    free-for-all with  both
teams   fighting    wildly up
and  down  the court with the
score   closer   than  a   toupee
on  a  bald   head.        And     the
Indians were floundering
while the revived Bobcats
were clawing hard for vic-
tory.   Home  quintet  managed
to   stave off Granada  threat
and desperately clung to
their lone-point lead to
be “saved by the bell.”
   Amache’s Kajioka pulled
the home five out of the
fire with his all-around
last  quarter play.
   Summary:
INDIANS   27    BOBCATS   26
Okamura   5     f   Reynolds  3
Hoshizu     2     f    Vagher    2
Kajoka       8     c    Fitch        8
Shimada    5     g       Silva     6
Furuno       2     g    Rangel    4
   SUBS:	   Amache-Nakato-
gawa   2;  Mizoue   3, Goi,  Shi-
zuru ,   Kitazumi.   Granada-
Eaton  3.
   Indian Babes took in
another lop-sided victory
as they trounced, the be-
wildered Bobcat Bees 29 to
9.  Taxie Murai and Sam Na-
katani led the home scorers
with 6 and 5 digits respec-
tively.
YOORES   STOP LAS   ANIMAS   CAGERS
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day  went to hard-wood smoothie
Sakai of the visitors with
15  well-earned markers,
while     Yoores'   Kashiwabara
came   thru with  12   points.
Summary:
YOORES   35                   LAS ANIMAS   31
Kashiwabara 12     f                 Kuwatani 8
Menda	        5      f               Maruyama 1
Ito                 10      c                      Sakai  15
Watanabe       4     g	       Shiba   2
Yamagiwa       3    g              Fukunaga   1
   SUBS: Yoores--  B. Nishi-
hara,   Y. Nishihara 1, Okabe,
Yamazumi.   Las Animas--Uye-
sugi   4,   Kusaka.