Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 19

              Page  8___________________PIONEER___________________January 8, 1944
LAST-MINUTE  BUCKETS
GIVE  STARS CLOSE  WIN
   One of the most exciting
basketball games of the
season was unfolded before
the cage fans last Wednes-
day night at the local
hoop-bouse when the flashy
Delta Shooting Stars
pressed to the limit to
eke out a slim 35-51 tri-
umph over the hard-fighting
Royal Flusherette sextet.
The victors held an ire-
ducible one-point lead, 15
to  14,   at  half-time.
   All the thrill-packed
action was crammed into
the final minutes when both
teams went on a nip and
tuck scoring-spree, during
which time Flu Inata,mentor
of the Stars, and Tom Ka-
shiwabara, Flusherette
coach, "aged" ten years.
Only when Cowl Takao singed
the net to open a four-
point gap did any sign of
relief come from the Shoot-
ing Stars  bench.
Nami Kinoshita of the
victors and bespectacled
Yoko    Nakano-of  the   losers
hit the hoop for 18 points
each,while by far the most
colorful player on the hard-
wood was Hiroko Kashiwabara
of   the Royal Flusherettes.
   Summary:
   SHOOTING  STARS   (35) Ki-
noshita 18, Nagoshi, Ina-
masu 9, Takao 8, Yagi, for-
wards; A.Yamamoto, Wada,
Sueoka, Y. Yamamoto, Matsu-
oka, guards.
   ROYAL  FLUSHERETTES (31)
Kashiwabara  9,    A.   Makino,
Asakawa 4, Y.Nakano 18-for-
wards;  Hatamiya,  M.Makino,
Ogawa, A. Nakano, guards.
RULES  SET  FOR
LEAGUE GAMES
   In recreation sponsored
basketball leagues the Of-
ficial Rule Book regulations
will be applied to all
games, stated Athletic Di-
rector Harry Shironaka.
   In regards to substitu-
tion, which has caused some
mis-understanding, a player
may re-enter the game
twice and no more. Teams
in the men's leagues wil l
be allowed five time-cuts
a game, while the girls
sextets are limited to
three.
PIONEER-REC  SET
“GRUDGER”  TONITE
  Drawing a finer round
bye in their respective
leagues, Brush Arai's Dus-
ters and the Zephyrs will
clash in a practice tilt
at the high school gym to-
night. A preliminary tus-
sle between the PIONEER and
the Rec Department quintets
is set to start at 7:15
o'clock. The Dusters will
be weakened in the front
line with loss of Richard
Nimura through relocation,
but should have enough
scoring  power  to topple
their single-A opponent.
PIONEER
     Sports_______________
HURRICANES
“BREEZED”
   *R.FLUSHERS  WIN
   The fast and furious 
Royal flushers, with a four-
th quarter scoring splurge,
took   a     28-18   rough-and-
tumble decision     from  the
Hurricanes in a single-A
contest Wednesday evening
at the local gym.
   Although   trailing 13-14
at     intermission time,   the
fast-breaking Flushers  held
the     Hurricanes  to  pair   of
field goals   in  the  second
half   to win  going  away.
   Summary:
   FLUSHERS   (28)   Kashiwa-
bara 4, Nishijima. Inaba 5,
Sakamoto   10,   Nakatogawa 2,
Imai, Iseri 2,   Yamazumi  1,
Watanabe   4.
   HURRICANES   (18)   Joe 8,
Nogawa, Kanda 1, Sasaki 7,
Saito, Kunisaki, Kurita 2.
         HI SCHOOL
oOo
====SPORT  NEWS====
   Intramural     games     f o r
Tuesday night.  First game
7  o'clock.
G Trotters vs Rockets	(A)
Echoes vs  Zombies	(A)
Tpprs  vs. 20th Century       (AA)
  Tuesday’s results:
Calibers d Rockts, 33-7       (A)
Mercuries d Echoes, 20-6    (A )
Gold Aval d P-38, 28-3        (AA)
MUSTANGS  TAMED
FIREMEN  EKE
26 T0  19 WIN
   In a low-scoring nip
and tuck affair, the Fire-
men won their opening sin-
gle-A tussle by defeating
the Mustangs 26-19 at the
local gym Thursday night.
Paced by Flashy Rusty Uratsu,
the victors held a one
point   12-12 advantage at
half-time.  Free throws by
Murata and Miyoshi, and a
field    goal  by Tanaka  put
the Mustangs within one
point of the winners in
waning minutes of the tussle.
But George Matsui and Ura-
tsu broke through the Mus-
tangs defense for easy lap-
up shots to clinch the game
for the  Firemen.Rusty   Ura-
tsu with 10 markers and
Tets Murata’s 9 were high 
for their respective squads.
   SUMMARY:
   MUSTANGS  (19)  Murata 9,
S . Kihara,  Wada 2,   Miyoshi
1, Y. Kihara, Fujimitsu,
Tanaka 2,   Tsujimoto  5.
    FIREMEN  (26)  Matsui 6,
Nabeta, Yotsuya 8, Sugiura,
Urastu 10, Kajioka 2, Furu-
kawa, Oda, Yamamoto.
RAMBLERETTES
TROUNCE  SPURS
SCORE 28 TO 18
   Clever Janet Kubochi
and towering Mary Yokoyama
put  on a defensive tandem
act     to hold touted Teruko
Miyano under control at
every turn to outflash the
Ramblin’ Ramblerettes' for-
ward wall in Thursday night's
preliminary tilt. Sepol
sextet outscored the hapless
Spurs easily for 28 to 13
victory.
   Riding high on their
commanding early lead thanks
to Norma Hamamoto' s 14
points, the Ramblerettes
were never seriously threat-
ened.     Chizu Kanda     showed
up    well     with     her  court-
wise ball handling.
   SUMMARY:
   SPURS  (13)    Yamasaki 2,
Morita  2,   Miyano 5 ,   Toyama
4, forwards; Murata, Hama-
tani, Kumasaki, Miyahara,
guards.
   RAMBLERLETTES  (28)    Kanda
8,   E. Sugiyama  6,   Hamamoto
14, Kato, Ikesaki, N. Sugi-
yama,     forwards;   Yokoyama,
A.   Sugiyama,  Kubochi,   Ono-
miya, Akutagawa,   guards.