Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 29

              PIONEER  Sports
February 12, 1944_____________________________________Page 7
johnnie
    presents
		by tsuruta
ADIOS,   HARRY	
   Athletic Director Harry
Shironaka sent in his res-
ignation recently. Thereby
the recreation department
lost a very valuable man.
Harry has served over eight
months at his post, which
included part of softball,
and a full season of base
ball    and  basketball.  He
will be sorely missed by
all concerned with sports
but, like a good man, our
athletic maestro has de-
cided to resettle. Harry
is relocating to Ordway,
Colo., Monday to engage in
farming. Lots of luck Har-
ry ,and  we'll be seeing  you.
   Because Shironaka is
leaving, and also due to
other complications involved,
the proposed basketball
tournament will probably
be cancelled,announced the
athletic department Thurs-
day.
SHOOTING  STARS'   NO.   8
   The ball gracefully siz-
zled thru the netting and
the ref's whistle shrilled
to indicate two points.
And the Sunday crowd grin-
ned and then burst into a
loud laughter--and wahoo!
What's this? No, it can't
be. Why the lassie is
blushing because she potted
the oval for a cute bucket.
She' s waving her arms around
her head as if to say "I
didn't mean to make that
basket, it just went in so
don't   look at  me  so  much.”
   Maybe it's the reflec-
tion from her red shorts
but was her face red. And
furthermore,off the court,
she goes around claiming
that she is the only player
in the center with a per-
fect shooting record.Three
out of three for a grand
total of six points in ex-
actly five tussles. Why,
that's more than a point a
game.    Whoopee!
   Her name?Well,   er   er---	
anyway, well, she is a
member of the Shooting Stars
and er,er she proudly dis-
plays no. 8 on her blouse.
EXPLANATION
   The Girls' cage league
a ll- stars printed last
week were chosen by five
so-called    sports     experts
on the PIONEER staff, who
claim, among other things,
to know the cagerettes in- 
side  out.   It  was  done 
strictly in a personal “se- 
cret ballot” manner. 
8-BALLERS   SET   FOR   DUSTERS;
INDUSTRIAL  PLAY-OFF  SLATED
  Another Sunday cage
triplet will go or display
at the high school gym
with the "AA" titlists,
Dusters, facing the luckless
Eight-Ball hoop-men in the
feature attraction of the
afternoon. In the 1 o'clock
curtain-raiser,the Finance
casabans and the Slaughter-
house "luckies" will clash
in the first of the three-
game playoff for the In-
dustrial flag, while the
Zephyr-Firemen net-swisher
is slated for the second
tussle.
   The Dusters offense
may see a letdown with
sharpshooting Johnny Niizawa
gone-with-relocation, which
may force headman Brush
Arai to juggle his line-up.
But with all-star Soapy
Miyashima heading the parade,
Arai lads should go thru
the league undefeated. On
the other hand the Eight-
Ballers will be "go-for-
broke" to redeem themselves
for the humiliating first-
round defeat. If Ping Oda's
veterans are able to re-
peat the inspired perfor-
mance they put up against
the Yoores two weeks ago,
then the fans can expect a
bang-up maplewood tilt.
   Flag-c o pp in g Firemen
quint will be out to pro-
tect its undefeated single-
A loop record against the
floor-burning Zephyr cagers.
With high scoring Rusty
Uratsu, who relocated re-
cently,the Firemen are just
another team to make the
red-clad Zephyr laddies fa-
vorites to come out on top.
John Nishimura and George
Aoki are expected to score
heavily to hand the Firemen
their  first  defeat.
   First-place playoff for
the Industrial title will
see the Financiers facing
the Slaughterhouse cagers
as under dogs, despite money-
boys a two league wins over
the butchers. This clash
should see the Slaughter-
house squad coming out with
everything they got to take
it a lively tussle for the
Finance  netmen.
Finance  Pushed
Into  League  Tie
   The giant killing Hos-
pital “Polios”  pulled an-
another epidemic to grab
their second, stunning up-
set over the confident Fi-
nance q u i nt et Wednesday
night, 20 to 13, to throw
the bookkeepers into a first
place tie with the Slaugh-
terhouse five for the In-
dustrial crown.
   Financiers' offense hit
a snag when speedy Miki
Nagoshi left the game in
the second period with a
turned ankle and never could
overtake the fast-flying
hospital boys. Polio Swede
Furukawa was the high scor-
er with 9 digits.
   Summary:
   HOSPITAL (20) Furukawa
9, Ioka 2, Fujisaka 2, Iwa-
naga, E. Hashioka 2, Namura
3, H. Hshioka 2,Arishita,
Takamatsu.
   FINANCE (13) Furuya 5,
Nagoshi, Kimura 3, Shiro-
naka 3, Hirano 2, Saneto,
Ishikawa.
	FINAL
==STANDINGS==
      GIRLS LEAGUE
			W            L	Pct.
Ramblerettes		5  	0	1000
Delta Stars		4	1	 800
Flusherettes		3	2	 600
Manjiettes		1	4	 200
Spurs			1	4	 200
Toppers			1	4	 200
   INDUSTRIAL  LEAGUE
			W	L	Pct.
Finance			4	2	667
Slaughterhse		4	2	667
Hospital			2	4	333
Screwdrivers		2	4	333