Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 27

              February  5,   1944__________________PIONEER_______________Page 7
 SPORTS
	Memos
	By Jim Otsuki
HIGH SCORER
   No doubt Spurs Teru Mi-
yano's Amache scoring re-
cord of 34 points tallied
against  the Manjiettes is
certainly something to
shoot a t ...But glancing
through a recent issue of
the Manzanar Free Press,
we came across a very in-
teresting high scoring item.
...A certain Toru Shimizu,
performing for the Buc Babes
in the Manzanar Aye league,
shoved in 86 points last
year in his team's 160 to
20 win. That's an average
of one field goal a minute!!
. .. Brudder that's scoring!!
CAGE  TOURNEY
   The Recreation Depart-
ment is planning to hold a
center-wide basketball
tournament soon after the
league games are concluded,
which will be in approxi-
mately two weeks. No de-
finite plans have been re-
leased as yet, but in all
probability competition
will be in each of the four
different leagues, "AA,”
"A", Industrial, and the
girls. Since there are
only three teams competing
in the unlimited bracket,
it might be a good idea to
invite the Las Animas cagers
over. Chances are great
that they will walk off
with the title, but it
would certainly add color
to the tournament.
ATHLETIC  FIGURE.   .   .
    This week:
    Walnut Grove’s George
KAWAMURA. . .While still
wearing short pants
broke into the baseball
world as a bat boy for the
Walnut Grove nine,and ever
since his grammar school
day he has been performing
for the Delta diamond demons .
George graduated from the
Courtland high school in
'35, where he gained fame
as an all-around athlete.
George, in four seasons of
basketball, cracked the
varsity scoring record dur-
ing his senior year, cavorted
on the diamond, and lugged
the ball for the varsity
gridsters.  He later at-
tended Sacramento J.C.
where he saw plenty of ac-
tion for the   Jason quintet.
George covered the initial
sack regularly for the Wal-
nut Grove Deltans, winning
a berth on the ALL-NCJBL
team in 1938. He played
for the W.G. Horsehiders
in the  Merced Assembly Cen-
ter and last season was a
member of the championship
Deltan nine.
DUSTERS-YOORES  TANGLE
TOMORROW’S  ATTRACTION
   The "AA" league leading
Dusters quintet will clash
with the speedy Yoores in
the feature tilt of tomor-
row afternoon's triple bill
benefit basketball round-
up at the high school gym.
Couple of girls' league ca-
saba tete-a-tete will open
the program with the Royal
Flusherettes facing the
Manjiettes in the initial
tussle at one o'clock. And
the starry Shooting Stars
will cross goals with the
Spurs in the  second fracas.
   The entire gate receipts
for the afternoon will be
contributed to the March of
Dimes fund,stated Athletic
Director Harry Shironaka.
   The Yoores have suffered
couple of heart-breaking
losses in their last two
double-A games, which place
the classy Dusters in the
favored spot. Yosh Nishi-
hara's Yoore cagers dropped
a wicked two-pointer to the
league leaders in the first
round and fell one digit
shy against the inspired
Eight-Ball five last Sun-
day.
   Brush Arai's oval-ringers
need this game to clinch
the flag and can easily do
so if dead-eye Johnny Niiza-
wa  and  Soapy Miyashima  hit
their stride. But the "fly
in the Dusters' ointment"
is that bounding ball hawk,
the much-publicized Johnny
Kashiwabara, who can hit
that hoop with touted con-
sistency and is expected
to give the Aral boys a
very tough afternoon.
   The Royal Flusherettes,
led by colorful Hiroko
Kashiwabara, should have
little trouble with the luck-
less Manjiettes. George
Fujimitsu’s sextet, after
pulling a first game upset,
have dropped three straight
tilts and are slated to
end up in the cellar. With
Tom Kashiwabara's flashy
Asakawa-Kashiwabara-Nakano
combination in action, the
Manjiettes are doomed un-
less they pull a major upset.
   In the second tussle
the Delta Shooting Stars
will take the floor against
the Spurs in an effort to
protect their second place
standing. With Nami Kino-
shita and Cowl Takao spear-
heading the Stars' attack,
Fhu Inaba shouldn't have
much to  worry about. On
the other hand Blackie
Imai will "go for broke"
on his high scoring Teruko
Miyano to knock the Stars
for a loop.
BRONCOS  FACE  FLUSHERS  IN
MONDAY  NITE’S  DOUBLE  BILL
   The ragged Broncos and
the lucky Royal Flushers
have suffered, one set-back
each, both at the hands of
the championship bound Fire-
men five, but Monday eve-
ning one of them will in-
evitably sport two defeats
when they meet in the second
game of the double header.
That both squads will be
doing their darndest to
take this one to remain in
the running for the "A"
crown is a certainty for
plenty of thrills. This
should be attractive enough
for the spectators, but in
addition,  the rough and
tumble Slaughterhouse hoop-
ers ' will tangle with the
hot and cold Screwdrivers
in a "bang-up"7:15 curtain-
raiser .
   The Broncos speedy of-
fense hit a snag "when fleet-
footed Hiromi Sato relocated
but Yonomi Ono has filled
in nicely at the center
post. Still Al Kato’s boys
displayed some sloppy ball
handling in their last tus-
sle, which must be improved
if they are to conquer the
Flushers. Faced by a herd
playing trio--Tom Kashiwa-
bara, Shig Sakamoto and
Flu Inaba-the Royal Flushers
are favored to come out
on the long end of the
score.
   In the preliminary the
Butcher-boys will be fight-
ing for the slim mathema-
tical chance to tie the
Finance cagers for the In-
dustrial flag by taking
the Garagemen.