Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 53

              ELMER’S
  Sportunes
by ELMER  IOKA
FINAL WARNING
   Last Wednesday, we ob-
served in the sports page
a warning in regard to the
spectators' behavior in
watching a game...However,
some of the fans are still
disregarding that warning
and are still swarming near
the batter...We are not
forcing these people to
give the players sufficient
space, but should there be
a re-occurrence of last Sun-
day's accident, it would
be a case of embarrassment
and suffering for the vic-
tim, especially after this
timely notation...
AMBITIOUS "JIB"
   Ever since Oct. 14, 1942,
when the PIONEER made its
glorious debut, there lurked
an ambitious figure by the
name of Jiro "Jib" Sumita.
It was he who offered his
services to the community
by giving the residents
the latest dope on sports.
On Monday, his faithful
typewriter was hushed as
Jib wrote "30" to the sports
page and his column, "Bulls-
eye. "...We deeply regret
his departure, not only
because he was a sports
writer but also because he
was a square guy...
BROKEN BATS
   As this sports writer
looked back in the files,
we uncovered an article
regarding broken bats.    It
said in part:  "Residents
breaking bats belonging to
the recreation department
will be charged half of the
original cost of the bat..
.." Such an edict released
by the recreation depart-
ment is partially unfair
to the one who borrowed it
... It is true on the part
of the department that there
are some bats carelessly
broken, but charging a per-
son for them is  a little
too much…
CASABA  EXAM   FOR
PREP   GIRLS
   "The senior high girls
are taking basketball tests
this week, and are being
drilled on the fundamenta1s
of the game, "stated Joseph-
ine Korsoski, gym instruct-
tor, yesterday.
   The girls are expected
to  take  up  softball  soon.
PIONEER Sports
April  3, 1943__________Page 7	
GOOD  LUCK, ‘JIB’
   Our former sports'  ed-
itor, Jiro "Jib" Sumita, 
departed Monday for Ne-
braska  where  he  is now
engaged  in farm work.
   We regret that he is 
no longer with the staff, 
but we will endeavor to
carry on his good work
and give our readers a 
full coverage of sports 
in the center.   -E. I.
UMPIRES   WANTED
BY   REC. DEPT.
   Umpires are needed for
the recreation department's
softball leagues. Those
who are interested are asked
to sign up at the 7E rec-
reation office before Wed-
nesday.
   Plans are under way to
organize an umpires' club
similar to the referees'
club in basketball.  The
umpires will be rewarded
at the end of the season.
PLAYOFFS   TO  BE
HELD   FOR PREPS
   Intramural playoffs will
be held for the basketball
championship of Amache high
school in the near future,
according to Coach John G.
Hoke.
   There are 36 teams rep-
resented from the six gym
classes and the champion
from each class will par-
ticipate in the playoffs.
The games are expected to
be played in the new gym-
nasium, which is about completed.
TOURNEY TO BE
HELD IN 11G REC.
   The paddles will fly
once again.
   Come this Saturday at
the 11G recreation hall,
the Amache table tennis
championship will take the
spotlight at 2 p.m.
An entry fee of 5 cents
will be charged each com-
petitor.
NAKAMA  LEADS  OHIO  TO
NCAA  CHAMPIONSHIP
   COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26
--Kiyoshi Nakama, 5 foot
4 inch Hawaiian-nisei soph-
omore from Ohio State uni-
versity, captured the Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic
association 1,500 free style
swimming championship.   His
time was  19:18.6.
   With Nakama's winning
of two firsts, Ohio State
university's  swim-team
annexed the NCAA tank cham-
pionship with 81 points.
Michigan was second with
47.
SOFTBALL TEAMS
TO SIGN UP
   The center's softball
teams will be divided into
"AA," "A” and "B” leagues,
it was decided at a man-
agers' meeting Tuesday
night.   In addition to
these, there will also be
a Block  league.
   The AA and A leagues are
unlimited, but the B league
is limited to those under
16 years of age.   Players
in the various leagues are
eligible to play on block
teams.
   An entry fee of $2 will
be charged.   The teams are
urged to sign up at the 7E
recreation office before
the  deadline,  Wednesday.
DEADLINE   IS SET
FOR   SIGN-UPS
   The center girls' volley-
ball and softball leagues
will start during the week
of April 11, it was stated
by Mickey Hayashi, girls'
athletic director.  All
teams are requested to sign
up at the 7E recreation
office  by Wednesday.
TO   FORM   LEAGUE
   Boys' volleyball teams
interested in forming a
league are asked to sign
up at the 7E recreation
office   immediately.
   Plans are now being made
to form a six-man team vol-
leyball  league.