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The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 29

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HONOLULU ADVERTISER Sunday, April 24, 1955. C3 it' jfr-'S HAWAII LEAG OPEN AS OK ill I i T. I. wruner, assistant track coach at Roosevelt High cIiool, was reminiscing the other nijrlit. xNaturally, lt was about track.

He has been following the Tivo Games Slated Today At Stadium dUie unlalhomable enthusiasm since he was a oungster tops ninnch iton1s in the Inter holatic cliam- pionship meet is the mile criterion," he said. "It was established in U6( by Walter Donagho. The mark is 4 minutes 42 seconds. er the da? he set it very clearlv. We were teammates.

vell, Donagho was not around wheri the meet onened. Vv 4 M8f (Defending' Champion Red Sox Meet Braves In 5 i I'- 4- Feature Tilt University To Take On Cosmopolitan The 31t of the Hawaii Baseball league will get under way today with the defending champion Red Sox meeting tlie Braves in the feature gams of a doublelieader at the Honolulu stadium today. 4' but about ten minutes before the mile race was to start he came strolling mto our tent to change into his track suit. i We did not feel that there was anything out of the ordinary 'uTl tardmess We knew where he had been all morning: He1 had been up in the hills in the Makiki Round Top and Tantalus! area chasing butterflies. It was his hobby to collect butterflies.) He-d'go looking for butterflies and birds whenever the inspiration came to him.

That's how he got his terrific condition. "He got into his uniform just in time to answer the last After a short warm-up, he, was ready. He got off to a fast start! and kept it up all the way. His strong finish was something to see. record he set that day has withstood the test of! tune.

But it may be broken this year because Doug Anduha of University of Hawaii and. the 'Cosmopolitan Hawki will i. si? --X" 3 4 open the twihbill at 1 p.m. A brief Stan Hashimoto, Kats Koiima ceremony will be held prior to the opening game with Alfred L. 1 and.

Riki Watanabe will provide the power and patrol the outfield. 4 Castle delivering the key address. The Stadium diamond is named '1 if after Mr: Castle, one of Hawaii's all-time great baseball players. The Red Sox and Hawks are favored, tQ triumph in today's games. r-A lav The Braves, piloted by Ernest (Sparky) Neves, are expected to pitch Crls Mancao, veteran southpaw.

Sidney Lindo and Bill Whaley will be in the bullpen. Bob Kaneko or Frank Re-veira will be behind the plate. Joe Brub at lb, Jimmy Wasa at 2b, Joe Ayres at 3b, Jimmy It Manager Lawrence Kunihisa l.oosevelt did 4:41.9 several weeks ago in a dual meet with Puna-hou and is capable of doing even better." j- jj jj. Gardner then recalled the day a Roosevelt runner won the 440 in the Interscholastic Meet simply because he was in a hurry to go to the pier to see the Lurline off. A dear friend of his was leaving for the Mainland on that ship.

That was jn 1935. "We had a sprinter named Bobby Bergstrom," Gardner said. "Our coach decided to enter him in the quartermile event. lie had never run it before. Bill (The Knee) Pacheco of St.

Louis College was the hot favorite to win. "Bergstrom was impatient about getting away from Alexander field and heading for the pier. He had barely qualified for the finals and nobody expected him to win. We figured we would be fortunate if he placed. But Bergstrom ran the greatest 'McCabe at shortstop, and Joe has Jimmy Doole, his ace righthander, and Lefty Majo Uyehara ready for mound chores.

Sol Kau-lukukui is expected to catch, with Masa Gunda (lb), Tsune Wata-nabe (2b), Shin Yogi (3b) and Kaoru Nekomoto (ss) rounding out the inner defense. Rav Lau photo Greg Ontiveros, Ken Nakakura, Yukio Asato, Phil Aganus, Tetsuo Odo, Shun Miyamoto, John Nakamura. Last row: Gordon Kuwada, Al Arakawa, Richard Matsuwaka, Fred Kaya, Allan Yamamoto, Ken Teragawachi, Carlton Loo and Christy Mamiya, manager. Tom, Sammy Souza and Willie Azevedo in the outfield loomed UNIVERSITY ENTRY University of Hawaii opens its second season in the Hawaii Baseball League today at the Stadium. The Rainbows will meet the Cosmo Hawks in the opener of a difubleheader.

Front row, left to right: Donald Botelho, Gilbert Elesarke, Edwin Usui, Ray Higa, Harold Takenaka, Edwin Tarn, George Serikaku. Second row: Richard Souza, as likely starters for the Injuns. The Cosmo Hawks, managed by Ray. Victor, have Len Kasparo-vitch and Robert Lajala available for mound chores. Gil Fernandez will catch.

Available for infield chores are Walter Gouveia, Frank Gouveia, Frank Perkins and Abe Kong. Saddler-Lopes Bout Postponed Mexicans Learn Raids Don't Pay race of his career that day. He beat Pacheco to the tape in' 50.6 seconds." i Pacheco was one of the finest quartermilers in the prep conference in those days. He ran the distance consistently in 50 plus seconds. the price of tickets in the United! Rainbow School Swim Meet Slated SACRAMENTO, April 23 (UP) Matchmaker Jackie Robert Wai, Charles Scott, Phil Kin said today the feather- Minicola, Wing.

Chow, Jose Bar- of biff-time baseball and they have found that, despite their intense love of the game, it takes more than a millionaire and bier name stars to make it a success. States and in Mexico. While seats in the American and National leagues might sell for from $2 to $6, in Mexico the average price was from 25 to 40 cents. out Facneco was the victim of ill-luck two years in a tow," Gardner said. 'Tn liia uac i t-i tnn rVi i-i in IVio oi'pnt Vint 'Piinahnil MEXICO CITY, April 23 (UP) Baseball has replaced soccer as the sandlot game in -Mexico City, but there is little chance that ever again there will be "raids" on organized U.

S. baseball. The one-time "Mexican major league" that spread all through weigni ngni oeiween wona ceiona end several others re Champion Sandy Saddler of ready to take the field for outer New York and Sacramento's nash.rp duties decided to use Jimmy Kneubuhl in the race. Kneubuhl was a The slxth annual Kambow sensational sprinter. He ran the 100 under 10 seconds.

He School swimming Joey Lopes here is off until at! Manaeer Toku Tanaka of the The fans here realize, now, of set the Cornell Relays record at 9.7 seconds and the Inter-meet, sponsored by the athletic CROWD RECORD DETROIT The Detroit Lions- the country, now has dwindled; course, that rasquei went ai department of the University of 4- i tr Vein ihiiilHincf a InV backwards. IU 1UUI ICfllllO AU LJU i c- Francisco 4Der game in least May 24. King said after a phone conversation with Saddler's handlers in New York, that the featherweight king is still bothered by a virus infection. UH nine has Al Arakawa, John Nakamura, George Serikaku, Eddie Tarn and Edwin Usui available for mound chores. The Rainbows will have a young and inexperienced team.

cruz, irueuia anu iviujut-ney. Vw.v,-. When the late Jorge Pasqueljwas the fact that big parks are recently killed in a plane acci-; needed to handle crowds. At the 1954 attracted a crowd of 53,431 fans in Briggs stadium, a new record in Retroit football. dent, was spending millions to ume tne league was in action.

Hawaii, will be held next week in the seventh and eighth grade divisions in the UH pool. Trials for seventh graders will be held Monday, April 25 and the finals the following day. Eliminations in the eighth grade division are slated for April 27, scholastic Meet 220 record at 22 seconds. "The Punahou school coaches felt that his power and drive would make Kneubuhl a fine 410 man. So they entered him in that race.

He not only beat Pacheco but also ran a terrific race and triumphed in 49.1 seconds for a record that still stands. ''Kneubuhl was graduated in June and the following year Pacheco was a bigger favorite than ever to win. But, as already told, Bergstrom beat him with a tremendous performance. "Then in 1936, Pacheco, now a senior at St. Louis, finally won his favorite event.

But he was hard-pressed as he barely edged out Earl (Ropey) Ross a chest." lure major league stars south of! the biggest park was in Mexico the border, the league at various; City and it held only 16,000. To- times had two teams each in aay -mere is a new parK, caueu Mexico City and Vera Cruz, "Social Security Stadium," that will seat 32,000. But it came franchises in Puebla, Monterrey San Luis Potosi, Nuevo Laredo along too late to do the late Mr. and Tampico. r'asquei and ms amDiiions any For tsle Linhsnien 'good.

But the Mexicans have The second thing that was learned a lesson about the cost 'overlooked was the difference in never under estimate tjie power of and the finals April 23. The 9th graders' meet will be held in May. The events in which trials are slated in the 7th grade meet are: 50 yard breaststroke, boys, girls; 50 yard freestyle boys, girls; 50 yard backstroke, boys, girls; 50 yard butterfly boys. Trials will beld in the 8th grade division in the following events: 50 yard freestyle boys, girls; A overtiser resents r. nead's Golf Lessons TO) Sam Snead will start his "Golf Here's How" in Monday morn lion 50 yard breaststroke, boys, girls; yard backstroke boys, girls; ing's Advertiser.

One of the greatest golfers of all time and described by Bobby Jones as having "the mcfst perfect swing," Snead has won most 100 yard freestyle boys; 50 yard butterfly boys; 100 yard individual medley boys, girls. Ikehara Named Award Winner Rav Ikehara of Honolulu YBA of the major tournaments in thej United States. An impressive figure on the inks, Sam is just short of six feet all, with muscular arms that would be standard equipment on a man six foot three. When those extra-long arms whiplash a club the results are frequently incredible. Sam's definition of "distance" is anything from 260 yards on up.

Once during an exhibition, the nailery marshall announced that Mr. Snead would hit two tee shots on the 290-yard 11th hole. "The was named the Honolulu AJA Junior league's "player of the week" for the April 17 games. He pitched and batted his team to a 9-8 victory over McCully Juniors last Sunday. ffy He hit a grand slam honor the eighth to win his own game.

The league's final scheduled games will be played this Sun-da yat Ala Wai field. However, several postponed games remain to be played. 1 v. i ounuay gcuuea. SAM SNEAD first will be Mr.

Snead's regular drive," the marshall explained. "The second in response to requests of members will be" an attempt to drive the green." Sam slammed his first drive into the short grass 10 yards beyond the green. "Doggone it, Marshall," he complained, "looks like I'll have to use that second shot to chip back." Snead is entirely a man's man, McCully vs. Moiliih, Sheridan xs. Honolulu YBA on A fielB; Waialae vs.

Nuuanu Soto, Kane-ohe vs. Kalihi on field. The first game on each field starts at 9:45 a.m. but he won't drink or smoke and dislikes gambling. Look for Sam on the Sport pages of The Advertiser.

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