Farrington High School - Ke Kiaaina Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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GEORGE KAUKA ROBERT EDWARDS MOSES KIM RICHARD ISHIDA Tackle Center FARRINGTO SAINT LO 1 Entering the game as heavy underdogs, the Farrington Governors shocked thous- ands of gridiron fans when they upset the highly favored Saint Louis Cardinals, league champions, by a 26-12 score in a hard fought and well deserved battle. Herman Wedemeyer, Saint triple threat halfback, took the opening kickoff ninety yards through the entire Farrington team for the first tally of the game. The try for point failed. After this score, it looked as though the Cardinals would annihilate the Maroons, but it only aroused the fight- ing spirit of the Governors, who with dogged determination came from behind and marched down the field. A Maroon grid man refuses to qive way as speedy Kenneth Oqilcmi comes to his uid mmmwuswsuummfwmmw Gucxrd Tackle lt was fullbacku Fudeo Fujisaki who plunged through e Saint Louis line to tie the count. The ki from placement was blocked. From th point on, the Maroons with snappy ball aying took command of the game and ere never in serious danger t ughout e rest of the tussle. After th ball exch ged hands several times, Oishi brought t into favorable posi- tion at the end of a ng r . The Gov- ernors went on to t e e lead when Castro shot a succes pass to Fujisaki for the secon touch n. Castro con- verted. This s followed by another when Ken Ogit sco d several minutes later from the ard line. Conversion chalked up er point. The Saints, aided by a thirty-five yard run by Wedemeyer for a touchdown, threatened in the third period but they were repulsed and held scoreless through- out the remainder of the game. The Gov- ernors salted the game away in the final period when they scored again, this time with Hiroshi Oishi passing to Renfro Othello. Mixing speed and deception with team- work, the Governors appeared almost im- possible to stop and they had the Cardi- nals in a daze throughout most of the game. Outstanding players for Farrington were Louis Castro, loseph Tom, and Ren- fro Gthello. Wedemeyer, Mauck, and De Rego starred for the Saints. 80

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The tecrm receives last minute instructions before entering u sensational battle. F oo all Preview A record rnout o one hundred players Was in evidence on the fi day of football practice. After givi available players the once-over, Coach Hen Kusunoki and Co-Coach Bert ltoga We ilent egarding the kind of team they could produ t ,is season with the aid of their assist- ants W e Amioka, Ioe Kaulukukui, Uichi Ka- nayam d H twell Silva. Hit hard by gradua- tion, m o ne material had little game experi- d averaged about l5U pounds. The back- fi en were as good as last year's and able to h . eir own but the line was weak and new from end to end. Although rated no better than third by the local pigskin crystal gazers, the Ma- roons have excellent spirit and can be expected to play a Wide open brand of game With plenty of passing and deceptive plays when they meet the Saint Louis Cards in their first tussle. The Governors made their first public appear- ance at a scrimmage with the V,V.V. and a pre- season game against the Hawaiian Pine aggrega- tion. This gave the boys their much needed ex- perience. Later they played against the Naval Cantonment team and showed marked improve- ment. Halfbacks Louis Castro and Louis Hayselden are expected to be the mainstays of the team With Renfro Othello, Dennis Oishi, Fucleo Fujisaki, Hal Kidoguchi, and Yoshito Yakurna making their presence keenly felt. KIYOSHI MATSUO Fullb ack IOSEPH TOM Hallbcxck WILLIAM KAULUKUKUI Quarterback

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YOSHITO YAKUMA IAMES WATANABE ALFRED CHANG ERNEST BAPTIST Guard Tackle FARRINGTON 6 MCKINLEY 25 The unpredictable F rrington Govern- ors were early favorite o take the Fight- ing Micks due to th remarkable per- formance against Sai t Louis. owever, they met with disastr :us fate in eir sec- ond game of the se on when they fell before a pow rful, s iooth rolling McKin- ley machine 2 A in lop-sided game. Unable to diag we the Tigers' offense, the Governors W dazzled throughout the game as the -, , rating from the famous T forma ' , made long gains con- sistently i and on the ground. The Governors' praised offense which was so evi nt in their previous game was conspicuously absent from the con- test as a hard charging Tiger forward Wall, backed up by an alert secondary, swarmed in time and time again to check the Maroons. The Micks showed definite indications that they were out to take the Governors as early as the first period when they marched to the two-yard line, only to lose the oval on downs. Several plays later, the Micks tasted first blood When Al Minn, alert fullback, intercepted a Farrington pass on the 31 yard line and outran the Maroon secondary to score standing up. The Micks duplicated this performance in each of the following quarters to roll up an immense score. 81 Tackle End The Maroons then managed to shave off a whitewash. Lopez of McKinley put the ball out of boundson the Governors' 40- yard line after the kickoff. On a long pass from Castro to Renfro, Ogawa was called for interfering, a penalty which gave the ball to the Maroons on the McKinley 30- yard line. A couple of running plays net- ted a gain of four yards. Again Castro passed to Renfro, who was run out of bounds. Renfro then packed the ball around left end and did the trick. With the above score, and the threat to score in the second period, the Governors seemed to be in good shape but unable to get going, thus leaving the Micks in com- plete command. The Farrinqton inexperienced line does good job holding the title-bound Saints