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

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Ioseph Tom catches the ball as cz Mid-Pacific Institute man scurries buck to his base. Baseball THOMAS NAKAGAWA Centerfielder CLAUDE ZUKERAN LARRY MATSUO Third Basemcm Second Baseman 94 TAKEMITSU ARAKAKI KENNETH OGITANI Pitcher Leftfielder FARRINGTON 7 -MID-PACIFIC 1 Before a crowd of 300 anxious spectators, the Governors Won their first interscholastic game at the Honolulu Stadium. Torikawa, starting chucker for the Governors, hurled a 7-l victory over the Mid-Pacific nine, scattering only five hits. The Govern s started the ball rolling in the very first inni . Larry Matsuo Walked. Oka moto hunted 3 Was out at first but Matsuo went on t cond. Ioe Tom made a clean single over first, sending Matsuo over the home plate for the first count. The Maroons scored again in the second inning. ln the fifth frame With one out and two men on base, an error charged to the Maroons gave Mid-Pacific its lone tally. The Governors scored five more runs in the sixth, seventh, an eighth innings The Maroons had nine hits Wit error While Mid-Pacific had five hits an errors. IOSEPH TOM TOM OKAMOTO First Baseman Rightiielder

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BASEBALL Coached by Uichi Kanayarna and assisted by Coach Henry Kusunoki and Co-Coach Bert ltoga, it is probable that Farrington's Maroon squad Will be a high ranking Contender for diamond honors in the lnterscholastic Baseball League. Early season practice began With about 60 boys participating. These boys made up a Farrington baseball league of four teams. Daily games With the teams competing for first hon- ors were held. ln the final round, the Ogitani's took the crown by Winning all three games. The boys showed great spirit during practice periods and produced effective results on the field of play. Eighteen Were picked for the team. These included T. Okazaki, catcherg T. Okamoto, rightfielderg I. Tom, first basemang T. Nakagawa, centerfielderg H. Kuroda, shortstopp T. Arakaki, pitcherg H. Matsuo, second base- mang K. Ogitani, leftfielderg . Zukeran, third basemang B. Tsuruda, leftfi derg R. Motofuji, first basemang and N. Tori pitcher. A practice game was play against Wai- pahu at Kalakaua field, ending 7-4 in favor of visitors. ln a return match Farrington came into her own by taking the game 13-6. .,.,,,,, ,..A,,, , ,,,,, Claude Zukeran. third baseman, beats out the throw for a hit 93

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NOBUO TORIKAWA TADASHI OKAZAKI Pitcher Catcher FARRINGTON 9 - MCKINLEY 4 The Governors played an auspicious game by swamping the Mick nine 9-4 to win their second consecutive game. The Maroons started out early in the first inning by scoring tour runs due to two errors committed by the intielders after two outs. The contest was a hitting duel w'th Farrington col- lecting nine hits and makin four errors While McKinley collected eleven ' The Micks were erratic, committing over hal zen errors. ln the sixth and ninth innings the icks were in a position to even up the score but they did not have the necessary scoring power. The Gov- ernors scored one run in the tifth inning and rang the bell again in the eighth inning by adding tour more runs. Arakaki, starting hurl- er lor the G ernors, was sent to the showers alter th inning when the Micks scored one run and cted four smackers. Torikawa shared th mound. Baseball Captain Tadashi Okazcrki waits for the ball at the home plate to tag out a Mid-Pacific runner. TOSHIO SAKATA Centerfielder CHARLES KIMUHA RICHARD TSURUDA KIYOSHI MATSUO BENIQMIN LAI Third Baseman Leftfielder Rightiielder Pxtcher 95