University of Hawaii Honolulu - Ka Palapala Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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K ' jrr a fwuv z: . ' «rTVT fK. ' «nKAhU ii.4jmi j.tuK. ' jwiMS rK ' ifAi s Varsity Track team. Front row, left to right: Toshio Nakamoto, Johnny Dang, George Greig, Rodney Hidde, Herbert Loui, Andy Nua, Allen Yokomoto, Harry Nakama and Coach Moses Ome. Second row: Stanley Taka- mine, Kim Sing Wong, Theodore Yee, Theodore Candia, Emory Oliveira, Milton Beamer, Eno Plumley, Ben Liu and Richard Freeman. Third row: Dennis O ' Connor, George Dexter, William Coleman, Barry Pritchard, Robert Schabackcr, William Rice, Robert Hays, Richard Fleck, Bruce Green, Harold Luscomb and Captain Conmy, assistant coach. 1 ack Coach Moses Ome. A great collection of ex-prep track .stars and the return of ten lettermen formulated a powerful University of Hawaii Varsity track squad which were favored to cop all the competitive meets during the track season. Thirty four men turned out for the initi.il practice held in mid-January. With Coach Moses Ome at the helm, the team went through rigorous conditioning practices during the early part of the season. Ome was assisted by Captain Conmy of the ROTC department, assistant coach; Les Mason. shot put, discus and javelin coach; and Bill Knowles, pole vault coach. The team opened the season against Army and Citywide in a Triangular meet on April 10; then met Cirywide on April 22 in a I ual meet and capped off the season with tvi o major meets, the Rainbow Relays on March 1 5 and the Hawaiian AAU competition a week later. High schools and intermediate schools were invited to participate in the Rainbow Relays for the first time in its history. The event proved to be the track extravaganza of the year. The Frosh members of tiie Varsity stjuad had a separate schedule in three additional meets against high schools. They opened their season with a Triangular meet against Roosevelt and Kamehameha on March 20, engaged McKinle ' and Kaimuki on Aiiril and Punahou and lolani

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w.ihiiK-s enjoyetl a fairly successful year under (A)acli Sakamoto. Tlie squad was entered in several dual and triangular meets and also the Rainbow- swimming contests. Led again by tlie versatile Mitzie Higuclii who starred in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and relay events, tfie UH aqua-maids made capable showings. Frosh Gla dys Awai, former team captain of St. Andrews Priory showed much promise and added valuable points in the contests. Gladys [lerformcd in the relays, breaststroke and freestyle events. Others who showed up well were Captain May Frecth, Frances Imamura, Marion Kleinschmidt, Elizabeth Kauka, Lily Yuen, Esther Mukai, Jackie Moody and Sybil Baldwin. In the dual meet against McKinley, Mitzie Higuchi .iiul Ciladys Awai turned in double vic- tories. Mitzie garnered the 100 yard freestyle and a berth on the 150 yard medley while Gladys captured the 100 yard breast and also a berth on the 150 yard medley. In addition Miss Higuchi was a triple victor in the Triangular meet on January 8 and competed in seven events in the first Rainbow contest. Another bright star was Frances Imamura, freshman, who did yeoman work in the novice section. Marion Kleinschmidt, returning from last year ' s team showed great improvement and should bear watching in future events. The loss of several swimmers in the second semester hampered the team somewhat. Senior Reiko Takakuwa, lent some valuable assistance to the team ' s success. Varsity Women ' s swimming team. Front: Yoshio Shibuya, manager. Left to right, sitting,: Gladys Awai, Frances Imamura, Mitzie Higuchi, Betsy Spurr, Jeanne Konishi, Ruth Awai and Agnes Yoshizumi. Standing: Assistant coach Yoshito Sagawa, Mary Stacy, Marion Kleinschmidt, Virginia Dunham, Alice Molina, Sybil Baldwin, Jackie Moody, Ivanelle Mountcastle, Winona Ell ' s, Sachiko Oyama and Coach Soichi Sakamoto. Missing: Phyllis Gregory, Violet Awai, Gwen Botelho, Bernice Ihara, Arlene Kim, Louise Larson, Reiko T,ik.ikuwa, Esther Mukai and Lih ' Yuen.

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Left. Varsity track coaching staff, left to right: Les Mason, Bill Knowles and Captain Conmy. Right: George Oakley, captain. on April 16 also in triangular meets. The Frosh triumphed decisively in all of these. The Varsit) ' thinclads bolstered by many out- standing youthful stars was one of the strongest in Hawaii history. Every event ranging from the javelin to the hurdles except possibly the pole vault, had a wealth of material and competition was keen for those berths. Versatile George Oakley, captain of the team was one of the sparkplugs. He specialized in the broad jump and hurdles and also was used in sprints and relay teams piling up valuable points for the Rainbows. Besides Oakley, the remaining lettermen were Milton Beamer, George Lee, Mike Shintani, Hitoshi Ikeda, Pete Douglas, Ben Liu, Phil Haake, and John Dang. In Beamer, Lee, Shintani, Haake. and Dang, Ome had a powerful string of sprinters who could be used for relays. These were the performers responsible for the UH victory in the 2 1st Rainbow Relays of the previous year, in which the Manoans won three relays and placed in three others. Besides the lettermen, were prep luminaries such as Eno Plumley, high school mile champ from Kam; Byron Muerlott, shot put champ from Punahou; Stanley Takamine of Mary ' knoll; Richard Fleck, quarter mile champ from Roosevelt; Robert Hays, Francis Oliveira, Barr.y Pritchard and Edmund Woolford, sprinters from Roosevelt; and Herbert Loui, hurdles king from St. Louis. Others expected to show promise were Bruce Green, George Woods, Wendell Crockett, Richard Freeman, George Matsuda, Rodney Hidde and Bill Coleman. Top: Johnny Dang nears the end of the 100 yard dash. Bottom: The spectacular low hurdles in one of the meets.