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

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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.

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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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The start of the grueling Turkey Day marathon in whichEno Plumley ( shirtless lad sixth from left ) , a freshman, emerged victorious. Oiii a iud ial Bfto il A wide and well balanced intramural program ranging from boxing to checkers were presented to the students the past year under the capable direction of Donald Gustuson, faculty adviser. The program provided a medium through which a vast majority of the students who were unable to engage in varsity sports were able to participate in. With Jackie Wong as student director, an Intramural Council was formed early in the school year. Its members were based on representatives from the various ckibs, and class managers were appointed. Student managers for the various sports such as track, Softball, wrestling, soccer, swimming, ping pong, boxing md basketball were chosen and plans were formulated for all the various intra- mural activities. Wong was succeeded by Claude Takekawa in the second semester. Basketball held the spotlight in the first semester. The accurate Sophomore squads swept both the Novice and Open Inter-class basketball crowns by whipping Soph D 21-14 and Junior A 31-17 in the respective divisions. Soph B, open champs was comprised of William Chun Hoon, Walter Hiranaka, George Koga, Francis Mah, Allan Kam, Richard Lo, Dewey Kim, Donald Tong, George Fujimoto and Charles Taketa. The Novice champs were sparked by Wallace Dung and Lawrence Wong. A torrid contest between the YMCA and Tu Chiang Sheh with the former winning on Dewey Kim ' s long field goal with two seconds remaining decided the Interclub Casaba diadem. The annual Turkey Day Marathon attracted a large following as approximately fifty runners started the race in front of Hemenway Hall. Freshman Eno Plumley, former Kam trackster set a burning pace and emerged victorious in a time of 12 minutes and 14 seconds. Ken Kawate placed lirst in the novice section and also second in the open. Masao Kutaka came in third in the open and Stanley Kaneshiro second in the novice. Outstanding marks were set in the barefoot kicking contests. Harry Kanada won first place in the 1 0 pounds and under, with a boot of 47 yards. Richard Hebeine booted 33 yards to capture the I lO and ab() e title while Louis (x)llins won the Varsity punting with 47 yards. In the drop kicking contest, Harry Kanada and Francis Mah won respectively in the 1 10 above and below sections w hile Robert Oowell, Kats Miho and Louis Collins garnered the place kicking crowns in the three respective divisions. The Sophomores walked away with the Basket-