Leilehua High School - Ka Leilehua Yearbook (Wahiawa, HI)

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TENNIS ' AS KA LEILEHUA went to press, the lnterscholastic tennis season was but one match old. ln their opening encounter the Mule netmen were defeated by a strong lolani team. Dropping three of the five matches played, Leilehua lost by a score of three to two. This year's squad is centered around four returning lettermenp namely, Gil Procter, Smith Choy, Edmund Taylor and Prank Palomares. Procter, this year's captain, holds the first singles position. This is his second year with the Mule team. F rank Palomares handles the second singles. Frank has been with the squad for the past three years. He will be playing for the Mules next year too. Smith Choy and Edmund Taylor make up the first doubles team. Both of these boys made names for themselves in last year's matches. The second and third doubles teams consist of those playing their first year on the team. Thorpe White and Maxwell Iohnson teamed to form the second doubles, while two young freshmen, Wing Ming Young and Garvin lones, made up the third doubles. Other members of the squad are Fred Kim, Don MacWilliams, Prank Miller, and Kelly Kim. Last year the tennis squad won the first high school championship ever won by Leilehua. Graduation left a marked weakness in the strength of the team. Spurred on by high hopes and continuous practice this year's squad is sure to give a good account of itself in all its matches. Coaching is in the able hands of Sam Wong of Wahiawa, to whom much credit is due. First row U..eft to rightlz Garvin lones, Prank Palomares, Gilbert Procter, Thorpe White, Smith Choi. Top row: Wing Min Young, Fredrick Kim, Edmund Taylor, Maxwell Iohnson, Frank Miller, Kelly Kim.

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First row fLeft to rightl: Kaoru Kawahara, rnanagerp Bob Hirota, Kaname Kakernoto, Kunso Suna- hara, Tom Mizuno, Max Suzuki, Mamoru l-lakoda, Tsuneichi Yoneda, Toshio Tanaka, Robert Taka' yama. Top row: Mr. Kunihisa, coachg William Watson, Gary Yaji, Noboru Tanaka, Bob Chinen, Yukio Komori, lunichi Yamauchi, lack Cleary, Paul Hurley, Takashi Motoyama, Mitsugi Sugirnoto, Katsuji Shintani, manager. A BASEBALL OPENING THE SEASON with three successive victories, the Leilehua baseball squad shows definite signs of a championship team. As this book goes to press, the boys have been made heavy favorites to win the title. Meeting Punahou in their initial league encounter, the Mules exhibited some high class playing, walloping the Puns to the tune of ll to 2. The victory was due mainly to the timely hitting of Mitsugi Sugimoto and the fine mound work of Toshio CCandyD Tanaka. Sugimoto smashed out two homers while Tanaka pitched a no-hit game up to the seventh inning. Other outstanding players for the day were lack Cleary and Robert Takayama. The game was played on Alexander field. Assuring the public that their unanimous win over Punahou was not just a lucky upset, Leilehua next defeated the Roosevelt Roughriders by a score of l6 to l . Tanaka again turned in an excellent game on the mound, allowing but three hits in his seven innings of hurling. On the other hand, the Mules col- lected l3 hits from the two Roosevelt pitchers, Carr and Kennedy. Batting honors go to the team as a whole as no outstanding hitting took place. ln their third encounter, the Mules took on Mid-Pacific. Establishing an early lead of 4 to l, the Manoaites had things pretty well their own way for the first seven innings. Leilehua, however, staged brilliant four-run rallies in both the seventh and eighth frames to clinch the game. Tanaka pitched the first four innings but was relieved at the start of the fifth by Motoyama. Together they yielded but five hits. Thisfvictory gave Leilehua the sole leadership in the l938 lnterscholastic baseball league. The Mules have yet to meet a strong St. Louis nine, Kameha- meha, Mcliinley tpresent champs? and Iolani. Three of these schools, St. Louis, Kamehameha and lolani, are tied for second place. By no means is the cham- pionship sewed up. Good hitting percentages have been turned in by the entire squad. This year's coaching is in the experienced hands of Mr. Lawrence Kunihisa, who deserves much credit for his Work in molding such a fine team.

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