The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-03-14
Cathay Post Trims Cinderella LancerS
In Championship Finals to Gain Second
Leg of 3-Year Perpetual NV Cage Cup

The story of the annual North
west Nisei Invitational Basketball
tournament. sponsored usually by
the Northwest Times but presented
this year by the Nisei Veterans
Committee, was an old story with a
slightly new twist last weekend in
he Seattle Buddhist Auditorium.
The old story was that Cathay
Post 1856 of Seattle again took the
championship and with 1t the Sc
cond leg of the Northwest Times
priced three-year perpetual trophy
The new twist was that instead of
contenders American Auto Sales of
Portland and Lotus Mercury and
Tokuda Drug Savoys of Seattle, the
unheralded Lotus Lancers. fight
ing Glass A title machine, faced Ca
thay Post 1876 In the championship
finals on Sunday.
Result of the championship con-
test was. more or less, foregone
conclusion despite the fact that
Mentor Bobby Yasunobu's scrappy
Lancers had provided two stunning
upsets during the three-day meet.
Their reaching the finals itself was
a moral victory" for the Glass A
champions.
The Lancers, fired up by Jits O.
yabe and Joe Jinguji's inspiring
play first knocked over their big
brother, Lotus Mercury, the Class
AA titlist, "a to 80. on Friday night.
In this contest, Oyabe Topped in
IL points to pave the way for the
winners.
On the following day. the Lam
GERS, still hoped up, humbled To-
kuda Drugs well-balanced Savoys,
80 to rs. This time, Oyabe, who was
sensation In the meet. connected
for l6 digits, and was backed by
southpaw Jimmy Nakamura with
points.
In both games. the Lancers out
fought their superior opponents to
chalk up their wins.
In the championship game, how
ever al the fight in the worlc
couldn't have saved the Lancers
from defeat Cathay Post 1876 mere
ly played its usual way and won
handily, clearing the bench of SUBJ
stitutes who matched their own a
gainst the offensive-minded Glass
A upstairs once the team was out In
front by comfortable margin. Ca
thay Post had commanding 1912
lead at halftime.
Nakamura with IL, Oyabe with 10,
md Jinguji with were the Lancers'
scoring threats but they were nc
match for the classy Cathay hot
shots.
For Cathay, Frank zee, the Gar
| field high school sparkplug, tossed In
points in the first half, and Ray
500. the Seattle University freshman
star, and Eddie Wong split the net
for 8 points apiece in the second
half This trio. along with Benny
Wong who had 10 for the afternoon
formed the winning combination
Osa Edamura, hustling Lancer
center, did a yeoman's job in hold
ing Eddie Wong scoreless in the frs
half and in plucking off numerous
rebounds off the blackboard.
cathay Posts trip to the title til
was arranged in this manner th'
Chinese aces walloped Spokane
Yanacs, SO TO 20, on Friday, and de-
cisioned Portland's American Aut'
Sales, 81 to 80, on Saturday.
The outcome of the Cathay-Yana'
battle was understood" as 500 ant
Eddie Wong peppered the hoop TO
is and 10 points respectively. HAM
Ito with 10 and Tosh Yonago will
8 were the Yanacs' best.
The Cathay-AAS game was quit
rough struggle, featuring a tota
If 80 fouls between the two outfits
Portlands AAS chung to a Sigh
1916 sdge at the half, but that lea
was sliced and finally overcome b
Cathay which forged ahead to v'ir
Ed Wong-that man agair'-wa
Caihay's hero. bucketing l6 point
Gaylen Kawashima. Portland ac'