Curt Watanabe will be honored between games of the Hawaii-Alumni baseball doubleheader Sunday when his number 26 will be added to the left-field wall of Rainbow Stadium. ’Bows to honor
Curt WatanabeA third baseman, Watanabe played four seasons for the Rainbows (1976-79), finishing with a .335 career batting average. He was on the 1977 Western Regional All-Tournament team and played for the U.S. All Stars in 1978.
"Not only was Curt one of the best clutch hitters in his career, he was a great two-strike hitter as well," UH head coach Les Murakami said.
Watanabe, a Waipahu graduate, still holds or is tied for the UH records for most hits in a game (5) and most consecutive hits (9).
The doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
COLBERT IN SENIOR SKINS: Jim Colbert will replace Jack Nicklaus in the Senior Skins competition Jan. 30-31 at the Mauna Lani Bay South Course on the Big Island.
Nicklaus will miss the event because of hip replacement surgery scheduled for later this month.
Colbert will join Hale Irwin, the PGA Senior's leading money winner for the last two years, Arnold Palmer and defending champion Raymond Floyd, who is seeking his sixth straight title.
LAW STAYS AS UH-HILO COACH: Jeff Law has been named to the permanent position of head basketball coach at Hawaii-Hilo.
Law has been the Vulcans' interim coach since Aug. 1. They are 4-10 in his first season.
MEET JONES AT MURPHY'S: New Hawaii football coach June Jones and his staff will be at Murphy's Bar & Grill in downtown Honolulu Thursday, Jan. 28, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. to meet fans and raise funds for the Rainbow program.
Tickets are $50 per person and includes a full buffet, refreshments and live musical entertainment. All proceeds go to the UH program.
HAWAII-NYPD FOOTBALL MATCH-UP: The Hawaii All-Stars will tackle the New York Police Department's Finest in the Kops for Kids Bowl game on Feb. 5 at Cooke Field.
The NYPD Finest roster is made up entirely of full-time New York police officers. They are the champions of the National Public Safety League Football League.
The Hawaii team will be made up of Honolulu, federal and military police officers, corrections officers, emergency medical technicians and semipro and indoor football players.
Kops for Kids Bowl tickets will be $8 and $5, with children under 12 admitted free. Game proceeds go to an Oahu youth charity organization.