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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1916)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N FOOTBALL Celestia Brace and R u th E ip h art attended the S a A bout 100 C hem aw a stu d e n ts and em ployes ac com panied the football team to Mt. A ngel on S a tu r day to w itness the gam e betw een Chem aw a and Mt. A ngel College. T h e gridiron was very m uddy, w hich was a handicap to th e Indian team w hich was lig h ter th an th eir opponents, d ep en d in g more upon quickness and speed th an upon w eight. D u rin g the first two periods of the gam e Chem aw a o utplayed the Mt. A n gel team and were several tim es near scoring, b u t w ere penalized at various tim es d u rin g th is period for off-side play, w hich prevented a score. T atsham a m ade the m ost sensational run of th e day for a gain of fifty y ard s upon a delayed pass. T h e second half Mt. A ngel seemed to have the better of it and w ere at two different tim es near to a touch dow n. T h e In d ian s tried one field goal and Mt. A ngel two, one of w hich was successful, th u s w in n in g the gam e bv 3 points. C ham berlain made a long ru n for a touch down w hich was disallowed on account of an off-side play by C hem aw a. Colby played his end position w ell, sm ashing th e Mt. A ngel in terferen ce on plays directed at his side of the line. E lk played a good defensive gam e, b u t his passing at tim es was poor ow ing to the m ud stick in g to the ball. P' le r's p u n tin g was b etter th an th a t of th e opposing team , w hile E upps at tackle played an especially good gam e. N ix was su b stitu ted for E lenshaw d u rin g th e th ird q u arte r. Downie used good ju d g m e n t in selection of plays except in one instance w here he attem pted to advance the ball on 4th dow n on midfield and lost it on dow ns. C he m awa as a w hole played a good gam e, p articu larly in the first half, an 1 on a d ry field it is th o u g h t w ould have won the gam e. M uch school spirit was show n by the Chem aw a rooters who enjoyed th e day regardless of the rain and m ud. LOCAL LORE Miss W h ite, Miss Brew er and S atu rd ay in P o rtlan d . PAG E 3 Miss Peters spent M r. and Mrs. Sm ith are ta k in g F olk D ancing from Miss F lem in g in Salem . John O 'B rien h is entered C hem aw a to tak e up vo cational b lack sm ith in g lem H igh School-A lbany football gam e at A lbany last S atu rd ay . T h e football boys are very gratefu l to Miss S kipton and Mrs. Brew er for the special breakfast given them S atu rd ay . Mrs. Eoos gave Jack N eagen, M ike A nderson, John M unsen and Sam N urgeson th e tim e of their lives in P ortland last S atu rd ay and S unday. T h e sew ing-room girls are hav in g lessons on differ en t kinds of laces. Pillow laces, net an d crochet laces are proving of great interest to the girls. Mrs. Brewer spent Sunday w ith her son and d a u g h ter, E oulin and R u th , at C orvallis w here they are a t ten d in g th e O regon A g ricu ltu ral College. Miss A da Rice, Field M atron from K lam ath, sto p ped over at Chem aw a last S unday on her way hom e from M innesota w here she has been sp en d in g her va cation. T h e societies met as usual last W ednesday evening. T h e N onpareil Society continued th eir study of Eong- fellow, w hile the others presented very creditable p ro gram s. T h e Rain on S atu rd ay m orning broke up th e cold spell of th e previous w eek, m uch to th e d elight of the old O regonians but to the sorrow of th e football e n th u siasts. On T uesday of this week H en ry Cam pbell gave us an in terestin g talk about g ra ftin g fru it trees. H en ry seem s to understand some of the principles of g ra ft in g . M r. W estley speaks well of him . T he Chapel service S unday n ig h t as usual was m uch enjoyed. T h e Second Indian S u ite by T u rn ey , was beau tifully rendered by the S trin g Q u artet and w as very m uch appreciated. T he choir gave a very pleasing num ber. M r. W estley, our garden in stru c to r, is on his vaca tion. H e left F ran k E. Johnson in charge. F ra n k will each day deliver vegetables and apples to the k itch en , dom estic science build in g , and hospital. C hester S m ith, A rth u r John so n , H enderson T a ts ham a and Rov N uckolls will do the plow ing. T he train in g of loganberries will be continued w ith M artin Colby as boss. John A nderson, a b ro th er of Mike McCleod, has come down from A laska to enroll at Chem aw a. Card of Thanks P eter E ucier, a Chem aw a ex -stu d e n t now living at \ \ oodburn, was a visitor at his old school last S unday. I wish to th a n k th e friends in C hem aw a for th e beautiful flowers an d th e w ords of sy m p ath y . M r s . R. G. H e n d e r s o n
