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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1918)
PAGE 4 T H E CHEMA WA AM ERIC AM REPO RTER’S NOTES By Robert Downie The gardeners were busy cultivating the loganber ries, blackberries, strawberries, and vegetables last week. Irving Shepard is working for a place on the Salem High School track team. At present he is showing up fine and will no doubt earn a place. Mr. Bent and Mr. Downie with a few of the boys went to the woods for a picnic supper on Wednesday night of last week. They report having a splendid time. Several of the pupils accompanied the baseball team to Salem where they witnessed a splendid game with W illamette University. They also witnessed the May Day program given by the W illamette students. At present our little south paw pitcher is throwing fine ball. Out of 36 innings Joe has 49 struck out to his credit. Joe weighs 128 pounds and puts every ounce of it in the ball when he puts it over the plate. The track team is out working hard each evening preparing for the coming meet with Willamette U ni versity. Our boys are training with the spirit of mak ing all who enter against them earn their points and honors. Roses are beginning to show up about the industrial building and elsewhere on the campus. The engineer ing departm ent claimed the first rose, which showed up some time ago. It will not be long now until all Chemawa is abloom with roses. Joe Bettles and Reggie Downie recently journeyed to Portland, where they played with the Northwest Ship Yard team. Joe pitched for the team and made an unusually big hit with the Portland people who witnessed the game. He will probably pitch for this team this summer after leaving school. ATHLETIC NOTES “ Razorback” Boyce looks like our best bet for the sprints this spring. The average of the baseball team is now 500, having won two of four games played. Our baseball team played W illam ette U last Satur day and defeated them 6 to 0. The game was called at the end of the sixth inning. Once more the race track is rounded into shape and the contenders for places on the track team can be seen every evening working out. t Joe Bettles, track captain, is busy with his men of evenings on the track getting ready for the meet with W illam ette University on May 25th. • The baseball team works out daily on the diamond and the way the new men pick the little round pill out of the dust and throw it around the bases makes the spectators look on with awe. Chemawa has a right to be proud of her team, they all being young and inexperienced players. The coming meet with W illamette is drawing near. The ’varsity squad, headed by Captain Bettles, is fast rounding into form. Those to represent the Red and W hite in the coming meet will probably be as follows: A rthur Johnson, Captain Bettles, William Johnson, Francis Boyce, Axel Johnson, Louis Colby, Bob Downie, Irving Shepard, William Klaney, Ed Rous- selle, Jack Pete, Shorty Obert, Charles Stone, Irving Tom and George Berry. W ithout Lekanoff, the dis tant runner, who is confined to the hospital with pneumonia, the team will be a little handicapped in this event unless some “ whizzer” show’s up. Johnson, the choice for the high jum p, sprained his ankle but is expected to be in shape for the meet. Bill John son, the pole vaulter, is fast rounding into form and undoubtedly he will be the choice for this event. K la ney, who hails from Alaska, is in his initial year as a distance runner. He is a strong contender to fill the place of Lekanoff. The prospects for Chemawa as a high point w’inner, against the University, are very bright. SIX T H GRADE NOTES The members of the track team are out practicing each evening after supper. The sixth grade is now studying South America, as we have finished the study of North America. A good many of the sixth grade pupils have been ill and w’ill have to work hard to make up their studies. The sixth grade pupils have taken up Percentage and are getting along fine. It is easy when you under stand it. The sewing-room girls, after working hard for sever al weeks, have completed the white uniforms. The girls are proud of their new dresses. By the looks of the buds on the rosebushes we will have plenty of roses at Chemawa. Chemawa is a beautiful place w’hen all the flowers are in bloom. OUR DU TY It must constantly be borne in mind that the enemy is seeking a decision that will end the war. This de cision can only be arrived at by the destruction of the allied forces in the field before fresh units contributed from addiional levies in France and Great Britain, as well as by our own troops, can take up their position in sufficient numbers to turn the German successes to defeat. O urs is the imperative duty of providing replace ment units for the armies in France. We must be able to put fresh men in the field thoroughly and methodically trained. In addition to those already called to the colors and now training at our canton ments, or already selected for service, very large quo. as will be required in the immediate future to fill the gaps.
