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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H ALL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to B uthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at th e Chemawa. Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail M atter
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25Cts P E R A N N U M
CH EM AW A VS. O. A. C. F R E SH M E N
A fter a h ard stru g g le the husky O. A. C freshm en
defeated our team last S atu rd ay afternoon on th e col
lege gridiron 13 to 6. A lth o u g h the F reshm en recov
ered the ball d u rin g the first five m inutes of play on
our five-yard line after a fum ble, they lacked the
necessary punch to carry the pigskin past our line,
w hich stood like a stone wall against th e sh ifts and
attack s of th e rooks. T hey lost the ball on dow ns,
also th eir only chance of reg isterin g a score in the
first half and we kicked the ball out of danger.
T h e initial score of th e gam e was made in the first
quarter by the F reshm en after com pleting a p rettv ,
long, forw ard pass to rig h t end, and who raced along
the side line for forty yards to a touchdow n. S h o rtly
after the kick-off M artin Colby recovered the ball on
a fum ble and ran forty-five yards th ro u g h a broken
field for a touchdow n, ty in g th e score. Both team s
failed to kick goal.
W ith a series of line plunges, end ru n s, and su c
cessful forw ard passes we carried the ball from our
five-yard line to, and for a second had one foot over
the F re sh m e n ’s goal line, only to lose it in th e n ex t
rush on a fum ble. T h e rooks p u n ted out of danger
and once m ore we carried the ball back beneath th e ir
goal posts and successfully passed th e ball across the
line, w hen tim e w as called. Ju st a fraction of a
second too late for th e score to count.
T h e rooks annexed th eir n ex t score in the last q u a r
ter. W e had carried the ball to th eir th irty -y ard line
and attem p ted a long forw ard pass over the left from
the rig h t side of the line w hich was intercepted by the
rooks and carried betw een th e goal posts. T h e kick
was shooting far beneath th e bar when Spearson ju m p
ed forw ard to stop th e ball w hich h it his h ands and
bounded up and over th e bar m ak in g th e score 13 to 6.
O u r back field m ade co n sisten t yardage th ro u g h th e
F reshm en line and our ends pulled several passes out
of th e air for long gains, b u t we failed to get th e ball
across the line often enough to w in th e gam e.
Louis Colby and R eginald Dow nie w ere taken o u t
of the gam e on account of in ju ries received and were
replaced by Roy N uckolls and Joe Bettles. T h ey
will probably be unable to play n ex t S atu rd ay here
against the U niversity of O regon F resh m en . T h is
gam e is considered th e hardest on o u r schedule as
th e F resh m en have repeatedly held th eir varsity to a
standstill
SECOND TEAM D EFEA TS SALEM H IG H SCHOOL
O u r fighting second strin g men proved too m uch for
th e Salem H ig h School team by defeating them last
F rid a y afternoon on the W illam ette U niversity field.
T h e gam e was well advertised and a large and e n th u s
iastic crow d w itnessed C h em aw a’s hot shots take th e
high school stu d en ts down th e line 20 to 12.
T h e second s trin g e rs ’ passes via th e aerial ro u te and
off tackle cross bucks proved too deep for th e high
school stu d en ts to solve and they com pleted passes and
m ade ru n s anyw here from five to sixty-five y ards at a
clip.
Joe B ettles was the sensation of the gam e.
E arly
in the first q u arter he picked up a fum ble and ran 95
y ard s for a touchdow n w ith the Salem team hot on
his heels. Later h e tu c k e d a forw ard pass under his
arm and ran 65 y ard s th ro u g h a broken field for a n
other score. T h e high school has a good team , but
th e wav o u r hot shots m ixed up the passes and line
bucks was too foxy for them to solve.
Jam es C hoate, C hem aw a’s sensational half-back o f
last y e a r’s team , has ju st retu rn ed and is gladly r e
ceived by the v arsity m em bers. “ Sm iling J im ’’ was
o u r biggest gro u n d gainer last year.
It is also reported th at G eorge N ix is now in S eattle
on his way here to school from A laska. Big N ix is
som e tackle and has been a tow er of stren g th to o u r
team in th a t position for som e tim e. E arly in th e sea
son we heard from these tw o boys expressing their re
g rets at being unable to be here at th e beginning of
th e term on account of m atters th a t had to be looked
after at home.
T h e Brewer H all team cam e back strong last week
and defeated th e M itchell Hall eleven 14 to 13.
T h e resu lt of this gam e m akes a win for each team ;
the n ex t gam e will decide th e cham pionship. T h e
in terest ran high at th e first of these gam es and in
creases w ith each one. T h e M itchell H all band fu r
nished th e m usic at the last gam e and it is hoped
th at both bands will join to g eth er at the next.
SE N IO R NOTES
T h e Senior class needs one more m em ber to com e
up to the class of ’19.
L ouis Colby w ears th e Cross of V alor won in the
O. A. C. gam e last S atu rd ay . H e wears it over his
rig h t eye and it is m ade of w hite adhesive.
M uch fam ous parliam en tary practice has been caused
bv the fam ous old co n stitu tio n of th e class of 1921,
It was very m uch behind the tim es and several am end
m ents were necessary to b rin g it up to the present state
of universal suffrage.
T h e Senior class m eeting of O ctober 22 consisted of
the follow ing program : Class song, M embers; g u ita r
solo, N ancy M atthison; jo k es, E llen Beall; recitation,
E lizab eth Beall; d u et, K ath erin e L oftus and Mabel
B lodgett; song, M em bers.
Y ou should hear those new songs and yells. W ith
a “ B ell” to lead th e m usic you m ay hear them some
day:
P-e-r, per;
S-e, see;
P e-r-s-e-v-e r-a-n-c-e