T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published W eekly at th e Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon, HARW OOD H A LL, Superintendent
Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at th e Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second
Class Mail M atter
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W E W IN A G A IN
T h e follow ing from T h e O regonian tells th e story
in an ex p lan ato ry m anner:
V ere W in d n ag le, track coach at W ash in g to n high
school, retu rn ed yesterday w ith his ath letes from th e
C hem aw a In d ian School, w here on F rid a y afternoon
th e C hem aw a team defeated th e Colonials in a dual
track m eet, 103 to 19.
C hoate was h ig h p o in t man for th e In d ian s w ith
first in th e 100-yard d ash , discus th ro w , second in th e
sh o tp u t, th ird in th e javelin, and tied for first in the
broad ju m p , all for a total of 19 p o in ts. Spearson of
C hem aw a won th e mile easily in the fast tim e of
4:35.4.
R ichm ond was h igh point m an for W ash in g to n w ith
six p o in ts. U pon his re tu rn yesterday C oach W ind
nagle praised th e Chem aw a In d ian s h ig h ly and said his
ath letes received fine treatm en t at th eir h an d s. T h e
In d ian s, according to the W ash in g to n coach, are fine
sportsm en and are also a fast b u nch of athletes.
T h e sum m ary of th e m eet follows:
M c M in n v il l e
college sc a l p e d
On last S aturday m orn in g our ’varsity baseball team
jo u rn eyed to M cM innville via the school tru c k , ac
com panied by a large num ber of rooters, w here
captain Sam pson and his m en met and defeated the
M cM innville College nine 6 to 0.
In th e th ird in n in g “ Je w ” B uchert found th e
M cM innville pitcher for a good clotrt over short stop.
From then on th e gam e w as ours. “ Je w ” circled th e
bases for th e first run of th e gam e, scoring from th ird
on a p retty bu n t laid dow n by B ettles. Both W ilder
and C hoate connected and crossed the p late in the
fifth and seventh in n in g s respectively. T h en p itch er
L arsen took a new lease on life and held o u r boys till
th e n in th in n in g w hen Sam pson d u g up his tom ahaw k
and started his w arriors once m ore w ith a ^ e - lin e
drive to rig h t field. W ilder followed C h o a te’s p o p ”
fly to first w ith another bingle over second, sco iin g
S am pson. “ Je w ” B uchert took an o th er good look at
his rabbit foot then pounded th e ball to left center,
scoring W ilder. P eter L loyd drove B uchert in for th e
th ird ru n of th e in n in g w ith a double to rig h t field.
T oday our ball team will cross bats w ith our old
rival, W illam ette. W e defeated her earlier in the sea
son I t o 0 and th e squad has been p u ttin g in their best
licks th is week g e ttin g ready to tu rn th e trick once
m ore. T h is tim e we expect to do a b etter job of it.
F rid a y th e team goes to F orest G rove w here they
will m eet Pacific U niversity.
T h e fine show ing m ade by our track m en ag ainst
th e W ash in g to n high school team of P ortlan d has
aroused th e M ultnom ah Club of P o rtlan d and th eir
track chairm an is anxious to arran g e a m eet w ith our
team . Mr. B ent is m aking arran g em en ts to m eet
them in P ortlan d on Ju n e fourth.
S E N IO R N O TE S
W illia m F razier, R ep orter
T h e m ain topic in the sew ing room for the S enior
g irls is th e costum es for the operetta. T h e tailor shop
C ., th ird . T im e, 10:5 seconds.
is also interested in this subject.
220 y ard d a sh —E d w a rd s, C ., first; Colby, C ., second; W in s
On S atu rd ay last the senior boys jo u rn ey ed to M c
low , W ., th ird . T im e, 22:3 seconds.
M innville w ith th e baseball team . T hey w ere behind
440 y ard ru n —T hom as, C ., first; L ilje g re n , C., second;
the team w ith th e full force of th eir voices.
C arlb erg , W ., th ir d . T im e, 55:2 seconds.
880-yard ru n —W arb o n n et, C., first; M eyers, W ., second;
T h e tim e is now near at hand w hich will determ ine
w hether th e seniors have been w orking hard all th e
C arlb eig , W ., th ird . T im e 2 m in u te s 10:3 seconds.
M ile ru n —S pearson, C ., first; K e atin g . W ., second; Pablo,
year or w hether they have been loafing. T h e finals
C ., th ird . T im e, 4 m in u te s 35:4 seconds.
will leU the tale.
120-yard h ig h h u rd le s —A rth u r Jo h n so n , C ., first; A xel J o h n
T he seniors regret th at th e ir classm ate. Dan O rton
son, C ,, second; H u n tre ss, W ., th ir d . T im e, 17 seconds.
is confined to the hospital. W e hope he will be w ith
220-yard low h u rd le s —A xel Jo h n so n , C., first; R ich m o n d ,
us for finals, and th a t he will be able to stand th e
W ., second; A rth u r Jo h n so n , C., th ird . T im e, 28 seconds.
com plication of measles followed by final ex a m in a
H ig h ju m p —Axel Jo h n so n , C., first; Colby, C ., second,
tio n s .”
K e n n e d y , C ., th ird . H e ig h t, 5 feet 3 in ch es.
W ith E d w ard s, L iljeg ren , Colby and N uckolls
Broad ju m p — C hoate an d Jo h n so n , C ., tie d for first; L. Colby,
doing active service in th e track events on F rid a y , th e
C ., th ir d . D istance 20 feet 5 in ch es.
rem aining Seniors had hard w ork to m ake as m uch
P o le v a u lt— M. C olby, C ., first; R ich m o n d , W ., second;
noise in th e ir cheering as the occasion deserved, but
A xel Jo h n so n , C., th ird . H e ig h t, 10 feet 3 in ch es.
J a v e lin —A rth u r Jo h n so n , C., first; W illiam s, C ., second,
th eir sp irit was all there.
C hoate, C ., th ird . D istance, 139 feet 6 in ch es
S u p t. Flail gave h is “ B accalaureate S erm o n ette” to
D iscus—C hoate, C ., first. H aak , W ., second; G . N ix , C .,
th
e
Seniors on S unday evening at chapel service. H is
th ir d . D istance. 110 feet 6 inches.
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talk was very in te re stin g and stro n g , as are all of his
S h o t p u t—G . N ix , C ., first; C hoate, C ., second; N . N ix, C.
th ir d . D istance, 37 feet 7 in ch es.
talk s, and let us profit by w hat he said of th e tr e
O n e -h alf m ile re la y —W on by C hem aw a. (E d w ard s, L iljc-
m endous responsibility of choice.”
g re n C o lb y ' C h o a te .) T im e, 1 m in u te 38 seconds.
100-yard d a sh —C hoate, C., first ; Colby, C ., second; E d w a rd s,