THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa. Oregon.
Please address all communications to
Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
JAS. H. McGREGOR
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Superintendent
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ATHLETIC NOTES
Slashing and dashing its way to a 12 to 0 victory
over the Bachelors’ Athletic Club of Portland on
Thanksgiving Day our team not only won a splendid
victory, but made a fitting close to a successful season
as well. It has been a trying and eventful season,
one that would test the metal of any eleven. Our team
stood the test.
Thompson led his warriors into the fray on Thanks
giving Day in a fashion that spelled victory from the
start. Though the first half ended 0 to 0 the con
tinual pounding of the big fullback, Bill Johnson,
Lawrence Pratt, Francis Ross and Charles DePoe, as
his running mates, was sure to bear results. These
fellows hammered away and early in the third quarter
carried the ball to the Bachelors’ 30-yard line, where
Atkins hurled a pretty pass to Raymond Haldane, who
was downed on the five-yard line. On the next play
Thompson plowed through the line for the first score.
He failed in his attempt to convert the kick.
Three times in the last period these boys, aided by
the fine work of the linemen, carried the ball within
the Bachelors’ one-yard line. Thompson drove over
guard, or off tackle, or hurled passes to the backs or
ends, and Bill Johnson or Lawrence Pratt flashed as
quick as lightning through the line, all for consistent
gains and with such force and accuracy that the Bache
lors’ were unable to check their march until the ball
all but rested across their goal line. Here on two oc
casions fumbles occurred and on another the Bachelors
stiffened their defense and held for downs. Though
the team did not score on these occasions, yet they
were beautiful marches and some fine football was dis
played in attaining their objective. Long runs, for
ward passes, fine tackling, fumbles, and all things
spectacular figured in these powerful drives to the
goal. The most spectacular play, however, came in
the last minutes of the game. Thompson’s pass to
Pratt was muffed and caught by an opponent who
fumbled it like a hot potato and was in turn grabbed
by another Bachelor only to fight and fumble it until
“Freak” DePoe, our long end, stuck out his long arms,
hauled it in, tucked it away and was off across the goal
line for the final score. The try for point was blocked.
Our line held the Bachelors’ at their mercy through
out the game. In the first period the clubmen found
their line attack stopped and resorted to passes and
completed a few, but intercepted ones turned them
back to running plays, while our linemen confined
their running to mostly across the field. For Reginald
DePoe, Raymond Haldane and Jack Abraham, ends;
Peter Rassmussen and Paul Ketah, tackles; Roy and
Joe Peratrovich, guards, and Sedan Thomas, center,
so completely stopped their offense that the Bachelors
were never within scoring distance although they put
drive and power into every attempt, but our forward
wall managed to stave off all but a scattered few drives.
An hour or so before the game it poured down rain
in the good old Oregon style, which left the field al
most flooded. Soon after the twenty-two men charged
up and down the field a few times there was mud and
water plenty deep all over the field. In spite of that
condition the game was exciting. Fumbles were fre
quent, but this was offset by the wild scramble each
time to recover. On three different occasions the ball
went in and out of possession of four men before being
held.
An intensely interesting inter-class football schedule
has just been brought to a close. The freshmen and
sophomore teams ending their regular schedule in a
tie played the final game last week. The play-off
created much interest on the campus and a large crowd
turned out to see the two teams battle for field suprem
acy. When the two teams took the field they were ready
and ’rarin’ to go. Never have two teams prepared
more earnestly for a grid battle than did these. They
practiced religiously away into the night that they
might be better prepared to do battle in a more intelli
gent way for their “grand old class.” The sophs
were set on retaining their title as champions, while
the freshmen were bent on doing the dethroning act.
Both came mighty near accomplishing what they set
out to do for the game ended in a 6 to 6 score.
Early in the second half the fighting freshmen
forced the sophomores back and made them attempt a
punt back of their own goal line. “Fat” Bruce for
the freshmen tore through the line like a wild bull,
blocked the punt, and dropped on the ball for the
first and what looked like the only score of the game.
Eldred George’s attempted try for point failed only by
inches. It certainly looked like a freshmen victory,
for with only a matter of a minute or so to play and
the sophs again with their backs against the wall,
Lee Wilson, who has engineered his team into the
finals, ran back to throw a pass, shook off two tacklers
and sent the ball flying to George Meachem, who ran
almost 80 yards for a touchdown. The try for point
failed and thus the game ended a tie and these two
teams are to share the championship glory together.
Mrs. Brickell enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner which
she shared with many relativesand friends. Quite a
number of her guests were from Portland, and her
daughter, Miss Virginia, was present, having arrived
from U. of O. at Eugene.
Thanksgiving dinner for the students this year was
truly a veritable feast. Supt. McGregor took great
interest in the event and everything moved off without
a jarring note anywhere. Following a Chemawa cus
tom of many years standing all of the employes were
present and assisted in some way with the dinner.
The orchestra played during the entire dinner and this
helped to make the occasion memorable. It was truly
a sight calculated to excite the appetite to look over
the large dining hall and see such a feast in progress.