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
SUBSCRIPTION
Superintendent
50 Cts PER ANNUM
ATHLETIC NOTES
Though Dewey Matt was the leading basket thrower for our
team in the game against Washington high school December 22
he was assisted by Eldred George, Captain DePoe, Peter
Rasmussen and Roy Peratrovich all of whom made one or
more baskets in making the 31 to 22 score that ended in our
favor.
Though the passing and basket shooting was far from being
consistent both give promise of equaling if not bettering any
thing we have had here in the past. Many of our passes were
intercepted, caused by the lack of proper timing, but this will
all lx? overcome with practice and will be hard to stop because
the team is traveling at top speed and are even trying to go
faster.
Dewey Matt garnered 17 of our 31 points. None of them
were of the long-shot type but from beneath the basket and
many resulted from neat passing in the scoring zone.
We have been trying to develop a team of basket shooters.
Every man a basketshooter is our slogan. It looked for a
while as if that might be hoping for too much but each day
it looks a little better. In Matt, Rasmussen and DePoe we
have consistent shooters and not only an ordinary shot in
Eldred George. Our chief worry has been concerning Roy
Peratrovich who is having a little difficulty in mastering the
breast shot. In this game he came through with his share of
baskets and looks more promising. Roy is a good guard and
will balance the team off in fine shape once he acquires the
knack of shooting baskets.
Our gymnasium has been a busy and popular place
throughout the holiday season. Almost every after
noon and evening there was something there that held
the interest of all who could be crowded into that hall.
The place is too small.
At some time or other during the season the boys
and girls of the various buildings had the privilege of
entertaining, and in turn being entertained bv their
friends there. The music, laughter and other gener
al signs of an exceedingly good time floated almost in
cessantly from this hall to tell of the fun and joy that
all were having.
The afternoons were given over to sports that con
sisted of relay races, potato races, tug-o’-war and basket
ball games for the girls, and rope climbing, horse and
rider contests, horse and rider relays, tug-o'-war and
basketball games for the boys. It would seem that al
most every one here would be drawn in on some of these
-.ports at some time, for they were engaged in by the
members of nearly every organization on the campus.
Sports they were and everyone that took part in them
played the part of a “sport,” for they won or lost with
a smile. Some of them were the best we have seen.
Such as horse and rider relays and the horse and rider
contests. We laughed until our sides ached at the way
the riders rode in the relay and at the gallant way horse
and rider stood until the end in the contests. The
potato races were exciting and the tug-o'-war never
failed to thrill the crowd. Everything went off snap
pily and there never was a dull moment during the two
hours spent there each afternoon.
Our basketball teams furnished their share of enter
tainment by a series of games. Early in the week
both our first and second teams won over the Baptist
church teams of Portland 74 to 14 and 49 to 12, re
spectively. On the following night the Blackcat team
from Salem gave our boys a dose of their own medi
cine by defeating them 33 to 18. But after a couple
of nights rest our boys trotted out on the court once
more and beat the representatives from Franklin high
school 58 to 14. Our team got away to a fast start
against Franklin and kept up the pace until almost
the end of the game. At the latter part of each half
a new team replaced our regulars and they held
Franklin even. In the first and last games our boys
displayed a lot of fine teamwork and basket-shooting
in which every man played a prominent part. Though
the scores were one-sided the visiting teams were
good sports and put up a game fight.
A slight change has been made over our regular
line-up.
Captain DePoe has been switched to run
ning guard and Peter Rassmussen to jumping center.
The change strengthened the team somewhat. Eldred
George looks more and more like the running
mate to Dewey Matt at forward that we have been
looking for with each game.
Against Franklin
both he and Roy Peratrovich played up to par with
the other regulars; in fact, their work was outstanding
and effective. Roy is developing the art of basket
shooting, which has been his chief drawback up to this
time. The five mentioned have set quite a record
already and a heavy pace to keep up. Three out of
four starts have been won and two by overwhelming
scores. They were not “set-ups’ either. Franklin is
no weakling and the Baptists were the champions ot
their league last year. Yet this is no cause for our
team to take to wings for many good teams have been
soundly beaten by playing on their reputation or past
records. But it proves that they have the making of
a good season in their own hands. Over-confidence
and lack of training beats any team. Tomorrow the
team leaves on a three-day trip to Portland, Hood
River and The Dalles to play the teams of those places.
An account of those trips will appear in the next
issue.