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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1927)
THE CHEM AW A AMERICAN PAGE 2 02444116 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 The three-day sojourn up the Columbia river from which our basketball team returned late last week was thoroughly enjoyable as well as successful. Our first stop was at Portland where we met Franklin high and defeated them 50 to 36. The next day the team went on up to Hood River. It was pleasant indeed to know we made and left friends there while on a similar trip to that part of the state last year who heartily welcomed us back. We dare say the number has been greatly increased, for the game was played before a large friendly crowd that heartily applauded the playing of our boys as well as that of their own team. A more enthusiastic, appreciative lot of basketball fans we have yet to see. The crowd was in an uproar till the very end. In fact the referee’s whistle could not be heard. He stood in the center of the court and wax ed his hands to stop play. The 54 to 8 score by which our team won the game did not dampen the spirits of this loyal crowd nor the playing of the plucky Hood River team, and they have won our highest regard for their sports manship and gameness. It seemed that everyone in the town turned out to see the game. They were there from the little ones in arms to the old gray-headed grandmas and grandpas and packed in until there was not even standing room left. And they liked it. They thoroughly enjoyed seeing their boys in action, who played hard, clean and fast to the very end. Our team was still going strong when they met The Dalles so they also went under 30 to 7. The playing of the team was quite consistent through out the trip and they lived well up to the reputation that preceeded them that they were a swift passing aggregation. At Hood River they were all that those fine people expected of them. Every man was “on” and their passing and basket-shooting was speedy and accurate. However at The Dalles the court was so small and the playing so cramped that little opportuni ty was afforded in that respect. Yet few long shots were attempted and all but a very few of our baskets were made from beneath the goal. Peter Rassmussen, our regular center, stopped to get his hair cut in Portland and missed the bus. The team went on and naturally expected him to follow them to Hood River. But Pete never showed up. He came home. Of course just as soon as the boys ar rived home they inquired about Peter and they learned that there was a party here Saturday evening. Of course the boys all know’ that Peter didn’t come back on that account, but that he actually missed the bus. Anyhow his absence caused the team considerable anxiety, for he wTas our regular center and a wonder, ful asset to the team. But that all blew aw’ay with the Hood River game, for James Spencer, sub-center, played a fine game in that position. However, in the game at The Dalles things did not go so smoothly and changes w’ere necessary. Captain DePoe wyas switched back to his old position, at center, and Jesse Pretty - man went in at running guard. Again the difficulty was taken care of and the machine started work ing. An old gentleman who was traveling with us would warn the boys at every stop not to get their hair cut. It has been decided that all hair-cutting w’ill be done at home hereafter. Dewey Matt and Reginald DePoe were our heavy scorers on the trip, and in fact, they were regular scoring machines w'ithin themselves. Against Frank lin Dew’ey made 30 points, 35 against Hood River and 13 against The Dalles, for the total of 78 points. That ¡s rolling them in quite regularly and is somewhat of a record. However, he was ably assisted by the swift, neat passing of his team-mates who shot the ball from one end of the gym to the other and were responsible for the low’ score to w’hich they held their opponents. LOCAL Capt. Jean K. Stacy of Chemawa and Miss Marion Morgan of Spokane, Wash., were married in Salem on Wednesday morning by Rev. F. C. Taylor. All joy to the newly married couple. Immediately after the wedding ceremony the newdy married couple came out to Chemawa, where Capt. Stacy is senior teacher in our high school. In the evening the couple w’ere given a rousing send-off by the entire student body. The newlv-w’eds are now in quarters in Brew’er Hall. All success to them. Mr. Riley, who has been with us for the past few months as temporary bandmaster, w’ill be succeeded next Saturday by Mr. Robert R. DePoe, who is a reg ular service appointee. Mr. Riley has proved himself both able and agreeable to our people, young and old. and w’ill leave many friends here when he departs from Chemawa. On assuming his new duties here Mr. De Poe will have the good will of everybody, coupled with the hope that he may be mos successful in giving Chemawa a fine band. Mr. and Mrs. DePoe come here from Neah Bay. Wash.
