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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ATHLETIC NOTES
Our team branched off the well-beaten path last
week and went to Siletz, which is way out on the
coast, to play the Siletz high school. So far as we
know, this was the first appearance of a Chemawa
basketball team in that little city. The folks there
gave the team a hearty welcome and hoped to give it
a trouncing as well, but our boys came home with a
whole hide and on the long end of a 34 to 9 score.
After the game the team was served with delicious
refreshments by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Larsen, and
also remained overnight as the house guests of these
fine people. Mr. Larsen, a former Chemawa student
and one of its leading athletes, had many interest
ing pictures to show of early Chemawa teams and
some of a more recent date, many of which had made
remarkable records and were awarded championship
honors. Mr. Larsen was the first president of the
Willamette Valley League, which was comprised of
the colleges throughout the valley and of which Che
mawa was a member. During his tenure of office the
league flourished and was recognized as one of the
finest and smoothest working organizations of its kind.
Getting back to the game, we must give the Siletz
boys credit for the snappy brand of ball they play.
The first part of the game was close, but finally Cap
tain DePoe and his corps of basketeers, Dewey Matt,
Eldred George, Peter Rassmussen and Roy Peratro-
vich, got their rabbit foot working and they rapidly
widened the gap that separated the two teams.
At Toledo the team called on Robert Service and his
wife, both graduates of this school. “Bunny” a for
mer member of our printing staff and of the class of
1914, is now working on the Toledo Herald. His wife
graduated with the class 1922. They have three fine
little kiddies and are making for themselves a fine little
home. “Bunny” is a former athlete and a center that
was hard to beat. He also played first base and used
the bat with telling effect.
Columbia University came down from Portland last
Saturday with all their war clothes and the scores
of an enviable record to their credit and very much
bent on doing business with our bunch of hoopers.
But our team had gathered in a comfortable record
since the season opened and the nine out of ten vic
tories our boys had dangling from their belt loops was
not to be sneezed at and caused the C. U. team to be a
little dubious as to the outcome and they naturally
waited for us to fire our big guns. In fact it was
“tit” for “tat,” as both teams sent out feelers and
played safe, sane, basketball for the first few minutes.
Finally, Dewey Matt, our shining light in finding the
basket, with 24 points to his credit, drew first blood
and converted a foul. From then on the battle was
on and the stalling, standing type of basketball at an
end, for our team was now one point in the lead and
played with a determination to keep it. Speed was
put on speed and our team increased the lead until at
one time the score stood 16 to 3 in our favor. Col
umbia tried desperately to overcome that lead, and
just before the half ended made a dash and closed up
the gap to a 16 to 10 score.
With the opening of the final period Peter Rasmus
sen was removed from the game on account of personal
fouls. Captain DePoe was then switched to center
and Eldred George to running guard and Jesse Pretty
man entered the game at forward. With this change
and the score 28 to 25 in our favor Columbia started
with a “now or never” spirit to overhaul our lead, but
that little spurt was the breeze that fanned the flame
and our five unleashed a burst of speed and the finest
basketball we have seen in a long time. DePoe, Matt,
George, Peratrovich and Prettyman were everywhere
and their superb playing kept Columbia on the defense,
and to them goes the credit of winning a splendid vic
tory over Columbia, 41 to 29.
It had been some time since the home folks saw the
team in action and the big crowd that assembled to
see the game filled the gym to the brim. They were
all set for just such a game that ensued and they
were in a continual uproar and on their feet to the
last minute.
Last night the team played the Salem Black Cats a
return game. The Black Cats are the only ones that
have succeeded in taking our measure so far this sea
son. The Cats played the O. A. C. varsity a 28 to 29
game just last Saturday, so our readers should not
be surprised if they read in the next issue of a setback
for us. Tomorrow we go to Portland to play an old
rival, the B’nai B’rith team. This will be another
battle which we will try to chronicle in the next issue.
The splendid tribute paid Mr. Sanders through the
sport columns of the Morning Oregonian of last Sun
day’s issue is well deserved by “Our Rube.” He was
rightfully placed with the greatest football men of his
time and a fullback that had no peer. Those who
saw Rube in the heyday of his prime can relate some
wonderful tales of his strength and ability. It was
long after Rube played his best game that we saw him
actually stop eight of Pacific University’s eleven men
on an over-tackle play. Rube was an all-around ath
lete and starred in them all.