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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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
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Superintendent
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ATHLETIC NOTES
Next Friday evening the team will go to Portland
to play Columbia University. This will mark the
close of our season, unless Chemawa is permitted to
enter the Pacific Northwest Amateur Basketball
Tournament that is being conducted in Portland the
first week in March to determine the championship of
the Independent high schools and colleges of the
Northwest. Our boys are anxious to get in it.
Our girls’ basketball sextette lost to the Silverton
high school team here on Friday in a preliminary game
to the Varsity-Grand Ronde game by a 9 to 6 score.
Until the last quarter it was anybody’s game, but here
Silverton looped in a couple of baskets and threw a
foul that clinched the game. Our team missed Edna
Crofoot, guard, and Anna Jacque, forward, who were
unable to play. Though the team was handicapped
without these two regulars they played exceedingly
well. Our line-up follows: Cecil Smith, Clarinda
Quinell. forwards; Susie Hart and Marguerite Maupin,
alternated at jumping center; Susie Grounds, running
guard; Allison Grinnell and Pauline Pratt, guards.
By playing almost flawless basketball our basketeers
were enabled to win over the Grand Ronde Indian five
here last Friday evening, by a decisive score, in what
gave promise of being a very close game.
Grand Ronde worked the ball into the basket at the
outset with such skill and polish of dribbling and pass
ing that our followers had a right to be very much
concerned about the outcome. They kept the ball in
their possession almost continually and handled it so
On Saturday afternoon eight of our wrestlers jour
accurately and neatly that it appeared the score would
neyed across country via the school bus to McMinn
be very much against us. But in a few minutes Cap
ville, where they were to take on the Linfield College
tain DePoe and his teammates held a consultation
grapplers. There was but little wrestling done so
whereby they seemed to have devised ways and means
far as the number of matches were concerned. Charles
to do some fine playing themselves. Soon they were
Fagerstrom was the only man that got on the mat.
working like a well-oiled machine and the number
Linfield pitted their prize-winner against Charley and
on our half of the score board grew bigger and bigger,
they wrestled to a draw. Though our boys were out
while Grand Ronde was allowed only an occasional try
weighed considerably they were anxious to take on
at the basket. The first half ended 33 to 5 in our
the collegians.
favor.
Our quick, short passing, especially beneath the bas
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ket, kept the visitors in hot water, and this, coupled with
Have you seen the picture of the basketball squad?
the deadly accuracy with which our five hit the basket,
With new cornets and clarinets on the way, Mr.
were the features of the game. They looped them in
from all angles. Dewey Matt topped the list with an DePoe expects to enlarge his band.
even 20 markers to his credit and was closely followed
Next Friday evening our orchestra and the mem
by Captain DePoe, who gathered in 16, Rassmussen bers of the girls’ octette will present a program at
13, Eldred George 2, Roy Peratrovich 2. At the close Hazel Green.
of the third period all but Captain DePoe were replaced.
Our orchestra and a group of our boy singers pre
The new entrants continued the march. Jesse Pretty sented a program last Friday evening under the au
man scored 4 points, George Meachem 4, and Arthur spices of one of the churches at Monitor, about twenty
Bruce 2. Joe Peratrovich was the only man who did miles from here. In every way the program proved
not get in a scratch or two. But he played an effec an artistic success and was enthusiastically received by
tive game at guard. The game ended 61 to 15 in our those in attendance.
favor.
Mr. and Mrs. H. James of Auburn, Wash., were
Though the game for but the first part went very
visitors at Chemawa last week in order to see their
much against them, the Grand Ronde boys, captained
sons, Bert and Lloyd. Mr. James has a splendid
and coached by Alpheus Norwest, played a clean,
reputation as a carver of totem poles, and justly so.
hard game. They never lost hope and fought gamely
He brought a couple of specimens of his work with
on. Miss Strout and her detail served a most deli
him to Chemawa and they were truly wonderful.
cious njeal for them at the domestic science building
on the evening of the game. The boys thought they We are informed that Supt. McGregor secured one of
the totems.
were fed too well to play a real game of basketball.