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
The race for the inter-class baseball pennant was
started last week when the sophomore and freshmen
teams fired their big guns in the first class skirmish
of the season. After the noise and smoke of the
battle had cleared away the scorer announced, “sopho
mores 2, freshmen 0.” It has become quite a regular
thing for the “sophs” to walk off with the long end
of the score. For the past two seasons they have won
the football championship. Last year they won the
baseball championship and are now making an earnest
drive to repeat. They evidently have their eye on a
beautiful silver loving cup that awaits the champions
of three consecutive seasons. This would seem like
an impossible feat, but it begins to look a little like
the sophomores might turn the trick.
Frank Mann and William McCorkle formed the
battery for the victors while Eldred George and Sandy
Matilton did their utmost to stop the determined
“sophs.” Both teams played fine ball, almost error
less, which the score itself indicates. The matinee
and the late hour at which the game was announced
kept many away who would have liked to have seen
the game. The seniors vs. juniors are next on the
schedule.
The Oregon City high school ball team will play the
opening game on our baseball schedule here on Friday
afternoon. Last Saturday the candidates on our squad
played a real game to determine just “who is who.”
The varsity members tried their bats against the balls
of our regular hurlers, Solomon Fleury and Leander
Wilson, and the best they got was only a fair average.
Their hits were few and far between and they scored
only 2 runs while the scrubs clouted the ball consist
ently and scored 12 runs.
Our chief worry is to find a shortstop. George
Meachem has been pulled in from the outfield to see
if he is the man to fill the gap. He looks like a comer
and will make it providing he can overcome booting
the ball, for he has a good arm and is a demon with
the bat. However, Orin Johnson is running him a
close race. Orin handles the ball nicely, but is a
little weak with the bat, and on this point George has
the edge. Eldred George and James Spencer are
staging a battle royal for the first base job. They are
about even on field work. Both are lanky and handle
the ball well, so the place now rests with the one who
is the most effective with the bat. Clifford Meachem
and Charles DePoe are making it interesting for each
other around second base. Clifford has made much
improvement in his playing over the past season so
that place, too, depends upon the hitting ability of
the contenders.
No one is crowding Jake Atkins behind the bat,
nor Reggie DePoe at third. These boys have been
our mainstays for the past few seasons and look bet
ter than ever. Jake has been a little weak with the
bat mostly because of a cramped position at the plate,
but has changed that and is standing up and clout
ing the ball. We tried several seasons to make a
catcher out of Sandy Matilton, but finally gave it up
as a bad job. Sandy refuses to talk so is now hold
ing down a field position because of his knack of
swatting the ball. He clouts home runs for an ordin
ary runner, but Sandy just manages to struggle around
to second base. A little track work is recommended
for Sandy.
Following is our schedule for the month of April:
April 2. Oregon City high school at Chemawa.
April 9. Columbia University at Portland.
April 16. Franklin high school at Chemawa.
April 23. Columbia University at Chemawa.
April 30. Linfield College at Chemawa.
Our track men are out daily going through the mo
tions and getting themselves in shape for the relays
that are to be held at Eugene the latter part of April.
In this meet our tracksters will face some real compe
tition and they will have to get up and hustle now if
they win. Manager Bent is also trying to gain en
trance to the inter-scholastic meet that is going to be
held sometime during April. Meets have already been
tentatively arranged with Linfield College at McMinn
ville and with Washington high school at Chemawa.
Coach Sanders refuses yet to make any statement
concerning the prospects, but is scrutinizing his track
ers daily, and before long will separate the sheep
from the goats and then real business will begin.
Just at present he is not driving the men and will let
them do the most of that themselves.
A number of young women of the Salem Y. W.
gave a splendid program in the auditorium on Thurs
day evening. The program consisted of vocal and
piano solos, costume dances, readings and a “Wed
ding.” Every number was well given and the
student body is certainly grateful to the young women
who furnished the splendid enteriainment.