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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hope so. Orin Johnson played second base fairly well, but has
trouble getting rid of the ball. He connected for one hit, but
nervousness still has the better half of him. If Clifford Celes
tine can clout the ball with anything like regularity he will
have a place on the team. Janies Spencer is in a like fix. It
will be a race between these two men.
The seniors tramped on the juniors in the class game last
week 5 to 1. Thompson and Logan did the pitching and re
ceiving for the seniors, while Bowker and Atkins tried their
wares for the juniors. Both teams played good ball. This
week the seventh and eighth graders play.
This Saturday our team plays Monmouth Normal at Mon-
moutn.
ATHLETIC NOTES
NOTICE TO THE ALUMNI
Chemawa 8, Columbia University 9, marks the score of the
eleven-inning game played at Portland last Saturday afternoon.
In the first inning our team chased three runs across the plate
and it appeared that it would not be long till they had the
game safely salted away. But it is always a safe plan never to
consider the game won till the last man has gone to the show
ers, for they invariably turn out like this one if you do. Col
umbia started immediatly to tighten their defense and put
more punch in their offense. In the third inning they had
the score tied. But in the fourth inning, George Meachem
put us on easy street once more by clouting out a two-bagger
with three standing on the bases. This gave us another three-
run lead and we defied Columbia to tie it. They soon took
some of the kinks out of it, at least when Hagan hit one for
four bases, with a runner on, and closed up the gap once
more to a scant one-run lead. Janies Spencer gave us another
boost when he tallied in the fifth. Then Sullivan, Columbia’s
hitting ace, came near busting up the ball game by hitting a
home run with two men on and giving Columbia the lead 8
to 7. Things of course got very dark for our side until all at
once, just like a thunder bolt. Clifford Celestine whanged out
a home-run and tied the score. Clifford just about won his
spurs in that one wallop. From the eighth until the eleventh
Ixjth teams played an exceptionally fine brand of baseball con
sidering the earliness of the season. But it remained for
Heenan’s scratch hit to win the game. It was lucky for Col
umbia that that hit came when it did, for the coaches had
just agreed to call off what looked like an endless game.
Supt. McGregor is most desirous that all members
of the Chemawa Alumni be at our school during the
coming commencement exercises and attend the alumni
reunion to be held as one of the features of the occa
sion. To this end he has sent out many invitations,
letters and cards, but should any one have been inad
vertently overlooked he is to consider himself invited
just the same and be here if possible. This will be a
most auspicious commencement, as we will send forth
the first crop of full high school course graduates
ever developed at Chemawa. Try and be with us and
help make the occasion memorable.
Leander Wilson took the mound for us and pitched good
ball. Though he was niched for a few solid swats it did not
reflect on his work, for several were errors by teammates.
Jake Atkins caught a fine game for both Leander and Solomon.
Solomon Fluery, our southpaw, relieved Leander in the sev
enth and held the hilltoppers at his mercy except for a couple
of walks and a bad pitch. The last of which resulted in the
winning run.
Coquille Thompson, center fielder, was our hitting ace of
the day. His solid swat of the first inning drove in Atkins.
Out of six times at bat he registered three hits.
Captain DePoe at third played an unusual defensive game.
He accepted several chances with but one error. His hatting
eye is returning. He got two hits and walked twice. George
Meachem, our shortstop, looks like the man for the job.
Since the beginning of the season that has been our chief worry,
but it appears that George has definitely solved that problem.
Just at present the actors around first and second base are not
up to snuff and a change will probably be made until Eldred
George can find his form of a year ago. Eldred is probably a
late starter and will find himself before another game. We
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS
Mr. Turner has a thousand little chicks and is
preparing to set the incubators again.
Pictures were taken of the Domestic Science, Domes
tic Art and Sewing Room on Thursday.
The girls in Mrs. Kirk’s department are very busy
making table cloths for the new dining hall.
Ernest Brunoe and Ernest Sanderson are overhaul
ing Mr. Mason’s car and Mr. Henderson’s truck.
McBride Hall girls may get their tennis racquets
now, as the new tennis court west of McBride Hall
indicates that they will have use for them soon.
Mr. Sanders is making a sign fortheadministration
building. Visitors will now be able to locate our seat
of government. This is a good idea, and the work of
Mr. Sanders is also good.
Supt. McGregor has had a new orchard planted on
the northwest corner of the school farm. Twenty-
five acres were planted to apples, prunes and pears,
several varieties of each. The new orchard will boast
1,355 trees all told. Messers. Ross, Carrow ami
Ratzburg are the gentlemen who had charge of the
work of laying out and planting the new orchard.
This is a fine move, as the future will prove.
Mrs. Charles E. Larsen, of Siletz, was a recent
Chemawa visitor.