THE CHEM AWA 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.
Superintendent
OSCAR H. LIPPS
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ATHLETIC NOTES
On Wednesday evening our basketball girls played
their first game against the Scio high school at Scio.
The first half ended 10 to 10. The game was every
bit as close as the score. However, our girls fell far
below our expectations. On the home court they pass
and maneuver fast and accurately, but against Scio
they held back and did not break away. As a result
they had to be satisfied with the small end of a 19 to
20 score. The last half was even faster than the first
and the score see-sawed leaving first one team in the
lead and then the other. In the final fifteen seconds of
play Scio caged the basket that gave them the one-point
margin and the game.
After the game our team was most delightfully en
tertained by the Scio girls, their coach, and other
school officials, at a supper served in the domestic sci
ence rooms. Everyone enjoyed their very tastily pre
pared supper.
Our girls and their coach, Mrs. Downie, are not moan
ing over the loss of the game, but are hard at work
correcting some of the faults that were revealed in the
contest.
The work of Alma Morrigeau and Pauline Pratt was
outstanding. Alma’s accurate shooting netted four
teen points for our team. Clarinda Quenel made the
other five. Martha Packineau, jumping center, Marr
garet Maupin, side center; Pauline Pratt and Susie
Grounds, guards; Gladys Ladderoute and Neva Clair
mont, spares; rounded out the squad that made the
trip with their coach and Mr. and Mrs. Mason.
About three weeks ago we gave the fast South
Parkway Aces credit for giving our basketball team a
trouncing in Portland. The outcome of that game
was Parkway 33, Chemawa 22. Last Tuesday a week
a return game was played here.
The first half
ended 17 to 15 in our favor. The game ended with
the overwhelming score of 46 to 24 in Chemawa’s
favor. To account for such a reverse in scores we
should say that it was a vastly improved team that
met and defeated the Aces here. The boys played
almost flawless ball. They displayed a smoothness
and a polish in their play that would be hard to equal
and a finesse that Parkway could not solve.
The first half was a battle, as the score indicates,
but as the struggle went on our team increased its
swift passing attack until the Aces’ defense fairly
crumbled before it and they scored almost at will.
To point to any one of our team and say he was the
On Thursday evening our boys’ team continued the
star of the game would be unfair, for every man work that so characterized their play against Parkway
played his position with telling effect. They passed, and thoroughly trounced the Company “L” legion
faked, pivoted and dribbled and maneuvered about team from Dallas, 41 to 26. The speed with which
the court with that sureness and speed which usually our ball tossers took the ball from the tip-off and
spells victory.
passed and pivoted their way to the goal, and contin
In a recent issue it was pointed out that constant ued throughout the game, was too much for the vet
hard work and determination will do wonders on a eran legionnaires to keep pace with.
basketball team, as it will in anything else. Our
It will be remembered that the Legion team took
squad has worked hard for just what they did against our boys “bug hunting” early in the season, but ours
the Aces, so the glory is all the more theirs. It looks was a vastly improved team whose offense was too
like they have finally arrived. It is hoped they will terriffic and whose defense too stiff for them to repeat.
continue to improve and work diligently and reap the
Eldred George and Jesse Prettyman, our young but
benefits of victory, as they did last Tuesday.
speedy and dependable forwards, darted and dashed
The Line-up:
to the goal to register 18 and 10 points respectively.
Chemawa 46
South Parkway 24 Peter Rassmussen, center and captain, accounted for
Eldred George 16
RF
9 Sampson three; George Meachem, guard, three; and Roy Per
Jesse Pretty man 8
LF
1 Beaudry atrovich, guard, six: and James Spencer, who relieved
Peter Rassmussen 12
C
10 Rosen Rassmussen at center, made two. Clifford Meachem
Roy Peratrovich 6
RG
2 Kramer relieved Prettyman late in the first half.
George Meachem 4
LG
2 Smokey
Two interesting games will be played here this even
Substitutions: Chemawa, Clifford Meachem for
Jesse Prettyman; James Spencer for George Meachem. ing when our varsity meets the Salem Blackcats for
Parkway; Westerman for Kramer; Kramer for Smokey; the first time this season and the Scio high plays our
Smokey for Sampson. Official, Mason, Salem.
girls a return game.