The Chemawa American, January 25, 1928, Page 2, Image 2

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
Please address all communications to
Chemawa, Oregon.
Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
OSCAR H. LIPPS
SUBSCRIPTION
Superintendent
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ATHLETIC NOTES
Last Wednesday evening our basketball team lost
to the Salem Black Cats, 38 to 30. The following
evening Columbia University nosed us out, 29 to 27,
and on Friday Linfield College overwhelmed us 38 to 25.
The Columbia game was a “whiz” from start to
finish. At half time the score stood 11 to 10 in favor
of Columbia. When the whistle blew to start the sec­
ond half the battle was on and so was one of the
fastest games we have ever seen. It was just one of
those games you have heard tell about. In which
every player moved like a streak of lightning and the
score see-sawed back and forth with first one team in
the lead and then the other. Then just before the
whistle blows to close the game the home team cages
the basket that seems to spell victory and all this
time the crowd is in one continuous roar and the ex­
citement is so intense that you wonder if you’ll live
through it. Then all at once the opposing team scores
a pretty goal and the whistle blows and the game is
ended and your team has lost the hardest fought game
ever played. That was the Columbia-Chemawa game.
The score was tied several times during the last half
and it looked every minute like our team would forge
ahead, but Columbia managed always to chalk up a
counter and again gain the lead. Fifteen seconds
before the whistle the score stood 27 to 27 then
Columbia made the basket that sent them home happy.
It was a well earned victory.
The Linfield game was a close one up to the end of
the first half. The score then was 17 to 16 in Lin­
field’s favor. But this game proved to be “the straw
that broke the camel’s back.”
In the second half the team went to pieces and down
in a heap. The terrific game of the evening before
had telling effect. It was just one too many. Their
passing was bad and basket shooting worse. In spite
of poor passes they worked the ball beneath their
own goal with three men to one guard yet failed to
cage the ball. It was an off night for all except
Peter Rassmussen, who was our high point man with
ten markers to his credit. He was also our high
point man in the Columbia game with fourteen. He
was only headed by Heenan for Columbia who regis­
tered fifteen.
In spite of a disastrous week for the boys the girls’
team won laurels galore. As a preliminary to the
Black Cat game they played a return match with the
Scio high team and won 27 to 17. The team showed
a decided improvement over a week previous and had
little difficulty in winning. The score at the end of
the half was 14 to 9 in our favor.
On Friday they played the Linfield College girls
and won a fine victory. The score looks a little one­
sided, but the game was by no means that way. It
was one of the finest and fastest exhibitions of girls’
basketball we have seen. The way our team handled
and passed the ball and shot baskets won for them
many fine comments and also enabled them to hold
an edge on the college girls from which they seemed
less able to free themselves as the game went on. The
first half ended 9 to 8 in our favor.
At the beginning of the second half our team start­
ed out full steam ahead and Alma Morrigeau led a
parade of balls through the basket that counted for
22 points when the final whistle blew. Against Scio
she made 21.
The girls who played in these two games are: Alma
Morrigeau, Clarinda Quenel, Neva Clairmont, for­
wards; Martha Packineau, center; Margaret Maupin,
side-center; Pauline Pratt, Susie Grounds, Gladys Lad-
deroutte, guards.
After the games on Wednesday our girls escorted
the visiting team to the dining room where Mrs.
Davis and her detail had prepared a very nice supper
for them. A very enjoyable time was had. The
tables were very prettily decorated and all said that
everything tasted so good.
The boys were not to be
left out for Mrs. Posey very abundantly looked out for
them and it can truly be stated that they were very
happily satisfied and agreed there was one place that
couldn’t be beaten.
After a series of three hard games the team is ready
for a rest and will pass the week with only general
work-outs. However, the return game with Linfield
—both boys and girls—comes just a week from yes­
terday and no time will be lost in the development of
short, swift passing and checking that will be closer
than anything seen this season. The team feels they
can reverse the score when the return game is played.
If they do it will be because they have left nothing
undone in preparing for the game. In the Black Cat
game their team play was very ragged and has not
improved with age, but up to that game they made
rapid strides forward.
SEWING ROOM NEWS
The girls of the new detail are pleased to learn that
work in this department has progressed so well that
time can now be found for some of the more interest­
ing tasks, such as embroidery and lace making.
A number of the girls have expressed a desire to
work on hand-woven rugs
We are glad to hear this
for it is work that will be appreciated in their homes.
The mending girls are also turring out some fine
rugs. Cleo Plasteur is the champion at present.