T H E CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAS
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School
niittnaroft] Oregon. Please address all communications to
Buthyn Turney, Manager.
OSCAR H. IÆPPS
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Superintendent
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ATHLETIC NOTES
Our girls romped away to another victory against
Independence high school here last Tuesday, 23 to 8.
The visitors only scored 5 to our 14 points in the first
half and 3 to our nine in the second, so never became
dangerous at any stage of the game.
Clarinda Quenel, was too clever for her guards and
rolled up a total of 16 points while her side partner,
Alma Morrigeau, who has been our chief scorer for
the season, fell before “ lady luck” and could not in
duce the ball to drop through the net. She was
replaced by Neva Clairmont whose “ dash” and ‘ zip”
put life and pep into what had been a listless game.
The guarding of Captain Pauline Pratt, and Susie
Grounds was even more effective than the score indi
cates, allowing but one field goal in each half, the
other four points being made by converted foul throws.
Martha Packineau, center, and Margaret Maupin, side
center, played their usual aggressive game with telling
effect.
Our baskéteers surprised the natives by defeating
Albany College at Albany last Thursday 36 to 26.
Jumping into a six point lead at the start of the game
the collegians showed considerable offensive power
and threatened to whitewash our hoopers and had
things pretty mtich their own way until late in the
third period when Eldred George, a regular forward
who had been nursing an injured knee all week on the
sidelines, entered the game to turn the tide and bring
the score, just before the half closed, to 15 to 14 in favor
of Albany.
Jesse Prettyman was the shining light in our offense,
and his fast, steady game enabled him to roll up a total
of 13 points for high point honors. However, the
playing of our entire team, in the second half, was
smoothe and fast. Our line-up: Jesse Prettyman,
Eldred George, forwards; Peter Rassmussen, center;
Roy Peratrovich, James Spencer, guards.
On Saturday the conditions were just the reverse.
Thè team that played such a fast, clever game the
night before crumbled and played a slow, ragged
game against the Willamette Freshmen, and lost by
the one-sided score 30 to 21.
After taking a five-point lead and appearing super
ior players in every way the team went on the rocks,
never to recover. And the Freshmen, who expected
a terrible drubbing, turned out to be the lions instead
of the lambs and soundly trounced our terribly over-,
confident team. So we say again it is always the
supposedly weak team that upsets the dope and to
count no game won until it is over and everybody has
gone home.
Four of our six wrestlers who jaunted over to the
Oregon Normal School last Thursday to tackle the
teachers came home victorious. Bill Johnson, Tom
Anayah, Charles Fagerstrom and Dan Collins were
the boys whose fine tactics and aggressiveness proved
the undoing of their opponents. Aaron Isaacs and
Moses George were toppled over for the count. Coach
Sanders took nine men along, but more could not be
matched on account of the great difference in weight.
East Friday evening our third and junior teams wal
loped the Boys’ Reform School team 41 to 21. Ron
ald Leaske scored 20 points. Leonard Vivette was
his closest competitor tor high point honors with 14.
Since the first of the month Jake Atkins and Sol
omon Fleury, our veteran catcher and pitcher, have
been working out in the gym. This will be the last
season for these boys in Chemawa uniforms. Both
will graduate in June. They have taken under their
care and guidance William McCorkle, Theodore Gil
lette and Joseph Alexander, pitchers, and Ray Charles,
catcher.
There is a time-worn spying that races are won long
before they are run. Meaning, of course, that much
depends on the training and preparation made for the
race. We are to have a five-mile cross-country run
here today which only one .man can win, but if all
this preparation is to count for anything that one man
will certainly be pressed very hard, for many of our
boys have been as faithful about conditioning them
selves for this race as they have been about attending
meals, and that is saying a lot. However, we wish
them all luck. Some of tlie favorites who are con
ceded a chance to win are: Henry Bowker, senior;
Gideon B. Grub, William W$ll, John Frenier, juniors;
Fred Mptschman, Robert Perkins, Jim Solomon, Gus
Frenier, sophPtnores; Warren Wilder, freshman, Amps
Andy, eighth grade.
The Sophomore class was in charge of the Wednes
day assemblies of last week. The following program
was given: Song, “ America the Beautiful,” School;
Reading, “ Washington and Lincoln,” Zelma Johnson;
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Frances Nickols;
Questions on Famous Men Born in February, Loraine
Jude. In the afternoon. Joseph Alexander, Arnold
McKay and Charles Morgan gave the same program.