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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 29, 1928)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN PAGE 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon. Please address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager. OSCAR H. LIPPS SUBSCRIPTION .... Superintendent 60 Cts PER ANNUM ATHLETIC NOTES As a part of our Washington’s birthday program our basketball team defeated Albany College here last Tuesday a week 33 to 22. The game was poorly yet fiercely played and was interesting because of the many unusual things that happened on the court. No team ever tried harder than ours, but they traveled so fast teamwork and passing were rendered impos sible. Penalty after penalty was inflicted on both sides. Yet there was little if any rough playing. One of the funniest things that happened was the player dodging the ball. Another was the number of free throws it took to quiet the Albany captain. Captain Rassmussen was the basket throwing sen sation of the game. Peter scored 18 of our 33 points. son and Charles Fagerstrom, with genuine cleverness and wrestling ability, won by two consecutive falls. It was an exceptionally fast and interesting match. Only one or two of the matches went the time limit and the boys of both teams rolled in and turned out of holds with such speed that made it an exciting affair. On Thursday our basketball team brought its season to a close with a well earned victory over the Mill City Firemen, 34 to 29. We are told it was the cleanest and fastest game played there this season. It was a thriller. At half time our hoopers led 14 to 10, but were overtaken at the start of the third period when the Firemen made a series of baskets in quick succes sion. Our team was heralded as a fast passing and accurate shooting organization and by living up to this advance notice regained a substantial lead and were still out of reach when the Firemen, in a last desperate stand, converted four beautiful long shots just before the close of the game. Jesse Prettyman, playing his first year as a regular and his usual hard and fast game, won high point honors. He and captain Rassmussen were almost a tie, with Jesse scoring eleven and Peter ten. Roy Peratrovich, as well as playing a good game at guard stepped out from his usual one or two baskets and scored six points. James Spencer is credited with four and Eldred George three. Eldred was our scor ing ace at the start of the season until he suffered an injured knee. This has affected his playing some what, especially his ability to pivot and dodge and break away from his guard for a more open position. On Friday our girls played a return game at Molal la which resulted in a 16 to 12 score in favor of Mol alla. The first game played here a while back ended 19 to 19. Both teams were on edge for the second en counter. At the end of the first half Molalla led 8 to 2. Our sextet came back strong at the start of the third period and threatened to tie the score. With the score 14 to 12, Pauline Pratt, captain and guard, was ruled out on account of personal fouls. This somewhat affected the playing of our team, but did not dampen their spirits and both teams played a hard, even game throughout the final quarter. Susie Grounds was also ruled out early in the contest on account of “personals.” Margaret Maupin and Gladys Ladder- oute, who took the guard position, both played well. The 11:30 work whistle on Wednesday started eighteen runners on their five-mile cross-country run. Thirteen of them finished in remarkably good time. Gideon B. Grub, a junior and our veteran distance man, finished at the head of the group with a nice little sprint. William Wall, junior, and Warren Wil der, freshman, trailed close on the heels of Gideon and ran almost a tie race. Following is the order in which the other runners finished: Gus Frenier, Henry Bow ker, John Frenier, Fred Motschman, Robert Perkins, Russell Vallidy, John Copeland, Amos Andy. The score: Juniors 27, Sophomores 17, Freshmen 12, Seniors 9, Eighth Grade 1. If our runners continue their good work we predict a surprise in the bag for Washington of Portland when her runners come here for their annual race this spring. The long-waited-for wrestling match with Oregon City took place in the afternoon of last Wednesday The Washington Birthday program was presented and our grapplers celebrated the occasion by an 88 to by the seventh and eighth grade classes last Wednes 11 victory. Tom Anayah won his match by a de day evening. “The Man Without a Country” was cision and a fall. Charles Morgan wrestled to a draw staged as the main attraction, although there were in the first round then won two consecutive falls. a number of other engaging features, as the program George Nicholson was our only man to lose his match will show, and the work of our lower grade students was in everyway most creditable. Mrs. Leavenworth and that only by the narrowest margin. He lost the and Miss Gunn were the teachers who shared the re first by a decision, the second was a draw and the sponsibilities of the evening’s work and they are en third was lost by a decision. Karl Muller, Bill John titled to feel gratified with the results.
