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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1928)
PAGE 2 THE CHEM AWA AMERICAN The CHEMAWA AMERICAN fifth our batsmen sewed up the game when Dowd Franklin led off with a single and Clifford Meachem followed with another. Both came in when George Meachem lined out a two-bagger to left field. Atkins sent George home on his double to center field, who Published Weekly ut the Salem Indian Training School in turn came home on Fleury’s single. Solomon stole Chemawa, Oregon. Please address ail communications to a couple of bases and came home on Orin Johnson’s Ruthyn Turney, Manager. single, giving us five runs in the seventh. Once out of danger Fleury began to bear down and the Col legians were held hitless through the fifth, sixth and OSCAR H. LIPPS ... - Superintendent seventh innings. In the eighth they crowded two hits together and scored their final run. SUBSCRIPTION ... 50 Cts PER ANNUM The game was fast and snappy and was attended by a large May Day crowd, who applauded the many sparkling and exciting plays. The three nicely-exe ATHLETIC NOTES cuted double plays in which Jake Atkins, Eldred Last Wednesday afternoon our ball-tossers got to George, Clifford and George Meachem and James the Linfield College pitcher just in time to win over Spencer were the main actors, along with the home run made by George Meachem in the third inning, that hustling aggregation by the close score of 7 to 6. gave added zest and class to the game. At the outset it looked like a walk away. In the It looks a little like the juniors, who have reigned second inning, Sol Fleury, our first man to the plate, supreme over the other classes athletically almost drove a long fly deep into center field for a home run. since the day they became freshmen, will walk off Then with a bunch of hits and a couple of errors by with the inter-class baseball championship just about the same way they have gathered in the football and the Wildcats our nine batted around, scoring five runs basketball honors. In their first game they nosed and leaving George Meachem to die on second. Such out the seniors in a very exciting and interesting an inning would have taken the life out of an ordin contest Last week the freshmen, though conceded a ary team, but the Wildcats sunk their claws in deeper very good chance to win, were trounced by an 11 to 4 to hold our batsmen to but a single hit during the score. It has been the cherished hope of each of the other classes for a period of years now to topple over fourth and fifth innings and no runs while they took the juniors in their first defeat, but none have thus advantage of George Meachem’s and Isaac Curley’s' far succeeded. There is but one sport left in which errors in the fourth and scored three runs, then two there is a possible chance to hand them the lemon, and that is track. Yet, if you look over those juniors, more in the fifth, to tie the score. With the score tied in the sixth and our tossers be you’ll have to admit it is a pretty small chance. Can they be beaten? If they are it will be because some coming a little nervous with the first defeat of the folks have been getting up real early in the morn season staring them in the face, a counsel of war was ing. James Spencer appears to be rounding into a real held and George and Clifford Meachem were walked Against the Linfield Wildcats he to first. Clifford scored by beating a throw to the third-sacker. plate, and George came in on Fleury’s long fly to played errorless baseball, even though he had many chances. He has made big strides forward in the center field, making the score 7 to 5 in our favor. way of covering ground around third base. He has In the sixth and seventh the Wildcats were retired in had a little hard luck with the bat lately, but even one-two-three order, as were our batsmen. In the that is improving. It used to be a rare thing when a pitcher could be ninth the Wildcats made another bid to win. Although the first hitter was thrown out at first, the second con counted on to do much hitting, if any, but now and then, if we watch close, we see where there is one nected for a hit. The third drove a long one for who tops the list of his teammates. Such is the case three bases and a score. With the tying run on third, here. Sol Fleury, our southpaw pitcher, who swings Sol Fleury saved us a whole hide by striking out the the bat from the lett side, is leading all our hitters next two batters. That was the closest shave our boys with an average of .560. Solomon is followed by George Meachem and Jake Atkins. Both have an have had this season. average of .440. Clifford Meachem follows with an On Friday our boyshad another close call, although average of .360. the score, 10 to 5 in our favor, does not indicate it, George Meachem seems to have gotten back his bitting eye of a couple of years ago. He hammers out when Albany College was defeated at Albany. homers, triples, and doubles quite often. With the score three and three at the third inning, Albany clouted in the leading run and held that ad vantage until the sixth, when Jake Atkins led off with Mr. Chas. E. Larsen motored out from Siletz agency a single, went to second on Fleury’s sacrifice, and last Tuesday and returned home on the following scored on a timely hit made by Eldred George. Orin day. Supt. Lipps accompanied Mr. Larsen to Siletz. Johnson followed with his only hit of the game, and Mr. Lipps’ trip to Siletz was purely in the line of Eldred crossed the plate with the leading run. In the business.
