T H E CHEMAW A AMERICAN
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P u b lish e d W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School
Chem awa, Oregon. P lease address all com m unications to
R u th y n T urney, M anager.
OSCAR H . F IP P S
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Superintendent
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5 0 Cts P E R A N N U M
A T H L E T IC NOTES
W ashington h ig h 19, Chemawa 0, was th e re su lt of our first
football gam e of th e 1928 season. W ith but one m an from th e
squad of last season presen t for practice, and w ith but seven
days to ro u n d in to shape, o u r m ole-skinners p u t up a real
battle against th e P o rtlan d h ig h school cham ps and h eld them
scoreless th ro u g h th e first h a lf. In th e second W ashington’s
backfield broke into th e open for th ree lo n g ru n s, an d each one
ended in a touchdow n. T he follow ing Saturday our team
w ent back to P o rtlan d and tu rn e d in a w in over th e boys from
Benson Tech. Benson started th e gam e w ith speed and pow er
an d scored early in th e second q u arter after our receiver j u g
g led a p u n t th a t th e y recovered an d tu rn e d into a score. At
th e end of th e half th e score was 6 to 0 against us. O ur fight
in g sp irit dom inated Benson in the th ird and fourth quarters and
a forw ard pass after a criss-cross from Toe A lexander to George
M eachem tied th e score. O ur second touchdow n, came as the
re su lt of playing heads-up football. O ur linem en w ent for
w ard after a p u n t an d a terrific tackle caused a Benson ball
carrier to fum ble an d Joe A lexander scooped it up a nd raced 25
yards for our second score. In this gam e our team showed m uch
“ fig h t“ and “ will to d o ,“ w hich was largely responsible for
th is w ell-earned victory. T he final score was Chemawa 12,
Benson 6.
On Septem ber 29 M edford h ig h , th rice sta te cham pions,
trounced us 39 to 6. W e say trounced because it is in keeping
w ith the score, no t because th e gam e was so one-sided. At
half tim e the score stood 13 to 6 and our eleven was going
stro n g and even looked superior, b u t suddenly our back
field collapsed and allow ed them selves to be passed over and
'after a couple of successful ones our linem en m ade th e g la r
in g m istake of dropping back to reinforce against passes and
th e resu lt was th a t M edford, in th e last quarter, ran and
passed alm ost at w ill.
Two w eeks later we w ent into th e A lbany gam e very m uch
crip p led and th e contest resu lted in a 6 to 6 tie. On a half
dozen occasions our team carried th e ball alm ost for the
le n g th of the field, only to lose it on downs or by a fum ble in
th e scoring zone. F rancis Ross, speedy rig h t half, had a big
day an d broke away for several lo n g ru n s. H is inability to
dodge and reverse th e field k ep t him from scoring on each of
these p re tty ru n s. A lbany’s score came in th e last q u arter
after we w ere penalized for tack lin g a fair catch. T he penal
ty p u t th e ball w ith in tw elve inches of th e goal line, w hich of
course, should no t have been, a n d On th e fourth attem p t
A lbany squeezed th e ball over. T h at is th e re su lt of the
gam es played so far.
O nly five letterm en from la st year rep o rted and to fill the
seven vacant places can hard ly be done in one or two seasons,
or m aybe th ree, for except our first eleven m en all are ju st
youngsters who have not h ad the experience of “ k id ’’ foot
ball.
But w ith w illing bands the team is slowly rounding in
to an eleven th a t resem bles a football team . Daily th e squad
develops more of the “ w ill to do” and possibly before th e
season is over they will tu rn in a good account of them selves.
George M eachem is the only veteran end playing th a t
position. F ld re d George, his ru n n in g m ate last year, has
been sw itched to center to take care of th a t im portant post.
Joe A lexander is our o ther representative at end. Joe is b ra n d
new and inexperienced, but is a determ ined w orker. So far
our ends have not done any sh in in g w ork, but since th e first
gam es are in th e past and they have had a touch of the real
stuff, we hope to see th e w ork of th e ends stand out.
Our tackles have begun to find them selves. Captain Roy
Peratrovich and E rn e st Brunoe have been a pillar of stre n g th
on th e defense, but a little slow in blocking on th e offense.
F riday at A lbany they looked re a l effective. Joe Peratrovich
and Isaac Curley, guards, also show signs of com ing along.
T his m arks C urley’s first year and so far he has h eld th e edge
because of his size, b u t is going to be h a rd pressed by a young
fellow w ho is also in a football suit for th e first tim e, b u t he
certainly does not look nor feel out of place, and th a t boy is
Jo h n W hitegrass. J o h n ’s big asset lies in his ability to follow
th e ball and g et th ro u g h th e line. H ow ever, th e speed of
th is young fellow m ight m ean th e w aking up of our husky
guard, who sm acked ’em plenty at A lbany. Isaac also is â
little slow in pu llin g out a n d finding his place in th e in te r
ference and then doing business after he gets there.
F ld re d George is playing a good gam e defensively at center.
Ju st y et he is having trouble keeping the ball off the g round
on his passes in p u n t form ation, but considering th is is his
first attem p t he is doing w ell,
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Tulian Sm ith is our quarterback. Ju lian is a chap of about
seventeen snows and is tak in g his first fling at th e gam e,
ThoUgh “ Buck” is som ew hat slow on his feet he w ill be re a lly
effective if he can develop a little speed, for hé has not m ade
m any m istakes in the choice of his plays.
O ur backfield is composed of F rancis Ross, half back; Clif
ford M eachem , fullback; Jam es O liver, halfback; and W arren
W ilder, halfback; they round out our list of ball carriers, and
all are playing th e ir first year as regulars. T heir inability to
dodge, pivot, and reverse the field has been th eir hindrance in
g e ttin g across the goal line So far th is fall. They are th ro u g h
an d away repeatedly, but have not been able to elude th e sec
ondary defense. A gainst Albany Ross broke loose no,less th a n
six tim es for long dUsheS, but was finally checked because he
was not elusive. However, we expect to see m ore of th a t kin d
of football from our ball toters from now on.
So far this season we have had but one hom e gam e an d th a t
one was against F ran k lin h ig h ’s second team w ith our sec
ond team. O ur youngsters held the m uch heavier F ra n k lin
boys to a 20 to 0 score until the last quarter, w hen F ran k lin in
tercepted a pass for a touchdown and raced around th e end for
a 70-yard ru n for another. F ast w eek the W illam ette fresh
men played here. W ith three regulars out and no replace
m ents w ith any size or experience our team w ent into th e
gam e woefully weak. Clifford M eachem is still out and a lte r
nate, P eter McClusky, is not able to play. G eorge Meachem
is still hobbling about w ith a sprained ankle and F rancis Ross
is out indefinitely w ith an in ju re d foot. H ow ever, a team w ith
a fighting h e a rt and determ ination is h a rd to lick, so th e green
cappers had b etter not look for too easy a gam e.
A ju n io r and senior football league has been organized an d
th a t takes care of alm ost every boy who w ants to g et in to th e
gam e, an d to date several good gam es have been played. W ith
th e football league a n d the gym nasium in operation everyone
com es in for plen ty of exercise. So far the juniors defeated
th e seniors 6 to 0, th e sophom ores tram pled over th e freshm en
13 to 0, and the seventh graders w hitew ashed the eight g ra d e rs
13 to 0.