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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1928)
PAGE 2 T H E CHEMAWA AMERICAN into the line and driving off tackle with force pH be cause of a quarterback. George Meachem, our veteran left end, will be in a Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School suit again this week after an absence of three weeks on account of a sprained ankle. When he is right it. Chem awa, Oregon. P lea se address all com m unications to takes considerable force to go around his end. With R u th y n Turney, M anager. Mèacheni on onè end and Eldred George bn the other our end positions will be well taken care of ànd there OSCAR H. LIPPS . . - - Superintendent Will be nothing much to worry about regarding our <lll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllll]||lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllll|lllllllliHlllllllllllllilllll!llllllllllllllll>l forward wall. EdgarSim m ons is being groomed to SUBSCRIPTION - - - 50 Ots PER A N N U M fill Eldred’s place at center. Though new, Simmons is big and hUsky a.nd is nbt afraid of hard work. His ATHLETIC NOTES passing is improving and he is a scrapper on the defense. Out team bowed before the Willamette Super-Varsity He realises there is a lot to learn about his new post here last week 20 to 7. Though outweighed twenty and is everlastingly at it. Peter McClusky, our best pounds to the man, they never let tip and that “ will to bet at fullback,' is once more on thè jób after being win” paid its dividends late in the fourth ^uaiter. out for a cpuple of weeks on account,:bf injuries. Alfred Bernard, quarterback, and Dowd Franklin, half W ith these several changes our team should go back, entered the game about that time. Bernard’s against Columbia university high this week stronger fire and ‘ ‘pep’ ’ in calling the plays and Franklin’s drive than they havff been any time tffis season. The game in the backfield, though just a mite of a boy compared with the hill toppers will be a good test, ‘for they com with his husky opponents, enabled him to carry the pare well with the strongest team’s we have met. ball almost every inch of the way from his own forty- The juniors took another step forward in their yard line to our lone touch-down. The extra point drive to the championship of the senior inter-class was allowed because of holding in the Willamette line. league by defeating the freshmen 18 to 0. McKay, All season our bail Carriers have been ineffective. the* Solomon brothers, and Alex Gouley were the shining lights for the juniors, while ì <‘‘Goo§e' ,Egg’d They have made gains but they have been, terribly in- Weaver, quarterback, Osc'àr “ Bull’-’ Aasen, fullback, cohsistent. Of course injuries have handicapped them and Joe Webster, tackle, were luminaries for the 'somewhat. But that speed, power and elusiveness freshmen. Simon Rankin, the flash of the .fifth grade in the has been lying dormant through all of this season u n til now it is hoped that Bernard has come to the junior league, proved the undoing, of the sixth grade. With the score 12 to 6 against them the fifth graders rescue and will continue to bring it out as he did in rounded up Rankin and he saved the day with wide, the final minutes of the Super-Varsity game. We sweeping end runs that resulted in two touchdowns, have passers, kickers and ball carriers in our backfield making the score 18 to 12 in favor of the fifth grade. On Armistice Day the Excelsiors and Reliance teams that can compare well with any in their class. AH that is needed is the quarter-back to draw it, out. It will furnish the thrills for the afternoon. On Thanks-^ giving Eiay tlie inter-class All-Stars will pit their looks like we have him. During the past week Ber strength against our second team. Some of the critics nard has run the team up and down the field with are already mentioning the name of their choice for the speed and drive that they have not shown alb season All-Star aggregation. ■ It is whispered about that the and the boys are running their plays and working junior backfield is most impressive, which includes Arnold McKay, quarter, the Solomon brothers, halves, their passes with “ ^ip” and regularity. and Gouley, fullback. Joe Webster, freshie tackle, With each game our line has improved. Against will have to be considered, as- w ell' as “ Mamma’s the big Willamette team they held well and even Boy” Perkins at center. When Perkins gets “ hot” he caused their opponents to resort to passes to score. ,is a whale to stop. Anyhow that All-Star-Hot-Shot On the offense their charge was effective and they game always is'.a hummer. opened up holes that were plenty big. We can’t say ESCORTS our backs have been loafing, but they just haven’t Girls to Salem been going in like they can. In the fore part of that Mrs. Kleine game the holes were there as they were in the latter, Dance ■- - Nov. 3~M cBride Mr. Frost • but their failure to drive in resulted in tackles from Winona - - Mrs. Potter behind. But that will be taken care of now and in the remaining games there is sure to be a big change. Sunday Afternoon - - Nov. 4—McBride Mr. Friske t Our linemen are rarin.’ to go and opr backfield is - - Winona Mr. Sanders prancing around pulling at the bit and are plunging Hawley - Mr. Kunkel
