The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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CHEMAWA(1)AMERICAN
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R uthyn T u m ey, M anager
OSCAR H. LIPPS, Superintendent
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ATHLETIC NOTES
During the past week our hoopers defeated Franklin
high of Portland twice. East Tuesday ten of our
basketeers went to the opponents’ floor and won the
game 27 to 17. Our starting line-up in the Portland
game was Marcus Simmons and Jesse Pretty man, for
wards; Ronald Eeaske, center;-Eldred George and Roy
Peratrovich, guards. In an effort to find a workable
combination the entire team was changed with one
exception and Isaac Brave Eagle and Eeonard Vivette,
forwards; Ronald Eeaske, center; George Meachem,
guard; were sent into the game to bolster up our
attack as well as our defense, but with little effect.
The only outstanding feature of their playing was
their dogged determination to do something and they
won, not handily, but they won.
On Friday a return game was played here. Eldred
George and Jesse Prettyman, forwards; Isaac Curley,
center; George Meachem and Roy Peratrovich, guards,
started the game and all turned in the best account
they have given of themselves this season. Up to this
game our boys have played as if struggling desperate
ly in the dark and getting nowhere. Their passing
has been anything but good and they have been un
able to find the basket either in the long shots or the
so ca lle d ‘'set u p .” Whether or not the boys have
hit their stride and have found the range of the basket
only the succeeding games will tell. Anyway in the
game Friday they were clicking on all fours. They
passed speedily and effectively, they found the basket
on both long and short shots, and they checked fast and
close, and they broke on the offense like a shot, and
last but not least, maneuvered on the court quickly
and with effect. For some reason or other, our teams
have always been a little slow at the start and the
present one is no exception to the rule. But the
thing that concerns us most is this: Have they, at
last, hit their pace?
Though the score of 37 to 13 is a little one-sided the
game was hard fought and our basketeers earned every
thing they got. At the outset Franklin started with
* burst of speed, determined of course, to make up for
what they lost to us in Portland. The score at the end
of the first period was 8 to 7 in our favor. However,
|ra has already been said, our hoopers seemed to
have found themselves, and their floor work and passes
combined with some accurate shooting were always
just a shade ahead of the Franklinites. During the
fore part of our season our hoopers had fallen down
badly on their semi-long shots and as a result were
never able to open up the defense. But Friday was
another day and those attempts were successful, and
those long and short shots raised havoc with Franklin’s
defense. And it always will when it is varied proper
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We cannot point to any individual as the star of the
second game, though Eldred George was easily dur
high point man, with seventeen markers to his credit.
Jesse Prtetyman made nine; Roy Peratrovich six;
Isaac Curley three, and Eeonard Vivette two. But as
a whole the team functioned so much better than they
have in past engagements that they -fell starred as a
team. A decided improvement has been made in the
playing of Eldred George who has been shifted from
forward to center, and from center to guard, and
from guard back to forward again, in an effort to help
him hit his stride, but with no result. But Friday he
showed a lot of that old form. He hit the basket
with deadly accuracy and played a whale of an offensive
game. His side partner, Jesse Prettyman, also had
better luck in hitting the basket. Prettyman has been
hibernating, so to speak, all season but is gradually
coming out and beforejmany more?strugglesw,e expect
to see him out in full blooth.!
George Meachem has not gotten the call to start the
last few games, but his performance in the last game
measured up fairly well to that of Captain Peratrovich,
guard. These two boys can stand a lot of hard work
and are fast. As it has been perviously said, Roy is
playing the best ball of his career. He has always
been a good guard in the defensive sense but not so
offensively until this season. Now he breaks into the
offense and consistently finds the basket.
Isaac Curley played a good game at center as long
as he was in the game but was relieved by Ronald
Eeaske on account of h'is: foot. However, both boys
did well, Isaac Brave Eagle and Eeonard Vivette
also entered the skirmish in the latter part of the game
and they seemed to mesh in nicely.
The athletic department is continually calling on
Mr. James and the tailors and Mr. Decorah and the
harness makers for help. Just recently they went
over all of our football equipment and put it in fine
shape, especially the shoes and the football pants.
Needless to say they save a lot of our needed equipment
and it is much appreciated. Right now Mr. James is
making a number of uniform rolls for our ball boys.
In every way they are first-class. They are leather
bound and are durable. These rolls are something we
have always needed but never had. Mr. Decorah is
manufacturing the straps and the handles.
ESCORTS
Sunday—Feb. 2—McBride - - - - Mr. Kirk
W in o n a ...................... Mrs. Kirk
Hawley - - - - Mr. Frost