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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1929)
Pâfeg 2 Tke chemawa AMERICAN CHEMAWA^AMERICAN MiniiHHiiiiiimutMiiitHtiiiMniiHiiiitiiHmiiiihniiiwniiiiinitinuniiimwiiiiiitiiiiHiiHiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiniiiHittHitiiiiiittimiiiiiiiHiHitiiiiiiuiuHiiniimiiHJi mawa from the championship series but left us still in the running for the consolation prize. Friday morning we played onr first consolation game, against Eugene. In this tilt Chemawa trailed Eugene by one point for à ffew moments toward the end of the game, but Chemawa staged a little rally and came out ahead in a 19 to 15 score. OSCAR H. L IP F S , Superintendent In the evening we met The Dalles in what turned ont to be onr final game. By this time out team was pretty drowsy and The Dalles took advantage Of ns, Subscription - .................................* s o <3ts h er Annum practically swamping us in the first half. The first quarter ended 11 to 3 for The Dalles and the half 18 ATHLETIC NOTES to 7, Our team shook the cobwebs out of their heads The 1920 Oregon high school basketball tourna between halves and in the third peiiôd made as many ment is over, and although we did not walk off With points as the Phintts. In the last quarter Chemawa any trophies, wè have every reason to feel proud of started a parade of basketballs thrôügh the het in < the showing màde by our team during the meet, desperate attempt to overcome The Dalles’ lead, but flaying against the pick of Oregon's basketball talent while we were still three field goals shy the gun ended olir team held its own with the rest and stayed in the the game and (for us) the tournament, The final tournament long enough to play four games, which is doing prètiy well fòr beginners. We started out with score was 26 to 20. The following boys are members of the Chemawa the support of our Salem neighbors and the team, by squad—the first to represent our school in a state its madly conduct on arid off the Court, won still mòre high school tournament: Jesse Prettyman, Marcus supporters until our career was cut short by the luck Simmons and Isaac Braveagle, forwards; Eldred and skill of Washingtofa high of Portland. Motor George, center; George Meachem, Roy Peratrovich buses called at our front door each time Chemawa was and Lenord Vivette, guards. Mr. Downie is the coach^ scheduled to appear in the tournament attd a latge Isaac Braveagle, who did the hero act a couple of crowd of Chemawa people attended the gatnes and times for our team during the tournament, Eldred rooted for the boys. By far the most pleasant exper George and George Meachem received honorable men ience connected with Our participation was the whole tion when the all-state teams were picked. hearted Welcome accorded our téam by the high school The following clipping from the Portland Oregonian student bodies, their teams, the older fans, and thè i8 typical of many notices we received in the Salem press. and Portland papers. The style Of play described be We made our first appearance on Wednesday night against Myrtle Point and Chemawa had little trouble low was also a feature of every appearance of Chema in winning this game. Myrtle Point made numerous wa on the Willamette floor: A lthough W ashington ra n Up a large côUnt o n Chemawa, th e attempts from mid-floor and staged a couple of rallies, In d ian s flashed a m uch better a ttack in g form ation. T he w eak but our fast team Wùfk and almost air-tight five-man nesses w hich kep t Chemawa from w alking off w ith the fray defense, which later came in for much favorable com was Lewis, coupléd w ith the inability of th e Indians to connect' ment, proved too much for the Southern Oregon boys on shots. T he redskins were forced to aim at the roof to g et th e bail over th e o ütstrètehed arm s of th e Colonial pivot afie, and we won 23 to 1?. On the second night, Thursday, we met our W ater and in so doing could üôt locate th e basket. Bven in defeat Chemawa, e n terin g its first state tournam en t, loo. Playing against five ordinary sized and well drilled m ade a w onderful inipression. T he quintet has th e fastest men we had a chance, but the giant, Ed Lewis, was too short-passing attack an d cleverest offensive of any of the te n much. He is six feet seven inches in height, as team s entered. T he players also sw ing ÎfltO a five-ffiaïi defehsè clever as any fivè-foot flash, and against us he was th at w on’t give way for anyone, forcing th e opposition to shoot “ bn.” The Chemawa team played flue ball; in fact, from long distance and ju m ping for th e rebound if th e ¿hot is issed. All Salem rooters backed th e red sk in s to th e lim it, our boys Ottt-played the Washington bunch, as a team, m and ju st before the gam e sta rte d an unidentified fan presen ted but while we were breaking our necks making six th e team w ith a floral tribute. points, Ed Lewis was leisurely tapping in sixteen. E SC O R T S A discouraging condition to buck, but our boys kept Saturday, March 23—To Salem - - Mrs. Mason to their work and succeeded-several times, even, in breaking up Washington’s attempts at employing the Sunday, March 24—McBride - - - Mr. Fisher Winona - - - Miss Gtinn hated ‘ ‘delayed offensive, ’ ’ a heartbreaking job in itself. Hawley - - - - Mr. Frost The game ended 36 to 18. This game eliminated Che- Publiahed W eek ly at th e U . S. In d ian School, Chemawa Oregon. A ddress all com m unications to B n th yn Turney, M anager
