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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,
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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-
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Oregon. A ddress all com m unications to
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