The Chemawa American, April 17, 1929, Page 2, Image 2

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ATHLETIC NOTES
60 Ots per Annum
as any man living during his reign here. Sports were
not broadcasted then as they are now, nor were the
sport sheets filled with the athletic events of the day,
but Eevi was recognized far and wide because of his
ability to make a remarkably quick get-away; He had
that knack of getting underway at full speed the in­
stant the pistol sounded that sprnters drill hours on to
perfect. In it rested much of Eevi’s success.
John Frenier looks like the best miler we have had
in a long time. John is big and strong and has a long
pair of1 legs that should carry him over the course
quick enough to establish a new record. That might
be a little tough to do for some of those old boys had
everything. So far this season John has been success­
ful in all of his cross-country runs and since the end
of that season has concentrated on the mile.
But
whether or not he has set his cap to hang up a new
school record for the mile is not known, but the op­
portunity is there just the same. On the otlret' hand
a man does not have to be long-legged and tall to be
a good miler. Lots of comparatively short and stub­
by men have been our best distance men. Walter
Height, Kiutus Jim, Louie and Frank Dan, Michel
Wilson and a score of our best distance men, men
who repeatedly won the Salem to Portland relay race,
were, for the most part, short and stocky, but they
had the endurance to make up for the length they
lacked in legs. So, in Andrew Whiterock, who is of
the stocky type and who right now runs his lanky
teammate a close race, we might have a truly good man.
He is not apt to break any record this Spring, but in
.3,, year ,ox.so he should be ahle/to sho w the best in^his
class a clean pair of heels.
George Meachem is our best shot-putter right now.
He and Ernest Brunoe vie occasionally for honors,
but George holds a slight edge. But as for bettering
the school record we are not so sure. A long time
ago that was set by our own Rube Sanders, our pres­
ent track coach. When it came to putting the shot
Mr. Sanders was in a class by himself.
He estab­
lished a coast record that stood for a long time. Right
now George Meachem has an unofficial record that
betters that of the state high school champion.
Our pole vaulters and high jumpers are still in the
mines.
None of the present crop seem to get over
the bar nor come anywhere near the record that no\V
stands.
One of the last things James Choate did here was to
set a new record for the broad jump. One day Jim
almost jumped out of the pit so it was immediately
enlarged. But since he went away the old one has
been big enough.
Just now no one seems to have a strong hold on the
hurdles. Dewey Matt was the last of our line who
could rightfully answer to the name. Dewey, for sev­
eral years, was our big flash on the basketball court
and he was equally as good in the hurdles. He had
the grace and speed and rhythm that carried him with­
out a “ riffle” that all like to see.
Torrents of rain and hail and the inclement weather
generally during the past week has kept our athletes
inactive and made scheduled events impossible. How-!
ever, the sunny weather and the long stay inside have
made our track men and baseball tossers only the
more eager to don the spiked and cleated shoes, so
our athletic field has been a tremendously busy place
because of it. The game with West Eynn will be
played before the week is past and the track meet
with Silverton will follow close on its heels. ,
Our brand-new baseball squad, all hopped up and
eager for action, hurried to the gym each day to pull
on their suits only to be driven back by the weather.
Some of our trackmen braved the wet with their, win­
ter togs, but got little but wet feet from it. ’ But they
are eager to hang up some new school records, both
in track and field events. Our athletes have done
but little in the way of field and track work in the
past few years, but that has been due mostly to the dy­
ing of the sport. It had been dropped almost entirely
by many of the high schools and even the big colleges
had a hard time to keep even a spark of life glowing in
it. But it is now being revived and meets are being
scheduled all over the country. Ours has been a long
period of unbroken school records. That, however,
has been the case generally among the preparatory
schools, at least, for there has not been enough people
interested in the sport to act as inducement to track
men to train. A t any rate our tracksters have shown
many signs of life recently and they are out to do busi­
ness.
Maybe none of our school records will be top­
pled over this spring, but we have the material to shave
some of them pretty close.
Just what the official
school record is in the various events is not known
just now, but they are available and should be dug up
to give our track men a mark to shoot at.
In the dashes we have Francis Ross, James Oliver
and William Wall. All of whom can pick ’em up and
put ’em down pretty fast. But whether or not they
can better or even equal the record set by such former
ESCORTS
sprinters as Eevi Sorter, James R. Smith, Cyril Mor-
risette or James Choate remains to be seen. A nyw ay, Saturday April 2 0 .................................Mrs. Downie
Mr. Ross
there is a chance, and with meets to prepare for, these Sunday April 21— McBride - - - -
Winona - - - Mrs. Lobdell
boys might even strive to better those now long-stand­
Hawley - - - - Mr. Eobdell
ing records. Eevi Sorter was just as quick at the start