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so he goes down as the “dark horse” of the meet.
Albert Miller, with two firsts and two seconds and a place
in the relay to his credit oozed out with high point honor
with a total of 16A points. George Little Light was second
with 15j points.
Our baseball game with Salem high school was called
off last week because of inclement weather. The many
inquiries made concerning this game is proof of its
importance. There is a chamionship at stake.
Last Saturday we lost to the prison team 9 to 7. Lack
of space forbids any lengthy account of the game al
though it was a cracker-jack. The prisoners made
thirteen hits and our team pounded up twelve in spite
of the speed ball artists who were on the mound. Joe
Alexander pitched almost air-tight ball up to the fifth
inning when he ran into a storm of hits, runs and er
rors. In that wild inning our boys allowed five runners
to cross the plate. We said allowed, but of course the
boys couldn’t help themselves. The “big berthas”
of the prison nine got awfully busy with the bat and
almost knocked the cover off the ball. Our tossers
were not to be outdone and added to the excitement
of the battle by slamming the ball up against the shops
and on top of them for an even half-dozen runs in the
following two innings, but that was not enough. Leon
ard Vivette ascended to the mound in the sixth inning
and although he was touched for six hits he kept them
pretty well scattered. Strange, but true, there was
more enthusiasm exhibited there in five minutes of play
than is ordinarily found during a whole game outside.
Spectators, players and all make “whoopee” for every
hit and good play made.
History repeats itself. In the class meet last year Julian
Smith and Perry Smith, by the way, are not brothers, tied for
third place in the pole vault as they did the other day. Again
a coin was flipped and “Buck” called heads and won. The
same three people were concerned, everything was identical
except that possibly the same penny was not used. And again
at “Jolly-Up” time “Buck” will be the man to receive the
white ribbon for the pole vault.
A feature of the meet was the first leap of George Little
Light in the broad jump. It measured just a fraction short
of 21 feet. George also looked good in the 100 and 220 yard
dashes.
The nice even stride with which Warren Wilder took the
hurdles was worth seeing. His form proves our tracksters are
not just going through the motions, but are working scientifi
cally for form, which is all important in track work. Another
example to that end was given by Louis Baker in the 440- and
880-dashes. “Speedy” knew his “pace” and would not be
thrown off bis stride by anybody’s wild sprint at the start.
It is doubted that any school records were broken although
Albert Miller came close to it in the high jump.
“Cocky”
elevated it 5 feet 6 inches, which is just a little short of the
record set by “Rock” LaChance several years ago.
Jesse Jim surprised tbe natives and won some unexpected
points for tbe sophomores by capturing the mile run by a
“long nose.” No one had seen Jesse on the path working out
Friday the team play Parrish high at Salem. Satur
day West Lynn comes here.
Sophomores 47, juniors 24, freshmen 23 and seniors
12 is the result of the track meet held last week. The
score gives the “sophs” a comfortable margin, but
the finish of the races were not that way. All were
close and exciting.
THE PART OF THE IROQUOIS
“Even a dull imagination must be stirred as it dwells
upon the influence which the events attending the
discovery were to have, upon the control issue of the
great struggle between France and Great Britain for
the control of the continent; the struggle between the
two white races for the opportunity to colonize and
expand, and between the two systems of law and civil
policy, for tbe direction and development of civiliza
tion among the millions who were to people the vast
region extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the Rio Grande to the frozen limits of the north.
“In all this interesting and romantic story may be
seen two great proximate causes of the French failure
and the English success; two reasons why from Que
bee to the Pacific we speak English, follow the course
of the common law, and estimate and maintain our
right according to the principles of English freedom.
“One of these was the great inferiority of the
Indian allies of the French, and the great superiority
of the Indian allies of the English; the effective and
enduring organization, the warlike powers, of the Iro
quois, and their fidelity to the “covenant chain”
which bound them to our fathers. The other cause lies
deeper: It is that peoples, not monarchs, settlers, not
soldiers, build empires; that the spirit of obsolutism
in a royal court is a less vital principle than the spirit
of liberty in a nation.
“In these memorable days let there be honor to
Champlain and the chivalry of France; honor to the
strong free hearts of the common people of England;
and honor also to the savage virtues, the courage and
loyal friendship of the Long House of the Iroquois.”
—E lihu R oot .
ESCORTS
Sat., May 10—To Salem.........................Mrs. Downie
Sun., May 11—McBride - - - - Mr. Carl Turner
Miss Cruise
Winona........................... Mrs. Herlits
Mr. Fisher
Hawley ------ Miss Gunn
Mr. T. Turner