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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
played with more assurance than at any time this
season.
Early Friday morning two full teams and Coach
Downie will leave for Astoria, were they will play the
Fishermen in the first athletic encounter of any kind.
CHEMAWA LOSES TO HEAVY COLLEGIANS
Incidentally it will be the first game this season our
Much to the surprise of everybody our footballers
team has had an even break and it will be interesting
came within an ace of putting the skids under the Al
to note just how well we average up with teams of our
bany College here last Friday afternoon. The final
own class. The Fishermen are usually strong and it
score was 19 to 13 against us. After the first few
will be a real test for our team.
minutes of play Albany scored her first touchdown by'
What a battle our inter-class race for the champion
plowing through the center of our line. But no one
ship promises to be. Three games played and two
thought much of that and laid back in his se at just
have ended in nothing to nothing scores and the
hoping that the score would not be too big, for those
third was won by the juniors over the seniors last
College lads looked like mountains along side of our
week by the slim margin of one touchdown and a
ant hills. But what a comeback those moleskinners
nicely kicked goal for the extra point. The juniors,
of ours made! They held those big backs for the re
under the able tutelage of Wallace Hosie, first team
mainder of the game except fora brief couple of min
halfback, is easily the most polished outfit to take the
utes in the last quarter and they made holes in its big
field so far this season. Their plays show strength
line and circled its ends for consistent yardage and at
and deception and it certainly is a credit to a deter
half time the score stood 13 to 13. Until now we’d been
mined seniot team that they were held to such a small
just a little dubious about our team—there are so many
score.
new men on it that we have seriously questioned their
PRAISEWORTHY SHOWING
ability to step out and play the hard aggressive type of
game that is characteristic of our teams. Friday’s con
One of the most interesting programs imagineable
test settled all questions on that score. We know was presented as a feature of the auditorium work last
they can step out and battle, for they demonstrated it. week. It was the work of 4th, 5th and 6th grade
Roy Meachem, our tiny but brilliant little fullback, pupils wholly and it emphasized the value of auditor
Wallace Hosie, our wavy haired left half, Captain ium work. The entire program was in the hands of the
Wilder, right half and Dowd Franklin and Charles pupil-» and the theme was “Fire Prevention,” as
Motchman figured prominently in our offense and follows:
pierced the college line for good yardage. Albert
An introductory talk by Thomas Pluffe.
“America’s Fire Losses” by Mary Bellecourt.
Miller, pulled the most spectacular run of the game on
“Danger of Matches” by Marion Robinson, Del
a fake punt formation. Albert came within inches of
phine
Grant, Nancy Diggie, Gertrude Dupree, George-
getting away from the final tacklers but was downed
lina Champayne, Hugh Elmo.
and incidentally hurt on that play. A wrenched
“Good Housekeeping is Good Fire Prevention” by
ankle resulted and this valuable right end of ours is Juanita Olney and Clara Bremner.
“The Dangers of Kerosine and Gasoline” by Nellie
apt to be incapacitated for a short while.
William “Biff” Jones, our right tackle and line Runnels.
“Electricity, the Good and Bad Servant,” by John
captain, turned in a nice afternoon’s work. He and
Blacketer.
George Thompson, left tackle, certainly smeared
Closing remarks by Thomas Plouffe.
everything that started over or around them and they
CHAPEL
soon had Albany’s offense sized up. Substitutes were
continually being made to the right and to the left of
Mr. Clarence R. Beaulieu, Land and Probate clerk
them, but they stayed on and set a pretty pattern for at Tulalip Indian Agency, paid Chemawa a visit over
their fellow linemen to follow. Clifford Case and the week-end, and we were all happy to have him
Howard Churchill, light but scrappy guards, both with us. On Sunday evening during our chapel ex
ercises Supt. Lipps introduced Mr. Beaulieu as an
played well, though they were shifted to those po oldtime friend and our guest made the principal talk
sitions only since the first of the week. They are fast of the evening. He proved to possess a good sense
and aggressive and it is expected they will strengthen of humor and he is also a student of the serious phases
our team both offensively and defensively, and judg - of life. His main talk was based on “Psychology”
ing by their performance Friday we are not going to and its importance in our lives. He proved that he
is a deep student of that science. In every way be is
be far wrong.
a likeable gentleman and he will be most welcome at
The most pleasing thing about the whole game is our school at any time that he may find it convenient
the fact that our team seemed to have found itself and to pay us a visit.