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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
OOURTMEN LOSE TO OREGON CITY
After leading until the last few seconds of the game
our basketball team lost a red-hot contest to the Oregon
City ,high team at Oregon City last Friday evening 23
to 21. Without jockeying around our quintet started
out to salt away the game and by clever passing and
fairly accurate basket-throwing managed to pile up 13
points for themselves while their-equally good defen
sive playing held their opponents to two baskets and a
foul, when first half ended.
The second half broke out like a house-a-fire. Both
teams traveled at top speed. Oregon City threw
caution to the wind, checked everybody everywhere,
gave up the idea of penetrating our defense and opened
fire with her long range shots, all of which seemed
to hit the bulls-eye and gradually they evened up the
score, and with less than a minute to go, made the ty
ing basket. With the score 21 to 21 in the closing
seconds of the game, Laurs, Oregon City center,
dropped the ball through the hoop from the middle of
the court and won the ball game.
Our line-up was as follows: Leonard Vivette, Robert
Thomas, forwards; Andrew Hatfield, center; Albert
Miller, Dominic Dog Eagle, guards. Leonard Vivette
was our leading scorer with eleven points to his credit,
Robert Thomas four, Andrew Hatfield four, Dominic
Dog Eagle two. The team is improving in many
respects, yet their inability to handle the ball accu
rately under the basket or when in close quarters has
cost them many baskets.
As a preliminary our ” B” team, composed of Russell Bobb
and Willie DePoe, forwards; Vincent Pratt, center; Isaac Shoul
der Blade and Philip Corbet, guards; took the Oregon City
high Pony Express for a ride to the tune of 31 to 27. Clever
floor work was the factor that enabled our team to win this
d ose and exciting game. Russell Bobb was our leading
scorer, with twelve points to his credit. Vincent Pratt was a
dose second with eleven. This marked the first defeat of the
season for the Pony Express.
On Friday evening our basketball team ■will try and clear its
highest hurdle of the season. Salem High will be their op
ponent at Salem. So far the red and black have emerged
from every game and almost invariably by one-sided scores.
At this time Salem looms as the one really strong team of the
season. Just where we stand might be measured by our show
ing next Friday.
GRAPPLERS DOWN SANDY
Chemawa 108, Sandy Union high school 42, was the result
• f the wrestling match held in our auditorium last Saturday
evening. The score would indicate a walk-away, but so far as
the match was concerned it was anything but an easy victory.
Our bone crushers flipped and flopped around in a terribly
business-like manner through the whole program and won
several of their matches by the way of the decision route. It
was their hard work and willingness to m ix things up that
gave them the deciding edge. Peter McClusky gave us 20
points with two decisions and a fall. Matthew James added
twelve more with two decisions and his opponent was awarded
one. Roland Booth put on twelve more when he won the first
round by a decision, lost the second by the same route, and
won the third by a fall. Terry Courtney gave us three when
he managed to drag out a draw in the first round and lost the
last two by decisions. George Goujon handed us sixteen more
when he made quick work with his man by two straight falls.
Earl Stanhope lost by two decisions. The Pepion boys gave
us twenty-eight more when Leroy won over his man by two falls
and George won by two decisions.
From the first until the last the match was full of thrills and
lots of good wrestling. N ext Friday our team will go to Sandy
for a return match. Then a week or so later the Willamette
University wrestlers will go into action here.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
We fail to see what terrible calamity wotild befall
the Indians of Alaska if government activities in that
direction were transferred from the Bureau bf Educa
tion to the Department of Indian Affairs.
Thus far we have seen only condemnation by Alas
ka papers regarding such a move. A man may have
been a scoundrel 20 or 40 years ago but if since has con
ducted himself with proper decorum befitting the
standards of society, we would trust him. And so it
is with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Because in years
gone by this department has been exposed in dishing
out a lot of dirt—others get by with the truth never
revealed—we fail to fling past administrations into the
face of the present which, as far as our knowledge,
which is limited we must confess is concerned, has a
clean sheet.
In any case the Indians will not suffer; nor the
Eskimo. In fact it would be an interesting experi
ment and we do not hesitate going on record as saying
that the Indians themselves will be glad to be in the
care of the same department as are their brothers in
the states. Such a transfer will not affect individuals
of the present organization in the Territory. They
have and are, today, proving their worth in the nu
merous outposts.—D aily G ateway , Seward, Alaska.
ESCORTS
Sat. Jan. 24—To S a l e m ..................... Mrs. Lobdell
Sun. Jan. 25—M c B r i d e ......................Mr. Sanders
Mrs. Sanders
W i n o n a ......................Mrs. Hauser
Mr. Ross
H a w l e y ......................Mrs. Mayne
Miss White