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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1931)
Page 4 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Medford 19; Chemawa 34, Medford 24; Chemawa 40, Medfcrd 29. WRESTLERS CRUSH TILLAMOOK Last Saturday afternoon Coach Sanders’ wrestling team again demonstrated its power by overwhelmingly defeating the team from Tillamook high school. The final count was Chemawa 108 Tillamook 3. Tilla mook’s three points came by way of a draw. This marks Tillamook’s first year at wrestling. In an other year the Cheesemakers will give any one lots to worry about. Those who represented our team were: “Dempsey” Pepion, Leroy Pepion, George Pepion, Roland Booth, Matthew James, Peter McClusky, Murray McClusky, George Goujon, Frank Dumont. CHEMAWA BREAKS EVEN WITH MEDFORD ' Medford 45, Chemawa 25, was the result of the first of a two- game series played at Medford last week-end. This game, like the score, was all Medford from the beginning to the end. Our quintet made a tremendous effort to stop the flow of balls through the basket but Medford was not to bestopped. Long and short shots alike fell true to the mark. Their fast floor play was not less spectacular than their sharp-shooting. Med ford’s rangy team lost no time in useless preliminaries but from the start piled up a score only the most optimistic of teams could hope to overcome. But our quintet, by their desperate stand, showed they still had hope even to theend. The quar ters ended 16 to 1; 25 to 10; 35 to 19 and 45 to 25, all in favor of Medford. Medford started early in the evening to win the game. At the train our team was met by a cordial and enthusiastic recep tion committee. Headed by their big band the student body- greeted us with songs and yells and proceeded to let the town know the Indians had arrived by a noisy parade through the city- center. All of which made our wings just right for Medford to clip, and a neater, cleaner and more complete job has not been done before this season. With the result of such a thorough trouncing dancing before them our team spent the intervening hours preparing them selves for the tussle that ensued on Saturday. By a complete reversal of form our hoopers rose to great heights, crowned themselves with glory in a complete yet unexpected victory of 40 to 29. The score is far more impressive than the closeness of the battle warrants. With no sign of fatigue, not cock-sure but determined, our quintet entered into a game in which they were tied several times but headed only once. Several changes and switching of positions resulted from the outcome of the first contest, so the starting line-up of the second fray found Vivette and Hatfield, forwards; Pratt, center; Miller and Dog Eagle, guards. Shortly after the game started Isaac Shoulder Blade replaced Albert Miller. From then on no other changes were made. It was this combination that redeemed our fruitless efforts of the previous evening. They put on the show the town’s people turned out to see and which was good enough to beat Medford’s undying efforts. Captain Vivette scored the first point of the game from the foul line. Immediately the battle was on. First one team scored and the other retaliated. The score by quarters gives some idea of the closeness of the game: Chemawa 9, Medford 10; Chemawa 23, Captain Vivette figured prominently in every game this sea son but in none so completely as this one. Offensively and de fensively he set the pace for his teammates who followed in his footsteps to a “T.” He scored 14 points. Andrew Hatfield, floor captain for this game, scored 10; Pratt 6; Shoulder Blade 6 and Dog Eagle 4. Hatfield at forward performed nicely in his new role. Pratt looked better at center and Shoulder Blade played like a veteran. All of which made our revamped team look strong and effective. Friday our “A” and “B” teams play Salem high at Salem. NOTES ON MEDFORD TRIP After Saturday night’s game our basketeers were the guests at a house party where all had no end of fun. The team arrived home on the Shasta late Sunday night and was enthusiastically greeted by a large gath ering of our students. Saturday afternoon the boys were guests of the Hol ly Theatre to see the picture, “Abraham Lincoln.” In the morning they were taken in cars about the city and were shown the beauty and historical spots about the surrounding country. Those who made the trip to Medford were: Leonard Vivette, Andrew Hatfield, Vincent Pratt, Albert Mil ler, Dominic Dog Eagle, Isaac Shoulder Blade, Philip Corbett, Robert Thomas, Coach and Master Robert Downie. Little Bob reports the time of his life. The team reported having had a wonderful trip and was full of praise for the Medford basketball team, its student body and town’s people by whom they were royally entertained and grandly treated. The long trip and many nice courtesies extended our boys by the Medford people will long linger in our memory. The following excerpts from Medford papers demon strate the friendly feeling felt for Chemawa by the Southern Oregon metropolis: “Medford high school defeated their old friends, the Chemawa Indians, la-t night at the Armory, 45 to 25, and the tribe promise a comeback in the second game of the series this evening.” And: “Chemawa, as popular in this city as they are in their home district, were greeted at the depot by the high school band and students, escorted to their hotel in autos and officially greeted by a student reception committee. . . . The largest crowd of the season saw the game.” Owing to lack of funds Raymond Haldane and Charles DePoe were obliged to drop their studies at Willamette University at the beginning of the present semester. Raymond has returned to his home in Met lakatla, Alaska, while Charles is at present filling a position here. Both are good students and we hope to see them again enrolled at Willamette next fall.
