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The VBEMJMK AMERICAN
the teams from Salem and Silverton high schools.
make this a memorable affair in every way.
We hope to
HONOR ROLL
CHEMAWA WINS OPENER
The curtain of our 1931 baseball season was rolled back last
Friday afternoon when our baseball squad journeyed across the
country to exchange times at bat with Silverton high. To
further prove that history repeats itself our ball-tossers again
nosed out the Silvertonians in a first-game, nip and tuck battle
by the identical score of 4 to 3. Except for the first half of
that first inning three of our braves tagged the home plate for
tallies. But no such luck rested in store for Silverton. Our
battery of Leonard Vivette, pitcher, and Roy Meachem, catcher,
worked with the accuracy and smoothness of mid-season form
and were able to keep themselves out of tight places and Sil
verton pretty much in the hole. However, there were three
times that the boys across the flat appeared at the point of
niching us for a couple of runs, but in each instance our twirler
went to work calmly under the direction of our catcher and
they rode the high seas of the storm nicely. Vivette struck
out 14 men, allowed but seven well scattered hits and walked
two, which is not so bad for the first game. Burch, pitcher,
and Rudihouser, catcher, the same battery that worked for
Silverton a year ago, struck out nine batters, allowed four hits
and walked two men. The slight difference in play, like the
score, was the errors made. Four were chalked up against
Silverton and two for our team. With the score 3 to 2 in our
favor, Roy Meachem drove in what proved to be the winning
run by a long clout that reached the tall timber. Peter Hall,
who had preceeded Roy at bat, scored from third and touched
the bags on a long drive that found its way over the center
fielder’s head. Though the team is still in the adjustment
period the line-up was as follows: Roy Meachem, catcher;
Leonard Vivette, pitcher; Peter Hall, first base; Theron Kala
ma, second base; Uriah Alexander, short stop; George Thomp
son, third base; Herman Palmer, left; Philip Corbett, center,
and Harold Masten, right field.
Weather permitting we will entertain West Linn’s baseball
team here on Friday afternoon.
On our way home from Silverton we met with a car that had
waltzed around on the highway in the flooded district and head
ed straight for deep water. One wheel was dangling in the
water and the rest of the car appeared ready to topple over.
Anyhow, our ball players soon had the car back on the road and
a grateful couple happily on their way.
Last Thursday Peter McClusky won, for the second time in
succession, the amateur heavyweight wrestling championship
for the City of Salem. Seven of our boys entered the match,
and although all reached the finals, Peter was the only one to
bring home any of the spoils. This meet brings to a close a
very successful wrestling season for our team. Aside from win
ning six out of seven matches some individuals have established
most enviable records. Peter McClusky not only defeated the
state champion, but made a short-time fall record of sixteen
seconds in the P. N. A. meet at Portland. And although they
have faced the best competition in the Pacific Northwest Leroy
and George Pepion have not lost a match by a fall this season.
Much credit is due Coach Sanders and his boys for a very fine
record.
Though much work was done on our track in an improvement
way little was done in an athletic way last week on account of
the weather, but with every ray of sunshine our runners and
jumpers were busy preparing for the triangular meet that will
be held here on April seventeenth. Our boys will be hosts to
For the period ending March 27, 1931:
H igh H onor R oll
(Students who have no grade below 90.)
12th
Herman Goudy, Thelma Norman, Marie Picard.
11th
Theresa Newman, Frank Plaster, Josephine Hughes,
Bennie Pukitarik.
10th
Elsie Balch, Lucy Billy, Della Snider, Alice Lad-
deioute.
9th
Martina Azure, Josephine Forrest, Irene Thomas.
8th
Lester Jefferson.
H onor R oll
(Students who have an average of 90 with no grade
below 85.)
12th
Lawrence Pete, Fred Sandberg, Warren Wilder, Ella
Contway, Roland Booth, Edith Doore, Ida Pelican,
Nedra Galbreath.
11th
William Flowers, Matthew John, Wendall Silver
thorne, Everett Sandberg, Essie Bedard, Peter Pa
quette.
10th
Frances Jones, George Goujon, Anna White, Lil
lian Billy, Theodore Thomas, Alice Jones, Charles
Gardepi.
9th
Bessie Scott, Oletta Edsall, Maggie Sam, Eunice
Buck, Violet Johnson, Luke Markishtum, Frances
White, Caroline Duncan, Florence Allman.
8th
Oletta Starr, Adam Williams, Cyrus Katchia, Rob
ert Hewson, John Spencer, Russell Bobb.
7th
Bennie Jones.
Just recently we received a letter from Mr. Cruz Mc
Daniels, who at one time was a student at Chemawa.
Cruz is now a mature man of the world and is holding
a government position at Concho, Okla. He is very
capable musically and not long ago he started a band at
Concho and from a sample program sent us there is
ample evidence of good methods and talent not only
on the part of Mr. McDaniels, but on the part ot the
boys themselves. We congratulate Bandmaster Cruz
and his band.