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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1931)
4*«»* Page 4 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN are on top of the ladder the Bulldogs will be hot after our hide. But then our nine should have learned a lesson that would prevent any over-confidence. CHEMAWA GIRLS IN A NEW ROLE CHEMAWA 11— SALEM 3 Our baseball team defeated Salem high school here last Fri day afternoon. Starting with a run in the first inning, our tos- sers continued to increase their lead until the final count stood 11 to 3 in our favor. Roy Van Cleave, Salem’s ace pitcher, found the going pretty rough in opposing our batters, who pounded out 12 safe hits and gained two free passes to first during the course of the game. On the other hand, Leonard Vivette, our veteran mound man, held the Red and Black team at his mercy throughout the contest and all they were able to force him to yield was one lone hit and two walks to the initial bag. Vivette chose well from his bag of tricks of slow and fast balls, drops and out-drops, to keep his opponents fanning the air. In all he turned thirteen batters back to the bench to join the strike outs. Except for four errors his teammates played a hustling ball game. Led by Roy Meachem, our stalky and alert catch er, every man was on his toes to squelch the Vikings’ attack. Up to this contest both teams had been undefeated in the league. This made four victories and no defeats for us. Except for two of our players all contributed heavily with the bat and runs to win the game, but what these lacked offen sively was made up on the defense. Leonard Vivette, Sher man and Uriah Alexander each scored two runs and two hits. Philip Corbett and Roy Meachem registered two runs and one hit, and Harold Masten pounded out a couple of hits in just the proper time and forced runs across the plate. Philip Corbett contributed to the interest of the game when he drove out a double that ended up in a home run. Salem’s efforts to catch him on bases resulted in wild throws and he raced around to touch all four bases safely. Last Saturday afternoon our baseball team was turned back for the first time this season. The Oregon State Prison nine niched us 10 to 8 in a wild and frenzied contest. In the first inning our batsmen paraded around the bases for three runs and then relaxed in the field to permit their opponents togain confidence and enough determination to score enough runs to stay on top till the end of the game. Peter Seltice pitched a good game, but errors at the critical moment were costly. Peter struck out ten batsmen and allowed two walks. Ten of our hit ters were fanned, but seven free passes to first were allowed. With the score 10 to 4 against us our team scored four runs in the ninth inning to close up the gap, but not enough to stave off defeat. The sophomore ball team went on a rampage in the first and second innings in their game with the freshmen last week to win by an 11 to to 3 score. For a moment Isaac Shoulder Blade, frosh hurler, looked like he had enough stuff on the ball to hold things fairly even, but the sophs refused to stay penned up and started to bat the ball around the lot while they raced around the bases. Coach Sanders and his relay team went to the relay carnival sponsored by the University of Oregon at Eugene last Friday. Though the runners did not enter the races Albert Miller tied for first place in the high jump and brought home a beautiful trophy. Friday our team will play Woodburn here. We came home with the long end of the score in our last engagement with them, but then only after a determined stand. Now that we (Continued from page 1) for the girls at the Isabella Club, a very fine, exclusive home for young women, where they will be surrounded with the best of influences and looked after by a very cultured and efficient house mother. The building occupied by this young women’s club home is one of Spokane’s fine old mansions, located just across the street from the Couer d’Alene park, and within walk ing distance of the hotel. It is surrounded by fine residences and the girls will be in a refined, cultured atmosphere. The whole arrangement is ideal from every standpoint. Mr. Lipps says that if anyone thinks it is an easy matter to place Indian students in proper jobs and sur roundings, just let them go out and try it. Almost everywhere when he divulged the information that the girls be was interested in were Indians, he was met with the reply that they knew nothing about Indians and that perhaps some other place would be more suit able, or, as at the Isabella Club, thev had an Indian girl in the home last year and she gave them no end of trouble, etc. That is why they need the background such as Chemawa and our other schools give them. Yes, it is an uphill job to secure for the Indian a white man’s chance, but the Indian schools are making head way. If these four girls make good, it may mean much to other girls. Chemawa should be able to place a dozen such groups out during the summer vacation periods in high-class hotels where thousands of people would each year learn that Indian girls are much like other girls and if given an opportunity they can do useful work and become self-supporting and valuable members of society. While it is important to educate and train our Indian students, it is of even more im portance to educate the white people by letting them see for themselves the better side of Indian character. As we understand it, that is the prime purpose of placing these girls in such a high-class and well known hotel as the Davenport. These girls will have the honor of inaugurating a new type of hotel service in the Northwest which Mr. Wraight is introducing at the Davenport. The hotel is sparing no expense in the undertaking and is having manufactured a complete new silver service for our girls, each set representing an investment of $200 or more. Now girls, this is your opportunity, and remember that Chemawa expects each girl to do her duty and to prove that the Indian girl can be useful as well a» picturesque.
