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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
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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»
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