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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1931)
Page 4 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN “CHIEFS” COUNTY CHAMPS, DEFEAT SALEM Our baseball team hoisted the banner of victory to the top of the staff in Salem last Friday afternoon when they licked Salem high in the final game for the championship by the safe score of 18 to 9. And what a game it was! In spite of the score the contest was full of hard hitting, good and bad fielding, smart and otherwise base running and just anything and every thing one wished to see at a ball game. Picked by most all for certain defeat, Salem took the field determined to topple the Redmen from their high pedestal and they proceeded to follow out their inten tions from the first pitched ball. Three up and three down was the order in which they retired our side and what a session they had while at bat. They collected four solid swats off our ace pitcher and three runs. That was a long inning for our followers but it finally came to an end. Realizing there was no time to be lost our sluggers went to work in a terribly business like fashion and rounded up one home run, two doubles and four singles and all but one of those swats counted for a run—six in all. With Masten standing on second Leonard Vivette pasted the ball high and far over the center fielder’s head for our first home run of the game. Gosh! what a game! After that session “all was quiet on the Western front.” But hostilities were resumed again in the third and fourth innings when they collected two and three runs respectively, giving them a total of 7 runs to our 9. With a possible victory still in sight the Red and Black warriors once more came to life and a new pitcher who had hand-cuffed our batters for two whole innings gave them much hope and the thirst for victory grew into a roar. But the work of our heavy artillery drowned all their hope in the sixth inning by their deadly attack. The team batted around and slammed the ball to the right and left and deep into center in a furious fashion and before Salem could cover up they were niched for seven runs and one of them a homer on the part of Theron Kalama, who chased two runners in ahead of him. Throughout the fifth to the eighth innings Leonard Vivette, our moundman, and his teammates kept pretty close check on their opponents and held them scoreless. In the eighth and ninth innings our team scored another run and in the ninth Salem collected one more when our fielder dropped an easy fly that would have retired the side. An thus came to a close another season of sports with Salem. The honors are now even. They de feated us in football and basketball and our team evened up the count in track and baseball. We might engage in a little round of tennis just to break the tie. Our line-up was: Leonard Vivette, pitcher; Captain Meachem, catcher; Pete Hall, first; Theron Kalama, second; Uriah Alexander, short; Harold Masten, third; Peter Seltice and Clarence Elliott, left field; Phillip Corbett, center field; Sherman Alexander, left field. TRACKMEN WIN TROPHY Last Saturday Coach Sanders and his trackmen were entered in the invitational meet at Forest Grove sponsored by Pacific University. Against a field of thirty teams representing that many schools our team won third place in the meet, taking sec ond to only Franklin and Washington of Portland who scored 31 and 28.2 points against our 23. Anyway our team did not come back empty handed. Our relay team won a beautiful sil ver loving cup presented to them for winning the 880-yard re lay. Warren Wilder, Howard Churchill, Peter Emmons and Albert Miller beat the speedy Beaverton quartet to the tape and the cup. All declare the race was a nip and tuck affair. Last week-end the Brewer Hall baseball team defeated the McNary nine 8 to 6. The tennis doubles came out a draw. Howard Churchill and Charles Motschman of McNary defeated Woodie Ball and Peter DePoe of Brew’er 6-4, 6-2, 7-5, while Charles DePoe and Jesse Prettyman of Brewer defeated Joe Ball and Warren Wilder of McNary 6-3, 6-4. ESCORTS Sun., May 24—McBride Mr. Ratzburg Miss Peterson Winona.......................Mrs. Walker Mr. Berry Hawley............................ Mr. James Mrs. James - - - - LOCAL Leo Cottonoir, a former student, has been visiting at Chemawa recently. Dr. Grover C. Birtchet of the Salem Presbyterian church, and a male quartet from his choir, were in charge of the service at the Protestant church Sunday morning. The sermon on the subject, “Companion ship with Jesus,” and two musical numbers by the quartet were greatly enjoyed by all who attended the service. Supt. Ryan was in charge during our chapel exer cises last Sunday evening. Mr. Reid Austin, our di rector of agriculture, gave a most instructive talk on the value of education. A great deal of research work must have been necessary on the part of Mr. Austin to assemble such an array of data relative to the value of our education. Those who may consider dropping out of school would better think twice about it, and those who continue to study should dig in still harder. In addition to the fine talk Peter McClusky appeared in a vocal solo, Melba Arnouxand Katie Gartelman in a vocal duet, and the orchestra played an overture—the music was all of a most pleasing character.
