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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
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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.