Image provided by: Library of Congress; Washington, DC
About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1934)
T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN P age 4 as soon as the pitchers learn to keep the change of space ball out of the groove and get the rubber taken out of the players’ gloves Chemawa will be expected to win a few ball games. BASEBALL Woodburn Wins Close Battle Woodburn High defeated Chemawa by the score of 7-6 last Friday at Woodburn. George Baker, who started on the mound for the Indians, pitched well for the home guard until the eighth inning when he lost control and issued out three free tickets to first base. This generosity on the part of Baker set the stage for a rally that Woodburn made good. Law rence Bennett went in at this stage of the game and he was immediately touched for three runs. This didn’t hold down the Redskins as they started a rally of their own by scoring three runs and tieing the score. Hits by Wilder, Spencer, Jones, and a fielders choice on “Hollywood” Barr’s roller were the events that led to the rally. This rally was short lived as Wood burn soon capitalized on “Hollywood” Barr’s rubber glove and muff in center field to sew up the game. There was no depression on errors in this game as the Indians manufactured nine to lead in this depart ment of the game. Chemawa Taken To Camp By Hubbard The young but aggressive Hubbard nine showed Chemawa a few tricks about playing heads-up ball last Friday. George Baker showed improvement in his pitching by limiting Hubbard to 6 hits. The local boys in turn were hitting hard line drives to the catcher and this explains the two hits for Chemawa. Ben Palmer seemed to be the leader in these drives and be cause of this he was replaced by ‘ ‘Jelly Belly’ ’ Jackson, the pocket size edition of Babe Ruth himself. In spite of the early season defeats Chemawa will make things interesting for future opponents as the rubber in the gloves is slowly disappearing and the holes in the bats are being filled. The hurlers are working into shape and the infield is coming to life. As soon as the team shows a little more aggressiveness, self-confidence and brain work they will be expected to win a few games. Credit must be given the young warriors as they are not a bit downhearted and the best of all they have taken the defeats like ball players and a team that can “take it” will not be held down very long. Skids Put To Braves By Home-run Route Gervais defeated Chemawa 3’2 mainly through the homerun route. John Blacketer accounted for all of Chemawa’s runs by a homerun with one on. John Spencer started on the mound for the Green Redskins and did a fair job of twirling until he gave away to Bennett who in turn did a good job save for the two homers by Gervais’ half-pint third baseman. Just Silverton Downed 9-3 Yesterday the Redmen pulled one of their favorite tricks and came out of a slump to upset the apple-cart of the Silverton nine on the enemy diamond 9-3. The home guard were all on their toes and smothered every attempt made by the Foxes. Bennett, pitching 8 of the 9 innings for Chemawa, allowed Silverton 6 hits while his teammates garnered 15. George Baker who relieved Bennett in the last stanza let only one hit out of his bag of offerings. Just as a reminder, Wood burn was trounced by Silverton last week, 19-5. INTER-CLASS TRACK MEET The annual class track meet was held recently. Some dark horses showed up and the ones who made good showings in the events made up the varsity team. The seniors won easily with 57 points, juniors second with 39 points, sophomores third with 16 points, and lastly the lowly freshies with 13 pointers. By the sequence they won according to their academic knowledge so the freshies couldn’t take first. The first meet will be with Salem High on Friday afternoon, April 13. This will be a practice meet. The following week we have been invited to Forest Grove for the Pacific Invitational Meet. STUDENT NEWS Tuesday, April 3, Little Flower Society and the Catholic Boys’ Association held a joint meeting. A very enjoyable program was given and games were played. Delicious refreshments were served and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. A student dance held Saturday, April 7, provided an enjoyable time for everyone attending. A feature of the evening was two piano solos by Manuel Mose, a guest of the orchestra, who attends the Salem blind school. Manuel is an Indian boy who, although un able to see, has developed a remarkable talent for which he was generously applauded. The boys’ quartet sang one of their popular numbers at the end of the intermission. Winona hall is harboring a new bride, Miss Mar garet Drew. Miss Drew will finish her beauty culture course in April, after which she will leave us. Mrs. Wilcox, genial housemother at Winona hall, gave an Easter breakfast for Supt. and Mrs. Ryan, Mr. Fred Rickard, Miss Donna Mae Lafonso and Miss Semanski. Breakfast was prepared and served by Juanita Frye and Pearl Beaumont under the direction of Catherine Bailey.
