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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1937)
T h e C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N 4 ATHLETICS CHEMAWA VICTORIOUS IN FIRST HOOP GAMES Boxers PunchTheir Way Through Several Battles On Wednesday, Dec. 1, Chemawa jour neyed to Canby to open the baskeball season. Canby started swiftly and it looked as though the Indians were in a fair way to lose their scalps. But captain Bud Arc- hambeau and that lanky Alaskan lad Frank Bolton found their shooting eyes and the team forged into the lead. They were never headed and won easily by a score of 48 to 22. Little Buddy Archatnbeau played his usual brilliant game and the opponents could not check him. Frank Bolton starred by sinking 16 counters. - - The Indians led by Frank “ Flash” Bolton overwhelmed Turner here Friday December 3 in a lopsided game. With Bolton wielding the brush^to the tune of 30 points the squad posted a 72 to 31 win. ' The two new men, Frank Bolton and Henry Scalpcane, have done the lions share of the work so far with Scalpcane’s snappy passes and Bolton’s eye the team should make the state tournament this year. The second string paced by Forrest ^ C h ic o ” Norton also won easily. This is Norton’s first year and has been high point man, scoring 31 points in two games This is the “ B” team’s second win also as they scored 43 points to the opponents 11. ------------- — -------- - In a thrilling game at Salem, Dec.3, the Chemawa All-Stars lost a hard game to General Finance, last year’s champs. The Indians proved worthy foes to the ex-college stars when they lead through a large part of the games. Sam Shoulderblade swished the net for 11 counters and high point honors for Chemawa while Peron Oveville, lanky center for Finance, hit the basket for 16 points. The game was hard fought througout and the outcome was-in doubt until the final minutes of the game when General Finance staged,,a rally to put the game on ice. , - The All-Stars wpn their second start Monday, December 6, against the Mathi’s Roofers of Salem. Led by Captain Alvin Amera who tal lied 19 points for his evenings work, the All-Stars won the thriller from Salem by a score of 52 to 44 Although Sam Shoulderblade didn’t get high point honors he played the best floor game seen here for many a moon. Single handed he time and again took the ball from the ópponents and finally emerged with 11 points. Petty James, starting guard, was unable to play because of a couple of dislocated fingers in the Finance game. ---------- —--------------------— Charlie Owens punched out a five round decision over Jimmy Merril, O.A. C. featherweight, in the main-event; ----:-----„------ *-------------- —— The teams which presented a united front to opponents all year formed two war parties, Thanksgiving Day, and attacked each other on the gridiron. All morning they pushed and slipped up and down the field only to tip 7 to 7. As this didn’t settle the matter they de cided to carry the war on to the basket ball court. So in the afternoon t h e “ River Rats” sunk the “ Mud hens” by a score of 15 to 7. So the losers grace fully but not so tunefully sang “ Home on the Range” at the student’s dance. Connie Mail abd Glenn Black, Che mawa’s representative, i n the recent Golden Gloves tournament held in Sea ttle, returned. T h e y didn’t get a championship but they returned with part of it. Connie Mail recieved a sil ver medal and a bathrobe as h^_ wa& rUnner-up in his division. Glenn Black was eliminated the first night where he lost a decision to the boy who later won the championship. On Friday, November 12, the Che mawa boxers went to Gresham, Ore., to box the Oregon Athletic Club, and after all the battles were over Chemawa had On November 29, the Indian fighters won 4 bouts and lost 2. clashed with Multnomah Athletic Club Dan Snipe a new man, outpointed his in the school Gym and won 4 out of 7 opponent to . win the nod after three "matches. rounds of milling. Irving Dowd gave his man a boxing CAMPUS NEWS lesson for three rounds and won the decisión easily. The Girl Scout Troop under Supervi- Johnny Cobell, Chemawa’s “ Fightipg son of Mrs. Kitzmiller took their tender- Sheik” won the decision over Frarfk foot tests on the Monday evenings, Nov Jarvis in a hair-raising bout. ember 22nd and 29th. The outcome of Vernon Jackson lost by a technical these tests will determine the size of the K.O. to Ace Heintz, veteran O .A j C. regular troop for those who fail will be featherweight. dropped from the organization. Roy Pepion won a decision over Dale On Monday, November 22nd, the girls’ Bernard after three furious rounds of septette and three boys (war dancers), mixing. and the Rhythm Chiefs entertained the Sam Shoulderblade lost a decision to students and faculty of the Leslie High Frank Cerny O.A.C. \ school with a program of singing, danc On December 6 three members of the ing, and orchestra music. school boxing team went to St. Helens, The girls’ septette, all dressed in Indian Oregon, and aftere leven torrid rounds of costumes sang several songs and three glove tossing the trio emerged victorious. boys: Wilson Spencer,iWillie Miller, and Mat Mireau won a decision over Art Roosevelt Suppa held^the interest of the Anderson, St. Helens,after three gruel audience with their intricate and clever ing rounds. 3, war dancing. The jazz and swing was Glenn Black, “ Indian Fighter,” wpn a furnished by the Rhythm Chiefs. decision over A1 Galahad after three In a hard fought game the All-stars hectic rounds which kept the local fight fans .on their feet through out the entire defeated the Willamette Freshmen 28 to 26 last night. fight.
