T h e C hemawa A merican
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by Adam Bearcub
Chiefs Lose Untarnished Shield
Under 31-19 Shellacking
The braves came hom e w ith th eir war bonnets plucked
of feathers Tuesday n ig h t. They had been to M ollala,
w here th e Buckaroos spurred them for a 31-19 defeat,
k n o ck in g th e m from th e top-spot they h e ld in th e W V I
league.
In ab ility to connect w ith th e pay circle proved to be
th e red sk in s un-doing. T hey could find th e range w ith
b u t seven shots out of fifty-one tries.
Some consolation was found in th e “ C hieflets” 22-8
victory, thereby keeping th eir undefeated prestige.
Redmen Conquer Dragons
A fter a hectic first half, th e R edm en came stam ping
back in to th e second h alf to hem p a 35-23 victory over
a fiery D ragon q u in t from Dallas, Friday n ig h t, Jan. 13.
The Indians, after a h a lf tim e pow-wow, came back
an d started to ream hem p w ith Backbone hooping eleven
counters to w in scoring honors for the “ C hiefs.” This
win placed th e racin g R edskins on top of th e W VI
league.
Jackson, pivot m an for the D ragons, “ d u n k e d ” Seven
counters for h ig h scoring honors for his team .
T he “ Baby C hiefs” rom ped to an easy win over the
D allas seconds by tally in g a 45-20 w in. F allsdow n,fleet
pappoose, filled 18 hoops to win scoring honors.
The R edskins, led by W oundedeye, held the Bulldogs
a t bay un til six m in u tes of the th ird quarter. A lthough
th e Bulldogs were in possession of the ball m ost of the
tim e, they were unable to penetrate th e w arrior defense.
W oundedeye, lanky center, bucketed 10 counters for
th e braves.
In a last m inute rally th e Pappooses started th e m erry-
go-round rolling by w inning a 17-19 victory from the
W oodburn Bees w ith Fallsdow n sw ishing a long one
w ith less th a n a m inute to go, to p u t th e gam e on ice.
Judges Descision Irks Fight Fans
W ally Larios took an unpopular ju d g e s’ decision from
D an Snipe in the m ain event, Jan. 12, at th e Salem A rm
ory.
Larios was given a terrific scrap from sta rt to finish by
Snipe and th e STATESM AN gave Snipe a w in.
The sem i-w indup saw CYO’s light-heavyw eight, K el-
la r W agner, kayo Cobell of Chemawa in one m inute and
and 15 seconds of the th ird round. Cobell was gam e to
th e last.
Glen Black, clever p uncher of Chemawa, cleanly out-
boxed G ordon H arold for a clean decision.
H arold E ngblom knocked out R edelk, gam e Chemawa
boy, in 50 seconds of the th ird heat.
K eith Peterson punched a narrow decision over M ireau
of Chemawa.
Arthur WVI and City Champ
Taylor A rth u r, ru n n er-u p in the S tate W restling T our
nam ent, and the W V I w restling cham pion, won over
Snider for th e city C ham pionship. Both w eighed in at
105 lbs.
EXCERPTS FROM OLD FILES OF THE
AMERICAN ■
Redskins Skin Lions
T he “ w arhoops” stam peded to a 40-27 w in over the
Dions from W est D inn to h a n g u p a second scalp for the
W V I crow n. In th e first q u arter th e In d ian s sw ished
to a 20-4 lead. F ro m th ere on th e reserves carried on
an d coasted to an easy win.
Backbone, Chemawa ace basketeer, flicked in 13 points
to tak e scoring honors, w ith B auersfeldt tak in g scoring
honors for th e visitors by caging 8.
The Chemawa Bees su n k a 31-13 win over th e W est
L inn second w ith “ Sm ile” V an P e lt m aking 13 for the
chief lings.
Indians Rout Berrypickers
On Tuesday n ig h t, Ja n u a ry 10, th e Chemawa Chiefs
tied an o th er scalp to th e ir coup stick w ith Backbone
cratin g 29 counters to b reak a new one gam e scoring
record.
T he Chiefs proceeded to take th e berries away from
th e Lebanon Berry pickers by stam peding them to win
68-37 an d th e ir th ird stra ig h t W V I victory.
The Chemawa Bee team rom ped to a 45-15 win over
th e L ebanon seconds w ith V an P elt p eltin g in 21 sw ishers
for th e “ p appooses.”
Chiefs Scalp Bulldogs
G astineau’s Chiefs won th e L eauge’s opener by m a rk
in g a 25-7 win over th e W oodburn B ulldogs.
10 years ago
Four of our boys atten d ed the O lder Boys’ Conference
in Salem la st w eek. Those in attendance w ere Archie
D em m ert, Jo h n F re n ie r, C harles W ishart, and F ra n k
Jo h nson. F ra n k Johnson was elected vice-president for
th e com ing year.
15 years ago
G eorge B erry and G eorge F inney, both Chemawa
G raduates, are recen t visitors. G eorge Berry is em ployed
in th e blacksm ithing d e p artm en t of th e city of P ortland.
20 years ago
T he m arriage of Miss G ertrude Brewer and M r. R uth y n
T urney, both of Chemawa, took place on A ugust 11, at
the M ethodist parsonage, in Salem , R everand R. N. Avi-
son officiating. Only th e closest friends, inclu d in g S uper
in te n d e n t an d M rs. H all, besides M rs. Brew er an d Lou-
lin , w itnessed the beautiful cerem ony.
Y e e a - a SCOUTS!
It seems as though Scout master A rnoux is
getting more and more boys to join his troop
every day. His troop now includes, Roy Track,
Kendal Van Pelt, “ Pee wee’’ Gerard, Joe Red-
door, M att Adams and “ K ” Amyotte. Their
motto is “ Do good deeds d aily .”
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