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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1940)
---------------- ■ , ■ ------------------g ................................... ............. ................... Summary of Sport Activities “ Bunny” Bennett, Ex-Willamette Gridiron Star, Coaching Braves touchdown, but a substitute was.on the field waiting to report to the officials, and the play had to be called back. The jamboree was held on Sweetland field on the Willi amette University campus. “ Bunny” Bennett, star halfback for Willam ette Bearcats for the past three years is taking over the coaching duties left vacant when Jerry Gastineau, former coach, left to coach for Ash Buckaroos W hip Indians land Hi in Southern Oregon. Molalla's Buckaroos got off in front of the In summing up his football outlook for the Willamette Valley Interscholastic League race season Coach Bennett reports he has four letter- for 1940 here a week ago last Friday afternoon men on hand: halfbacks, Joseph and Danzuka; with a 12 to 7 victory scored over the Chemawa tackles, Berger and Bearchum. In addition to Chiefs by dint of two touchdown saunters by these four lettermen, the boys who show pro halfback Hampton. mise of landing a berth on the varsity are: Tony Hoover counted for the Indians, on a otter yard Van Pelt, left end; George Rice, left guard; smash through the line, after Rice intercepted a Bill Maxwell, center; Preston Davis, right guard; pass on Chemawa 10 and ran it 85 yards to the Frank Charles, right tackle; Max Jackson, right Molalla five yard line. A bad pass from Center end; Henry Corville, quarterback; Clarence La Maxwell over Hoover’s head in the third period Roque, right halfback; Ted Hoover, a transfer as the fullback stood on his own 35 yd. line in punt from Toledo high school, and a fine bunch of formation, set the stage for the second Buckaroo freshmen and sophomores to play on the “ Bee” touchdown. The game was played on Saunders team. field, and it was a pretty good game until Molalla After many days of drilling, and hard grueling got a good break and they made use of it regis-r, B scrimmages and learning the fundamentals of tering their victory in the W.V.I. league race. football, Coach Bennett selected these braves as his starting line-up: L.B., Van Pelt; L.G., Rice; Foxes Blank Redskins By a margin of two touchdowns, both of whieh L.T-, Bearchum; C., Maxwell; R.G., Davis; R .T., Charles or Berger; R.B., Jackson; Q.B., were in the nature of “ breaks,” the Silverton Joseph;L.H., Danzuka; R .H ., LaRoque; and Foxes blanked the Chemawa Indians last Friday night, in Silverton’s first home game on Mcgin- F.B., Hoover. nis field. Braves tie Forest Grove The Foxes scored in the first period after Hage- Chemawa opened her season by playing a dead dern, Silverton right end, recovered a Chemawa lock with the Forest Grove Vikings. Chemawa fumble on the Indians 27. Burr took it to the pushed her touchdown over in the first quarter, Chemawa foot line in one effort and scored on the and the Vikings in the latter part of the second next play. period. The Indians threatened again in the Late in the game with Chemawa in possession closing minutes of the ball game, but dtie to the of the ball, a bad pass from center went over the fact that they were not in tiptop condition they receiver’s head and Lewis, left end for Silverton, missed the chance of making another touch fell on the ball for the six points, making the score down. The game was played on the Pacific 13 for the Silver Foxes and nothing for the Indi Unirversity gridiron. ans. W V I Football Jamboree Chemawa to Invade Salem The Indians’ made their second appearance The Chemawa Indians will invade Sweetland on the gridiron when they played on the south field next Friday, October 25th, when they will side with Lebanon and the Salem Bees. Due to play our traditional rivals, the Salem High Vik the fact that West Linn, Dallas, and Independ ings. Up to date Salem is undefeated among the ence resigned from the league there were only prep schools in the state of Oregon. The In five teams that participated in the jamboree. Sal dians are gunning for a first victory over Salem, em Bees had to lend a hand to make it a six team since the team of 1932 was the only team that de affair. The North side consisting of Molalla, Sil feated the Vikings. So come on everybody, lets verton, and Woodburn, defeated the south by a score of 19-6, Chemawa played Woodburn in back up our team and mow the Vikings down for the first quarter and managed to push over a the first time in a decade!! *
