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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!!
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