The Chemawa American, December 20, 1940, Page 8, Image 8

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Summary of Sport Activities
First League Game Very Exciting;
in other words, a “ Humdinger”
44. Backbone took scoring honor with=20 points,
followed closely by Van Pelt with 13 points.
Members .of the All-Stars are Woundedeye,
Van Pelt, Backbone, Sam Shoulderblade, Dowd,
Hayward and Alby. The game was played on
the'Linfield floor on December 6.
In the first league home game played on the
local gym, Gresham high scjaool edged out the
Chemawa Indians 20-19 in a very close exciting
basketball game December 17. Chemawa was be­
hind 17.-19 in the closing moments of the fourth All-Stars W in First Salem City
quarter, until forward LaRoque canned in a close League Game
lay in shot to tie the game up at 19-19.
The All-Stars,, composed of boys who a-re ih-
In the overtime period Chemawa had the op­
eligible for high school competition, were beaten
portunity to w in,the the game, but Bearchum
by Simmons’ basketball team of Salem last Tues­
missed his foul conversion. The game was full
day, night, 60-51. It was afreescjoring game and
of thrills and it wasn’t until Goodluck’s infrac­
both teams were not checking very closely. The
tion which was badluck for-the- Indians in the
All-Stars were playing without the services of
last five seconds that Gresham’s Sabbe made good
Tony Shoulderblade and Dowd who went home.
his foul shot, to win the game.
Nevertheless, Van Pelt took scoring honors with
In the preliminary game the Pappooses just
•24 points, followed closely by F. Page with 20
barely defeated the Gresham “ B” team 22^24.
points of the Simmons’ team.
“ Dttck” W illiam’s quick lightening push shots
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saved the Pappooses from getting defeated.
Big Nine Jamboree
W hat is Good Sportsmanship?
Who is a “ good sportsman” ? He is one who
The Varsity journeyed up to Greshajh, to
plays the game hard, and fairly. He likes to win
Compete in the newly organized Big Nine League
but never at the cost of cheating or playing u n ­
Jamboree. The Varsity played against Woodburn
fairly. He respects the rights of othe'fs and’gives !
in . the second quarter and beat them, 6-3/ A l­
¿ISiS'bppbnents due‘credit,V<iTjirs work, too, he
though they made a good showing, Sandy H i
will be found to be generous, fair, and honor­
took the tro p h y , for the most 'points scored in
able. Will you cultivate good sportsmanship?’’
the Jamboree. The team was well supported by
The good sport never cheats, never "lo.ses
the students who made the trip to Gresham.
temper; he never playjsHo the grandstand nor
Mount Angel Defeats Chiefs; 29-23
makes excuses for defeatfSdhever fails to carry
Playing their first game of the season, the Che­ his end of the load; he never treats an official disi'bI
mawa Indians broke even with the Mt. Angel courteously.
prep squad in a fast breaking basketball game. V*Now that the basketball season is starting
The Varsity löst tö the Mt. Angel first stringers the students should', show their sportsmanship
29-2S, while the ‘ ‘B ’ ’ team won their game- &6-23. by supporting their yell leaders and song queen
It was a case of too much height for the Braves, at all basketball games. They should not boo the
and due to the fact that some of them are not quite opponents or x S c te e ’s decision. Don’t get the
in condition. Grosjacqu'escfMt. Angel and Good­ idea that the qualities of sportsmanship are coh;-1
luck of the Indians shared scoring honors with fined tofspofts alone. The same spirit applies
thirteen points apiece. The Indians played good everywhere in everything you do.
on defense, but they haven’tq u ite mastered their
Good sportsmanship and spirit of fair play are
shooting.
more important than the winning of any game.
All-Stars Lose Opener
The All-Stars, playing their first basketball
game of the season with the Linfield Freshmen,
were nosed out by a slim margin of 48-44. Tt was
a very rough game and the boys w eren’t used to
the twenty minute halves without quarters. Both
teams were knotted up at the end of the regular
period 44-44. Linfield made use of their height
to beat the All-Stars in the overtime period 48-
—J oe H ayw ard
The basketball Jamboree, held at Gresham,
Oregon, was an exciting event for the students-
who made the tfip. Chemawa’s team placed as
one of the highest scoring teams, among the
many teams that played.
Lester Rowe has left for Camp Murray to en­
list in the army at that post.
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