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Summary of Sport Activities
Gastineau’s Grizzlies Masscare
Bennett’s Indians
Coach Jerry Gastineau’s Grizzlies scored two
basketball victories over Chemawa Indians in a
three-day series of court contests here during the
Christmas holidays.
The Chemawa Indian basketeers were fortun
ate only against Ashland high reserves when a
combination of varsity regulars and reserves de
feated the Ashland reserves 40 to 34. On the pre
vious nights Ashland’s “ A ” team defeated the
braves, 48 to 29. The following day they made it
even more one-sided by winning 55 to 17. Ash
land’s reserves also defeated the “ B” team twice,
winning the first game in a thriller, 45 to 44, and
coming from behind to win the second game 37
to 32.
The same evening the All-Stars, consisting
mostly of last year’s varsity, had an easy time
defeating the Salem YMCA 80 to 54, with Back
bone and Van Pelt scoring 26 and 25 points res
pectively. Tommy Medley collected 24 points for
the Y and Jack Burris 15.
Braves defeat Canby
Paced by substitute Clarence RaRocque, the
Chiefs were really on the war path when they
whipped the Canby Tigers 52-34. LaR ocque
took scoring honors with 22 points and Brendible
with 12 points. The Indians’ type of fastbreak
plays was clicking smoothly, and Coach Bennett
gave every one ah opportunity to play. In the
preliminary, the “ B” team chalked up their sec
ond victory in the newly organized Big N in e
league,
“ Mighty Seniors,” Champs
During the Christmas holidays the “ Mighty”
seniors walked off with the Interclass Tourney of
games held in the gym. There were eight games
played among the boys and girls, besides the
basketball game played by the boys from their
respective classes. Games that girls participated
in were: basketball relay, three legged race, bicy
cle tire relay, quartet stick race, gunny sack race,
Indian club race, skip the rope relay, and tug-
of-war. The boys competed in basketball relay,
kangaroo race, head balancing relay, Indian wres
tling, wheel barrow race, blindfold boxing in a
barrel, horse and rider, tug-of-war, and the
basketball game.
In the first tourney games played between the
juniors and seniors, the seniors had to come from
behind with the help of the girls to tie the juniors
40-40 in team score. Then the boys fought it out
in the basketball game with the seniors winning
29-23.The juniors basketball team consisted most
ly of the varsity, but the seniors won anyhow.
The total team score was 40-45.
On the second day of the Interclass Tourney
the sophomores and freshmen battled it out, but
the freshmen girls did not win enough of their
games. The sophomores just barely nosed out the
freshmen45-40. The sophomores also won t h e i r
basketball game 26-16.
In the playoff for the championship, the seniors
were a little to strong fo'r the sophomores, win
ning easily, 50-35.
Intra-M ural Sports
The Intramural basketball tournament has been
started with twelve teams competing. Only boys
that can participate are “ old fellows” and those
that are not playing either with the “ B” team,
Varsity, or the All-Stars. To start the tournament
a jamboree was held on Sunday afternoon, January
12. Games will be played every Sunday; afternoon
and the winner of each game will play the winners,
to determine the playoff for the championship.
The foliowing are the teams and captains for their
respective te a m s : S ix Hawks, George Sloan;
Rockets, Arnold Adrian; Silver Chiefs, “ Slicker”
Dodge; R.A.F. B o m b e rs , Ben Bearchum; Ink
Spots, Tony Skahan; Sharp Shooters, Harris Teo;
Flying Titans, George Rice; Five Brothers, Gil
bert Desautel; Suicide Sqaud, “ Cook” Bolton;
Wolverines, Ferris Tatshama; and the runner-ups
in last year’s tournament, the “ Outlaws,” cap
tained by Stanley Wilder. You will get to see
some terrific basketball games being .played i n
the gym every Sunday afternoon.
Woodburn Thumps Poor Lo
The Chemawa Inidans visited the Woodburn
Bulldogs, Friday night, January 3, and camehome
on the short end of a 42-28 score. It was the third
league game for the Bulldogs and the third victory
in the Big Nine league. Garnero apd Pavilcek,
both of Wooburn, were high point-makers with
11 points each. Davis was high for the Indians
with 8 points. The score at half time was 21 tp 13
for Woodburn. The Chemawa Bees won a ¿lose
one from thé Bull-pups in the preliminary 23-19.
Incidently the “ Papooses” haven’t lost a game
in league competition.
Look for the good in others, not their faults.