Image provided by: Library of Congress; Washington, DC
About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1949)
STUDENT COUNCILLORS. Back, left to right, Frieda Bent, William Eelgarde, Helen George, Reginald Wells, Georgianna Young, Vernon Lane (chairman), Victor Jackson, Ernestine Lane, Ralph Charles, Florence Ingawanup, Don Rambeau, Loretta Hawk. Front, Miss Challis, Mr. Hudson. we came out on the short end of the score 36-34. We then entered the County Tour nament as an unseeded team, pick ing Gervais as our first opponent. Despite the odds against us we came through with a win. The score being 50-44 The next tournament game was with Hubbard. We were not to be denied again. Everyone playing a fine game, we pushed through with a 53-37 win. The Oregon Deaf School was our next opponent. In the last minute Haskell Hood and Louie Belgarde came through with some timely baskets and we emerged the victors 48-42. This gave us the right to meet Sublimity for the play-off for the Championship. After a close battle wherein the leaa changed many times we were de feated by 3 points, 53-50. So Che- mawa ended its basketball season with an impressive flourish. Gaining the second place trophy and the Sportsmanship trophy; a fine tribute to the school. BASEBALL Season Record 4 5 Gervais 1 Aumsville 4 1 Salem J. V. 10 7 St. Paul 4 1 8 Hubbard 14 lefferson 0 . 15 3 Turner t • 6 2 Sublimity 4 Lost 4 Won With fine Spring weather, baseball began early this year. A large group of aspiiants were in the first call. Among them were three of last year's regulars, Ralph Charles, Ver non Lane and Robert Placid. We had three weeks in which to prepare for our first game. Unusually good weather allowed the fellows to get into shape in a hurry and the first of May found us on our way to Gervais for our first league encounter. The first inning Don Rambeau, Vernon Lane and Robert Placid Chemawa found opponent's pitching to their liking and we scored 2 runs this in ning. From there we went on to win by a score of 5-4. Reggie Wells, pitching his first complete ball game, was the master all the way through with the rest of the fellows showing mid-season form. The touted Aumsville Rangers came to Chemawa for our next league encounter. Robert Placid anJ Reggie Wells pitched good ball, al lowing only 2 hits between them but costly errors allowed the victors to score their runs and the Aumsville chucker was too much for our boys to fathom, so we came out on the short end of this score 4-1. The J.V.'s from Salem High came to Chemawa for a practice game in which we used three pitchers but all their efforts were in vain as we were beaten soundly 10-1. The next day St. Paul came to Chemawa for our third league en counter. The Indians got back in stride and with some very effective hitting from Vernon Lane and Wil liam Belgarde and with the fine pitching performance of Reggie Wells, we ended with a victory. Score being 7-4. Now having two league victories and onlv one defeat, we traveled to Hubbard, engaging this school in our next league game. Timely hitting by Don Rambeau, who had a triple and a single, Robert Placid and Ralph Charles coming through with run producing blows, we compiled 8 runs. Our mound chores were agam handled by Reggie Wells, who let Hubbard down with 3 blows and onlv one run. We then returned to Chemawa for our final league game of the season against the Jefferson Lions. George Plummer was the big gun in our hitting attack, getting two for three, while evervone else was getting at least one blow, to make our final total 14 runs. Reggie Wells in this game pitched the best game of the season, letting the visitors down with 25 one hit. The rest of the fellows per formed in a masterly fashion, also, committing only one error. Only three men reached first base, thus Wells faced only 24 men in the ball game. We then journeyed to Turner for the next to last ball game of the season, which many of the fellows would rather forget. Turner, finding latent power at bat, came through with a smashing 15 3 victory. All that can be said for this game is that we should have stayed home. Sublimity was the competition for the last aame of tho season. This also rounded out our league sched ule. In the first inning we came through with two quick runs, but that is as far as vze got with the offerings of the Sublimity pitcher Reggie Wells pitched hard all the way through but a few mental mis cues, along with a few hits inter spersed, accounted for 6 Sublimity runs which deficit we could not over come. With this note baseball ended at Chemawa for the season of 1949. Many of this year's regulars and first lire reserves are returning, which should provide the nucleus for a winning ball club in the season to come. BOYS INTRAMURAL SPORTS An active program of Intramural Sports was attempted at Chemawa during the past school year. The program was an outgrowth of the regular Phvsical Education course of fered this vear. Mr. Kettleson, phvs ical education instructor, headed the program and directed the student leaders in carrying out the schedules. The aims of the Intramural pro gram were— 1. To provide means whereby the students may put into practice the skills and fundamentals taught in the physical education classes. 2. Give those students who were un able to take part in varsity ath letics a chance to participate in competitive sports.
