3. To provide a leisure time program
in which students will become
identified with a special group or
team.
The participating students were
divided into different leagues. Ath
letic ability, age, size, and grade
were governing factors in the place
ment of individuals.
(a) Major League — composed of
senior high and students over 16
years of age.
(b) Minor League—composed of jun
ior high students and those with
lesser athletic ability.
(c) Brewer Hall League—composed
of elementary students living at
Brewer hall.
(d) Navajo League — composed of
students in the Navajo Special
School
The Intramural program was made
up according to the major sports
season. Touch football, contact foot
ball, basketball, softball, baseball,
horse-shoes, and track were included
in the program. Touch football started
ofi our athletic program in the fall.
Four teams were organized from the
following groups:
(a) Junior High Group.
(b) Ninth Graders
Tenth tirade”?
(d) Junior-Senior Group
The touch football league was un
able to complete its schedule be
cause of the inclement weather con
ditions The Junior-Senior aroup was
leading the league at its finish.
Victor Jackson and his group also
won th-» contact football champion
shin. In a so^cial game, his team
defeated the Varsity subs.
Baskethall Season
Th- Int’amural Basketball season
was divided indo two sect’ons. A pre
season schedule was run in Novem
ber before varsity basketball prac
tice was started. This league was
composed of all students interested
in basketball. It was more or less
used as a training program for var-
sitv material. The following team
won the championship: Robert Pla
cid, captain: Charles Reed, forward;
George Plummer, forward:
Leroy
Jackson, auard Barney Hyde, guard;
Victor Jackson, guard.
The regular Intramural Basketball
season started early in December
and lasted through Februarv. Ali
four leagues plaved regular sched
uled games. The Maio- League cham-
pions were the Kingfishers, contained
hv Victor Jackson and coached bv
Vernon Lane. Members of the cham
pionship ham were Danny Foster,
Bobby Jackson,
Lawre^e James,
Ralph Charles, Thomas Grant, and
Joh^ Crane.
The "Hotshots." captained by Ed
ward Lope”, won the Minor League
championship. The team was com
posed of the following boys: Edward
Lopez, Leroy Jackson, George Doney,
Bud Weiser, Laverne Shellal, Charles
Gardee, and Louis Jerry.
The Navajo League
The Navajo League was hard
fought and very close. Because of
sickness and other activities, this
group was unable to complete its
s-h *dul '. However, a good start was
made and we believe that this group
will be ready to participate in the
regular in'ramural program next
year.
Following is a list of the teams
making up the Navajo League:
Skeletons—Tim Benally, captain
Black Bears—Phillip Wilson, captain
Tigers—Albert Johns, captain
Black Whips—Jimmie Dickson, capt’n
Eagles—Elmer Benally, captain
Tac’—abbits—Tchnson Reeder, capt’n
Lions—Dan Benallv, captain
Redskins—Louis Silver Hat Band,
captain.
The Brewer Hall League
Eight teams made up the Brewer
Hal! League. They were taken trom
the 4th. 5th and 6th grades. This
league was very close and somewhat
rough. However, plenty of enthusi
asm was shown. Following is a list
of teams participating in the league:
Red Devils—Dwight Blythe, captain
Leopards—James Morton, captain
Black Sox—Alfred Tashwick, captain
Rattle Snakes—Herbert Irving, capt’n
Tigers—Oscar Gensaw, captain
Midgets—Thomas Hugues, captain
Red Sox—B’lly Harp, captain
Toughies—Vernon Starr, captain
Robert Placid, Reggie Wells, Clifford
Matt, George Plummer, William Shel
lal, Delmar Hickox, Lawrence James,
Douglas Goodwin, William McDon
ald, Augustus Dick.
The Tigers easily won the Minor
League honors. This team contained
by Henry George, went through the
season without a loss. Following are
the members of the champoinship
team: Henry George, Charles Samp
son, Ken Markussen, Tim Benally,
Donald James, Elmer Benally, Lee
Lameman, Arthur Tachiene, Billy
Benally, and Bud Weiser.
Baseball
A hard ball schedule was drawn
up only for the Major League groups.
The rosters were the same as used
in the softball schedules. At the end
of the season, the Cleveland Indians
were leading. Under the able pitch
ing of Vic Jackson, they took the lead
early in the season and held it until
the schedule was completed. The
Hard Ball Championship team was
made up of Victor Jackson, Don Ram-
beau, Robert Davis, Barney Hyde,
Danny Foster, Wally Yallup, Julius
Sakota, Leroy Jackson, Toe Doney,
Larry Arthur, and Jim Crane.
Horse Shoes
A double elimination horse shoe
tournament is still in progress at the
time of this writing. Many close
games have been played and the
teams are well matched. It would
be hard to predict a winner because
of the close competition.
Sn-ing Sports Program
The spring Intramural Sports Pro
gram consisted of softball, baseball,
track and horse-shoes. The games
were well played and enthusiasm
ran high. The weather was nice and
most of the scheduled games were
played.
An inter-class tra-k meet was held
early in the spring. The Junior-Senior
group walked off vzith most of the
events Vmtor Jackson again walked
off with all honors. However, some
of the students made him work to
win
Soft Ball
At the close of the basketball sea
son, the boys took their baseball
n'oves out of the mothballs and
hiked out to the diamond to start
baseball. T’,ro hc^uer 'Te~e formed
at McNary hall. The Major League
t-arrs were:
Fighting Soc’'-eyes — Vernon Lane,
captain
Battling Sardines — Ralph Charles,
contain
St. Loiis Cardinals — William Bel-
ga_de, captain
Cleveland ^dians — Victor Jackson,
captain
When the season was finished, the
Battling Sardines were on top. Mem
bers of the team were Ralph Charles,
27
SENIORS HAVE SKIP DAY
What no doubt turned out to be
the longest Skip Day in the annals
of Chemawa history was credited to
th- Senior class of 1949. The class
members and their sponsors took off
in the early morning of May 6 to en
joy the sights along the coast and
attend the Crab Festival at Newport.
To the dismay of the class the crabs
were not to be distributed until Sun
day, May 8, and the activities of the
festival on Friday were not to begin
until 10:00 p.m. with the crowning of
the Queen. So after a bounteous
lunch and a swim in Newport's in
door swimming pool, the group de
parted for home with intentions of
stopping off to view many interesting
sights that had been skipped on the
way down. All went well as long as
the bus operated successfully which
was until we approached Depoe Bay
where the motor stopped. Mr. Sho
walter came after us with the truck
and we finished our ride by being
towed home, arriving at about 12:15
a.m. We had missed the last dance
of the school year but we will re
member our Skip Day, and sunset on
the Pacific.