The Chemawa Braves baseball team is
off to a slow start. They have won 1.
lost 1, and tied 1. Coach Shields, who
recently replaced the legendary Larry
Byers, had this to say about his team in a
recent interview with our paper.
3rd Base - Leannie Van Pelt
Weak all around but is improving
probably the fastest of all the players.’ ’
SS - Ike Allen
Rookie! H e ’s a good defensive player
at times, his batting is kinda w eak!’ ’
Q. W hat about your new job, Coach?
A. I enjoy it and I was very surprised
when Coach Byers informed me of his
decision. He told me the same time he
told the team!
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Left field - Gay Gensaw
H e ’s a very good hitter, aggressive,
and just has to improve on fielding! ’ ’
Center Field - Arthur “ Coot’ ’ Fred
Real weak at the bat only because o f lack
o f experience. H e ’s our best outfielder!
H e ’s a whiz on the base path.’ ’
Q. Speaking of the team, how are they
looking up till now?
A. W e are very inexperienced and
coming rather slowly in an overall out
look.
Right field - Jack Johnson and Spencer
Wilson.
“ They share this job and are equal
in both hitting fielding. Im proving.! ’’
Q. W hat are your strong points and
weak points?
Pitching - Roger Littlegeorge
“ H e’s a good pitcher and has potential
for a rookie.’ ’
A.Definitely our strong point is pitching.
W e have two regular starters, Dean and
Roger, who throw well but still have
control problems. Our weak point has
to be our hitting but even that is im
proving. Our fielding also has to be
worked on some more!
I ’d like to at this time to thank the
coach for his attention and will talk later
on in the season to find out how the are
doing!
Roger Littlegeorge
Q. Being it is your first year, do you know
anything about the Tri-River League,
and where do you expect to be at the end
o f the season?
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Chemawa J .V . boys snuffed Am ity by
27 points Feb. 17, at the Am ity High
School gym.
Chemawa put on a good press early
in the game and went on to a 41 to 19
halftime lead. M yron Boneshirt picked I,
up 16 points in the first half.
High j
A . Being new to the league, 1 really don’t
know what to expect. I hope to end up
with a .500 season. Scio and Regis are
the teams to beat. I think we will end up
in the middle somewhere!
scorers of the game were M yron Bone- i
shirt, 21, Tracy Jackson 2, and Faron I
A t this point of the interview 1 asked
Coach Shields to give us a run down of
the team and the starters at their
positions. H e re ’s what he said.
Whitegrass 10.
The J V ’s record stands at 15-1 for the
season. Dennis Shields is J .V . coach.
CO NG RA TU LA TIO NS BOYS!
Catcher - Dean Jackson
“ Dean is one o f our returning lettermen,
we have 6 in all. He is a very good
defensive catcher and provides leader
ship. His batting is low, we hope to
improve it .”
this point. H e is hitting below average
but is working at it ! ’ ’
nien to the State competition. Two placed
Fernande 2, Sandoval, 106 lbs. placed
eighth; Raymond
Gensaw,
118
lbs.
placed fourth. Leo Gensaw and Sammy
Butterfly also wrestled at State.
The team participated in 8 tournaments
6 dual meets and won 13 team matches.
Team Members were:
Sammy Butterfly, Captain; Leo Gen
saw, Ray Gensaw, Fernandez Sandoval,
Monte Munyan, M yron Jim , and Luke
Brady. Rita Myers was score keeper.
Wrestling requires more physical,
emotional and psychological strength
than any other sport.
To be a good
wrestler, each athlete needs physical
body strength, outstanding endurance,
knowledge of takedowns, moves and
counters, emotional strength (determ in
ation) and mat speed (wrestling quick
ness). Considering all these demands,
and the low level of social compensation
attainable, the attrition rate is high.
The starting and finishing of the match
ceremony are both important to the sport.
The reason that this is so important is
that the real value of the sport comes
with the winning and losing with pride.
Wrestling teaches a valuable lesson
about life: You can be up one day and
down the next, yet productive working
life must go on.
A W IN N E R :
is a part o f the answer
has a program
has goals
says, “ I ’llh e lp .’ ’
sees an answer in the problem
says, “ I t ’s difficult, but possible.’ ’
sees a green near every sandtrap
is always ‘up and a t-’em
A LOSER:
1st Base - Terry Poitra
“ H e ’s very sufficient ball player, good
all around player. Has to provide more
leadership.!*’
2nd Base - Bud Moses
“ Defensively he’s our best infiefder to
Coaches M ike Simpson and Don Bailey
report a profitable and interesting
season. Starting with 18 and working
down to 7 athletes, the team sent four
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The Braves played their last game of
the season at MacLaren on February 24.
The final score was Chemawa 87 and
MacLaren 70.
The high scorers were Kevin Nichols
with 26, A rthur “ Coot” Fred with 17,
and Alden Kickingwoman with 15.
There were approximately 60 rooters
to cheer the team on. The Braves had a
winning season with 9 wins and 4 loses.
Ed John did a fine job coaching.
is part of the problem
has an excuse
wanders in a fog
says, “ T h at’s not my jo b .*’
sees a problem in the answer
says, “ I t ’s possible but too h ard .’ ’
sees two sandtraps near every green
turns over and goes to sleep.