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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1901)
CHEflAWA, OREGON, FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 1901. Oh Chemawa. Our scalps you failed lo get, Oh Chemawa, So your cheeks with tears are wet, , Oh Chemawa,.. Though your game was hard and tough, . And your weight was quije enough, Yet 'twas we that were the stuff--Not Chemawa, We admit you made us fight, '. Oh Chemawa, And you gave us quite a fright, Oh Chemawa; When old Sanders tooic a leap, Jjiiuding quite beyond the heap, Then for us 'twas very steep. Oh Chemawa. You thought to beat us sore, Oh Chemawa, And you thought we couldn't score, Oh Chemawa; But your guess flew rather wild And to say your hopes were spiled Puis it.very, very mild, Oh Chemawa. Ah! Ye red men from the south, You Chemawas, Look quite sober round the mouth, You Chemawas: For, bestripped of fame and pomp, You, all limping, homeward stomp To your schoolhouse with less romp To Chemawa. The university boys redeemed themselves last .Saturday by defeating the Chemawa Indian School with a 16-12 score. The con test w,is bitterly fought and was as pretty an exhibition of the national college game us h;is been seen here. The Indians won the toss and chose the " west goal, having the .advantage of the slight do? n hill grade. On the kickofT, the ball was brought back for a good gain, and by steady plunges and end plays, the Pacif ies brought it to the Indians twenty yard line. Then Alilila sent it spinning between the goal posts by aplaca kids, scoria livj points. The next score was made by Faulk ner, after a sensational nm of over fifty yards, closely followed by a fleet, redskin who brought him down just as goal line was reached. This, within the goal-kick netted six points more. Everything seemed rosy for P. U., and, the side lines were' hugging themselves with joy, till Indians rallied and commenced some fierce playing of their own. P. U. seemed unable to withstand the rushes of the heavy backs, who had a way of hurdling the line that seemed irresistible. LaFlumboise carried the ball over for a tuehdown, and goal was kicked, making the score 11-6. The Indians continued their fierce play, Sanders and Neafus and La Flumboise, carried the ball through for another touch down just as time was called. Neafus' twenty-five yard lun was a feature. The second half on opening seemed to be another procession for Chemawa, as Nea fus .made 15, Sanders 25,'and others small er gains. But a forward pass gave P. U, the ball, and some snbsequent fumbling on the part of the Indians allowed the college to keep it. Millis kicked a second field goal which brought up the score 16-12, the final result. The teams lined up as follows: v Chemawa Position Pacific. T Scoot LER Barnitt Mickay . Payne L T R Bokyr R Decker LGR Peck C Decker C Kirkwood H Scott ' II G L Philbrook Young; RTL Spagle Bensell REL Via Palmer (Capt.) Q Millis Neafus, Smith R II L Faulkner LaFlumboise LIIR Wilcox Sauders F (Capt.) Day Two 25-minute halves: ! Officials E.B. Tongue, M. A. A. C. , umpire; Lawler, referee; Brewer, Chema wa, and J. G. Thompson, Pacific, linemen, Forest Grove Times.