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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1901)
CUEriAWA, OREGON, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1001. CI1EMAWA vs. flULTMOMAH. Score 5 to o. Multnomah won the foot ball game from Cheinawa yesterday by a score of 5 to 0. The visitors put up a fine game from .start to finish and called forth the club men's strongest efforts. Several times dur ing the contest things looked a little du bious for the wearers of the winged M. Tin; club eleven scored once, early in the llrst half, when Downs crossed the Indian goal line; but after that scoring was im possible fur either sida, play as they niht. The day was cold and rainy, and only u little crowd was present, but it was 1 nthusiastic and there was plenty of cheer ing. Multnomah's team worK has improved wonderfully since the game with Oregon, and the men played together in good form. Downs, Dolph and McKenzie were the le.it ground-gainers on the club eleven, while Pratt, Boss and Van Voorhiss put up h: roiiir defensive play. Kerrigan ran the team with good judgment, and played in his customary style. Chemawa's best all nroiind men were Sanders, Bishop and Payne, all of whom made substantial gains with the ball. Sanders and Bishop in particular would smash over the Multno 111 ih tackles for big gains, and their spien !i i p'a ing caused thn wearers of t lie red mil white to tremble several times. Payne and Booth put up good defence for the Indians often smashing through and Hti'i'ping their opponents before the inter ference had formed. (.'I.Kan Spout On Both Sjdks. The game was oomparatlvely free from wrangling and dirty plays, and the In dians accepted their defeat very gracefully. It is the general opinion that this year's t leven is the strongest one that Chemawa m I ool ever put out. Bishop, who played 1 . a ! f bad; yesterday, is coaching the team and the style of playing has improved con siderable during the past two weeks. Mult nomah also is improving in general style of playing and ought to be in first-class shape by Thanksgiving day. Statistics of yesterday's game showed that Multnomah made 48 plays, advanc ing the' bal) 98J yards; while Chemawa made 33 plays gaining 114 yards. Dolph made five punts, which averaged 25 yards and Sanders made three averaging 20 yards. Chemawu was penalized three times for offsides plays, a total of 24 J- yards, while the clubmen were not penalized at all. Chemawu made three costly fumbles, but Multnomah made none, While Chemawu gained mure ground than their opponent, the Indian players did not hold together at critical moments, and for that reason, nev er had a chance to score. Officials: McFad den, of Stanford, and Herdman, of Port land Academy. Time of each half, 25 minutes. The teams lined up as follows: Story of tiik Game. Multnomah kicked off to Chemawa and Bishop and Sanders soon began a series, of terrible assaults that carried the ball up past the middle of the field, where it was lost on ii fumble. Then Multnomah brgan some systematic attack upon the Indian line, and, just 11 minutes after play was called, Downs went over the cbalkline for the only touchdown of the day. Van Voorhis failed to kick the goal. During the remainder of the half, the ball changed hands several time, but neither goal was seriously menaced. The Second Half. Chemawu kicked off and Multnomah worked the ball down past the middle of the field, where Dolph was forced' to punt. The Indians then braced up and played in good style, sending Bishop and Sanders ti gainst the Multnomah line with greatspeed. Dow us and McKenzie did equally good work when Multnomah had the bill, and Continued on page 8.