Weekly Chemawa American., May 08, 1908, Page 11, Image 11

THE : CHEMA WA AMERICAN
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Y. M. C. A. Defeated: in Annual
SalenvPortland Relay.
CHEMAWA SYSTEM TELLS
Redskin Runners, Know Every Foot
of Roads Last Year's Time Cut.
Association Athletes Beaten
24 Minutes, 18 Seconds,
Cutting the record made last year by
ten minutes, theChemawa Indian school
won the relay race from Salem to Port
land by 24 minutes 18 seconds. From
the moment that Governor Chamberlain
started, the -men at; Salem till the winner
handed the Governor's letter to Mayor
Lane at. -.-the.' .Association building the
race was only another exemplification of
system beating mere brawn. Where
the.Y. M. C. A. had the men and the
ability to win, the Indians had the
organization and training that enabled
their men to accomplish the race in the
record time of 5 hours 16 minutes.
Starting from Salem on the tick of 9
o'clock Cortozian, and Haight set out
for the first- change post at Chemawa.
Haight -made a record run last year,
beating his opponent by , eight .minutes,
andalthough Haight made the run of
five and a half miles in 32 minutes.
Cortozian was only 3 minutes and 45
seconds behind. Sandersontook up the
Indian trail and Wetterborg took things
in hand for the Association and although
putting up a good run lost a further 1:
15, making 5 minutes to the bad
when Keys took a hand in affairs.
Keys, a smart little runner of' a slight
type, took a couple of minutes off his op
ponent, John, thus putting up the best
record for the -Association men. ' " " J :
Backus was scarcely up to hia -r; usual
style, allowing a few more minutes . to
be captured from, him, while Vosper,
through a bad start, tHrew away val
uable timer As1 the fsubtitute,r Vosper,
entered .the race without training ' at' al 1
and .credit;, is,, d u e r s to; f h i m ; f o r 1 ) a v i n g
made the run. Apart f roiyi Haight , the
Indians are proud of the performance
of Goudy, whose hill-climbing was mar
velous, both up and1 down Elk 'Rock
he went at a pace his opponent could
not approach. Goudy handeji over the
Governor's letter to Amos Smoker,f who
made quick time right into the associa:
tion building, while his opponent, Hes
semer. had been barely able to make a get
away from Riverview, Although beat
en before he started, tiessemer put up a
fine run and was greeted by several huii-
rlvorl rl a -f v. rvi fVo ef roof o n A fvnvn fV-
association balconies and surrounding
...windows; "V; ':n. ,
Smoker arrived quite unexpected and
Mayor Lane was barely in time to re
ceive at his hands the missive he was
bearing, and which proved the race to
have been run throughout. From that
time until Hessemer arrived the crowd
steadily grew. It' was evidently due 1 to
the fact that the spectators believed him
the winner that he got the tremendous
reception he received.
The organization of the Indians was'
without fault,' Every man knew7 the
route well arid the entire course had
been traversed by the men several times.
That their meiv knew every mudhole on
tne way ana now to avoid n was tne
claim of the Indians, and the Y M. C.
A. men admit the claim to be well-
founded. Every man wan carried out
to his position by auto or buggy. The
majority of the men were taken along in