THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
street hill and turned down that thor
oughfare. Hundreds lined Fourth street
as far south as Main and watched the
oncoming runner. It proved to be John
Hessemer, who ran the last relay for the
Y. M. C. A., and he probably got the re
ception of his life from the crowd mass
ed in the street, windows and balconies
as he dashed up to the mayor and hand
ed him the. message exactly 24 minutes
and 18 seconds after the Indian had ar
rived. The only regret of the Y. M. C. A.
people is that the crowd was not on hand
to greet the fleet-footed Indian.
The racers were promptly started from
thecapitol steps at Salem at 9 o'clock by
Governor Chamberlain handing to each
man a cardboard cylinder of convenient
size containing a letter to Mayor Lane of
Portland. This cylinder was to be trans
ferred from hand to hand till it reached
the metropolis. '
Cortozian of the Y. M. C. A. and Walter
Haight of the Indian school were the
starters from Salem and both started out
at a good gait. The association man was
at once handicapped by not knowing the
way out of Salem and more than once
went wrong only to hfc ve to turn and
follow Haight. Right along Haight held
on, avoiding mudholes and stones as if
by instinct, which was easily explained
when the Indians say that their men
have been over the course no less than
20 times.
Cortozian held his man tight for two
miles, when Haight began to pull away
finally getting into Chemawa 3 minutes
and 45 seconds ahead of his competitor,
In the interval, before the arrival of Cor
tozian, Haight expressed a very warm
opinion of the running powers - of Cor
tozian, Haight expressed a very Indian
throughout, splendid sportsman like
qualities.
SANDERSON TAKES ROLL.
Sanderson took up the running for the
Indians and Wetterborg for the associa
tion. Both these men were troubled by
the cutting south wind, which affected
their running powers considerably. In
this part of the course the Y. M. C. A.
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Walter Haight, Klamath,, First Relav.