Weekly Chemawa American., November 20, 1908, Page 2, Image 2

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Humphreys executed a drop-kick. The
remainder of the half was played in the
Redskins' territory, Pacific putting up
the better ball.
In the second half, P. U. kicked off to
Chemawa's 25-yard line, and after an ex
change of punts the Indians obtained
possession of the ball in the middle of
the field and carried it across Pacific's
' goal line, after five minutes of play. At
this juncture of the game the local team
went uup in the air" and allowed the
visitors to make three more touchdowns
before the whistle blew.
Near the end of the half, Wilson, the
125-pound end of Chemawa, received the
ball on the kiekoff and ran the length
of the field for a touchdown. Officials
Referee, Dr. F. K. Fletcher; umpire, Mr.
Flemming, Time of hal ves, 30 minutes.
Portland Oregonian.
INDIANS GO TO NEW CLASS
Plays Pacific University Team off
Its Feet at Forest Grove Yesterday.
Demonstrating their ability to play
great football and disclosing the effi
ciency of three weeks' coaching under
Flemming, the Chemava Indians placed
themselves in a class ahead of Willam
ette University and Albany college yes
terday by defeating Pacific University
at Forest Grove by a score of 20 to 4.
In a special train accompanied by 50
or 60 rooiers, the team went to Forest
Grove yesterday morning and last night
a grand demonstration and social was
given in the evening at Chemawa.
The Indians presented an entirely
new style of plays dazzling in detail
and the team worked like a machine.
From start to finish there was a bewil
dering exhibition of football which took
the Pacific bunch off their feet.
Flemming has been coaching the In
dians for but three weeks, but the team
has become instilled with new life and
now every attempt is being made to se
cure a game with Multnomah. Flemming
is a nephew of R. B. Flemming, superin
tendent of the foundry at the peniten
tiary. A game had been scheduled for
December 12, but the Multnomah people
finally decided the Indians were not
speedy enough and cancelled the game,
Now the Indians believe they have
sufficiently demonstrated their ability to
play football. In defeating Pacific Uni
versity they have defeated a school
which has won from Willamette and
Albany College. Salem Statesman.
' INDIANS OVERWHELM
PACi FIC BY SCORE OF 20 TO 4.
Pacific University, Forest Grove, Or.,
Nov. 14. -In the last and largest attend
ed game of the season, the Pacific foot
bail aggregation was massacred by the
speedy Indians from Chemawa yesterday
afternoon on the local grounds by the
score of 20 to 4. Chemawa brought down
a couple of score of rooters and much of
Forest Grove locked up its doors and
turned out to the game, so enthusisani
was at a high mark. Pacific scored , first
by a drop kick by Fullback Humphens.
From then until a few minutes before the
close of the first half, both teams fought
desperately, the ball see-sawing back and
forth, when by line bucks Chemawa scor
ed its first. In the second half the In
dians went through their opponents at
will through the line and around the
ends. Wilson, of Chemawa, tore off 30
and 40 yards at a slice, and was one of
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