SPILYAY TYMOO
PAGE 10 JUNE 17, 1983
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SPORTS
G irl’s
s o ftb a ll
by Lolly Jackson
This year Warm Springs can
boast two softball teams.
Approximately 24 girls turned
out for the summer league.
This turnout is greater than last
year’s. Fran Moses and Julie
Mitchell are the coaches of
both teams.
Some of the girls who did
play last summer are fairly
familiar with practices, which
consist of warm-up exercises
and body-stretching enabling
them to be more flexible for the
fast action during the games
and practice session.
Warm Springs #1, consisting
of older girls 13-15 years of age,
has a 2-1 record. The one loss
they do have is from Warm
Springs #2. Warm Springs #2
has a perfect record. There are
a total of five teams in the
league, two from Madras, one
from Culver and the two Warm
Springs teams.
When the girls came out for
ball, the major emphasis was
on “sportsmanship,” which
helps the girls out alot building
up morale and improving
attitude toward their games.
This year there are more play
situatins being used, this way
the girls get to learn more
advanced plays th at are
actually used in the games.
A good hit slugger on the tt2
team is Christal Leonard. She
a “ h it"
always manages to hit it out
there and to bring in some
ru n n ers. In tig h t game
situations both teams seem to
hold out good and they are
close games. All the girls know
what is expected of them.
All in all, both teams are
starting to show how much
they really enjoy playing
softball. Each girl knows her
position and plays well. The
older ones are looking forward
to the All-Star selection which
will be in July.
Both teams play at least one
game a week so if you have the
time, come out and watch the
girls in action.
Treaty Days Rodeo June 25, 26
books are open until June 22.
June 26. Tickets can be
purchased from the Treaty
D ays ro d eo p rin cesses,
D onetta Burns, Alfredine
Smith, Debbie Still and
Michelle Wells.
Ellis “D oobie”Langley, 7, a member o f the R a t Pack T-baU team
takes a good hefty swing during a recent game between the R at
Pack and Warm Springs #1. T-ball games can be a source of
evening entertainment fo r fans on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
various ball fields in the community.
The eighth annual All-
Indian Treaty Days Rodeo will
offer a number of events for
spectator and participant alike.
A two-day rodeo held on June
25 and 26, a rodeo dance, a
buckaroo breakfast and raffles
will be held.
The two-day rodeo shows
will start at 1:30 both days.
Featured will be saddle bronc,
bareback, bull riding, team
roping, calf roping, steer
wrestling, barrel racing and
wild horse races. Tickets are on
sale for $3 for adults and $1.50
for children under 12. Rodeo
Sports i tore
wing by leaps and bounds
Spityay Tymoo p hoto by Latto
FULL CONCENTRATION
by Marsha Shewczyk
A ppealing designs and
reputation are the elements
which attribute to the widely
expanding privately owned
Intertribal Sports business in
Warm Springs.
Opened only 17 months ago,
the athletic supply store may be
making sales totalling over $1
million within the next year.
This success, manager Tom
Estimo determines, “is due to
giving the people designs they
like.”
“Our designs are favorable to
the Indian people. Our artwork
is done by Indians and we cater
to the Indian people,” explains
Estimo.
Much of the business is done
through mail order, generally
from areas predominantly with
native American cultures
located in Montana, North
Dakota and South Dakota.
People in Alaska are also
showing an interest in the
Intertribal Sports designs as
large orders are being made
from that state.
Schools, teams and clubs are
ordering jackets and other
a t h l e t i c a p p a r e l fro m
Intertribal Sports. The quality
of work is high and the cost is
c o m p e titiv e . N o rm a lly ,
Intertribal Sports can deliver
orders at a much faster rate
than larger manufacturers
which enhances the business.
Often “we’re overloaded
with work,” says Estimo but
that doesn’t slow orders down.
Another employee has been
added to the staff and
sometimes work continues into
the night. Dedicated employees
will reap the benefits as they are
given a share in the profits
made by the company.
The only thing keeping an
order from being filled is not
having the material to utilize.
One order was recently
detained because zippers were
unavailable from the supplier.
But once they had arrived, the
work was completed and boxes
of jackets put on the bus and
shipped out.
Intertribal Sports boasts of
having the largest volume
sports store in Central Oregon.
The shelves are well-stocked
with all sizes. “We just don’t
kiim r what people want and
when they want it,” explains
Estimo, but it’s necessary to
have it available.
Besides selling athletic
equipm ent and clothing,
Intertribal Sports is expanding
its dealing to underwriting
sports events. The firm supplies
awards, furnishes officials and
gets a percantage of the money
brought in. The idea behind it is
to organize and present a
professional event at a profit.
The next event underwritten
by Intertribal Sports in the
National Indian Activities
A s s o c ia tio n B a s k e tb a ll
tournament at Reno, Nevada.
Owners Madeline Queahpama
and Satch Miller and manager
Tom Estimo are looking into
The rodeo dance will be held
at Cliffs in Pine Grove with
music by Ron Smith’s band the
Static on Saturday June 25, 9
p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission to the
dance will be $3 for single and
$5 per couple. Identification
will be required at the door, no
one under 21 will be allowed.
A buckaroo breakfast will be
held on Sunday, June 26 at the
Agency Longhouse from 6:30
to 10:00 a.m. Cost per plate for
the breakfast will be $3.
Raffles and gate prizes will
be held at the rodeo on Sunday,
underwriting other types of
sports events as well, such as
rodeos. The field of athletics
has numerous aspects which
Intertribal Sports wishes to
utilize.
Pride in the privately-owned
Mail rodeo entries to Ginger
Johnson, Rodeo Secretary,
P.O. Box 541, Warm Springs,
Oregon 97761. Entries must be
received by June 22 at 9 p.m.
All monies must be paid by
money order or cash, no
p ersonal checks will be
accepted. Telephone entries to
(503) 553-1698.
business is expressed by
a ll th o se in v olved and
encouragement is extended to
others who are thinking about
opening their own businesses.
Intertribal Sports is proof that
it can be done.
Spilyay Tym oo p h o to by S hewctyk
Intertribal Sports owner Madeline Queahpama weighs merchandise in preparation for shipment.