East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-17
Standing Of the Cubs.

Good, better, best!
Sundays game was good, Mondays
was better while yesterdays eleven
inning contest will go down in history
as one OF the most sensational ever
pulled off on a local diamond.
There have been games played here
in which the number Of errors regis
tered was fewer, but taking into con-
sideration the wind, dust and poor
condition of the field. these are en-
cusable and from every standpoint
the game yesterday was a success,
Baker Had Good Lead.
The most critical fan could not OBJ
ject to the manner in which the To-
Gals dug in and gradually overcome
the lead Of three runs which Baker
had seen fit to negotiate for in the
first four innings and then pull out
eleventh after a bit OF sensational
playing as one would expect to see
pulled off by any OF the big national
or American leagues.
Taliaferro. the lengthy pitcher. who
showed them over for Pendleton, was
! the particular bright and shining
star OF the day. The visitors connect
ed with his benders for five bingles,
which aided by errors on the part OF
his support, made three scores pos
sible early in the contest. but there
was nothtSg to 1t after the fourth.
His real stellar work began. how
ever in the first half of the eleventh,
when he pulled himself out of one OF
the tightest holes that any pitcher was
ever squeezed into. Baker had one
man down. a man on third and one
on second At this critical stage Of
proceedings when II looked as II a
hit would mean victory. the Baker
batter met the ball square on the
nose and started a line drive right
over the pitchers head for center
field, and so hot that 1t sizzled as It
cut through the air.
Tally" a Hero.
BY all the rules. regulations and es-
tablished precedents. 1t was good for
anything from a two bagger to a
home run. But before the fans hard
| ly had time to get sick, Taliaferro
showed that Teddy Roosevelt or Bob
La Toilette are not the only people
on earth who can break established
precedents for he reachd up his init
and stabbed It, quickly recovering
from his surprise he whirled and
i sent 1t down to third in time to catch
the runner who had started to walk
leisurely home for the winning run,
and retired the side.
Sudden and awful grief on the part
of hundred crazy fans who were
hugging the sidelines out by first
base, was suddenly turned into JOY
and they could have hugged Taliafer-
ro in their relief.
But the game was not yet won.
Pendleton came to bat with King on
deck. Jerry nearly always manages
to find the ball, but his results are
invariably flies which are gobbled up
by the felders like go many hungry
chameleons. Such was the result OF
his advent this time and he was soon
on the bench.
McCool Makes Good.
McCool, who for the first few times
after he had been introduced by
Manager Lorimer did nothing better
than fan the air about as fast as he
came up, but who has been mauline
the cover off the ball during the past
two games, was the next man. He
had already made two hits during the
game and the long drive which he
sent far out into the right center
garden looked like another, but the
right fielder succeeded In getting
near enough to 1t to spoil a hit fol
the batter and register an error fol
himself. but not close enough to re-
tire the runner and McCool was seat
ed on first.
|, Here was where Taliaferro put the
Hast Jewel in his halo by sending ou
a hot one, which was a cross between
; liner and a grounder and which
went sizzling past the first basemar
and left fielder clear out to the fence
allowing McCool to sprint around the
remaining three intervening spaces
for the victorious run. .
/ Three Good Games.
, For the last three games, all o.
which have gone to Pendleton, the two
teams have been playing gllt-edg'
/ ball. Sundays contest was won by {
margin OF two, while the other two
, we're scratch victories and made onlI
, after the hardest kind Of playing ant
n with the fans calling frantically fol
, the men to do their best.
, Though Baker still occupies thu
! cellar position, she Is represented BY
, strong team and. one that may ye
make an interesting race for the TOT
! Of the ladder. That Lorimer's play
! ers will be able to break even will
J Baker on the latter's home groundl
this week, is the best that the mos
, devoted fan can hope for after see
! ing the last three games.
PendletOn IL Second.
J Pendleton ls now perched securely
in second place and II the winning
j streak can be continued and La
Grande given shove toward the
basement, the chances for topping
the list will soon be good.
Happy" Boewer, who has been re-
ceIving the offerings Of Taliaferro and
Aubin since Sunday will not be with