East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
Standing of the Teams.

Better games have been witnessed
by the local fans and bleacher gods
than that which was offered for their
amusement yesterday afternoon at the
Matlock grounds. Pendleton and
Athena, the two extremes in the per-
centage column, were the contestants
and the outcome did not change their
relative position. the score being II
to I with the little end belonging to
the visitors
1t was the first time these two
teams had clashed. but even at that
it was not thrill producer It ap-
peared from the way the locals got
off the mark that they would exhibit
fine form and cross the tape a league
or two ahead of the unfortunate cell
lar dwellers. but they encountered sew
eral obstacles to prevent record
breaking dash. In the first place,
Harlan was a bit wild at times. prob
ably due to a sore finger, and in sew
eral instances got himself and team
into n predicament 70 escape from
which required all the slants and
shoots in his repertoire. The. too,
the absence of Alexander and King
from the game and the consequent
shifting of men, put the bunch off
their balance at times with the result
that few costly errors We're chron-
icled. At one time the Athenans by
little luck and a batting rally crawl
ed up to within one score of the home
team and at the beginning of the sew
h. rl panH1atA,, <
Athena t.. Thereafter. however, Fra
zier's colts struck their pace and SIX
other marks were quickly added.
Game In Detail.
For the first three innings the vis-
itors were slaughtered in one, two,
three order not red suit reaching the
initial station. Pendleton. however.
started off with a great burst Of
steam. Dickson. first up in the first,
raped out n Texas Lacquer and Mel
son followed with a-bunt which so
confused the elongated southpaw> in
the box that the Battler reached first
while Dickson made a rapid passage
to third. RAIDER went down and Har-
Ian famed. but the third strike was
missed and the throw 70 first was bad
which let him land safely on the bag
Powell next faced the box and with
a mighty swat gave two men safe
trips to the home rubber This ended
the scoring for the inning. as the next
two up waved their sticks three times
without effect. In the second with
two men down, Dickson again clouted
out a single and stole second. Mel
son walked and while the Athenans
were making a vain .endeavcr to tag
a man between bases Dickson execut-
ed a sprint which ended on the tally
pan. In the first of the fourth II
looked as If the visitors had a chance.
Harlan walked the first two up and
the third raped out their first hit Of
the game which filled the bases Then
the light haired youth on the mound
pulled himself together and the next
three would-be saviours .of the day.
died in the batters' box after n valiant
struggle. In the local half of the
fourth two more runs were annexed
by the help of a few errors and the
| famous Nelson squeeze play. Athena
secured her first run I'm the fifth. due
| principally to errors. In the sixth
| however, Harlan had a bad inning and
! three hits and base on balls enabled
the visitors to chase three runners
around. for the circuit. In the sew
| enth two more runs were recorded by
| the home boys when RAIDER, Powell
and Hayes all connected safely with
| the horsehide sphere. In the eight
| the remaining four were added,
| and thanks are due to the
| Athena southpaw for his invaluable
assistance. Leonard. the first man
up. was given a free pass to the first
sack. and then Cronin got his leg
| in the way of a sharp bender, while
Dickson also drew a pass, filling the
bases. Nelson's single landed three
on the plate and another hit by
Powell finished the inning.
Pendleton. ABB. IT. r.
Dickson ...............4 a. 2
| Nelson .,..............4 2
RAIDER ........... 80 L
Harlan ...............6 0