East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-30
WESTON RETR|EvES
HER LOST HONOR
GAINS PINNACLE AGAIN
BY DEFEATING COLTS
Great Swatfest at Weston Results I'm
8 to 3 Victory for MOuntaineers-
Much Hitting Done and Several Err
rOrs Made.

Frazier's Colts have again fallen off
the platform of equality which they
have occupied on two separate occas-
ions with the Mountaineers of Wes-
ton. They did not step down with
any evident willingness but were
rudely pushed from their position
after a battle which lasted for over
two hours. The score Of to in
the game yesterday on the Weston
grounds tells why the change in the
percentage column and incidentally
explains the doubts which exist in the
minds of several Pendleton fans as to
whether the championship pennant
will ever float it's folds in the breezes
of the county seat.
How did it happen?" is a question
which perplexes good many Of the
local bugs who saw the slaughter,
and some of the answers are real
caustic and others are otherwise. If
a chemical analysis We're made Of the
dregs from which yesterdays defeat
was brewed, the elemental ingredients
would probably be found as follows
(1) Poor team work. large part; CD
One bunch of costly errors; (3) A
liberal proportion of a bumped
pitcher; (4) inferior baserunning,
modest allowance; 60 goodly
sprinkling of essence of bonehead;
CO. a perceptible quantity of raw de-
cisions, and CD dash of hard luck
No. / was undoubtedly due to the
shifting of the infield, as Harlan alone
was in his customary position. With
RAIDER and Collins out of the game,
Powell was removed from third to
short, and Dickson and Nelson came
in TO cover third and first Leonard
appeared at second in place of Alex
ander, ;.nd two new men, Strand and
Sheldon, were stationed in the out
gardens Although no more than the
usual number of errors were record
ed, they were made for the most part
at critical times, and meant runs.
No. may be accounted for by the
fact that Harlan was suffering from
a sore knuckle and attempted to di-
rect his balls with taped finger. No.
was partly due to lack of judgment
on the part of the Colts and partly to
the alertness of their rivals and the
superior peg of Catcher Keefe. 1t is
useless to attempt an explanation of
No. S. for such exhibitions are at once
inexplicable and inexcusable by
bunch of ardent fans.
To account for the presence of ele-
ment 40. 6, 1t would be necessary to
delve into the recesses of Umpire Car
tano's inner self but as such a pro-
ceeding would almost amount to
sacrilege, it is highly improbable that
the secret motive will ever be made
public. The hard luck portion is liable
to be present in any game and simply
signifies that the gods have been med
ding in the contest
Game i'm Detail.
The Colts led off with a most pro-
pitious beginning. After Dickson had
whitfield the ether Nelson raped out
bingle over second base and Pow
ell Immediately duplicated the deed,
and Nelson took third when the CEN
terfielder failed to stop the rolling
sphere Strand scored the two runs
when he popped out hit over third.
Ward struck out and Harlan was re-
tired at first. In their half of the
canto the Mountaineers came back
strong and took four for their oppon-
ents two. Keefe beat out an infield
hit and W. NorDean reached first
on an error A. NorDean, next up,
drove out a two bagger which scored
his two predecessors. Grove famed
out but Wheeler secured hit ad-
vancing A. NorDean to third. Blom-
gren carved the atmosphere for
strkeout, but w. O'Harra sent two
more runs over the rubber by neat
single. That ended the scoring for
the inning, as Barnes died at the
plate.
For the next four innings, Pendle-
| ton went down in one, two three or
| der, but the home team annexed an
| other brace of tallies in the third.
With one down Wheeler drew a pass,
and Blomgren laid on the ball for
single sending Wheeler to third. On
the next ball, Blomgren purloined sec
| ond. O'Harra laid the ball down
between first and second which Nell
son booted and left lying quietly where
| ii rolled while the two men on bases
romped to the home platter.
| Pendleton's second two came in the
| SlAli MUtl l'lChStil ltu OlL Win u
corking two base drive to deep center.
! Powell reached first by the error
,route, and both came home by the
assistance of another error and a
sacrifice hit.
In the last of the eighth, single
by O'Tfarra, a double by w. NorDean,
a triple by Keefe and couple of poll
ished errors gave three more Weston
/ players trips around the circuit. Then
with the score to 4 Pendleton came
up in the ninth for her last chance.
Strand raped out a single but rob-
bed himself of it by trying to cut first
base. Ward next up sent off a clean
hit and purloined the second bag,
Harlan famed the ozone, but Hayes
raped out his second hit scoring
Ward. Alexander went in to bat for
Sheldon and drove out the third hit
in succession. while Milne, who re-
placed Leonard at bat followed up
with another which scored Hayes.
With Dickson up things looked radi-
ant for the Colts but his high fly
dropped into a basket and the game
was ended.
Tabulated Score.
lPendleton ABB, r. 1B PO. A. e.
Dickson, Sb. ......5 0 1
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