East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-11
COLTS LOSE GAME
TO WALLA WALLA
WON BY VISITORS
IN LAST INNING
Three Runs Chased in Makes Score ;
to 2-Garien City Boys Threaten to
Walk OFF Field In Eighth-Both
Pitchers I'm Good Form.

A handful of local fans yesterday
witnessed the Pendleton Colts bow be-
fore Bade's Mixtures of Walla Walla
by the score of to and the majority
of them left the game with a bad
taste in their mouths. Several ele-
ments contributed to this unpleasant
sensation. In the first place they had
been entertained for eight innings
with gilt edged exhibition and were
then forced to witness a finale that
would have fallen a few meters short
of doing credit to the newsboys'
league. And then in the latter part
of the eighth they were treated to a
milk bottle melodrama by the Garden
City hopefuls when these latter
walked off the field on a disputed de-
cision and were only coaxed back by
the local boys surrendering their
rights. And then to cap it all these
supporters of the game were forced
to watch an umpire, whose knowledge
of baseball was about as limited as a
sowbug's education in aeronautics. at
tempt to officiate in a fair and i'm
partial manner. With these three in
gradients sprinkled in the porridge, II
was not to be wondered that some of
the fans experienced an acute attack
of heartburn and indigestion after par
taking.
In spite of these unsavory elements
the contest was at times decidedly In
teresting. Both Sturgis and Van
Nahmen were in fine form and kept
the opposing batters more or less
mystified throughout Few hits were
secured and few errors were made so
that the fans had no complaint to
make until after Pendleton had tied
the score in the eighth which marked
the end of the good part of the game.
Game in Detail.
For the first three innings neither
team could make a circuit as Zach
pitcher was sending over benders that
were battling. But in the last half
of the fourth, the Colts sent a runner
to the rubber. Dickson, first up.
picked off the first hit of the game,
corking two base drive over first
base. Nelson laid down a beautiful
bunt. sacrificing Dickson to the
third bag and Powelrs hot one to
short brought in the score. Powell
reached first when he received a bball
mediately purloined second and Baker
reached forst when he received a ball
IN the Stats. A double steal was neat
~ executed then and IL looked as II
there would be more scoring but Ward
and Harlan both whitfield the breezes
retiring the side.
W1lla WaIIo oa,,o
OF the sixth by chasing in a couple.
With one down, Van Nahmen sent
single into the right garden and was
advanced to second by a scratch hit
by Blackman. Wickersham then laid
down a bunt which Sturgis heaved
wildly, allowing one runner to ring
the gong. Siegrest then sent a scorch-
er to second and Powell made a beau
tiful stop but failed to catch the run
ner at home. The next two men went
down easily and there was no more
scoring until the last half of the
eighth when Pendleton even UP mat
ters Hayes, first up, reached first
when Bade mishandled the ball and
was sacrificed to second by Leonard
Powell, who was running for Hayes
took third on the same play by dar-
ing slide and raced to the lime plat
ter when Dickson laid a pretty bunt
down the third base line. Nelson
came to bat and received one of Pitch
er Van Nahmen's shoots squarely on
the forehead. Umpire Sullivan gave
him his base, but the Garden City
players contended that Nelson had
batted at the ball which had struck
him and was, according to the rules,
out. 1t looked like the game would
be won by forfeit as the visitors put
on their coats and started off the field.
However, they consented to finish the
game when the Colts gave in to them
and took the field.
Then 1t was that the game was won
and lost. ORourke was hit by
pitched ball and got first. Hansen,
batting for McCool, laid down a bunt
which Sturgis threw far into center
field, allowing runner to reach home.
Hansen took third on a wild pitch
and came home on a bunt by Seach-
ris. Bade then lined out two bagger
sending the last run to the rubber.
Pendleton could no nothing in her half
and the game was ended.
The two teams will probably meet