East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-27

| band, mounted cowboys and cowirls,
automobiles and buggles, preceded the
game and led the way to the
grounds. The attendance was ex-
ceedingly large for a town the size
| of Echo and enthusiasm ran riot.
Rooters from Pendleton We'd with the
home rooters in encouraging their
team and this ravalry caused a good
deal of money to change hands before
the game was over. Following the
game Daredevil Davis made a balloon
| ascensions as had been advertised.
The day was perfect and the big gas
bag scared straight upward until the
daring man on the trapeze was but
a speck. When he cut loose he made
rapid drop for some distance be-
fore the parachute unfolded, after
which his descent was slow and
graceful.
Story OF the Game.
Promptly at 1:15, President r.. b.
Stanfield Of the Echo league, advanced
to the pitchers box on the call Of
Umpire Van Winkle and delivered the
first ball over the plate. Il. a. Der
rll president of the Echo firemen. re-
ceiving the sphere. Thereupon Dick
son, Nelson and Alexander advanced
to the plate, stick in hand ana We're
retired in rapid succession, the first
two by the strikeout route and the
last by a fly to short. When Echo
came to bat, the home fans were wild
with joy and their long green was
shaken in the faces of the Pendleton
supporters. However, their batters
got no further than did Pendleton's,
two perishing by tanning the breeze
and the other by ground ball to
pitcher.
The second inning was also a ciph
er one, but each team managed 70
get a man on the bags In the third
two of the Colts whitfield the ether
and another was caught at second. In
their half, Echo went down in one,
two, three order before Thompson's
puzzlers 1t was Echo's half of the
fourth canto that the scoring began.
Lundwell reached first wnen Leon
ard missed an easy fly, and stole
second. Thon went out at first but
Gilbert clouted out a two bagger,
bringing Lundwell 10 the tally pan. He
himself went to third on a ground
bail by Hoskins and raced home on
passed ball That ended Echo's
scoring for the game.
Pendleton never had a chance to
score until the seventh. Dickson,
first man up, brought wild shouts Of
joy from the Pendleton contingent
by swinging on hign one and send
ing It over the left field fence for
home run. Nelson bunted and beat
the ball TO first, but was caught try
ing to purloin the second bag and the
next two men struck out. IN their
half Of this canto, the Lizards got a
man to third, but Thompson held
him to the bag and struck out the
next two men, retiring the side. This
was their last chance to score.
In the eighth came a balloon as
cension not advertised on the pro-
gram. Pulcipher supplanted Lehman
in the box and the Colts met the new
mans slants with a vengeance. Burns
opened up the fireworks by a cork
ing two bagger. Thompson died by
the strikeout route but Blough fol-
lowed with another two base nit.
sending Burns to the plate. Ward
sent one out to center rield which
was fumbied. allowing him to reach
second and Blough 10 take home.
Milne, batting for Leonard, struckout.
Dickson poked out a clean single,
bringing in Ward and ending the
days scoring. In the ninth, Pendle-
ton filled the bags but Pulcipher got
himself out of the hole neatly.