East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-03
BUCKAROOES TRIM
PENNANT winners
TAKE GAME FROM MILLERS
BY SCORE OF TWO TO ONE
Close Decision in Ninth Makes Athe-
mans mad-Bcrger Twirls Won
derful Game-Locals Superior in
Every Department.


derful Game-Locais Superior in
Every Department.
In a splendid game with an un-
fortunate ending, Joe Berger, pre-
mier twirler of the Blue Mountain
league, completed his unbroken
string of victories yesterday and
landed Pendleton in third place in
the final standing of the teams. The
score at the conclusion was 2 to l
but only a close decision prevented
il from being tied in the ninth and
in consequence the pennant winners
went home with anger in their hearts.
The score stood to in favor of
the Buckarooes when Athena came
to bat in the ninth. Lankard, first
up, laid slow one down the third
baseline which Dickson fumbled for
Pendleton's first and only error of
the game. The next two men famed
the breezes and Beck, following, was
two-thirds of the way on the same
route when one of Berger's bend
ers caught him in the anatomy with
the result that he was placed on
ond. Cotton" Harmon, borrowed
from Walla Walla, took the bat and,
although he had struck out three
times before, he laid it against the
horsehide for a long hard drive over
left fielder.
The Way OF Ii.
Lankard raced home and Owens.
running for Beck, rounded third and
was on his way to the home plate
when the ball was relayed TO third
in time to catch Harmon who was
attempting to stretch his hit into a
three sacker. The question arose as
to whether owens reached home be-
| fore Harmon was put out. The
umpire ruled that he did not and his
decision was confirmed by the offici-
al scorer. The game was. there
fore, over but for fifteen minutes
players and fans surged about the
ground in violent dispute. Consider
able money had been wagered and
the losers of their coin We're the loud
est in their protests.
There has been much street argu-
ment over the decision since and it
will probably always be a mooted
question. 1t is doubtful if there were
many in the crowd who We're watch
/ ing both plays at the same time but
| those who were are unanimous in
concurring in the decision Penn
brook, the local catcher, was in a
better position than any to judge and
he is emphatie in asserting that
Owens was ten feet away from home
when Harmon was tagged. 1t is GER
tain that he had plenty of time to
register but after rounding third he
slowed up and was looking back
while Harmon, one of the speediest
baserunners in the league, was tear
ing up the path to third.
BerSer's Great Feat.
To Berger belongs the great glory
of winning the game although he
had errorless support up until the
last canto when lone bungle was
made. Twenty batters who faced
him drew strikeouts, eleven of them
in succession which is a truly phe-
nomenal record especially with one
of the hardest hitting teams in the
league opposed. Only two hits were
taken off his delivery and only one
man landed on the initial sack up
until the ninth lining. Berger has
won every game since he went into
the box for Pendleton six weeks ago
and as result of f/s wonderful rec
ord, he has received flattering offers.
1t is reported on good authority that
Manager Joe Cohen of Spokane was
in the grandstand yesterday to watch
his performance
Frink Gets Bumps.
Soldier" Frink, who has been
largely responsible for Athena's sue
cess during the season, came in for
his bumps yesterday. Seven safb
ones We're registered off him and he
got but five strikeouts.
There is no question but that Pen
dleton outplayed Athena in every de-
partment of the game and it was un-
fortunate that the ninth ended as it
did.
How Pcndleton Scored.
Pendleton's scores came in the Sec
ond and in the seventh. Pembrook
made the first. He reached first
when Lankard let low throw pass
him and went to second on
the same play Berger and Dick
son both tried to bring him home but
both failed to connect. Pembroke
however. reached third on a passed
ball and when Sturgis beat out an
infield hit he raced home. The Sec
ond run came as result of safe hits
by Shaffer and Bliss.
The only spectacular fielding fea-
ture was Sturgis' catch of lefty"
Smiths long fly into the right gar
den.
The final standing of the Blue
Mountain league is as follows:
w. l.. Pct.
IL .733
Walla Walla .......... 10 5 .666
Pendleton .............9 900
Weston ............ 400
Milton :, '............ 10 1893
Echo ............. 1 IA .066
Tabulated Score