East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-15
Newsy Notes From
the Sporting World

The finish was one which tried the
souls of players and spectators alike.
With the score four to two against
them aqtd with two down, the
Buckarooes by desperate measures
put one man across the plate and an
other on first. Then Osborne was
sent in to bat for Garrett and he
slammed the ball for a long drive in
to the right garden. The crowd was
until Swanson had plucked it out of
the sky and ended the game.
The work of Umpire Phil Knell was
one of the pleasing features of the
game and he won the hearts of the
fans by working harder than any of
the players. Nothing escaped his
eye and no objection was taken to
any of his decisions.
Story of the Game.
Walla Walla had absolutely no
chance during the first five cantoes,
Garrett pitching superb ball and re-
firing the batters in one, two, three
order. In the second. things looked
bit bad for a moment. but only for
a moment. Brown. whose reputation
as a swatter is well known here by
reason of his performances with the
Athena team last year, clouted out
two sacker as the first man up in this
frame. Swanson was struck out and
then Martini drove hard line drive
toward second. 1t looked like a safe
hit but Nadeau was on the job, and,
after getting it in his mits, completed
an unassisted double by stepping on
second and retiring Brown. who, with
the first crack of the ball, had hot
footed it for third.
The locals started things right in
the second. Nadeau. first up, made
a clean bingle, stole second and came
home a moment later when one of
Leonard's slants got past Brown. Or
he would have been allowed
but one base, but the ball did not hit
the backstop and, when Brown show
ed an inclination to loaf in going af-
ter it, Nadeau seized the opportunity
to be on his way to the plate Wilson
flew out to left field and then Men
sor drew a pass, to be brought home
an instant later by Pembrookes sing
ing three bagger. The next two
men died and the Pendleton back
stop was left on third
In the third, Pendleton lost a beau
tiful chance to take another when
RAIDER, after singing the pill for
three bases, was pushed home by his
coacher when Robinson laid an easy
one toward second. The ball was
whipped to Brown, who easily inter-
cepted RAIDER before he reached the
pan.
In the first of the sixth. the Bears
evened things up as before stated, by
virtue of Strands two bagger and
Leonard's home run. In their half,
the Buckarooes could no nothing.
In the seventh, with two men down,
Garrett in his endeavors to strike
out Martini, issued him a pass. Then
came the only error of the game
when Nadeau fumbled Stands ground
ball, thus enabling that erstwhile ce-
ebrity to land safe and giving Mar
I'M safe trip to third. Then Roch-
IN, Manager Whites new acquisition,
proved equal to the responsibility
'ver third, scoring Martini. In their
lalf the locals were blanked, though
Mensor singled and was sacrificed to
second by Pembroke.
Walla Walla went down fast in
he eighth and again the Buckarooes
ried valiantly to tie the score and
his time put a man on third by Ra-
ler's hit. a sacrifice by Robinson and |
| ground ball by Lodell Nadeau,
however, failed to come through with |
he timely swat and the score re-
NAMED the same.
The Bears last tally was annexed
n the final canto when with one
iown, Swanson doubled and was sent
0 third by Martins single. Strand
hen laid down the ball to Augustus |
Who attempted to retire the side by
double instead of trying to cut off |
swanson at the pan. He almost sue |
eeded, Martini being forced at sec
nd and Nadeau relaying the ball to |
irst only a second too late to catch |
strand.
When CARROTS men came to bat in |
heir half of the ninth the excitement |
vas intense. Wilson, first up, sin
lied, but was forced out at second |
moment later when Mensor laid the |
'a.l down to Beck. Then after Penn
,rooke had gone out on a fly to Mar
mi and with Augustus at the bat |
iensor made two daring thefts, steal |
ng both second and third. He scored |
moment later when Augustus
cratched hit over second Osborne
vas sent in to do bat duty for Garrett
and though he met the ball squarely
'n the nose, Swanson was camped
where the pellet dropped and ended