East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
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a little hard luck and some close de-
cisions against him all contributed.
Not that We desire Walla Walla
any i'll luck but we might be pardon
ed for expressing the wish that Joe
John had kept Cotton Harmon when
he had him. He is altogether too
handy with the stick and in the field
as we'll as on the paths to be in the
Bear lineup, especially when the
Bears are pitted against the Buck
arooes.
During batting practice yesterday,
Osborne threw bat and Wilson's leg
the bludgeon struck. A deep cash
was cut and the catcher-fielder was
forced to leave the field. More luck.
Speaking of wells. Phil Nadeau and
Cotton Harmon-well.
Nadeau pulled off the most sensa-
tional and spectacular catch of the
season yesterday when he caught
Thompson's long fly over center while
lying flat on his back He had just
got under the descending globule
when he stumbled and fell, but he
kept his NIT in line and did what
seemed the impossible. He received
an ovation both from the grandstand
and players. oh, you Phil.
to, 81, in
field that is playing with Walla Wal
la since the last time the Bears gam
boiled on the local sward Also. be
it said, it is a much faster infield.
| Thompson at first, Davis at short and
Jones at second, assist Thirdbaseman
Childers in making a stone wall.
Jones cut off two Pendleton runs
when he speared Nadeau's drive over
completed a double, retiring the side.
1t was a great catch and the grand
stand, while disappointed, gave Bud
die a good hand.
That four-ply swat made by Thomp-
son tied up the game and that healthy
drive of Harmon sewed it up tight.
incidentally, Harmon's hit recalled
just such a similar one he made last
year when playing with Athena
! against Pendleton.
Berger only allowed five clean hits.
The three others registered against
him were measly scratches. two being
bunts and one a slow hit ball to short.
Whoever dubbed Kelly the hardluck
! pitcher of the league had better take
another guess. Every man on the
Pendleton team yesterday clouted his
offerings hard and it was largely a
matter of luck that more of them
/ were not safe.
Manager Bade is wearing one of
| those genial, complacent, self-satisfied
smiles which no amount of kidding
from the grandstand can change.
/ Well. he sure has a smile coming
/ for that rag called the pennant is al
ready fluttering caressingly close to
I him.
| Though he faced the pitcher four
| times, Busher Brown only appears
| once at bat. Twice he drew pass
and once came through with suicid-
/ al hit.
| La Grande has dismissed her four
highest salaried players, Manager
Barry. Hap Smith. Pitchers McIvor
and Remington, and intends to fin
ish the season with her present team.
| The La Grande fans are loyal and
game, but they don't intend squander-
| ing money on a losing team Its dol
lars to doughnuts they will come back
next year with a team that will start
off at liyelier clip.
The Walla Walla Union declares
that $50 is a pretty poor crowd for
an opening day in Pendleton. The
last census shows that Walla Walla is
more than four times as large as PEN
dleton but If six hundred people ever
witnessed an opening game or any
other game with the exception of
those on Sundays or holidays in the
Garden City the official reports to
the secretary fail to show it.
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