East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-05-12
BUCKS AND SPUDS BREAK EVEN IN
DOUBLE HEADER PLAYED YESTERDAY

The Buckarooes and Spuds divid-
ed honors on the baseball field yes
terday, the morning game being TAX
en- by the home squad by 10 to 2
score and the afternoon affair going
to the visitors IL to 6. Unhittable
pitching on the one side backed by
good support and inferior slabwork
combined with ragged fielding on the
other tells the story. of both games.
Pendeton won in the morning be-
cause Mr.. Wheeler Osborne was an
| enigma With the exception of one
bad inning in which he issued two
passes and allowed a couple of hits,
he had the slugging Spuds at his
mercy. on the other hand MOeller,
another one of Kings southpaws, was
his own undoing. When he would not
permit hits, he contributed passes,
wild pitches and errors and when he
was not wild he was bumped.
! Fitchner the smoke artist cast off
recently by Nick Williams, was half of
the undoing of the Bucks in the after
noon and their own cumbersome play
| ing contribted the other half. Despite
the fact that ten walks were given
them by the erratic speed specialist,
| they could not hit his slants and bend
ers effectively and, while their own
pitchers were being pounded hard,
they contributed enough errors to en-
able the Spuds to walk away with
their second victory of the week
Even at that the victory was not defi-
int n O
when, with only a one run lead, La
lGrande FOUNDER Berger for four more
markers.
Morning Game.
The morning game was a scoreless
affair until the third when Moeller
simply handed the Bucks a two piece
without aid of a hit. He issued two
passes, delivered two wild pitches and
contributed two errors all of which
were good for the aforesaid two. Os-
borne's one bad inning was the fourth
AFTER walking two men and allowing
single, he got himself in a hole
pitc g to Naughton and had to
groove he ball The batter respond
ed wit two sack clout over first
base whi.n sent in two runners.
The gam remained tied up until
the fifth whc7 four errors and a two
ply swat by La1ell gave the Bucks an
other couplet. IN the sixth a compli-
mentary, a triple by Dougherty, ar
error by Beck, a sacrifice by RAIDER
sigle by McKune and another two
| bagger by Lodell registered three
more. Osborne's fluke triple followed
| by Dougherty's bingle and Beck's err
| ror sent two more around in thu
seventh and the tenth and last score
| was made in the eighth on Beck!
third error of the day followed b!
two base clout by Byrnes.
| The Afternoon Game.
1 The afternoon game was a close af
| fair during the first half and at vari
II Gus times during the last half Kraus'
Il who started for Pendleton, was wilC
Il but managed to extricate himsel
II from several bad holes. In the sec
Il ond La Grande earned score off him
II Walters singing after Peterson ha'
II tripled. Pendleton had taken one IL
II the opener, an error by COrbin, tn
II only error made by La Grande dur
II ing the game, and two hits, both o
II which befuddled the outfielders s.
/ that they permitted them to drop un
II touched doing the work.
II The game remained at this stag
Il until the fifth when two Spuds ram
II the ball. With two down KIM
II doubled .Naughton laid the ball dow
II to McKune and Terry mussed it UP
II permitting King to score and Naugh
II to to reach second from which sta
II ton he was registered by two bas
II clout to right field. Pendleton jump
II ed back into the lead in the sixth b.
II taking a trio. Fitchner walked Vari
II an and McKune and then Lodell go
II his third two sacker of the day, scor
II ing Varian. McKune was caught a
II the plate when Byrnes laid the bal
II to second but with two down, Aug
i ustus delivered a pinch hit whicl
scored two runs.
= The Spuds came back strong. KIM
walked, Naughton hit, Peterson fan
p ned but King came home when Aug
ustus overthrew first base. A two
j ply swat by Walters registered Nau
e ghton and Fitchner's single scoret
u Walters. At this juncture Berge
. went in. He made bad peg to sec
j ond in trying to catch Fitchner which
moved the pitcher on to third from
which bag Corbin's hit over thir'
a., brought him in. Four scores in al
and the score was seven to four.
" Pendleton could do nothing in th'
seventh but in the eighth managed t
get Fitchner's goat temporarily. H.
5 walked three men which, with sac
rifice and a hit by Byrnes, put tive
men over but that was all.
To make certain of victory, th
= Spuds jumped on Berger with a ven
! geance in the ninth. Four straigh
A hits, two of them bunts, and a sacri
q flee added four to their string anC
$ that was the end of it for Pendletor
l could do nothing but get man t.
first on a walk in their half Of thu
4 final frame.
Z Morning Game