East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
PENDLETON HIGH Wins FIRST GAME OF THE
SEASON FROM OLD RIVALS, LA GRANDE, BY
SCORE OF q TO 3 At ROUNDUP GROUNDS
Superior Playing By Local Squad Marks Game ThoughouLa Grande
Shows Little Better Kicking Department But Fails to Stop Fierce
Line PIunges of PendIeton High

Clearly superior the Pendleton high
school footballists trlumphed yester-
day afternoon at Roundup Park over
their old foes from La Grande by the
decisive score of 81 to and had
they been able to play with the dash
and speed they shove; in the last
quarter, the score would undoubtedly
have been larger
With all their victory. the game
showed Yesterday that the local high
Will have TO be considerably more
seasoned before they can hope to win
over Baker They have the stuff. in
divdually and collectively. and Coach
Asbahr has developed their offense
and defense. but the men themselves
were in poor condition and were un
able to travel at fast pace until the
last few minutes of the game.
The La Grande boys We're in better
shape than the locals and they out
classed Pendleton in the kicking de-
partment, but in no otner particular
were they equal to Asbahr's prote-
ges. They could nor stop the fierce
line plunges Of the PendletOn backs
nor could their backs pierce the stone
wall defense of the locals This same
/ defense is the most hopeful sign about
the Pendleton team, and reflects
great credit upon the coach, for in
previous years the weakest thing
Z about the Pendleton team was it's de-
fenslve line. Rugg at center. Fried
ley and Krebs at the guard positions
and Captain Russell and Straughn at
tackles proved quintet of quick
chargers, and, save for a few plays in
the third quarter they yielded not a
yard to the opposing backs.
The great and only real feature OF
the game was the playing of Fred
! HOskins, the Echo boy, at fullback
on the PendletOn team. 1t was his
first game of football and Monday was
the first day he had ever worn a SET
of moleskins. But ne seemed to have
gathered as much of the rudiments OF
the game in that time as most boys
do in two years of playing. Time and
/ again he was given the ball and tore
through the crumbling La Grande line
for five, ten and fifteen yard gains
He couldn't be stopped and his indi-
vidual gains alone were enough to
spell defeat for the visitors.
Hoskins. as ground gamer. was
ably supported by kirkpatrick. Nc
Donald and Jordan. kirkpatrick
next to the Echo boy was the best
yardage maker and several of his
runs were of the sensational order
Mcdonald was most too light for a
line plunger but squirmed his way
through the opposing tacklers FIRE.
quently for good gains. Jordan~
best work was in his coolheaded judg-
ment but he also carried the ball to
| good advantage.
For a sick man. Brock played a
| plucky and brilliant game at end and
showed that he has the makings of a
star. Sturtevant showed to the best
advantage in breaking up the forward
passes of the visitors
For La Grande, Conkey, Hunter
Rosenbaum and Oliver all figured In
the limelight. Hunter received a hard
/ crack in the neck in the last quarter
| and had to be taken from the game
The first quarter ended without any
| apparent advantage and it began &c
look like a scoreless game. In the
second quarter, though, their super.