East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-05-02

1t was simply a plain case of a
crowd and an opposing team captur-
ing the angora of a pitcher. With
the score in yesterdays game tied at
four and four in the last of the ninth,
Pittman allowed his goat to be las
seed and hogtied, and the rest was
easy as swallowing an oyster. He
simply issued enough complimentaries
to put the winning run over the plate
1t was pathetic ending to a game
that kept the fans on their toes and
their voices working vociferously And
in that final frame after Boise had
failed to put one over with the bases
full, the grandstand and bleachers
became a wild pandemonium when
the Buckarooes came to bat. The
hu.labaloo shook the nerves of Pitt
man and his control was lost in the
Besides contributing a
balk, he allowed one hit and walked
three men in succession and thus
brought about his own defeat.
The score really should never have
been tied up for McKune's men had
the game salted down four to nothing
until an unfortunate sixth inning per-
mitted the Irrigators to speed a quar-
tet around the bags. Wells. who
started the game, went into the air
this frame after Augustus had put
him in a hole and Osborne was sent
to the firing line in the seventh, and
by battling crooks succeeded in saw
ing the bacon.
For three innings the game was a
scoreless affair and the fans settled
down to see a game of class. Each
team succeeded in getting men on
bases in these cantoes, but effective
pitching in the pinches and strong
support prevented any from getting
across.
Varion scores First.
In the fourth, the Terrymen broke
into the score box and pilfered tai
ly. Varian laid a hot one through
second which steaIed so that neith-
er Ralms nor Gimlin could get their
fingers On it and before the ball was
finally brought back to the diamond.
the centerfi ,lder's winged heels had
carried him to third, from which sta
ton a neat bingle by the manager
himself sent h..l to the pan.
Boise almost evened things up in
the fifth and was only thwarted by
Varians pegging arm. Two hits had
placed men on second and third and
Reams lifted a long fly to center. Va
rian gathered 1t in and whipped the
ball home in time to catch Chapman,
thus completing a double.
An error by Aftermath followed by
triples from the bats of Dousherty
and Cowan and single by Varian
netted the Bucks three more In the
fifth and with this lead everyone
felt safe and secure of another VIC
tory.
Up in die Air.
However, the fates decreed other
wise. Wells hit Aftermath. the first
man up in the sixth, and, after Case
had. flied out. Friene hit safely, Gin
lin laid hot one down to Terry and
IT looked like an easy double. Nc
Kune WHIPPED the ball to Augustus at
second but, as the later jerked back
his arm to snap it down to first, the
pill slipped from his grasp and all
were safe with one run counted. Then
Wells scared a little. He permitted
Gard to single to center, scoring two
more though Varian's peg home al
most prevented one Chapman struck
ont his third hit of the day and Gard
registered. For a time it looked as
If the fireworks would not end there
for befo-e the third out was MADE,
Wells shot over a couple of wild
pitches that carried Chapman TO
third. However Clark grounded out
and the score was only tied.
Pittman Working Good.
Encouraged by the rally of his
teammates. Pittman settled down to
real work and for three innings
pitched better ball than he did at
first. Osborne took up the box duty
for the Bucks in the seventh and
though the first man up got a hit
and the next sacrifice. he retired
the side by a couple of flies. In the
eighth it was easy for him as he had
the tailend of the batting order fac
ing him. but in the ninth he got him
self in a hole, by the help of an
error bv Augustus that almost gave
the fans heart failure before he end
ed the agony by three strikeouts. He
had walked couple and struck out
a couple when Augustus mussed one
up and filled the bases. 1t was
Boise's chance to win for the mighty
Friene was at the bat, Friene, whose
batting has been a feature of nearly
avo~v oame in which Boise has par
ticipated.
Casey at the Bat.
Like Hector of old, he seized his
warclub and went forth to free his
people. 1t was a nervous moment for
the crowd. Not voice croaked forth
from the bleachers or grandstand. The
suspense was awful. Osborne wound
ID his arm and unjointed 1t for bad
nook. BALL one," shouted the jumps.
The next one never quavered but 1t
,ut In so close to Friene's neck that he
lever tried for 1t. Strike one."
,awled the arbiter. Then there was
mother ball and then Friene tickled
me. 1t was two and two. Osborne
ranked up again and the slugger
,riped his bat to redeem his team. He
wung mighty blow that would
lave landed the pellet in the river
lad he connected, but-he never con-