East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-05-09
BUCKAROOES PLAY BIG LEAGUE
BALL AND EAT UP SPUDS AGAIN

Playing like bunch of Phillies out
after pennant, Terry McKunes s
Buckarooes yesterday afternoon treat
ed the fans to a real baseball feast
during the nine innings in which they
worked five men around the circuit
while La Grande was putting over
lonesome. They played the game for
all it was worth and they had to, for
Browning, the elongated Spud on the
slab, was wont to be real parsmonious
with his hits, while their own mound
man, Wells, was inclined to be wild.
While two errors by Kings men did
their part in helping two men around,
those other three scores, sufficient in
themselves to win the game, were ta-
ken from that stingy pitcher by clev-
er batting and patchwork.
But it was not in the field that the
Bucks demonstrated their big league
class. They not only gave Wells err
rorless support but they pulled him
out of all holes by superb fielding
Three fast doubles were executed and
three times Jimmy Byrnes, the new
Pendleton catcher, snappd the ball
to bases in time to catch out runners.
And nobody knows just how much
this same man Byrnes war responsible
for the ginger of his teammates. His
work behind the plate seemed to in
still confidence in the whole team and
the boys We're up on their toes at all
times
The first score was showed across
in the last half of the initial frame.
Dougherty, first up, was struck by a
bender and Cowan laid down bunt
which went for a hit when Browning
shot the ball secondward too late. Ra-
der sacrificed both men along and
then Varian poled out a long fly to
center, Dougherty scoring on the
THROWN. A high foul from McKune's s
bat ended the inning.
The Spuds made 1t one and one in
the second and incidentally made
things look a little dubious by the way
they We're connecting with Wells
slants. Nadeau commenced things
by singing to center and was sacri-
ficed to second by King. Naughton
thtreupon delivered a timely swat
W iilNu sent liillp ~ NAlN iNDpNA
Naughton tried to pilfer second but
Byrnes threw him out by ten feet
Peterson drew four wide ones and
Walters hit safely to left, only to be
| caught off first by snap throw from
Byrnes. The pegging of the new
| catcher in this canto when things were
going badly for his battery mate. fill
ed the fans with enthusiasm and thu
Buckarooes with life.
1t was in the third that the locals
put the game on ice, and the war
clubs Of Dougherty and RAIDER wer
responsible. The former drove ont in
to right field near the foul line which
King missed after hard try.
1t was good for two bases and joe
purloined the third. Then after Cow
an had fouled out. Raiders willow
drove the ball between center and lef
! Just out of reach of Nadeau's paw:
and it was good for the complete cir
cult. ~
The other couplet of markers were
hung up in the sixth. With McKunC
on second by hit and a steal ano
two men down. Naughton mussed VI
one which Byrnes land down his wa!
and there was a man on second anC
one on third. Byrnes stole second
and the signal for squeeze was
flashed after Augustus had whiskeC
the breeze a couple of times. Nc
Kune beat it for the plate and Au
gustus met the ball with perfec
bunt just out of reach of the pitcher
| His speed put him safely on first anc
at the same time Byrnes was coming
home, Beck contributed his custo
mary wild peg to the plate and anoth
er bell was rung.
La Grande had chances in th'
| fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eight
but all perished without materializ
ing.