East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-27
PENDtETON GETS EVEN
BREAK WITH WAlLA
WALlA BEARS
YESTERDAYS GAME LOOKED
LIKE DEFEAT UNTIL NINTH
INNING.
Home Run swat Changes Whole
Program and BuckarOOes Win TO
Amid wild Outburst OF Fans-
Climax Most Sensational OF Any
Game Of Season-GloOm Turned TO
JOY.


Given situation something IKE
this: Last half of the ninth inning
the home team two runs behind, the
first batter an easy out and the fans
tarting to leave for town with their
dauber down. Then imagine home
run swat cutting down half the lead
in one fell blow, then a scorching SIN
gle. and another and still another
with the tying run coming home and
leaving two men on. And then PIC
ture a hard-hit ball skipping along
the ground In the direction OF second
base and neatly evading the hands
that would gather 1t In and thereby
enabling the winning run to be reg
istered. Imagine all this, ye fan who
let a little rain dampen your ardor'
and then you will know what finish
you missed yesterday at Roundup
Park when the Buckarooes made II an
even split on the series with Waiia
Walla.
The final score was Pendleton 8,
walla walla Z. and during the two
hours 1t took to ring up those fifteen
markers. there were many alternat-
ing Joys and glooms for both the To-
cal fans and for those Walla Walia
enthusiasts who made their way over
in spite of the rain.
The game opened with two cast
offs opposed. Mcclure, recently re-
leased by Pendleton, was doing mound
duty for the Bears, while Lefty Shroe.
der. at one time a Bear, started the
chucking for the Bucks. Mcclure got
off with q bad start His former
teammates found his offerings In the
first three innings for quite num-
Der Of basehits and. with the aid OF
a wildpitch and an overthrow Of first,
both Of which were good for scores.
they pounded the pentagon five times
in the first three frames.
Shroedsr q invincible during the
first five chapters. True. In the Sec
.ond Sheely did connect with a ben
der for a homerun but still he was
never in danger for his teammates
had given him four-run lead. Bu'
in the sixth the inexplicable happen
ed The curves, hooks and shoots
that had been unfathomable sudden
" became easy for the Bears. In
rapid succession they bruised the bull
let for five safe blows and the fifth
was another circuit wallop from Shee'
ley's bat. These hits were good fol-
four runs. tying up the game, and
but for the fact that Lundstrun was
caught off first after scoring two runs
there would have been another taily
Mcclure got to going better after
the third, though in the fifth more
scores by Pendleton were narrow,
averted. In the sixtr and seventh he
moved the Buck batters down fast
Then came the first of the eighth
Shredder had come back strong In the
seventh but Johnon. first up in tho
eighth, licked him for a safe one
and thereupon, he gave Lundstrun
four wide ones. At this Juncture
senner was sent to the firing line
Sheely sacrificed both runners along
Schmitt hit an easy one toward Sen
ner. but that youthful one, much ex
cited. mussed 1t up. permitting John
son to score and Schmitt to get on
Wallace lifted fly to Varian ant
Lundstrum beat the throw to the plate
by virtue of leaving third few sec
ondonds before the ball was caught
The Pendleton players missed tina
part Of II else the score would no
have counted for Umps Russ Hall saw
II. Schmitt. who had stolen second