East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-06
LEAGUE BALL WILL
HAVE ITS OPENING
IN CITY TUESDAY
Tomorrow is the Great Day and Pen
dIeton Buckerooes will Meet Baker
at Roundup Park,
AUTO PARADE IS ARRANGED
Every Car Owner In the City Is Urg-
ed to Be in the Line - Roundup
Band Will Lead the Procession
Joe Tallman Will Pitch First Ball,
Leon Cohen VIII Catch.

Joe Tallman Will Pitch First Ball,
Leon Cohen VIII Catch.
Tomorrow is the big spring holiday
for Pendleton, FOR 1t opens the base-
ball season. To celebrate the advent
Of the national pastime, the city will
forget politics and business, close up
shop and repair to Roundup Park
to cheer the Buckarooes on to VIC
tory. Ceremonies befitting the joy
GUS occasion have been arranged.
the weather god promises to furnish
balmy air and sunny skies. the PEN
dleton and Baker teams are eager to
be at each others throats. the fans
are thirsting for game like ROM
an populace for a gladiatorial COM
bat and, altogether, the stage Is set
for happy and exciting time.
An automobile parade will start
things in the afternoon. Director
Sam r. Thompson has been working
for week lining up cars and has the
promise of a great many. The invita-
ton to participate in the parade Is
open to every car owner. The parade
will form on the depot square at 3
O'Clock and will wind about the main
streets for half hour before leading
the way to the park. The Roundup
band in an autotruck will lead the
procession and following will be Pres
.ident r. W. Ritner of the Western
Tristate league. in his car. He will
carry the battery which will formal
" inaugurate the diamond festivities.
Joe Tallman. president Of the Com
mercial association, who will pitch
the first ball. and Leon Cohen, prom
inent merchant and director of the
baseball club who will be on the re-
ceiving end. President Harold H.
Clifford of the Baker team will also
DE an occupant of the car.
The stores will close their doors at
$40 and will remain closed the ball
ance of the day. practically all of the
merchants signing the agreement to
do so.
The opening of the game has been
postponed until o'clock in order that
everyone may be in their seats. The
schools will close In plenty OF time
to enable the boys and girls to get TO
the grounds and the management an
ncunces that IL has made a special
rate for them. High school students
will be admitted to the grandstand for
twenty-five cents and grade pupils
tor ten cents.
Mysterious" Mcclure will proba-
bly, be sent to the firing line for PEN
dleton. He has had more work than
any of the other twirlers this season
and has been showing great form thus
far. George White. the veteran
catcher, will be behind the bat. Cap
tain Lodell will be on first, Naughton
will be at second, Peterson at third
Bowden at short. Briggs in left field
Varian in center and Colvin in right
Dick Monahan is already here to act
as umpire for the opening series.
Karl King and his bunch Of re-
cruits making up the Baker team will
probably arrive this evening from
Portland where they have been train
ing. King is said to have a fast lot
of youngsters and will doubtless sent
his best bet in to pitch tomorrow
The following will probably be his
team. exclusive of the pitcher:
King, catcher, Mexican, first base
Watts. second base; Pritchard. third
base: French shortstop; Lind. lef'
field: MeLynn. centerfield. and Nc
Donald. rightfield
North Yakima viii open in Walla
walla and big preparations are he
| ing made there too for the game. The
stores will close ana an auto parad'
precede the opening OF the gates
Walla Walla figures on having 5000
people at the game
| Paddy welch, former Walla Walla
twirler or Henry Peterson. VIII prob
ably pitch for Yakima and Paul
Rridger is being groomed to oppose
him. All of these men are expert.
| enced slabsters and the duel should
be an interesting one.
The lineup of the North yakima
team is: Taylor. catcher; Kile, welct
Peterson. Jones. Logsdon, pitchers
! Fuller. first base: Ford. second base
Harrod. third base: Krause. short
stop: Stokke left field; Plautz. cen
terrified. ana three pitchers. Peterson
Jones and welch will play right field
The walla walla players will lin
up as follows: Brown. catcher
Bridger. Washington. LarSin. Lund
pitchers: sheely. first base; schmitt
second base. LundStrum. shortstop
Chllders, third base: Gardner, left
field: Wallace. centertield. ana John
J son. rightfieiI