East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

1t took the o. A. C. baseballers IL
innings and most Of the afternoon
and evening to triumph over the
Pendleton amateur Bucks yesterday
in the first of a two-game series. Not
until the swatfest had extended itself
into two extra frames could the col
lege boys annex a winning margin
but when they did they spilled over,
putting as many runs across in that
last chapter as they did in all Of tho
ten preceding ones. The final score
was IL TO which doesn't exactly
sound as if it belonged to a close and
extra inning battle.
1t was young stalwart named
Weller who pulled the cork that bot
tied up the game. Coming to bat in
the 11th with the bases loaded and
none down, he delivered himself of
one of these heroic deeds such as
abound in tales of the immortal
Merriwell Bros. He just naturally
slammed that ball into the deep
shadows of the left hand bleachers
for a home run. That netted four
runs to the good and, before the ca
diets could forget their enthusiasm,
they had pounded two more around
the circuit.
For all the inglorious ending the
game was an interesting one to
watch and the playing of the Bucks,
most of whom are high school kids,
threw a surprise into the spectators
as well as the visiting team. They
started to pound the pettet right at
the start and, before the rah rah
boys could convince themselves that
they would have to play hard to win,
the humble wearers of the blue were
in the lead.
Merle Phelps, a Hermiston fresh
man, was sent to the slab for the @
A. c. team and a group of admiring
project dwellers We're up to watch
him perform. The knowledge OF
their presence seemed to make the
young twirler nervous for it took
him several innings before he could
begin to be effective against the
Bucks. McGarrigle did the pitching
FOR Pendleton and he did mans
job Of it through the regulation nine
innings. After that the strain began
to tell and he wobbed. In the tenth
he allowed the bases to fill with only
one down but was extricated by
pretty double play which he himself
started.
The Pendleton boys were no match
for the collegers in the fielding de-
partment as the error column will
show. However, their fielding wasn't
as bad as said column would indicate
Most of the errors were the result of
bad throws made in fast playing.
"Chots" Gordon, playing the sec
ond game of his career, was one of
the stars of the game despite the
three errors against him He rap
ped out a single and a triple in the
first two times up, was only prevent
ed from getting a third hit by the
sensational fielding of Captain Goble
and registered a score by pretty
piece of baserunning in the second.
Gordon was lead-off man in the
batting order and led off for Pendle-
ton in the first, after the college boys
had been retired. one, two, three,
with a clean single to left. Parlett's
single advanced him to second and
he made his way to third on a wild
pitch. He was caught at the plate,
however, in an endeavor to score on
Peterson's infield ball. o. A. c, op-
ened the scoring in the second.
Hayes opened with a single and Sic
herts followed with what looked like
sure hit through short. Gordon
fielded 1t. however. and threw to
second in time to catch Hayes had
not Knight dropped the ball There
were two on and none down when
Baldwin. one Of the hitting stars OF