East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-06-07

(; only part Of the story, It Looked like
la real game when Suhl OF the Mule
/ fSkinners retired the first three men
who faced him. This same husky
pitcher scored the first tally In their
half of the first. inning on a single
and a succession of three passed balls.
ground rules having been made al
lowing In the absence Of a backstop
only one base on a passed ball.
"H6nengreen pitching for the ciod
Hoppers allowed l hit in each OF the
first two innings, two In the third
and none in the fourth. In the fourth
single and a fluke run almost spoil
his reputation and he was saved from
defeat only by the fact that the story
of the other side of the fifth inning
reads like a novel.
The game up to the end of the
fourth inning had been sfeaming
along under a slow bell with the
score 8 to In favor. OF the Mule
SINNERS. Both pitchers had been
doing excellent work in spite of the
fact that fair fan sitting in the shade
of cottonwood looked up from her
knitting long enough to remark that
the pitchers were making all the err
rors in that they failed on numerous
occasions to hit the bat with the bah.
Had the game ended there it
might have gone down in history as
one Of the few real air tight amateur
games. But some one had either
planned this game on Friday or plant
ed the tree from which the bats were
made in the wrong phase OF the
moon or else Pitcher SuhI got to
thinking about the chances of sub
marines coming up the Umatilla. Al
any rate he blew up. PenIand came
to his rescue but got the same ma
chine gun bombardment from the
frisky clod Hoppers. When the
smoke cleared away / 4 men had been
at bat and IL runs tailed.
Here is how it happened as near
ais green scorekeeper could get the
evidence: Shumway, who never let
a bah go by without swinging at it
opened the fifth and famed. Hamp-
ton singled and Walker was safe on
a fielder's choice. Hollengreen sin
gled and about that time things hap
pened too numerous to mention and
with the aid of a passed ball and a
flock Of errors all three scored. Nc
Even walked and stole second, also
third. Nelson who had by this time
made himself famous by wrapping
out a two bagger and a home run.
came TO bat with blood in his eye but
drew four wide ones. Enter PEN
land, exit Suhl. Snyder doubled
scoring Nelson. Shrock of the kim
dergarten nine singled and stole sec
end. DuPuis famed for the second
cut, being the ninth man at bat.
49,, fewI.f
way made his only hit. a single that
scored snyder and Shrock. He
steamed to second when Hampton
singled and then Walker cleared the
bases with a home run. Hollengreen
singled and stole. his way to third
and came home on an error at third
base. McEwen ended the hilarity by
breezing out.
with the lop-slded score of IA to
4 against them. the Mule Skinners
came to bat cool and collected. Rhode
popped to second. Suhl famed. Hude-
man walked and stole second. Pen
lands single put him on third. With
these two perehing on first and third,
little boy Blue came to bat and in
nocently let a-few- fioaters go by.
About that time a magpie let out a
squawk in a tree some 75 feet back
of first base and Blue walioped a
ball at him Sc hard that the magpie
must have thought he was torpedoed.
When the cloud OF feathers had
cleared away and half the Ciod Hop
per team had exhausted themselves
chasing the various courses the ball
might have taken. little boy Blue had
made the rounds OF the four bases in
spite of the fact that the umpire had
come all the way to the plate and
whispered in his ear assurance that
Il was fair bah before Blue ever
began making tracks. Commissioner
Anderson. not wishing to see further
violation Of the game laws. ended II
all by flaming"