East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-25
VALLEY TRIP CALLED
OFF AND GAMES WITH
BAKER HIGH ARRANGED
Pendleton Tossers Will Meet
Ad Dewey's Quintet in Own
Gymnasium Thursday and
Friday Night of This Week.

A trip to Baker this weekend viii
be substituted for proposed jaunt tC
the Willamette valley. Coach Dick
Hanley, of Pendleton high schools
suad, said today The games with
Baker set for late in February were
moved ahead to Thursday and FridaJ
nights Of this week and the squad
will leave here Thursday morning FOR
the scene Of the conflict.
Baker viii return the compliment
week hence, meeting the green and
gold in a two-game series on the local
floor on Friday and Saturday, Feb.
and 3. Baker Is considered to have
the team thar Pendleton must beat in
order to claim the Eastern Oregon
honOrs, as Ia Grande is said TO lack
the old zip that characterized its team
Of last year.
Pendlet0n Record Good
The local squad, in four games thus
far has taken but one reverse and
that by a one-point margin at the
hands OF Walla Walla 1t won by
basket over Washington State College
freshmen and by seven points over
Pullman high school. Albion, little
school between Colfax and Pullman,
was trimmed by a lop-sided score.
Bakers games thus far have been
with a small schools of that section,
ell having been defeated by over
scores. The Baker crew.
coached by George Admiral" Dewey,
former 0. A. c. basket shark, cannot
be denied and the contests with the To-
calls are expected 10 be hardfOught
and close.
In stendal and Hanley Pendleton
has two mighty capable forwards.
they are not the whole scoring ma
chine but they are valuable because
" their ability to fight for the ball
every minute on the floor. Both are
all, rangy and have plenty of weight
10 add to their speed. At center Dick
Lawrence can out-iump nearly every
man who has been pitted against him
his year and he has added several
pointsf rom the floor. Bill Kramer,
It guard. is the hardest worker on the
-loor and with his concentrated 40
keeps it interesting for oppos
ng forwards. Captain Charley Cahill (
$ playing a good game at guard and /
when the opposition is on the defen-
i've he occasionally gets one into their !
jasket. Kramer throws the free I
hrows and his steadiness has added |
he necessary points to keep Pendle-
on IA the running in two games of its !
our.
John Henderson is the sixth man of |
he local squad and he is picking up |
he fine points of the game rapidly !
lie is expected to be a valuable man
for the team before the season is over. !
Valley Trip still Possible
Pendleton may vet get to take a trip
10 the Willamette valley for the games
with the freshman fivos Of the two
colleges there. Coach Pohler. of the
of Oregon, while here sun
day night. promised Coach Hanley
that he would again take up the mat
Ter with the Eugene boys of bringing
the local team west, Efforts are also
to be made with Corvallis once more.
The valley teams wanted to see Pen
dleton in action but could not at first
offer a guarantee sufficient to pay eX-
penses.
on the records made so far, the Ag-
gle rocks appear to he going better
than the University babes. The Ags
have mopped up-the best Of Portland's
quintets and handed rough treatment
to Rainier. ST. Helens and Astoria
oregon freshmen have been winning
from Albany, Roseburg and other val
lev teams but not by overwhelming
scores.
should Pendleton come out on the
long end of tho Baker series its
chances of taking the trip to the west
side would be strengthened. From
present indications the green and gold
has a team of championship caliher
and fans here are anxious to see the
bows in action on their own floor In
contrast to the football season. most
OF the local games have been sched-
uled away from home for the early
part of the season.