The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-06-01
CONDOR WINS TWO
GAME SERIES HERE

Monday and Tuesday we're evil
IDENTIFY not lucky days for the local
ball team, and the fans had to be sat
isfed to witness the home boys go
down to defeat in the two-game SER
les against Condor. Both games
we're greeted by large crowds, the
weather conditions being ideal for
ball playing, and the fans we're en-
thusiastic, yet the games we're not as
snappy as they should have been.
This was especially true Of Mondays
game, when everything seemed to
go wrong, especially with the locals.
There was dissatisfaction with the
decisions Of the umpire right in the
and after standing the gaff
for three or four innings, Umpire
Anderson threw up his hands and
walked off the field, and Dave Will
son was put in to finish the job. Fol-
lowing this, Moeller, Heppner's
pitcher got biff with the ball on
his pitching arm while at the bat,
and he was out of the game. This
was unfortunate for Heppner, as
they had no supply pitcher, and Cliff
ford, Heppner's star catcher had to
|go in the box. Condor found him
readily and with series of errors
on the part of Heppner, were able
to run in numerous scores. Heppner
had held them tight for the first four
innings, then in the 5th Condor
marked up 8 tallies, which added to
one each in the lst, End and 4th, put
them one in the lead, then in the 9Th
they annexed 8 to which they added
4 more in the 9th. Heppner scored
2 in the 3rd, 3 in the 5th and one in
the 8th, total of 6 to Condon's l3.
1t really looked like good, tight
ball to begin with, but neither team
played up to their standard in the
Monday game.
Batteries Monday were Glow and
&c. Fitzmaurice for Condor; Moeller
and Clifford and Clifford and Aiken
for Heppner.
Umpires, P. A. Anderson and
Dave Wilson.
Better things seemed in store for
| the locals On Tuesday. They had a
new pitcher in the box and every
man was up and playing good ball.
Condor was also on tip toe, and they
did not overlook anything. Raybine
was in the box for Heppner. He
was a big duffer, and looked like
he could stand lot and should have
been able to do good work. He had
nothing on the ball, however, and his
delivery was straight from the shoul-
der, which necessitated his keeping
the ball away from the plate very
consistently and the net result was
the filling of bases by passed balls,
all of which worked greatly to the
advantage of the visitors. Raybine
could not stay the game out, and in
the middle of the eighth, with the
bases full and no one out, Moeller
had to pull Heppner out of the hole,
which he succeeded in doing. The
result was a victory for the visitors,
9 to 6. Some costly errors occurred
on the part of both teams, but weak
pitching on the part of Heppner al
lowed the game to go astray.
Batteries Tuesday were Fitchner
and Fitzmaurice for Condor; Ray
bine and Clifford and Moeller and
Clifford for Heppner.
Umpire, Dave Wilson.
Regardless of the fact that the
score card was marked up pretty
strong each day, there was much of
interest in the games, especially that
of Tuesday, and many brilliant plays
were made by both teams in the in
field and outfeld. Heppner scored
two doubles in the last game; their
catcher, Clifford, was right there all
the time, and no errors can be cred
tied to him.
There will doubtless be some
Strengthening of the home team
when they meet Condor again, and
they should win. Condor had fine
bunch of players, they were backed
up in good shape by the home folks
who came to Heppner in large num-
bers.