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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1912
Page
6
In a weathered Round-Up Park tilt, Walla Walla beat the Bears 5 to 2 to take the series. Strong hits by Martini and Nadeau, plus late runs after eighth inning drama, capped a tense contest in front of about 700 fans.
The Pendleton Buckaroves and the Walla Walla Bears slumped in batting in the series just ended, but the visitors outscored the home team by 24 points while the Bears held a 36 point edge on the field. Augustus led Pendleton with the best weekly and season average. Nadeau and Lodell dropped their marks, while Rader and Pembrooke joined Augustus in lifting averages. Walla Walla had four batters over .200: Kelly, Strand, Grown, Martini. A table lists at bats, hits and percentages for each man and season totals. The remainder discusses Pendleton academy property for sale and a spinster realizing she is missing the Mrs.
La Grande pip pins beat Boise 14 to 11 in a slugfest at La Grande. Bradley’s team led early, Boise rallied, then La Grande pulled away with a string of runs through the middle innings and final surge. Batteries Boise Karr Crutchfield Mays King La Grande Forbes McInnis EtHandy Owens Myhner.
Cincinnati tallies in the tenth to defeat New York 4 1 in a pitcher friendly game and push the visitors from first place in the NL race. Batteries Australians Meyers Suggs and McLean. Brooklyn 6 Chicago 2. Ragan stifles Chicago as Brooklyn wins 6 2 with Daubert fielding highlight. St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2. Hauser and Oakes provide the runs as Haarmon steady for the win. Batteries Harmon Ingo Brennan Dooin.
Spokane rallied to defeat Tacoma 5 to 4 yesterday as rain interrupted play. Key moments included late scoring and a tense finish in the eighth inning amid showers as Spokane seized the win in Tacoma.
In San Francisco on May 20 Oakland split a doubleheader with the Giants. Morning game ended 3 2 for San Francisco despite Oakland’s late comeback. afternoon game 1 0 win for Oakland. Pitchers: McCorry Schmidt for the morning, Henley Merry Parkins Mitze for the afternoon.
Vernon and Portland played a doubleheader in Portland Oregon on May 20. Morning game saw Vernon edge Hitt and KO him early. afternoon affair lasted ten innings with a Hosp double and Stinson single delivering the win. Batters and pitchers listed: Gray Brown Gregg Klawitter Burch Carson Sullivan Higginbotham and Burch.
Western League results show Omaha defeating Omaha 14 to 2 and Des Moines beating Wichita 7 to 0. Lincoln hosts St Joseph with 12 runs while Sioux City game details are incomplete.
In Kansas City the American Association game between St Paul and Kansas City stretched to 12 innings with a 12 to 9 score. Louisville defeated Indianapolis 9 to 6 in Louisville. Milwaukee hosted, with Minneapolis winning 10 to 1 at Milwaukee. Columbus hosted Toledo in a game listed without a final score.
Rev William Smith of Hanover township testified the saloon was a model establishment. He lived within one hundred feet, saw no wrong, and called it well regulated. He said his stance was a matter of justice and he did not want Korn punished for others’ faults. The judge vowed an early decision.
Chicago lawyers hear Charles Frederick Adams of New York urge judiciary recall and insist the people must rule the courts. He says the judiciary is not above the legislature or executive and should be orderly, deliberating, and rational under constitutional regulation. Gov. Gilchrest counters by warning against mob rule.
Michael J O Connor Broadway saloonkeeper and descendant of King Trederick claims the O Connor dynasty will rise in Breffney Ireland. He reveals purchase of Prince Roderick estate near the Shannon and notes his family fortune from two Broadway liquor stores and a Harlem area outlet as he announces the deal in front of his Seventy Seventh Street saloon.
The passage describes Michael O Connor of Broadway completing ownership of Drumhierney House and the adjoining country estate, and six years prior fully acquiring the town of Leitrim a village with 800 to 1000 residents where every inhabitant pays rent to him, with the estate's main office located near the saloon doorway.
Philadelphia officials publish a new police recruit circular detailing strict physical standards. Applicants must be free of deformity or intemperance and prove no relation between a red nose and rum. They must have at least twenty natural teeth, two molars, no color blindness, clear English with each eye, and sound hearing lungs and heart. Handsome men are preferred.
In Chicago at the detention hospital court for the insane a woman foreman and suffragette Dr. Clara P. Seippel presided after a disturbed juror, a mentally ill woman, inspired a prejudice against the prior foreman. Seippel ruled on three insanity cases and wrote verdicts committing two men to Dunning asylum, while the husband appealed to take his wife home.
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