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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1911
Page
3
In St Louis on May 22 the Cardinals prevailed 5 to 4 over the New York Giants in the final game of the series. Melean drove in the winning run with a homer in the tenth, as the Batteries and Sween Clarke contributed on defense and offense.
May 22 reports show San Francisco and Oakland splitting games 3 to 2 in both sessions. Vernon beat Los Angeles 12 to 9 in the morning with two homer drives by Hoxp and a ninth inning rally. afternoon saw Los Angeles win 13 to 12 on a two-run single by McDonald after Akin’s wild throw. Portland defeated Sacramento 12 to 2 behind Koestner’s poor mound work. Frisco topped Oakland 3 to 2 in the afternoon while Oakland won the morning game 3 to 2.
Results yesterday show Tacoma 2 Victoria 1 Spokane 15 Portland 10 Seattle 0 Vancouver 6 3 with a mix of wins and losses across the region. Spokane led with 15 while Tacoma and Victoria posted modest totals as Seattle and Vancouver also factoring in.
Standings and yesterday’s results show Pendleton defeating Milton 12 to 3, Walla Walla beating Athena 7 to 6 over 12 innings, Weston edging Echo 5 to 3. Multiple teams listed with scores indicate a busy schedule across the league segment.
Buckaroos dominate Milton 18 to 3 as pitcher Berio allows a single. Snooka shines behind the plate with strong defense and clutch hits. Berger limits Milton to one safety, while Baker departs for Boston after a stellar 1st base showing. Nevins and Monroe bolster infield amid a powerful team display.
Dickson joins a fast and happy infield trio while the outfield and practice show mettle. Pendleton's heavy hitting in early innings powered a 13 run affair, with Shaffer and Berger delivering key hits and Milton stealing bases. Bers and Shaffer homered as the visitors errored, and Niles featured in a tense late rally.
Bears beat Athena 7 to 6 in 12 innings with Bowers hitting a three bagger to tie the score. Attendance 1200. The Walla Walla Union lauds the infield Huson Edwards Siegrist Waldron and manager Bade for great defense and timely shifts in a two hour-plus contest on local sod.
Adams defeats Roundups 6 to 6 in a disputed game blamed on an umpire’s judgment. MegGinins starred with a three bagger and homer, while Stamy and LaFave shone on the mound. A rematch is planned as Roundups seek revenge.
Spokane city commissioners set aside fifty thousand dollars to test a day labor plan on public street work including paving curbing parking and sidewalk. Four bids ranged above thirty thousand though the engineer estimated twenty five thousand seven hundred eighty. If successful the plan could place all municipal work under public works supervision, with yearly expenditures between four and five million dollars and a wage scale set by ordinance.
The report alleges unskilled laborers were paid only 2.00 to 2.75 dollars per hour for eight hours, while others may have received 3 dollars, though workers signed payrolls in fall. This summary notes disputed pay rates and payroll signatures without naming individuals or places.
Spokane reports that Washington state plans to test the legality of a new compensation law before the supreme court. Auditor W Clausen notes two plots to block warrants for minor supplies, urging hiring of liability firms to thwart the plan. Maurice Langthorne of Tacoma may aid the attorney general in defending the statute as Washington advances a state industrial insurance bureau despite constitutional questions.
In Bluefield West Virginia a tramp named John Sarkey or Sorkey, after confessing to assaulting Mrs Harvey James wife of a miner, was hanged this morning on a cross outside a suburb church. Dogs tracked him after Mrs James testified and he was identified before the mob carried out the sentence.
In Hood River Oregon Earl Spaulding, senior class member, failed to graduate after debates left him a few points short of the required grade. The graduating class refused diplomas at the public ceremony. the chair for Spaulding remained empty and inquiries followed. The students met with the board of school directors seeking remedy, but no satisfactory result was reached. Spaulding, a hardworking student and favorite, had been urged to take debating duties earlier.
Chicago reports that after Judge Sanborn voided Minnesota’s 2-cent fare law, railroads rally to strike down similar measures nationwide. Officials predict rapid lawsuits in other states as carriers compile data to attack existing schedules. Ohio and Illinois face scrutiny amid growing transit traffic.
Railroads plan to restore two and three cent fares as courts in Missouri Arkansas Minnesota and Oklahoma weigh rulings. Supreme Court decisions pending raise uncertainty while Till Nol's outcome looms in other states. June 1 will mark Minnesota's return to three cent fares per Judge Sanborn.
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