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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1912
Page
6
In a high tempo clash Pendleton defeated Boise 5 to 1, edging Boise into third place in the league standings. Garrett and Mays matched zeroes on the mound as the locals faltered late, with Boise producing only a lone run in the eighth after a pair of costly double plays and a sharp defensive stop by Laundstrum.
Ragser fielding for La Grande helpsBradley’s Pippins cap opener in Walla Walla as Walla Walla’s Kelly for Bears allows three due to weak support. Kelly and Ethandy pitched well with Kelly striking out 11, Ethandy 7. Walla Walla’s bats stranded runners while La Grande built a late lead.
In Los Angeles on May 29 Miller and Mercery led a romp as San Francisco clipped Oakland. A jumble of names and fragments follows, noting Vernon’s pitching for Oakland and double plays in a May 25 game with Hoffman, Patterson, and Helling.
National League action features Philadelphia defeating Boston 8 to 2 in a strong home game with Perdue, Hogg, Donnelly, Kling contributing. Brooklyn closely trails New York despite 16 hits as Mathewson leaves after Crandall relief. Chicago belts Cincinnati eight times as Brown shines. St Louis tops Pittsburgh 7 to 4 in a slow contest with Hendrix, Leifield and Willis keying the win.
Detroit pitchers scattered hits and capitalized on St Louis errors to win both ends of a May double header. In game one Detroit prevailed as Willets, Stanage and others scored for the visitors. Game two saw Detroit again triumph, with Stanage and Lake contributing in a defensively tangled contest. Across the league, Chicago beat Cleveland 7 to 3 amid showers, while Washington topped New York as Johnson returned to the mound for Griffith.
Philadelphia and Boston played a tight game with Hall scattering Philadelphia’s hits while Boston pulled ahead with early runs off the first three pitchers. The scoreline shows Boston’s victory 3 to 1, as listed with the visiting teams and pitchers Martin Houck Russell Pennock Thomas Lapp Hall Nuna.
The article recalls vaudeville duo Albert and Rogela Smith, once top six day runners, now touring under Grand Theatre with the show Albert and Rogela. It lists contemporaries George Littlewood Jimmy Alberts Gus Guerrero Sport Campana Norman Taylor and others, noting their post racing lives and health, and reflecting on the era’s endurance sport.
Baker Ore May 23 The contract for the Y M C A building was signed by contractor Joe Gassman and executive committee members at W H Ellis’s office. Bond of 415000 to be arranged after contract signing. completion required by February 28 1913.
Adams defeated Athena Amateurs 4 to 3 on the local diamond. Batteries: Adams Labador and McBain. Athena Sharp and Worthington. Also notes on residents and visitors in Athena, and aviation promotions by H. Adams offering taxiplane trips nationwide with safety claims. Medical ad praises Ballard’s Snow Liniment. A political request by Martin seeks a judicial census of corporate ties of judges over 36 years.
London reports famine conditions in Russia after a failed summer harvest. The London relief committee warns 15,000,000 peasants destitute and says suffering is broader than in 1891. Cor respondents describe villagers waiting to die and parents praying for death of their children.
Brown liveried aviators at Cicero aerodrome greet alighting passengers from the Douglas Park elevated road with this strange sounding query. Lined up in the hangars are eight
Washington reports a House resolution introduced by Representative to count the federal bench terming them corporation judges. The measure seeks a nationwide judicial population tally and action on the census related to federal officers.
A New York women’s committee urged Secretary Knox to dispatch fast cruisers after the German tramp steamer Excelal to seize Marie Pertz, a German peasant girl, held for extradition in Philadelphia. They say she lacks female companionship aboard and is the sole woman among forty eight sailors aboard. Signers include Mrs C H P Belmont and Mrs Carrie Staunton Blatch.
Special prices on cordwood including dry red fir slab wood corton wood yellow and black pine offered in five cord lots. Clean Rock Spring lump coal savings available by seeing Kopitzke and Gillanders at Malm 174 by phone.
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