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PAGE EIGHT T T r';,rwtv OBSERVER. THimsnAY. AUGUST 8, 1912. MARVELOUS HITTING WIIS VEST, MESOlt, MBKIItE A.M kl(i MA US. Soeu to Fiie Game Thrills With Sen. Milloiial Stunts. Bang-up babtball for five innings moved the proverbial handful of peo ple in the grandstand to much excite ment In a game ,tl.at La Grande man aged to wiggle away with though fre quent efforts to blow up In the last Inning or two kept tlie outcome much In doubt until the last minute. Fitch ntr and Jamison were working agaiast tfh otl'.er and tl.e drubbing that Jam ison gof was something awful, but notwithstanding that there were hit. enough to make a dozen runs, La Grande only got seven across. There were plenty of features about the game, and they came preuy nearly ev ery Inning, foremost among them be ing the wonderful way in whlcn Fitchner would get out of holes. Ther ?re holes and holes, but some of those the smiling labster got into were tottomless pits. For Instance: In the fifth inning before the small-sized blowup, a lightning double saved Fitchner from sure scores. This dou ble in Itself was worth some big type and Bullheads, but for Individual work .me has to slip It to Kelchner who knocked down a hard hit ball that slz iled by Clark and looked like two bas ts. How the second baseman ever got on It Is a mystery but be did. For real stunts It was supreme. King, who was back In the game, came to Fueh rer's rescue in one straining Inning pad grabbed a long high foul Just pbout when three or four score loom ed. Then the hitting of West, Men tor, McBrlde and King, on one side, and the clouting of Clark, Frelne and or.e or two others on the other side, added still more features. All In all, the game was so thrilling as to be painful. La Grande earned It, bow oier, and has nothing to be ashamed rff or taking It. Boise tried hard to ccme up from the rear, but she was ripped In the bud In the ninth after Jiays had failed to pinch hit. La Grande scored in the third af ter King had doubled to signalize his return to the game. The manager was still lame and Mountain ran for him coming home on Esola's single "Pe wee" was himself again after a day off. In the fifth the Pippins landed with terrible strength on Jamison's offerings. Esola made good with a hit and Lomond ft r ed hii.i at t cji.,l but Jamison balked and then came Mensor's first triple of a brace of them for the day. Mensor scored from third on West's third hit fon the nay. The left fielder ma le a wonderful rec ord and he is the idol of the funs to day. Peculiarly enough West (or lo'it wore a Boise uniform and his swats were perhaps doubly sweet to Mm. The Boise Irrigators broke up a winning streak in the sixth though mil until after a run. Altermatt and Clark did it with some l.tt Then came the seventh wlien Lit Grande nitaln sent three home, done with Mensor's seeoml Ut; ,' West's fourth hit ,a triple, Naughtou's sai r! .fice. McP.ride's double and Titi nm i' drie through Heams. Peculiarly enough tho Po' peonle, Scored their (list time without hits. Frelne strut k but Kelc-lire.- w .-.'.';;. ed, Jamison's drive M Xauaht'.n w boceil, Beams walked. Nanghton mus sed up Clark's drive, and Altermatt sacrificed to Mensor. N.r.iKhttin kick ed t!ie thlitl one around and the mis ery ended ith Fitchner striking out T.iylor. But t! rep runs resulted. The hardest hrtini; for I'nNe of run Inninu enne In tho ninth with C!;irk doubling. Altermatt walking j.i. Felne tripling, Kelchner scoring him with a single. Scott struck out. retir ing the side when it lonVe.l lue'ty !!- bimi. about th Fiiiplrs m'!!!E nwn with It. The score: All B II P? A K Reams, ss r. l o :l 4 i' Clark, lb f. 0 2 9 1 o Altermatt. lib t u 1 1 r, l Frott, rf ." ii 1 n o Taylor, c 4 0 1 4 I 0 Corrlgan. If 4 o (i t -i Frlene, cf 4 1 ? 4 Kelchner, 2b .:l 2 I 1 1 ' Jamison, p 3 1 u 1 2 iSSMfiifi! . SNAPS - SNAPS 1 4 1 1 7 1 l U UUIHk.hr I 3 0 2 2 1 2' I " , I 5 1 2 1 1 0 ) 5 2 2 1 0 0 ......,.. TrF.noK ((OIPWY'B I J I II .'1 I. It ' ' - H MEETS HAltKJER. ;H , . I King, lb Esola, 2b Ixiniond. Cb Mensor. cf West. If 1 1 0 ' Sanghton. ss 3 0 ,1 1 1 3 j 1 Oil 1 f . McBrlde, c 1 - lu - Fitchner. p -1 1 2 J 0 afl 7 18 27 S Bat led for .tiiuiitou in ninth. SCORE BY INNINGS. Boise 0 mi (I 3 ii i) 2 -:. l.a Grande 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1-7 SlWi.MAiY. Stolen base. Scott. Kelchner, E.-!a West, Mc Bride, Fitchner; sacrifice hitB Frelne. Jamison, Esola (2), ami Kaughton; two base hits, Freine, Clark I . King, West, Mi-Bride: three bat-e hits, Frelne, Mensor (2), West: d"ti 1 ' V i.lavs. Lomond to McBrlde to Kins. Esoia to McBrldge, Altermatt to Kelchner to Clark; left on bases, Boie 17. La Grande 10; struck out. by Jamison 1, by Fitchner 11; base on balls, off Jamison 2, off Fitchner ?; hit by pitcher, Taylor. Time of game, 2:20. Umpire, Golden. Scorer, S. Van Buren. ite of the Game. King's running stop of a high foul started the sensational stuff. Kelchner's stop will long stand aR a phenomenal stunt. It is likely he couldn't pull off the same thing again. Altermatt is a rattling fine player, also a good talker. His line of tongue dope U usually clean and wholesome and goes well with the fans. Luttrell came to Fltchner's assist ance in the third when things were going wrong, and pulled down a hard fielding stunt. - Taylor rlit Fitchner on the toe with a terrific drive that made Mr. Fitch ner cringe. It would probably have broken his leg bad It hit him on the shin. 'Walla Walla Wins. Walla Walla, Aug. 8. (Special) Garrett was trounced in a stellar game here yesterday. The score: R. H. E. Walla Walla 4 5 0 tctidleton 3 5 1 Batteries For Walla WaV.a. Brld eer and Brown; for Pendleton, Gar rett and Wilson. Miller's Arm All Right. It was rumored this morning that Wm. Miller had received a broken arm. This was positively denied by Mr. Miller, who swinging his a, mi' freely and contracting his ham's into a compact ball remarked that he ruight break his arm If he found put who started the story. It seems that in handling some serious complication of ais banking business, namely a gf of baseball in the Twilight lea - ? : Miller injured a rib wh'ich nas , his active retirement from the nation al game for the 4ime.x The I.ai.lctis have not won since Mr. Miller ipti 'he fame, by the way. Howver. It scm that Mr. Miller swells a irnuss" 'ti 'he' rvmor of his injured arm an 1 expects to rap back before long one prove his right as the champion I'.rv baseman of "he league. Speedy .lattice in (Mil Dominion. Bichmoinl, Va.. Aug. S: Something if a record for swift justice In V:r 'nlrt will be established tomorrow, when ;i Lynchburg negro is U ! ele -ti'fuute,' in the state penitentiary here for criminal assault. The crime was (ommitted on June J'.i last. Tec negro was captured and indicted '.1 next day and on the second day he va tried., convicted and sentenced t death. Derailment Is Fatal. Boston, Mass., Aug. 8. Two train- . t. ni: ! owv pasenger were killed and S'i others injured, some seriously, to day, when a train of the New Yot New Haven & Hartford railroad w.r. deiai'ed near hero. The engine to:ul"d f- :n 'ho trr.'" I'd t. h :sg'igo uvA o'her car.? followed. LOST A hliuk and white pointer. I o. use number, 78. Leave informa tion with J. E. miliary or phore Vain !H. ;-8-.'-t Hard Words l'u While Debate .on Silbiect Was Discus-ed. Not without heated argument, de-1 bate and cross fires in personalities, ; the council last night at i s regular session denied the petition of the Eas- ' tern Oregon Co-0iera(ivt Teleplionc ; company to obtain a franchise in city. The isoiie was debated pro and j con for an hour or more, Attorney j John Hodgin appearing fira 'fof the j netltioners. President McKinnis of the , company, E. S. Norrls and other tak ing the floor .pf the council In favor of granting the franchise of the farmers' line. The franchise was given its first deathblow when the special commit tee to whom the application for a fran chisefiled a week ago was refer-1 red reported adversely, basing its ! decision, the committeemen say, on a j canvass of the business section of the j city. When the report came to the , council for acceptance or rejection, a j lengthy petition from local business j men, amounting to 80 names or so, , was read, urging the council not to allow the franchise, believing the present service to be ample. General Manager Van Houte of Walla Walla took the floor against the franchise, setting out points of discussion against a dual system. He was sub-1 jected to a vigorous going over ny j Councllmen Fitzgerald and Campbell, j Mayor unurcn was ireijuciiuj w"- to quiet the combatants. Harsh state ments were made by the applicants and councllmen probably under the spur of debate, all but Fitzgerald were well satisfied with the. present ser vice, however. When tne aye and nay vote was cast, Campbell, Davis, Fitzgerald (ind Mnckey voted to reject the report, and Jones. Lilly, Lincoln and Finley to adopt. The chair cast the deciding vote, against the franchise. While telephone economics were be ing discussed at length by men who know r.tore about their own affairs than about economics of monopolies, there wasTonsiderable common, ordi nary business transacted in the half nicht session. The monthly budget of bills was gone over and routine reports acted ! anon. The Warren Construction com-! pauy w!8 given the contract for pav-1 :,' t"..e alley through block 105. While j actijK on petitions for considerable macadam on streets, the council e'e-! elded, upon recommendation of City j Engineer Neil, to ask Road Expert Ay-1 ers of Corvallis to draw the speific a-: tlons. Aycrs was recently In La Grande and is familiar w:th local cor.- j - v tv.t his speci!ica:tons would I w- a 3 r.ear correct as any j . r e i!d make them. The Fir street crossing ,reeic' considerable attention and the corn-, cil Is fully determined that a Jawn j or gate shall be Installed before the 'nii5"rous crossing is the scene o? Ta i tuiiiics. I Three i!--inking fountains of vi:i;e e,amc!et! ware, will be erected In the j .ni al portioa of the city for the j i.t enience of (he public. ! ?pedy efforts to rush cons-rucu .n i of the new city hall will be made en. the pf.vi of Cortractor Slater. Wi n. al meetings of the council will b held to decide upon the plans. j W.i r the minutes w ere read at tl ctiaaci! meeting la--t evening the b :i- i new- .i.i.tiagc r of the Panama Anni-.--metit company asked permission "i the coi ncil to use the streets of tl, -ity or a carnival that Is to co1' to l a Grande next week. The locat ' near 'he depot upon the O.-W. R. Sr. V m ; evty and what portions of !' levscn avenue that will b recpi!.-'' wag asked for. A good clean crnlxal nf so', on shows was promised If the council saw fit to grrnt the use of the streets. The matter was referred to the street committee wiih power to; Kt ard t':e nia'tir will be decider muii.. tf:re tedny. T'i. -e'iort of t'te street commi'te" to ac en: t'le ofT-r of the prno'r'v . -: r en ?ii til'' tr"" Pt the rail , - ,i 1 ('Hiding to straighten Prcond street at that p'ir.t .vas adopted npor. ccud'.t'i-n ,vat 't would be satisfae ory . ONE OF THE NICEST.LITTLE HOMES IN LA G&ANDE. Five nice rooms, .ri i. tly modern. No street assessmentts. s?2200. $600 cash and balance on $25 monthly payments. . Ki n.-res of the very best land nt Cote, i 11 younar trees and small fruits. The best 'snap in Cove District. Price $250.00 per.'are. $1500 cash and the balance on very easy terms. J - 2400 acres of grain, fruit and pasture lan d. An ideal dairy ranch. Price $10.00 per a-re, and only takes $5 00 in cash to handle it, and, balance on long time at. H per r ent, interest. Nothing better in t he county at much larger price can equal this. 1 Don't forget GRAND VIEW ADDITION. It's a Sure Winners La Grande Investment Co. Phone Main 752. La Grande, Ore. with the railroad company. The report of the street committee that the petition of the property own ers on Pennsylvania avenue for bitu lituic pavement be alowed was adopt ed. The engineer's estimates for the work Cone by the Warren Construc tion company were allowed and order ed paid. - JfOTICE. My wife. Ruby Macey, baring left my bed and board without just cause r will pay no more bills contracted bj ber from this date, Aug. 6th, 1912. i FRED MACEY, 8-5-10te coat from buggy. Finder will plean return to City Livery barn. 11 lu Lola Allen. g-8-3tp LOST Wednesday night, a long gray Notice. Anyone caught hunting or trespas sing on our land will be prosecuted. Peehler Brother."!. 8-6-tf JUS! 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