150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE’S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 2 HEPPNER TROUNCES THE DALLES HAD A GOOD TIME – But Couldn’t Play Ball Worth a Cent This Time. The Dalles football team returned yesterday from their trip and report having had a most enjoyable time. At Heppner they were well received and generously treated. Nothing was omitted for their pleasure, and all departed with the idea that Heppner was truly the biggest little town in Eastern Oregon. ¶ The game was a hot one, but Heppner won, 16 to 0. The Dalles organization was seriously weakened by the loss of three of its best players, and especially by losing “Fatty” Brown and its captain, Max Bartell. Of the original lineup that met Heppner last October less than half remained. As the game had been arranged and printing and advertising done by the Heppner players, the Dalles boys were in honor bound to meet them, even if they knew certain defeat awaited them. In fact The Dalles boys were compelled, under the circumstances, to go to Heppner with a remnant of the first organization, but principally with the high school line-up, headed by their captain, Johnny Cooper. In justice to the latter, for his first game as captain he did remarkably well. ¶ Heppner earned one touch-down by work and playing, one was the result of a fluke, and caused by the Dalles captain mistaking the remarks of one of the Heppner players for those of the umpire, and the second one, The Dalles boys claim, should not have been allowed. In all, however, Heppner displayed excellent team work, the result of having a hired coach, while The Dalles played the poorest ball in the history of the organization. The latter clearly outclassed the former in condition and despite Heppner’s knowledge of the game and splendid executive work, if The Dalles had possessed the same organization and had played the game they did on Thanksgiving with Pullman, there would have been a different story. December 21, 1890. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program