The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-17
BURK MAKES
AN ASCENSION
Blows up in the Second
Iunlng.
EDFELT POUNDED HARD
Peasants Who Succeeded
was a Puzzle.
After Securing Nice Lead by
Driving Edtelt From the Box
Marion Lost 8 to ST.
By Philip Wolfe.


Mansfield Tigers and the Marion
Lime Burners began series OF
games at League park Friday al
ternoon, which will decide which
of the two teams will occupy sixth
place in the league standing, lhe
tigers began to cut down the small
lead which Marion has been mann
tanning thus far by winning the
first game of the series. Two
more games will be played this at-
ternoon and if the Tigers succeed
IN winning both these games, they
will pass the Lime Burners and go
into sixth place.
1t was hard uphill battle,
upon which the Tigers entered IN
the first game of the series but
that they came out right side up
was due TO the fact that Pitcher
Burk made an ascension in the sec
ond inning and allowed the Tigers
to secure lead from which they
were never headed. Even at that
the game was close and exciting
and was not decided until the last
man had been retired. The inabil-
ty of the visitors 10 connect safe
ly with the ball, when bings would
have counted was responsible for
their loss Of the game.
The credit of winning the game
goes to Mansfield's new twirler,
Frank Peasants. The Lime Burn
ers started right after Edfelt, who
had been selected to occupy the
mound, and after one out, base
on balls and four clean singl ret
ted Marion three runs.
But for a slight ascension in the
second inning, when the Tigers got
busy and managed to collect six
hits off Burk and registered five
runs, the Marion twirler pitched
in fairly good form. Only once
after that were the Tigers able TO
register, and Bmk pulled himself
ont Of some pretty bad cutters. He
got n fairly good start, brakes
first double coming after two were
down. Drake started the run-gct-
ting again in the fifth with his
third successive double, this one
going almost over The fence. Burk
passed three Of the men who faced
him, made targer of two, and
heaved one wild one. but he was
fortunate in having less than half
of these figure in the rm-getting.
He was able TO food the Tigers at
times, five of the men who faced
him whiting.
.Stork" Edfelt had been select
ed to do the twirling, and started
out by passing Quinn, after Ny
lett had gone out, second to first.
Blake singled to right, Quinn
reaching third. Blake pilfered see
ond, and then both men register
ed on Farel,'s single TO right.
Farrell went to second on the
throw in, and scored on Dith-
ridges single. Daubert singled
through Biery, and then Manager
McVey used the derrick. Peasants
assumed the position on the mound,
and had Flood ground TO King,
forcing Dithridge at third. Then
he compelled Smith to sky to
Drake.
brakes double in the first came
after two were gone, and although
he reached third on Burk's error,
he failed 10 register as Tibbitts
could not connect safely.
The Tigers got after Burk with
a vengeance in the second inning,
and when the Marion twirler had
descended from the clouds five
Tigers had made round trip.
King starte it with a single through
Bnrk' while Delehanty drove lin
er at him. Reynolds laid down n
perfect bunt and the bases were
filled. With one strike and three
balls on Riley, Burk made tar
get Of him and forced King across
the plate. Peasants went back TO
the bench on three hitless swings
but Burk threw a wild one, and
Delehanty crossed the plate. while
the other two moved mp. Biery
drove single through Burk. and
Reynolds crossed the plate with the
third run. Smith allowed one tC
ret through him, and Riley started
for the plate. He started to slide
too soon, and was nipped by Burk
Speas drove in Biery with (
double to left, while Drake planket
ont a two-sacker which registered
speas.
! Both teams registered one in thu