The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
Akron Noses Out Marion by
9 to 8 Score.
MOST INTERESTING GAME
Witnessed in This City in
Many Years.
Locals Furnish a Garrison Finish
That Gives the Crowd Heart
Disease aud AkTOa a Scare.

Tying the score in the last half
of the ninth inning and again IN
the tenth the Lime Burners were
finally nosed out in the twelfth
inning of yesterdays game, Ak
ron winning one of the most excit-
ing and spectacular contests ever
witnessed here, by a score OF .
90 6.
1t was Ladies Day and a great
crowd was in attendance. At the
ninth inning the score stood four
TO two against Marion and when
two batters had been retired in
the last of the ninth the crowd
commenced TO file out of the
grounds. About this time some
thing happened that brought them
scampering back and held them at
the grounds until it was almost
dark.
Farrell, the third batter up drew
a pass. Dithridge was the right
man in the right place and scored
Farrell with corking double to
the left field corner of the lot.
One nun was needed to tie the
score and Dithridge roasted on sec
ond when Riley, the man who
broke up the game the day before,
came 10 bat. And Riley again
broke into the hero class by driving
a beautiful single to right center
sending Dithlidge across and ty-
ing up the score in contest that
had but moment before seemed
hopelessly lost. Pandemonium
reigned.
Then East chased Kennedy, sub
stituting Armstrong, who retired
Middleton, ending the inning.
The first half of the tenth was
a heart breaker for Marion. jim
my Lucas went in 10 the box in
Wilhelm's s place. NalIin led off
with single TO center. He was
advanced to second on a sacrifice
and went to third on LalOnge'S
safety in left. Ortlieb flied ont to
Riley, who held Nellin on pretty
single to center by Breckenridge.
Broderick was an easy out at
first
With the score G to against
them the Lime Burners encouraged
by the crowd started the seemingly
hopeless task Of getting enough
runs TO tie the score. GoOde, who
replaced Armstrong, walked Dial
garn and the little center fielder
went to third when Luskey soak
ed ont a double to right center.
Armstrong was benched by Mana
ger East and Breckenridge brought
in from left field to pitch. Eich-
berger went out into left and
there by hangs a tale. Breck was
wild and passed Lucas and Mylett
forcing Dalgarn over the plate.
Then Tim Flood hit one on the
nose that looked like double to
left center and the fans thought
the game was won. But Fichbergtr
made a great run for the ball and
gathered it in close to the fence
in his gloved hand. Luskey scored
from third on the out. tying the
score and Lucas moved up from
second 10 third. Farrell threatened
to do things so Breckenridge pass
Ell him, filling the bases with one
ont. Dithridge put up a fly to
short center and Riley went out
from Frederick to Schwartz. A
great chance to win the game but
the best the Lime Burners could
do was tc tie the score.
The eleventh inning did pot
change the score. East, for Akron
rot single, with one out, but
Mylett captured Schwartz's ground
or and tonehing second completed
the double by a throw to Dith-
ridge. Marion went out in order.
In the eleventh the lid came off
and Akron got three runs and the
game With one out. Lucas passed
ING him to third. Eichberger got
Strood and Lei onge singled send
four wide ones and the bases were
fnll. Breckenridge was the real
sit" again, and singled to right
scoring Strood ana IoLIonpe Wher