The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-22
|BRAINY PLAY
| WINS BATTLE
Two Squeezes and Timely
Hits by the Diggers do It.
FOX In GOOD FORM
Holds Down Callers While
Webb is Hit Hard.
Struggle 10 Nip and Tuck-Fox
Bunts and Puts One Over = Great
( Catch by Tate Saves Game.

nose out Newark yesterday after
noon in a nip and tuck struggle
at 0'Day's ball yard, the final
count being five to four.
Thirty seven innings have the
Diggers and the Alolders played and
this is the first time that contest
has been decided this season The
first two struggles ended In four
teen inning draws.
From start to finish 1t was an
uphill battle that Marion fought
hut the caliber of the Diggers mani
festrd itself and though the score
was tied during a part of the strug
gle the fans were quite sure that
the home boys would finally cop
notwithstanding the early lead of
the callers.
Gus Fox worked his first full
game on the local lot and he was in
grand form for this early in the
season Gloomy had them guessing
all of the time and reaching foi
bad ones. His support was not of
the hest in the first inning when
two Molders counted. Cleo Webb
Ohio Wesleyan student. and south
paw finger was on the line for
Newark. Webb had lots of speed
and better control than usual but
the habit developed early in the
game by the Diggers of rapping out
saseties at critical times, finally
proved his undolng.
Newark filled the small crowd
with disappointment by getting two
In the opener. Abbot caught a
splitter on the dry side and pulled
II along the right field line for a
base. Snyder sacrificed. He went to
third on a passed ball and then
Fox walked Locke, who Immediately
closed up the gap. Gygli then lifted
a little Texas Lacquer few fest
back of second which Wo;se
should have taken bLr he was Ell
joying little nap and allowed
Farrell to try fer the ball When
Red failed to reach Il Abbott socr-
ed and Locke went TO third. Then
Murray put another one almost
In the same place while Locke count
ed Smith was out on roller to
keter and when Fox knocked down
Wratten's hard grounder O'Day
scooped 1t up and got the runner
at first.
The way the locals tied up the
score was as pretty a piece of
work as one might wish to see.
Manager o'Day smashed mighty
one at Wratten In the second in
ming. The ball went through his
legs and out to Snyder. O'Day then
turned first and as Snyder had the
ball to make the throw-in dashed
I for second, beating the ball only
by a great slide Ketter sacrificed
neatly and Wilson squeezed the
manager In. Webb handled the bunt
and lgot Wilson at first.
Fox walked In the second and
Farrell's sacrifice put him on the
second pillow. After Wolfe had
pounded the breeze King came along
with his second hit of the game
and brought the pitcher in with
the run that tied.
With two down In the fourth
Newark again copped the lead .Wrat-
ten walked and stole second and
completed the circuit when Will
liams lao,d one past third that King
could not reach.
| To again tie the score a pretty
bit OF brainy baseball was pulled
OFF by Fox. Every one expected him
TO hit out and when he dumped
one along the third base line and
beat II out he not only stood
Newark infield on their heads but
even his own team mates. The play
was typical OF Fox who uses his
noodle all of the time and pulls of
the unexpected. Farrells sacrifice
Isent him to second and on a pass
ed ball he went to third. Wolfe
grounded to Webb and was out but
IBilly King was there with the goods
when ne laced out his third lar
rupp a single to left and Fox
came In with the count that again
tied up the game.
| Led by the manager. the Diggers
for the first time got into the lead
In the sixth. oiDay's great drive tt
the left field corner was good fol-
two bases. The manager might have
made third but the play would
have been close with a good throw
and he played 1t safe. Ketter sac
,rificed him to third and with VIII
son al the plate the pair agair
worked the squeeze successfull!