The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
SQUEEZE PLAY
WINS OPENER
Lotshaw Taps High One and
O'Day Counts.
WILMOT In GREAT FORM
Big Finger Bests Doc Bailey
in Battle.
Fingers Triple Scores Marions'
! Fret Run Playing Of LaRue and
and O'Day a Feature.

II was pretty pitchers battle
that the squeeze play decided yester.
day afternoon at Webb park and Al
Wtlmot, the winner, had II on Doc
Bailey, the loser. That squeeze made
IL listen like two to one with the
Diggers on the two end
Replete with brilliant and consis.
tent playing the game was as excit-
ing as could be desired There was
something coming off all Of the time
When hits meant runs that something
Was In the line OF brilliant play CT
some mighty pretty throwing on the
part of the official beavers Neither
Wilmot nor Bailey ever worked in
better form. But thrty-two swatters
faced each of the powerhouses and
the majority of them returned to the
bench swatless.
In only two frames did the Marion
batters connect with Bliley's sending
for more than one hit In both of
those frames the Diggers counted.
1t was in one frame only that he
lads from Richland county got mere
than one blow off Wllmot In that
they scored their lone run. Bailey
walked one. hit one and Wilmot
passed but one.
''Pie" LJaRue, ard Lucky ODay
were all of the big red apples in the
fielding line. The former made two
pretty catches of pops straight back
Of third that looked as though they
would fall in fair territory. ODay
was covering lot of real estate
around the short field. Once with
Meehan on second he went back of
the sack and knocked down drive
from Burke's bat but not in time TO
retire the runner. Meehan was he'd
at third on the play. Several times
he grabbed OFF drives over the sAck
and got the runners at first. The
leaders, Swiping of third in the sixth
was one of the principal factors in
winning the game.
The Tigers counted first and used
some inside basebali to get the run
across. Meehan opened with single
90 left and Mlthay sacrificed Then
Burke laced one over the second sack
that o. Day knocked down only after
the hardest kind of try, holding
Meehan on third. The squeeze signal
was given and Meehan started in but
Biery instead Of dumping the ball
took a smash. The conditions we're
the same as when Luskey took
crack at one over at Mansfield last
Sunday but Biery did not meet the
ball fairly and sent a little roller -
Wilmot while AIeehan came over
with the Tiger tally.
Sanford Burk, who Is taking Will
sons place in the left garden ripped
off pretty double to the left field
corner in the Digger fifth. Luskey
followed with a perfect sacrifice and
san went to third Then Al Wilmot,
one of the extra base hitters of the
Dlggers. met one on the nose and
sent II rolling between Burke and
Meehan for three sacks, sending
Burk across the rubber and tying the
score. Wilmot seldom gets a sing,e.
While his hits do not come very
often they are generally good for
two or more when they do come.
Neither Farrell nor LaRue could
bring Wilmot the remainder of the
circuit.
In the sixth round the Tigers gave
us some scare. but snappy fielding
back Of Wilmot helped out the pitch
er. jewell started with a single to
left and Meehan laid down a bunt.
Wilmot beat the speedy Jewell to
second with the marble Math9y then
cracked one past Wilm2t that looked
good for hit. Al just touched the
ball with his fingers but O'Day made
a pretty stop and touching second
threw TO firt, completing very
timely double play.
II was in the local sixth that the
winning run was secured ODay start
ed the ball ar1lling with single 70
left and Tate whitfield trying TO sac
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