The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-01
BURK WORKS In FORM
Marion Gets Lead in Secol d
Game but Tigers Tie up.
Both Fox and Rich are Hit Hard at
Finish--Ta,e Gets Second homer
Of the Day-The Story.
(By II. V. Sawhlll.)


day between Marion and Mansfield
Comstock twiri,d in great form ana
putpetched BuIK, but poor work by
Hart allowed Lne league leaders Two
runs, just enough to bring home
the money. box twirled better
game than Rich but after having
the game apparently safely sewed up
he threw DIT away by weakening in
the ninth. Bcvh games were well
played and were featured by Tate's
hitting, the big lett FIELDER twice
knocking out a home run with
men on the bases and by the excel
lent FIELDING OF Alathay, Spratt and
Farrell.
The Tigers should have won the
first contest as they outplayed the
Digges, not having an error until
the ninth inning, while Comstock
was pitching better game than
Burk, but luck was not breaking
our way and we lost. 1t was a well
played contest from start to finish.
The threatening weather held the
attendance down TO about two
Thousand but if it had not been
for this fact, the crowd would easily
have reached the three thousand
mark. There WAS a large crowd of
Marion supporters present and they
made their presence felt.
Comstock piphed great game
Ia n rn11 or If
* had not been for Umpire Hart.
BOBBY couldn't s,e the plate in the
sixth inning and allowed two men
TO wnlk when they were struck out
and as Tate followed with a home
run when one of the two was on
first the Dggers piled up enough
runs to win the game. In five out
OF the nine innings the League lead
er,5 were retired in order and only
two men got as far as third with
the exception of the two men who
scored. Comstcck was effective in
pinches but was a little wild, only
one of his four passes resulting
disastrously. He had the Marion
players popping them up in the air
or rolling them to the infeld all
the way through and if our friend
Tate had been content so remain
q lneglible factor in the run max
ing he would have scored a shut
out to his credit.
There is no denying that Burk
was also on tbe job all the way
through sand by working his drop
ball oyer time he saved himself i
lot OF trouble. In five of the nine
innings the first man reached first
and three of them got as far as
third but mons of them would have
scored IL II had not been for het-
ter's error. Mansfield scored one or
more hits off his delivery in every
inning excepting the seventh and
ninth but he was unhitahle In
pinohes. That big drop OF his had
the Tigers bN aking their backs and
all to no advantage. He caused ten
of the locals to shatter the ambient
ozone in vain, six of the strike outs
coming with men on bases.
The game was feated by the great
work OF the outfield, Farrell and
Mathey starred in this respect.
Red was getting them on all sides
and both cut off what looked to be
safe ones. Jewell and Kettler are
worthy Of mention while the throw
Ing arm of our friend Breymaier
could also be discussed as a side
issue and one that would add to
the laurels of cur usual headliner'
Channell, ODay and Tate were the
hitting heroes.
Jewell led of In the first with a
single but was forced and Biery
could not. get beyond second. Flood
started something in the second w''h
n single and got as far as third
but that WINS the limit. In the
fourth Tim was hit and stole Sec
ond. Channel singled putting the
manager ON third. On one OF Burk's
throws TO catch Channell mapping
Ketter allowed the throw to 60
Through him and Flood scored ouI
only tally. Channell was sacrificed
to third but Breymaier and Com
stock struck out.
Flood started the sixth by being
hit and went to second on Chan
nell IS single but the next three were
easy. Kettler singled as an opener in
the .eighth and reached third on
u,hannells single and an infeld out
by spratt but Hezy wasn't equal to
the emergency, rolling one TO Bnrk
with two down lin both the third
and nilth Msahay singled but II was
all for naught.
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