The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-04
Three Runs Melted by Sharp
Hitting Of Diggers.
LIMA HAD LOOKED SAFE
Tom Garvey was not Solved
Except In One Frame.
Lucas Pitched Superb Ball Bur
vas not Given Best Of Support
The story.

Though they were htless in every
frame except the lucky seventh the
Diggers punched their blows on Mer-
ryman and aided by a hit batsmen
Sent three runs over the pan, taking
the first contest II the Lima series by
d score OF three 10 two.
al was a heart breaker for Lima to
lose yet despite the fact that Big
Tom Garvey came very close to fling
Ing a no hit game. James Lucas was
working In superb form for the Dig
gers and Lima was entitled to neith-
er OF the runs they had secured earl.
Yer In the fray The first run that
Lima sent in was pure gift Of Um-
pire Kpmer's bad eyesight. IL was
the unanimous verdict that Luskey
touched Newnham several feet from
the home plate atsr Wilson had
made nice throw from right field.
The second run would nat have been
put up by the score board boy had
Lucas been glysn good support by the
infeld.
There were many pretty features In
the great game and time and again
the hit column was kept clean by
wonderful catches. In the opener
attire Lima had been retired in order
Wolfe laced one into right center that
locked as though 1t were good for
two or three bases until little
Reilly, the speedy middle gardener of
the Stogies, came across like light
ming and spearad the ball in his
gloved hand. lie was given a nice
ovation by the crowd for the feat.
And that was the way 1t happened
ell through the contest until the sew
enth. Garvey was hit hard and Oft
en-. but there was always some one
there 20 cut off the hit. On the 9TH
er hand the Mlrlon oitneld played
excellent ball behind Lucas during
the whole game. Several catches by
Farrel. OF hard drives kept the Wis
itors from sending over enough to
win. The work OF the infeld during
the early innings WIS not so spectac-
ular. Lucas himself had an error,
O'Day let a thryw get away from him
while covering first. fotshaw was
watching plly at the plate and did
not cover on 4 ball to third that
either Wolfe or King should have
fieded and should have thrown the
runner out at the plate and King and
Lucas allowed n little pop bunt TO
fall safe between them when a dou-
BILE would have resulted had the ball
been nailed,
The first hit OF the game was a
double by r. Reilly along the left
field line in the second but Lucas
famed Gavey and Farrell captured
Finkes hard drive TO center. In the
next Lucas tumble OF grounder let
NIewnham get on. A. Reilly tried to
sacrifice but O'Day was late covering
the bag and the ball got away.
NIewnham going to third. Foutz
lifted one to Wilson in deep right
and Newnham came in on the put
out. Wilson's throw had him nailed
at the plate. but Kramer called the
runner safe. Lucas knocked down
Kahl's drive, throwing the runner
out at first and Sykes lifted to Wolfe.
In the ffth there was secured by
Lima It's second count. Lindsay
singled to center and n. Reilly at
tempted TO sacrifice. When neither
King or Lucas fleded his little pop
that would have made a double play
a cinch, Lindsay landed on second
and Reilly on first. Glivey sacri-
feed the pair along notch and it
looked as though Lima would sew up
the same without waiting until later
Finke then hit between Wolfe and
King, but neither took the grounder
I'm time to get the runner at the plate.
1Iotshaw was not covering first and
another easy grounder was scored as
a hit. Lucas then came to the rescue
and famed Newman. Reilly lifted
70 Farrell.
About this time there happened
along that lucky seventh and every
one knew that something was due TO
come of. II did. Wolfe caught one
OF the big singers moist ones on
the dry side, sending the marble
against the left field fence for three
bases. King was hit with pitched
ball and claimed first. "Chewie
Tate was the right man in the right
place and both ranners counosd when
he walloped the pill 10 left for dou-
BILE. Then our friend Windy Lot
shaw again broke into the spot light
by singing 10 center and scoring
Tate with the run that won the
game, after o'Day had whitfield. Will
son lifted to Foutz.
Though lima made a valiant try
In the last round there was nothing
doing. King. captured Iindsay's fou
lift and Reilly go, ;lis third hit ol
the game when O'Day knocked down
bis drive back OF second but too late