The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-20
PITCHERS BATTLE HARD
Both Wilmot and Lloyd were
in Rare Form.
Ketter Saves Game by Great Throw
to Plate Before Stupid Base Run
ming Keeps Diggeis from Scoring.
(By h. n. Sawhill.J


Mansfield Aug. Powell we have
an excellent start to equal our re-
cord made during the last visit OF
the Diggers to our fair city. ON that
notable occasion we played the form
er world beaters three games and
of these we won three and lost the
remaining. SO for in the present
series we have played one. won one
and 1t isn't quite certain what we
will do in the two remaining games
Judging from what happened yester-
day when the visitors had an ex-
cellent quality OF pitching to help
them along and still lost we should
Just about equal our former perfor-
mance.
Perhaps that wasn't beautiful
battle yesterday. Other games have
been full Of little more excitement
and thrilling incidents but the
game ulayed yesterday about car
RIGS of the laurels for being the
cleanest played, fastest and one Of
the most interesting games PLAYED
at League park this season. And that
Is saying great deal for there
have been some mighty interesting
games played there this year.
Both teams played suberb ball.
The work of the two twirlers how
ever featured the contest Lloyd
who was fortunate enough to get
away with the game got away bad
ly and was in trouble all OF the
first three innings after that though
he was entire master Of the situa-
ton. Wilmot on the other hand
started nicely He was going in his
best form in the first five innings.
He was in trouble in the sixth
and seventh got away good in the
eighth and then lost out in the last
session.
As mentioned Lloyd outpitched
Big Al after he got to going. AL
though Harry was in trouble iu the
first part of the game he was pitch
ing good ball getting himself out
of bad holes in all OF the innings
moinly through his own efforts.
once he famed Wolfe in a pinch on
two other occasions he famed O'Day
when a hit meant a run while In
still another instant he struck out
the mighty Hughie Tate. He had
good control, both OF the passes com
ing in the earlier part oi the game.
Only three men faced hin; from the
third until the eighth innings. The
visitors succeeded in getting one
man on the sacks in each OF the
last two innings but VI was futile. A
little dumb base running helped
some in the last frame. Lloyd was
in good form all the way through
and pitched one Of the best games
of his career.
Big AL started away like a regular
world beater. In the first five In
nings we managed to get just two
men on the sacks. One OF these at
tanned that honor on hit while the
other arrived there was due to one
OF Wilmots two passes. From the
fifth one he weakened, he was In
trouble I'm three out of the next
four innings. He had good control
also but unfortunately one OF his
two passes resulted in scoring the
only run of the game. He was not
so long Cn strike outs as Lloyd fail
ing to fan a man until the last in
ming when he struck out Mathay,
who lead off in that inning.
Mansfield went into the game
with changed line mp due 10 the
absence Of AIeehan and also Jewels
inability 10 play his regular post
ton. Jewell assayed TO hold down
the center garden and performed,
in an acceptable manner He did
mot have a fly bail TO handle but
cut OFF run at the plate by a
pretty throw. Davy played his usual
swell game at short. Biery was NOV
cd up to second place in the batting
order but as Jewell failed to get
on BASES because of his Injured
ankle, Bert was not called upon to
show his sacrificing ability.
There were numerous occasions
when a timely hit would have re.
suited in run but only once during
the entire innings did such hit
make it's appearance. Fortunately
that happened TO be Mansfield
batter who came TO in the pinch. a
single by Davy with two down IN
the ninth and the game was ours. A
more timely and opporune hit was
never made than that single by