The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-31
PULL FIRST
OUT OF FIRE
LOCKE MASTER IN End
Diggers Win by Clouting
Jusrus Hard at Finish.
Blanks Diggers while Lam
caster Counts Twice
Big Crowd of Lancaster Rooters At.
tend Contest Many Pretty Plays
in Both Games.

BY pulling the first game out of
the fire when it had seemed that all
hope OF beating Justus and the pep
perry Lanks had vanished, the Dig
gers managed to break even in a
double header with the Lanks yester-
day afternoon. There was more noise
at the ball park than at any time
this season.
Five hundred strong lunged Ian
caster fans accompanied the team 10
this city and encouraged the leaders
at every opportunity. The local root
ers, not to be outdone, rooted vocifer-
usly for the home team. Each club
won a game so everybody was happy
or nearly so.
THE FIRST GAME.
The great crowd filled the stand
and overflowed along the left fled
line. The fielding OF foul pops along
the line was hindered somewhat by
the crowd.
For the Diggers, Jack Mercer, the
former Portsmouth HEAVIER, started
i'm the first game and was opposed by
Walter Justus. who expected to do
the iron man stunt and work in both
games It looked as though Justus
was TO get away with the first game
too, and keep right on working in
the second. But the uncertainties of
baseball were never more forcefully
demonstrated than toward the close
of the contest.
The Banks piled up a lead of three
runs and the Diggers had been m-
able to do anything. Then the uneX
pected happened. Justus' support
weakened bit and jne Diggers wall
loped the ball all over tie lot ty-
ing the count in the lucky seventh |
and winning out in the eighth. There |
was some class to that clouting.
Mercer went along very well dur
ing the early innings. In almost every
frame the Lanks had an opportunity
10 score but Mercer had the lid on
tight. The playing Of the Diggers
behind him was of the sloppy order |
yet in the pinches the lads in white
came to the front and nailed two |
runners at the plate. II was in the
fifth that the callers counted first, |
Pipers pass, Justus' infeld scratch |
ON an intended sacrifice, and Browns
single gave Lancaster a run. with |
one down in the sixth Carter singled |
10 right. Wilson tried TO take the |
pill in on the fly and allowed it to
so TO the fence. Carter reaching |
third base. Mercer threw wild to La
scored Reynolds was safe at first on
one that carromed off Mercer's glove |
after Lallier had been passed. Piper |
then drew another walk and the |
bricks were full. Realizing that Mer-
Ger was not working right O'Day |
used the derrick and sent in Elmer
Brown. with but one down and the !
bases full the outlook was not en-
couraging for the new man on the |
job but Brown was equal to the emer-
gency and retired the side without
q count.
Another tally was added by the |
lanks in the seventh Brown passed |
Eichberger and Heller sacrificed. |
Gowdy singled to LETT and Eichber
ger scored, Gowdy taking second on
Anderson's tumble of the hit. A wild
pitch let Gowdy prance TO third.
Carter got on through Anderson's er-
Tor and Lallier walked filling the
sacks. Reynolds hit to Brown, who
forced Gowdy at the pate and Lus-
keys quick throw to Tate, complet-
ed double play that retired the
side.
Then the fireworks happened.
had used some improper
language 10 the Umps in the second
inning and was chased, Reynolds go
ing to short and Gowdy TO first.
Reynolds failed TO handle ODay's
hard drive to open the seventh and
The manager got his second hit In
a hit and run play, Tate also wal
loped one through Reynolds and both
runners we're safe Ketter'S single
90 lie middle garden scored O'Day
and Ttte took second. Wilson here
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