The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Diggers Bunch Hits on Mr.
Shine.
MERCER WILD BUT GOOD
Only One Clean Hit by For
mer Teammates
Ketter and 0'Day Do Some Slug
giag and Wolfe Carries off Field
ing Honors-Last Games Today.

Going at it hammer and tongs
style the Disgers looking a lot like
the lads who lead the league in
the first hall of the season, and bat
ted i'm nine runs in the first five
innings Portsmouth's cmiy run was
secured through the generosity OF
Jack Mercer.
Such sharp hitting has not been
witnessed at the yard for many
days Almost everyone took slam
at the Offering of a Mr. Shine, who
did the serving for the callers Be
fore the fusillade was over said Mr..
Shine was well polished.
Eleven sareties for total of
nineteen bases was the swat record
OF the home boys. In all OF the
canonadimg Ketter loomei up as
the bright particular star. A hom-
er that bounced over the fence in
the extreme lett field corner and
two singles were the raps OF the
sturdy Digger ODay came next
with two timely blows, one
triple and the other double.
Mercer had the Indian sign on
the boys from the rivertown. There
was but one clean nit registered for
Portsmouth, the other one being an
inReld hit in fielding which Tate
and Mercer got their wires crossed
and the runner made first. Mercer
was a trifle wild throughout but
at the right time he had a h''
of tightening up and retiring the
side.
AT short Wolfe gave the pitcher
some notable support and cut OH
several smashes that looked good
Mercer famed nine of the downstat-
ers.
This man Shine is n left handler.
with mostly a glove and a motion.
And there is nothing to it, he has mo-
tions that are some. After doing
few acrobatic stunts that pill is
sent somewhere in the direction of
the plate. In justice to the twirler
though II must be recorded that he
is lad of promise. His curves
are quick and bother the batters
not little. After the fifth inning
he put the Diggers out in on, two,
three order.
The scoring was commenced when
in the second Ketter raped the pill
on a line toward the left field
corner. The drive was terrific
one and the ball, striking a hard
place, bounded high over the fence
whTe Ketter trotted around. In the
next the Diflgers added another af-
ter two had been retired. o'Day
driving in the manager A lot OF
walked and Ketter and Tate singled
execution came off in the fourth
and most OF ~ happened after two
were down. LaRue opened with a
bong drive TO right for two bases.
I.usl1ey lifted TO Totman and Mer-
Ger boosted one TO Doom. LaRue
pilfered third and scored on Far
rells single TO right. Farrell stole
second and Wolfe walked, both cross
ing the plate on O'Day's triple to the
left corner oil the yard. O'Day scored
on Tates safe one and Ketter's
single and Wilson's double scored
Tate. Five runs, after two were out
and made through some OF the pret-
tiest hitting that has been seen at
Webb park for weeks.
The last two counters came in
the sixth With one gone Mercer
surprised himself and got Texas
Lacquer in center Farrell was pass
ed and Dithridge made a nice catch
OF Wolfe's fly black of first. O'Day'a
two base scored Mercer and FaTel
Not another Digger reached first
Opportunities for the callers to
count came few and far between
Their main chances came in the
fourth Dithridge was passed and
went 10 second on Nagel's single
Dooin bunted but Mercer's quick