The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-15
NEWARK GETS
THREE STRAIGHT
New Line up of Diggers
Fails of Result.
BROWN WORKED WELL
New Pitcher Deserved to
Win His Game.
Rsin Marred the Contest and
Threatened to Stop 1t Marion
Hits often but Hits not Timely.

Though outhit Newark coppe1 the
third and last game OF the series at
Webb park yesterday by the score
OF four to two. It was another of
those games in which the Diggers
should have made as many runs as
the callers. and the big Sunday
crowd was disgusted
O'Day tried shift, in fact the
greatest SHIFT that has been tried
any place IN the Ohio State league
this season, but the change did not
do anything to felp break that hor-
rlble hoodoo that has been following
the team for two weeks. Tate was
sent to first. Wilson went TO Sec
ond and O'Day to third. LOtshaw
went to left field and Ketter 10 right.
Billy King sat OF the bench. Brown,
the Indiana-Ohlo league finger,
made his local debut and the visitors
should have had just two runs OFF
his delivery. He Is a young fellow
with lots of courage, world OF
speed and puzzling underhand de-
livery. The hard hitting Molders
could get but three safeties off his
delivery. These three gave the WIS.,
itors two runs The second brace of
runs I'm the sixth were pure gifts.
On the other hand that squad,
which is being chaperoned by Harry
Eells was playing ball every minute.
The manager himself went on the
1, ,,1 ,,tto nf thn
game. II rained about the middle
of the game and Eells gave way to
Uncle, who. though hit hard, was
able TO hold the, Diggers down.
In the first frame, Snyder walked
and was forced By Abbott. Smiths
single sent in Abbott with the FIRST
counted after the latter had stolen
second Then there was nothing
doing for Newark until the fourth
when Gygl singled went to third on
Murray's safety and came In on the
squeeze. Wratten dumping the ball.
n was pouring down rain in the
fifth inning and II looked every sec
opd as though the contest would be
called Ketter In the local half laced
the leather over the right field fence
and brought IN the first Digger count.
Farrell then walked but O'Day in
stead OF sacrificing tried to hit It out.
lie lifted TO Wratten. Farrell was
,raught trying to steal Anderson and
Brown got passes while the rain kept
coming down harder. Hart called
the game with two out but 1t was
finally agreed TO go on despite the
ihnrd rain which made good base
ball impossible. With two on Park
er famed
Then came a chance for some real
doIngs in thn ninth but with the
bnses full Uncle Joe Locke retired
the side. with two down o'Day
doubled 10 left field corner. Snyder
got his hands on the ball after a
great run but could not spear II.
Anderson singled and Wolfe was sent
10 bat for Brown. Wolfe was passed
and II was again up TO Parker but
the new lad could not cut the nee
essary bingle and II was all over.
Marions second run came in the
seventh. Farrell doubled and O'Day
followed with a drive for two sacks
scoring the center gardener. O'Day
went to third on LOcke's wild heave
20 second, but Anderson famed, and
Brown was easy.
In the fourth with the rain falling
fast, Newark had a lucky streak.
With one gone Murray walked. He
stole second and third after Wrat-
ten had lifted to Farrell and scored
when Anderson threw over O'Day's
head to catch him Williams and
Cells both walked. Brown being un-
able 10 hold the slippery ball Snyd-
er hit TO Parker who let the ball go