The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-30
Marion Captures Ninth
Straight Game.
LIMA USES THREE PITCHERS
Trio Fails to Stop the Hust-
ling Locals.
kmich Master All the Way-FarrelPs
Great Fielding a Feature--E. RELY
Helps Cause with Homer-story
of the Victory.
IBy John n. Markham.)

Z Lima, Ohio, July Special
The opening game of the present
Marion Lima series went TO the Dig
gers Yesterday by n score of to 3,
the contest being rather of listless
nature and furnishing few exciting
Incidents.
When Umpire Handiboe called the
game, Walter Miller, the damp ball
finger, was on the mound for the
locals. Although ne exhibited signs
Of wildness in the opening frame. CIV
ing Behringer three wide ones upon
the first Digger appearance at the
plate, It looked as If he would steady
down as the game progressed Not
sign of hit was registered by the
Diggers in the first inning. only
three men facing the spit ball artist
DIGGERS GET GOING.
However, Miller did not last long.
the blow up securing in the second
inning after Williams, the first man
up, had been retired by Fink and
Sykes. Staley and Farrell were
passed and Emmett Reilly singled to
left, scoring Staley. Wilounghby
followed Reilly, and as Miller exhib-
tied no signs of regaining his control,
serving the Digger third baseman
with wide one, Manager Fohl used
the derrick.
MUNK Is Troubled.
Munk was sent to the firing line
with the score standing one to one
Fink having crossed for the locals in
their half of the first. Wllloughby
found Munk for a beauty to center
but died in an attempt to make Sec
ond on the play. Farrell and Reilly
started for home on Willoughby's
drive and Foutz threw the ball to
Fohl, in an effort 10 catch the last
man at the plate. He was unsuccess-
full, but Fohl whipped the pellet to
Newnham in time to get Willoughby
at the second station.
Munk then retired the side in an
easy fashion and went along In the
third and fifth innings breezed two
of the Dlggers. After Willoughbys
drive In the second which netted
two runs for the Diggers the visitors
were unable to get at Munk to any
great extent for several innings. In
the fourth, Farrell got a scratch hit.
lining out one which was too hot for
Al Newman to handle. In the NTH
after Munk had famed both Will
loughby and Zmich, Behringer
singled to third and stole second
Johnstone. who had taken Shields
place in the lineup and was play
ing in the right garden, followed
with a clean drive 10 left. allowing
Behringer To count with what would
have been the winning run. Munk.
therefore. stands charged with los
ing the game, although Miller Is the
man who Is really responsible. His
wildness had resulted i'm the two
runs being scored off Of Munk in the
second and the latter pitched
brand of ball which ordinarily would
have been a winner.
r. REILLY'S HOMER.
In the seventh the visitors found
Munk bit freely. Williams was
the first man up in this frame. The
Indian got hit and was sacrificed TO
second by Staley. Farrell was cas-
lily retired by Sykes unassisted, and
then Emmett Reilly, who really
shouldn't have used his former team
mates so roughly. drove out home
run to the center field fence Will
luehby followed with a drive past sec
ond but this hit availed the Diggers
but little for Zmich proved easy pick
ing, flying TO Weller.
MUNK PULLED OUT.
Munk was to have led of the bat
ting In the seventh, but Fohl sent
Nelson in to bat for the twlrler
Pennybaker was on the rubber in the
eighth. He retired Staley, Farrell and
Reilly In one, two, three order and
the fans who had become discour-
aged took on a more cheerful air, be-
lieving that the game might yet be
snatched from the burning. In the
ninth Pennybaker continued his eff
fectiveness. Willoughby popped to
Newman. Zmlch famed and the To-
cal port side HEAVIER hit Behrnger
Johnstone, the next man up, sue
ceedsd In convincing Handiboe that
he had been hit, and the umpire al
lowed him to go to first. Wolfe popped
10 Weller and the game was over SC
Tar as Digger run getting was con-
eerned.
Big Ed Zmich was Manager Lewis
selection for the days trial. The
swede has never at any time proved
troublesome TO the locals. who hat
been successful in taking his measur.
In the days when he was with 10,
Raidy's Grand Rapids Raiders
Things looked very roseate, especiall,
after Fink the first man up met tn,
ball squarely on the nose for thre,
bases the aforesaid ball being tn,
first that the light haired twIrle
served. Fohl attempted to slam Il,
bail out but Ii went to Behringer
Hehiy's sacrifice fly allowed Jap Il
count. however. and the fans be
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