The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-27
Pass Mansfield and Enter
First Division.
pARSON GOOD IN PINCHES
Ludwig Swatted Hard in
Early Innings.
Williams Has Great Day In Outfeld--
Timely Batting of Locals sews Up
Contest---Rcsnlt Rather Doubtful,
However Until the End---The Story.

Hitting Ludwig hard at the right
time and taking advantage of the two
Portsmouth misplays. the Diggers
added another to their already long
string OF victories, yesterday after
noon, Parsons and his pals holding
the callers to three while Marion
registered twice more.
II was another one of those games
wherein anything Is likely to happen
and several times IL did. The strug-
gle was not over until Chief Williams
made his great running catch of Speh-
GERS drive along the foul line in right
and doubled Collins at first.
CALLERS START EARLY.
Portsmouth was given a start i'm the
opening round on Behringer's error of
McCalllsters roller. Collins, who was
destined to be the mighty hitter of.
the story. followed with slap against
the left field fence, sending the cap
tain over. Shields. with the help of
Wolfe and Willoughby caught Collins
trying to stretch his smash base.
Farrell gathed in Spencer's drive
DIGGERS MAKE REPLY.
Diggers came back with ven,
geance, taking the lead and though
Portsmouth threatened many times,
"Bucknell Bill" Parson and numerous
other Digger workers always stub
bornly resisted. With two down
Wolfe laced to middle for a base and
Williams. pulled Off the unexpected,
dropping a bunt along the thi. d base
line and catching both Duffy and Lud-
wig asleep. Staley then hit to O'DayI
whose wide throw to first gave the
Digger cause new life, filling the
sacks. Farrell was the right emer-
gency man, his clout to Totman's sta
ton. sending in Wolfe and Williams.
Another came our way i'm the third
Ludwig passed Williams who 'pilfered
after Staley had flied to McCallister.
Farrells out put Williams on third,
and Johnstone's drive over second that
Collins reached but could not recover
sent Williams across the rubber.
BOTH SCORE IN FIFTH.
The fifth was a scoring inning for
both clubs. Ragsdale hit over close
10 second and Wolfe stopped the ball
but could not recover to make the
throw. the catcher making first. Lud-
wig sacrificed and Rags went to
third on ODay's out to Staley. Nc
Callister's grounder was so placed that
Wolfe just reached 1t TO Knock IL
down while Ragsdale scored and
Mac Ttdcntu llTSt 'OlllllS cledn
drive TO middle put the leader on
second and Behringer's poor throw to
Staley on Spencer's grounder, filled the
bricks. Behringer then redeemed
himself by making a clever running
catch of Totman's drive back OF first.
To make up the Diggers got two
In their half Staley who generally
started things yesterday, opened with
a single and Farrell followed with
smash TO left that tore OHara's hands
apart Staley went to third and Far
rell hauled up at second. Johnstone's
long fly to McCallister was sacrihcer
and Farrell, having advanced TO third
on the play at the plate completed the
journey by means OF the squeeze, Will
loughby bunting To Ludwig. Digger
scoring stopped and not another
safety was procured off Ludwig in the
remaining three innings.
PARSON PINCH PRINCE.
II was the same old Parson work.
ing for the locals. Going along
rather aimlessly until trouble impend-
ed and then putting on the lid with
vengeance. A pass 10 O'Day with
one down In the seventh and follow
ed by Collins second double and third
hit of tho game, gave the callers their
last chalker.
Totman walked in the eight and
Duffy famed. O'IIara beat out an
infield hit and Ragsdale famed. just
to make the situation trife more
tense. Parson made balk, putting
runners on third and second But
Ludwig could not tie the score with d
blow for Parson had his flaming
machine too well oiled.
In the ninth after O'Day had fam.
ed McCallister beat out another inielC
drive and Collins. came next with hi,