The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
O'DAy'S HIT WINS
FIRST AT NEWARK
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Ninth Inning Batfest Sews
up a Close Game.
BOTH PITCHERS HIT HARD
Zmich 10 Master Though Ex-
cept in One Inning.
Farrell's Hitting Features Contest
Victory Puts Diggers IN Fifth
Place Story Of the Play.

Joe Stonp was anything but a hard
proposition today, Out at tnat he
managed to hold the Diggers down
until the ninth inning, then they got
TO him and two two sackers, sim
gle and an error gave them the first
game on the series. The game wa,
a listles affair ana the rivals for
cerlar honors were about even in the
point of dopy playing.
Now and then a bright spot would
loom up over the horizon OF the high
board fence around Wehrle park,
but these same spots were so few and
far between that it was hard for the
fans to get their interest aroused e.
Perhaps the work of NIoDenmott had
as much to do with the taking of
the life from the team as any thing
else, for he was RANK, but both
teams suffered alike. so neither
manager had a kick coming.
The field work Of Wratten and
NlcClintock was great. They worked
in the shiney spots or the Molders,
while for the Diggers the stick work
of Farrell was the only ching to cause
comment. While ODay, Wolfe and
1nich seemed TO have plenty OF
chances according to the tabulated
score, yet these same chances were
mostly of the custard pie vahety and
were handled with ease.
The scoring was not elaborate, but
It wasn't the fault of the pitchers
for neither of them showed enough
to warrant their getting away with
the game. The first score for Marion
came in The fourth inning after one
man was down. Watkins singled and
when Johnston hit one that Pinmey
juggled, Watkins hiked around TO
third. Johnstone stole second and
when Wllloughby hit one chat Stcup
retired him on at first base, Watkins
game home. Zmich slapped one for an
out to Snyder.
Newark doubled the Diggers count
ing racket in their hall OF the same
inning, and for a few minutes it
look as though Zmich was doomed 10
fall Fictim TO the clubs OF the Mold
ers. MDcClintock started things off
with drive through right garden for
hwo sacks. Snyder laid down neat
sacrifice that INIcClintock reached
third on and moment later he
a ored on Wratten's single. Rats
stole second then O'Hara bunted and
beat it out when OiDay 1oafed on the
job aud failed to cover first. Fisher
poled out long single to left-center
and Wratten scored. Abbott. who
tried to score from third when the
throw WAS made to second to catch
Wratten, was thrown out at the plate
and Fisher made the third out when
zmlch caught him pulling off a Rip
Wan Wrinkle on first.
lAfter OiDay had hrt light ground
er to Stoup and was nailed at flrstS
that had a bright future, for VIII
hams sent him to third with his
single and Staley sent him across
TO tie up thet score with his clout.
The real rlout-fest didn't start un-
III the ninth. then the Marion gang
took TO Etoup's offerings like kid
10 glass on red lemonade. or a
thirsty man 10 glass Of real beer
in a dry town on hot day. Will
ougfrby. who made his rirst appear
ance before a Newark audience,
smashed an out-cur-ve almost to the
fence for two easy sacks. Zmich
Ibunted and the ex-New York State
leaguer went TO the Wratten corner.
ODay scored him with a single that
brushed the ends of iMoClintoc&'s
fingers. AloClintocks error on Wofe's
drive sent the manager TO third and
Farell's two sacker "a ored him. Will