The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-14
Defeat Lanks Twice In
Great Matinee.
|ICH HURLS N0-HITTER
Easily Outpitches Mcclure
In First Contest.
Lanks Give Justus Six Runs in Sec
ond, But Diggcrs Fight Uphill Game
and Win In Greatest of Rallies.
Lewis Long Drive Wins IL.

Never since the day when Ebcr
Baker discovered this village has
Marion been so stirred to the deep
est depth of the fountain OF enthus-
sasm as on yesterday when the
capturing of two games from those
Lancaster Champions lifted the Dig
gers from third place and seated
them in the second cnair for the
first time this season.
1t was a red letter day i'm local
baseball the kind that grandfathers
who saw the game as boys, will tell
their grand children in the days to
come am well they may for the
Digger vic ries were not earned
without the "dest kind of toll.
The : 20 Kinds
There was di renee In the kind
of baseball displa in the two af-
fairs. In the first ID zmich was
the leading lady a.. whom all
revolved and is was q Eighty cheer
that came his way whe. Heller
retired in the ninth an, he score
hoard showed a no-hit ne. The
second was full of heart WI, 'chings,
thoughts of what might hav been
and regTets-until the last. hen
awakening. They opened their es
TO find that Justus, hoodoo of 4
who was trying to win two gam,
from them in as many days Is only
human. They saw the wonderfully
muscled athlete tiring fast and they
yelled with fiendsh glce. one Digger
walked. tGerl another. \ Digger
was picked out by one of Justus'
helpers but another amblcd and the
bases were full with but one down
and all because Justus is only human.
The fast tiring machine in the Lam
caster power house worked harder
He limbered up the tired muscles
but they did not respond. The un-
erring aim was slowly fading away
Through this all Lanks afield tried
hard. With every thing at their com
mand they tried to encourage the
main resister but the power of re-
sistance in the human frame some
times Is overtaXcd. II was so in this
case. Emmett Reilly, easy enough
on many previous occasions in the
past. now looked big as a mountain
to the HEAVIER. How the crowd
shouted and aimed It's words straight
at the pitcher. Alone he could bear
II but all of 1t was too much. Then
Reilly getting one to his liking drove
to center for a base and scored a
pair of Diggers. JustuS here re-
ceived his second wind and famed
Bill Johnstone, pinch hitter, but ice
Lewis, Digger leader had yet to be
SeclNoned With. NOT leaving the
coaching lines where he was doing
Bughey Jennings stunts until he was
called TO bat, he raced to the bench,
pulled on n shoe that he had kicked
off and rambled up. oh; how he
rambled. etc.
But before he rambled he smash
ed a straight one far out into center
field, over Purcelrs head. and against
the fence sending in two Diggers
with the ones necessary to overcome
the Lancaster lead and put the Dig
gers In second place. Perhaps some
of the crowd is out there yelling
yet.
THE FIRST GAME.
There was a great big desire for
revenge in the eye Of one Ed Zmich
when he faced the Lanks in the first
game of the matinee and that desire
became stronger as the game went
along. When II was all over the
victor could laugh at the mighty
swatters who hut twenty four hours
before drove him out of the game.
Yes, II WAS sweet revenge for the
big southpaw and though his injur-
ed ankle panied not n little all the
way through he kept gamely at IL
and inning after inning gave his op-
ponents nothing that even resembled
hit.
A Mighty Feat.
This pitching of a no-hit game
against the Lanks with their power
ful array of sluggers, is no mean
feat. But Zmich was equal TO the
task. But four of the callers reached
first base and at no time wree
two Lanks on the cushions.
Opposing zmich there was Scrg
Mcclure, he whom the Diggers still
claim as their own even though they
probably VIII never posbess him.
Mcclure was good but Diggers got
him at the right time and with
Imich hurling along in no-hit fash.
ION. worry over the outcome of the
game was Unnecessary af tire the fiftl
some wonderful fielding feats helped
out Mcclure, Carter being the main
offender i'm both most occasions.
After Zmich had Tanned TO oper
the third Diggers got a start wheI
Behringer beat out wallOp TO Rey.
nolds.. Schrall lifted to Gowdy but
Behringer stole second and scored
when Wolfe laced to middle for q
base. Williams could not help tn,
Digger around.
Make Contest Safe
TWO more came in the sixth. Sin.
giles by Williams, Staley and Farrel
and Reilly's long sacrifice fly n