The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-01
Mansfield Wins in Romp 13
to 2.
PASSES, BOOTS and HITS
Balloon Goes up in Fifth and
Seven Score.
Zmich wild but Hard to Hit Will
mot Relieves Him and is Slapped
Hard The Game.

BY way of retaliation for some OF
those druobings Marion gave them
last season aim Flood and eight 9th
el Tige's yesterday made the local
bunch look like emateurs before a
large sized opening day crowd. The
final count was -. to ? and Marion
was not on the thirteen end.
There is nothing superstitious
about the Tigers. Flood and his
athletes would be willing to make
thirteen runs today and perhaps
they will--if the Diggers play no bet
ter than they did today.
But, seriously, it was awful. Runs
were easier for the callers to get
than hits. Eight of the thirteen runs
came with but three safe hits and
the nine blows that followed only
brought in five counters. When
ever Zmich was not enjoying one OF
his wild periods some Digger athlete
was there to provide the necessary
boot and help along the matinee. Sore
at first the crowd finally appreciated
the humor in the doings and enjoyed
II fully.
But days like this will not come
often. The Diggers are in need OF a
few games such as this one to bring
them down to their proper gaits. 1t
will take a few days though before
the team is working smoothly and
until the pitchers get a little control.
Then there will be different stories to
tell
Zmich the tall southpaw from the
Central league was the O'Day selec-
tion. The big fellow was wild as a
March hare but when he steadied
down and he usually did in the tight
places there was nothing doing for
the Tigers. He walked eight and
famed seven in the few innings he
worked. Our old friend Fritz Buchol2
was operating on the Mansfield
mound, Fritz is not going at his best
yet but he was getting away nicely
with what he had TO use. He was
raped at intervals throughout the
game but it was not until the ninth
and then when he let down little,
that the Diggers were able to count
After Williams and Wilson had sin
gled Watkins slashed a great one to
the center field corner and ran fol
three bases, sending in two Digger;
ahead OF him. That was really the
one redeeming feature of the Digger
effort.
The Tigers got dangerous in tn,
opening frame With Smith put L
sleep Huber was target for Zmich
Biery lifted to Wilson and boil
Flood and Clark got transportation
1t was up to Dayy to connect bu
his best was roller to O'Day. Their
was some real unpleasantness in tn
second. Kettler got pass an
Zmich hurled the pill to center fiel
after fielding Breymaier's intende
sacrifice. Kettler kept on going an
Farrell heaved the ball over Wat
kins' head to the side wall allowin
Kettler TO count while Breymaie
took third. BuchOh famed an
Smith and Huber were retired by tn
same route a mighty swell bit {
pitching by Zmich. With two out /
the third Clark doubled and Day
and Kettler walked but Zmich fam
ed Breymaier
But their real doings came In III
fifth when seven big juicy runs wei
chalked up. Biery singled to righ
A passed ball let him go to secon
and he completed the circuit o
Wolfes error. Flood got anoth'
gift. Reilly threw the pill to VOL
at second to catch Flood after han,
ling Clarls bunt but Wolfe droppC
the ball Davy's sacrifice put FloC
on third and CLARK on second VOL
then stood waiting for kettler
little lift and dropped it, filling Il
sacks. zmich then took up his pa
of the work and forced in two ru
ners. O'Day flashed the &C Q D. 81
nal and Wilmot came to the aid
Zmich. Smith did his share al
meeting the ball squarely sent
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