The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-02
MiepIay Followed by a Pair
of Singles.
rDICCERS had THREE CHANCES
Wolfe Twice Failed to Touch
McClintock at Second.
Rsal Cause Of Defeat, However, 10
Failure to Hit Joe Stsup at Any
's,rims.

An error by Frank Locke on Mc-
Clintocks groumder with two down
dn the segensh inning gave Newark
the ouponttnity to swat the heather
just encsfgh to pMt three runs over
and take the Opening contest of the
series four to one.
Newark had to work mighty hard
for victory, and IL is doubtful II the
nioldertS would have been s,pcc ccessful
had dt not been for Locke's nfisplay.
Then there were two either slips In
the seventh that helped the Molders
a lod. NtClintock after getting a
life on the error, dashed for second
and Johnstone's throw had him beat
en- but HandHboe claimed thar Wolfe
did not touch the runner. That ex-
dsted dhe crowd. A second later,
Woke had McCllntuck off the sack
on the other side and Du as throw
was perfect. Again Handhboe refused
TO cali the Molder out and as a re-
suit four more Molders were allowed
TO make try at solving the Lucas
blenders. A walk and two singles
scored three and Il was all over.
Jammy Lucas was hardly in his
hest fonn, but he was nevertheless
the Lucas of old, not hard to hit
hut mhghty hard TO be:d. A pitcher
cf the Lucas type needs support. The
D.ggers failed in the crucial moment /
ibtHt that can hardly be charged I
aIgiainst the pitcher as the side
shouid have been retired before the .
safd'heis made their appearance. Joe
Stoup WIS the same old had. fit as a
fiddle and puzzle all of the time.
Stolps curve ball was working nice
ly and the Dlggers secured but two
clean hits. a scratch and the last a
present TO Dlcas as the ball hit Wat
kins When " IS all summed mp
though that Is the real cause Of the
Digger failure 1.-The tightness of Mr.
Stcap, the king pin in the Molder
defense.
The callers appeared to be far less
confident than In days gone by when
Newark was accustomed to have a
team we'll up in the race. The loss
OF many dose games, where the base
ball luck was all going to the other
fellow, has doubtless had ITS effect
upon the club. II Is the same way
with the Dhggers, although embold-
ened by the s,Nress during the past
two days with Mansfield the locals
,puabably had more confidence than
usual.
BUT withal ct was game worth
watching. Despite rhe number of
blngles poled by the iads from down
state the Digger defense was mighty
hard TO penetrate in the piHnhes. J
Lu-as generally ulghiened up and the
team behind him went the stronger !
as the dasger impended An instance I
of the class to the defense appears
tn the story OF the fifth when New
ark pounded oln four singles in a 4
rev, but scored only once.
Marion STATED off right and scored
wlthoR a hit In the first O'Day was
passed. he plhered easily. went to ;
third ON lWOlfe's sacrifice and scored
on Stnley's lift 10 Benz in short CEN
ter. Again in the second Staley
opened with angle and was sacri-
feed by notch by LoLke but Meth ,
er Watkdns or Johnstone could make
the rifle
1.o Ike singled In the fourth with
two down, but hit and run play
failed and Locke was caught by
Johns perfect peg I
In the fourth. McClintock opened
with a single TO left, Snyder drew 4
q pass and Abbott sacrificed. An at 4
lemirt to squeeze in NleClintock was '
made by Wratten Dnt Lucas caught
the roller and his throw to John
stone beat NIcClintool, la
With one down In the fifth, Johns. {
Stoup, Rhnkney and McCllmock all
rapped cut singles. On NIcC Cllntock'sl
hit, Sfonp tried 10 follow Johns in /
and was nailed by Watkins with {
perfedt throw to Johnstone. Benz I
doubled and Fisher singled in the a
next, but there was no scoring.
The seveimh was where 1t all hap
'enad. With two pat away, Locke {
hmfJled NIrCblmtoclls roller. Mac &
stole. lb,rt Wolfe TO all appeaGancesl
rad lam EASILY. Handiboe clalmed
hat MAJ elllded the attempt to touchl (
Aim Snyder got walk. Here Me- a
-hntock was again caught OFF but Hi
Iiandfboe refused 10 call him out Ig