The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-01
FINISH AHEAD
| ON LOCAL LOT
DIggers Take Morning Game
by Timely Hitting.
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MERCER WILD At START
Whipple Goes in and Holds
Down Callers
Large Crowd Sees First Morning
Game Hitting Of Farrell and
and Williams Great.

| The Diggers hammered the ball Il
lall corners of the yard and ON one
occasion sent the pill on ride ovel
the wall. winning easily to from
Mansfield at the yard Monday morn.
ing. The sharp timely hitting OF the
lads was one of the bright particular
features Of n game that was not de
void of interest despite the one-sided.
ness Of the score. l
The Tigers kept ON playing TO win
and the three runs made by them In
the eighth, ON pretty bit of hit
ting, served to keep up the interest
and hold the crowd until the end.
Jack Mercer. lad with lot OF
stun, but inclined to be erratic as
times, started FOR the locals. Az
usual Mercer had everything buI
control and the result was that ODay
derricked him in the second inning
before Mansfield became dangerous.
The Digger leader sent Whipple t.
the mound and the lad did well.
Mansfield secured lot of safeties
but outside of the third and eighth
frames he kept them we'll scattered
Some mighty fine Digger fielding
helped the cause lot, too
For the callers Hoffman went the
route. He could not tighten up In
the crucial moments and the Diggers
kept getting on and the hits to let
them complete the circuit were not
hard to get. After the fourth inning
the result of the game was never for
an instant in doubt, the Mansfield
rallies not having sufficient force to
pull game of the kind out of the
fire.
0'Day drew the only walk given
by HOFFMAN as a starter in the first.
Wolfe sacrificed and the manager
went to third on Farrell's single. Az
ter the pink-haired lad had stolen,
Williams laced neat drive into CEN
ter and the pair of Diggers counted.
The lid was pried off once more
in the fourth. Farrell singled and
went to second on Williams OH,
dhe hit and run failing. Attire Staley
was retired Locke laced one to the
right field fence for two bases, send
ing Farrell over. When Kettler
let JohnstOne's grounGer get away
from him back OF second, Locke
completed the journey.
Just TO sew 1t up a, trifle tighter,
the locals got going again in the
fifth. ODay opened with drive
to middle for a base. He stole second
and Wolfe's out put him ON third.
He scored on Farrell's single and
the middle gardener was driven in
by Williams. whose mighty poke
over the right field wall cleared the
fence at least twenty feet. It may
be going yet.
The last deed OF note in the attack
OF the Marionites came In the seventh
O'Day singled, went to third when
Wolfe followed suit and scored on
Farrell's out.
The Mansfelders got their first
in the third round. Meehan led
of with a single, Johnstone threw
him out at second but Meehan got
a life when Wolfe dropped the ball.
The midget stole third. After HUI
Der had gone out on lift to John
stone, Smith walked and made a dash
for second while Whipple held the
ball. Whipple threw to Wolfe. who
pesged to the plate, nipping Meehan
and breaking up double steal.
Biery then walked and Dayy scored
Smith with a bingle to left. Flood
beat out an inheld hit, filling the
bases. Kettler was easy, WhippIe
to Staley.
There was nothing doing for the
Tigers then until the eighth.
In that frame Biery singled, went
to third on Whipples wild heaye
and completed the round ON Dayy's
blow to middle Flood tore a clean
one on into left sending ,Dayy to
third, the latter scored when VIII
liams let the ball go through him
10 the fence, Flood reaching second.
Kettler was an easy out. Redman's
single sent Flood to third, Farrel's
throw home holding him there while
Redinan went to second. On Hor-
mans out from Locke TO Staley,
Flood scored and Meehan ended II,
by the same route.
With two down In the ninth Whip
pie walked Biery and Davy but