The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
MARION TAKES
I. another GAME
Babes Easy in First Con-
800 test.
RAIN STOPS SECOND ONE
Marion Had Lead When
Play Was Stopped.
Rube Rice Makes Favorable Show
Ing In His First Game-EpIer,
Mcehan and Reilly In Batting
Feats--Colligan and Ayette do
Fielding Stunts of Note.
lRy S. Il. GoddenA

All that prevented Diggers from taxi
Ing two more and making 1t FIVE in a
row here from Chillicothe was the
arrival OF that rain a Tow minutes too
soon yesterday afternoon. As IL was,
Marion got the first game in handy
fashion, to and had the second
one to 1 when rain put an end to 1t
at the close of the fourth inning.
The rain had interfered with the
game In the first inning but play was
resumed after ten minute intermis-
sion. There was no chance whatever
to play again after the second rain
hit the patch and in few minutes
the field, was a lake.
Rice Makes His Debut.
. In what was supposed to he the
curtain raiser Claude Rice, young
southpaw from Texas, who has earn
ed the title, "Rube," since joining the
Diggers, was the Lewis offering. Rice
has all the size that might be desired.
In fact when out there on the hill
the ball looked like a pea in his big
hand and the average batter looked
like child trying to fight a giant.
Rice was wild as the proverBial
March hare but there was enough
merit in his performance to warrant
his being retained. Control Is all that
he lacks and once this Is acquired
there will be little doubt about his ef-
fectiveness. He passed seven and hi,
a batter He was in the hole on the
majority of those who faced him yet
even though In many trying places
with the irassocks populated he show
ed that he has the courage that wins.
He needs lessons in fielding his posi-
ton. rr.
There were but two clean hits
among the six garnered off the side
wheeler. This Is remarkable in view
of the fact that he very naturally had
to sacrifice speed and curves in places
on account of his lack of control. But
when he did cut them loose there was
something on them, His curve ball
Is big one and breaks fast. IL looks
as good as that we have seen Zmich
hurting plateward all summer. His
fast ball comes at a terrific pace to-
ward Reilly's big mitt and seems to
be jumping all the way. There Is a
quick break to the ball. Reilly who
stood on the receiving end of all those
shoots proclaims the young pitcher
wonder and declares that he will soon
get the control that even the peerless
Zmich had to work so long for last
year. Rice worked under very trying
conditions. All of the skin was rub
bed off the middle finger of his
pitching hand and each delivery sent
a shock of pain through his whole
arm. He rubbed the skin off batting
flies to the gardeners the other day.
When this heals the pitcher will
doubtless have more smoke, curves
and be able Ito come closer to the
target. He left with the Diggers on
the long trip today
Grandle Is Chased.
Hiram Grandle, recruit from Lees
burg, and star of the village nine for
many seasons, was trotted out to
break Chillioothes hoodoo and win a
game on our pasture. Hiram did not
stay with us long, for while in the
midst of a terrible situation I'm the
first inning and with Diggers threat
ening to give him a mighty mauling
Grandle bawled out the umpire and
was politely chased One run had
been scored and two runners were on
the cushions. Therefore, Hiram Is
credited with losing the game that
Harrison received a call to finish.
Harrison got what was coming to
him and DiSgers were hitting all of
the way through, keeping far enough
ahead that IL did not matter what the
wild Mr.. Rice did or did not do.
Colligan poked to right in the local
first and Elpler was safe on his sac
crifice when Grandle threw wild to
aAn.