The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-25
BLOW.Up IS WORST EVER
One Clean Hit Nets Six Big
Runs.
All This Occurred After Local Ath-
letes Had n Three Run Lead and
the Game Was Already Considered
as Won--A Story of the Catastro-
phe.
(By S. T.. Godden.)


three run lead. apparently had the
last of the three games with Ports
mouth tucked away in Joe Lewis
satchel, there came along a most dis
tressing affair, that sixth inning as
cension when errors of the head, hand
and battery sort gave Portsmouth six
runs and the ball game.
Lucky Portsmouth has been hand
ed game after game this season but
never such a game as this. To get
but one clean hit in all inning and yet
score six times is breaking some lea
que records. There was not a whit
of an excuse for single Digger mis-
play in the inning.
Boyer, of Barberton, was opposed
by Rube Walls. the new Portsmouth
sidewheeler. Diggers got to Walls
early and somewhat favored by for
tune made three before the young
ster put on the lid. Taken all in all
Walls pitched great game but his
own wildness with Reilly's triple and
Ayette's single should have been
enough to upset him for three runs
were corraled thereby.
1t has been said of Boyer that he
dess deserted him In the bloody sixth
Portsmouth tapped Boyer for eight
safeties but all of those should not
have been had Diggers played as they
are wont.
Meehan got the first rap of the
game with two down I'm the first. He
tried to stretch the drive into dou-
BILE and was cut down by Breen's
heave to Hornung. Reilly shot a
doubled barrelled smash into right
center and by great sprinting made
three bases. Hummel got a life on
Hornung's error but Hornung recov-
cred so quickly that Reilly was held
on third. Hummel stole and John
stone walked, filling those hassocks
with none down. Weller put a hop
per at Reckheimer and Reilly was
forced at the rubber Ayette's clean
smash to left registered Hummel and
Johnstone and put Weller on third.
Ayette made second on Breen's futile
throw to the plate. There II stopped
as Boyer fouled out to Conwell and
Colligan whitfield.
With one down in the third Meehan
got a pass and stole second and fol-
lowed II with theft of third. Reilly
walked and stole. Hummel then hit
to Conwell who threw out Meehan
inches from the rubber, Reilly going
to third Hummel pilfered the fourth
base of the inning and again john
stone drew a walk, populating all
these points A wild pitch let Reilly
score and the others move up a notch.
When Paddy Weller famed, Walls
was greatly relieved that Diggers had
secured but three.
Reilly's whack to right In the NTH
was the only other Digger hit of the
game although Goulait, batting fol
Weller in the ninth smashed pretty
one over second but Phelan claimed
that he was not looking at the tim'
and the boss of the play took the hi
away.
chance until the fourth. Scudder go
the first hit for the visitors with on
down. Weinberg walked and tn,
clouds, which had commenced Il
gather, were dispersed when Refill!
with a snap throw to Hummel caugh
Scudder off. Ayette erred in handling
Reckheimer's roller but Hummel AM
Johnstone took care of Hornung.
Again In the n1tn WIN TWO uoW
Portsmouth opened rally, Breen an
Conwell hitting together Gus Eple
camped in the way of O'Day's har
poke into left, stopping the onslaught
The sob stuff was all centered !
the sixth. Johnstone knocked dow
Scudder's drive toward right but Boy
err failed to cover and the caller &C
a hit. Weinberg hit to Ayette an
numbered toward first. Ayette tosse
to Hummel for force of Scudde
and Hummel had oceans of time
upset Weinberg at first but failed be
cause Of a bad throw and the chubh
one got life. Reckheimer got til
one clean smash of the frame whe
he whaled through TO left for a bas
advancing Weinberg to second. Call
hit to Hummel and had Honus fielde
the ball as he usually does the, VII
itor would have been an easy out b'
Hummel moved slowly and Calls ju
managed to beat the throw. The cusl