The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-14
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DGGERS TAXI.
TWO FROM LANKS
Goulait and Boyer Easy
Winners.
LOCALS DO SOME CL0UTING
Cheney Bumped Hard in
the Opener.
Dunnick Makes an Ascension I'm
the Second and Marion Puts Game
on Ice-Reilly Pulls off n Funny
Stunt-Eppler Gets a Circuit Drive
Other Happenings OF the Double
!. Victory.
(By S. T.. Goddcn.)

< Concluding the long stay on the
home lot by whipping the Lanks i'm
two exhibitions of the pastime yes
terday, Diggers kept close on the
heels of the Portsmouth enemy and
today left on an invasion of Lima and
Lancaster.
Both those games were marked by
sharp Digger hitting, especially the
first one when twelve smashes, two
doubles. and home run included,
were garnered. Yet so distributed
were the shots that but three runs
were corralled and the Lank rally
In the ninth, producing two counts,
fell Just short of tying. The second
was walkaway Dunnick went on
an aviation stunt in the opening round
and Digger hits followed until five
runs had filtered over. There was
some brilliant and some ragged play
Ing In the big matinee.
The First Game.
The lanky Cheney, he who proved
to be an exceptionally good candidate
for the Mt Vernon run ont the night
before, was the center of Lank en-
deavor Cheney had baffled the Dig
gers in the second game of the series
when sent to the relief of Dunnick,
hence II was figured that he would
NOW the local swat boys down with
out any serious difficulty. 1t was rap,
rap, rap all of the way. The pitcher
was In difficulty in almost every
frame and In only one did Marion
fail to hit safely. Cheney did not
issue pass or did he NOW down a
Digger on strikes. Diggers got on
because they hit their way there but
they did not always get around. There
were but two scoring innings with all
of that clouting.
NJ. Goulait occupied the local emf
nence and the Frenchman kept st.
Clair on the map once more. 1t was
in the fifth inning before Lanks hit
safely on the Digger and then It was
scratch hit that the speedy Young
beat out. Right here old Bill John
stone did a cruel thing on the young
ster. He hid the ball In under his
wing and the unsophisticated one in
nocently stepped off the base and was
touched out. Lanks then did not
come close to scoring until the last
round, when a hit batsman, an error
and a couple of safe slaps put two
over.
Diggers began the bombardment lr
the first. Colligan singled and Epler
keeping the enemy in doubt as tc
what he intended to do, whacked tC
center for base, advancing Colligar
to second. Meehan attempted a sac
rifice but Cheney flipped to Curran'
for force of Colligan at third, Rel
ly's out to Wetzel sent the pair on g
notch but Wetzel knocked down Hum.
mers roller and tossed out the Ger
man.
An earned run came our way IL
the third. With two put away Nee
han hit to right and came all the wa.
home on Reilly'sf wallop to left cen
ter for two bases. Hummel was flip
ped out by Lallier
In the fifth with one down GU
Eprer sent terrific shot into right
the ball clearing the wall while thu
Digger ambled around. Meehan hi
for two sacks and stole third. III,
scored when Reilly singled to left
Hummel came along with anothe
safety drive to center, Johnston,
forced Hummel and then stole sec
ond with Reilly on third. Ayette'
best was a lofter to middle. The Dig