The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-12
BOOTS. and BONES
but STILL We WIN
Bakers Pitching With
Hitting Saves Day.
~ T72 -- t5
DlGGERS PLAY POOR BALL
Fortunate to be Able to
cra Win From Champs.
Grouped Hits Upset Pcnnybalscr Al
though Lima Has Lead For Short
Time--Joh@tone Is Pinch Hobbs of
the Day--Some Good and Bad
Stunts. -,..a
(By S. +. Golden.

~ was not Dy TAKING advantage OF
boots and bones that Diggers won the
first Lima game yesterday at the
patch but rather in spite OF them.
Baxters's pitching was so strong and
the Digger hitting so ferocious and
well grouped that a game which would
ordinarily have been lost was theirs
easily.
II Is not often that seven clinkers
can creep into a game where Lima Is
contestant and the enemy get away
with the contest. The Bean boys gave
Pcpnybaker good support but Diggers
were hitting to the empty places and
even poor base running could not keep
down the Marion count.
To have pitched and lost such a
game would have been a sorry thing
TO inhict upon Baxter. The Digger
mainstay, who in the weekend is the
real pitching leader of the league, was
at himself at every stage. His sup
port wobbled and runners came over
but Baxter kept on toiling. He should
have scored a shut-out and that with
out half trying. This is recorded with
all due consideration of the strength
of the Lima attack,
Pennybaker had difficulty In getting
them over at times and was often III
deep holo but was hardly crafty
enough to get out Even the left hand
cd swatters, except Epler. took n lik-
ing to the Pennyballer serving.
II was In the third that Marion
broke through. Lefty Lohr was MT
and Epler. failing to sacrifice tried 10
hit through He grounded to Long
and the latters heave TO McClintock
was too slow to head off Lohr. Reilly
walloped to left and Lohr scored. Ep-
ler reached second and halted but
Reilly kept on coming and ran him
off. Epler then went down. Friend 10
Newnham to Long. Johnstone came
along with his first of three timely
wallops, scoring Reilly. The old top
swIped second and died there when
Uummel famed for the first time
Three times afterward PennypaKer
repeated the dose on Hummei'
Irving hit his way to ilrst III tne
Lima fifth. Friend sacrihced ana NIL
Ter hit a long one to Mcehan' irNihe
dashed for third and kept on goihb
when Meehan's throw, VIDE OF thlru'
hit. him on the shoulder ana folleu W
the stands. Long got HE FOR MN
ute when Epler dropped the fly to ielt
and Reilly put an end to II when ne
camped under Pennybaker's foul'
After two were down In the local
ffth Colligan and Lohr hit together
but Irving gathered In the Epler hS
to middle.
Lima took the lead In the sixth
which Newman opened by getting y
pass McClintock made things iooh
brighter by popping 20 Baxter. hou'@
then hit over first base ANA Johnstoie
erred on the drive. He followed TINS
will futile throw to Baxter whlcn
was low and Newman went to thlru'
uoutz closed up the breach by sleal-
ing and two scored when Candy Hoyu
nut n shot in center field. Lloyd stole
and continued to third on Reilly's wild
heayc. Baxter here put on the emer-
gency brake and tossed out irving and
Friend.
In Marions sixth the game waS
won. Dlggers putting two more over
Reilly clouted to middle and Meehar
sacrificed. Reilly stole third and WIN
/Johnstone up the squeeze wen'
through, Reilly scoring while John
stone pushed his bunt past Newman
for a safety. Johnstone swlped whh'
Hummel was tanning and counted on
Weller's timely tap to right Baxter''
safe one put Weller on second aho
both died on the bricks Houtz loon
Colligan.
Our pastimers came back for som'
more In the seventh, adding pair aht
making It quite safe. Lohr walked ant
when Epler bunted TO Penpybaker tn'
speedy Joe beat the pitchers toss Y