The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-10
zMICH AND MANAGER GOOD
Fortune Favors Lanks All
Through the Day.
With Opportunities Galore TO Score
and to Win Local Swat Boys Fall
OF Series Today--Diggers Open at
Lima Wednesday.


upon the Lanks and the result was
another two-one victory over the
Diggers at the yard yesterday after
noon in the second engagement of
the season between the two clubs
To say that IL was heartrending,> Is
expressing II rather mildly. 1t was
terrible.
Seldom Is IL that any club wants
to win as badly as Marion did yester-
day After their victory of Sunday
the Lanks were in high spirits and
not little bit chesty. Gaining the
lead early in the struggle the condi-
ton of affairs grew more intolerable
until players and fans alike would
have given anything to win. At
that a gallant attempt was made
Zmich was the Marion Offering and
in just two innings did. he allow the
VISITORS to group their hits. The
first run came, after n pair of safet-
>ies had been made i'm the first inning,
on double steal. The second run
was earned. Only twice more did
the Lanks have chance to score
while Digger chanceswere very num-
erous but none one could be found
who could produce the right kind
of blngles until the ninth and then
the rally fell short, principally be-
catise of poor baserunning.
Mauger opposed the Diggers and
got away mighty lucky with what he
had. His underhand delivery was
most effective and baffled the locals
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a prayer, so to speak, and II worked.
In the first with ono down Davis
led off with n single and Blake made
II two out by putting up foul for
Reilly. wills, the Lank leader, was
safe on Texas Lacquer In right along
the line while Davis went to third
Then came some poor work on
Marion's part. Reilly threw to Ay
ette when Wills was going down and
ere the shortstop had returned the
ball, Davis was over the plate with
the first run of the game. Ander-
son famed.
The second run came in the fourth,
and there was one down at the time,
Wills poled ono over McCormick's
head I'm left for two sacks. Anderson
whose batting average is about dol
lar ten cents, happened to meet one
and sent II to a safe spot I'm center.
Redlin was slow in getting the ball
started toward the plate and then his
throw was poor and the slow Wills
registered Lanks never really had
another chance to be very dangerous
but they improved their two oppor-
tunities and good fortune made It
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to win.
with two down in the first Thomas
poled a pretty one to left and fol-
lowed IL up by stealing second. Hum
nell was etruck out in the pinch,
Diggers had runners on In the third
and fourth but could do nothing, A
golden opportunity was offered In the
nth when Colligan paved the way
with pass Mccormick sacrificed.
Tnick was out on a grounder to Wills
and Ayette drew a base on balls.
and Ayette drew a base on balls.
willoughby could ouly hit fast one
directly into the hands of Wills
No better opportunity for grand
rally could have been desired than
was accorded in the seventh, which
some one sometime dubbed lucky.
Thus far this season II has been "a
misnomer as far as the Marion club
is concerned Redlin and Colligan
drove out basers and followed II up
with a double steal with the ball in
Catcher Rufus hands. But with run
ners on second and third and no outs
Lanks were really I'm no danger for
three Marionites tried and not a one
could get the ball even out of the in
field. Mccormick rolled to the pitcher
zmich struck out and then Ayette
waited and walked iilling the bases
and putting II up to Willoughby for
the second time to break up the
game But the captain could not
make the rifle, his fly being easy for
Anderson.
Then in the ninth came the great
est rally of them all for II produced
one run, II was Redln who again
led this one, by drawing base on
ball. Collgan lifted a fly to Blake
and Johnstone who battod for Nc
| Cormick fouled out to Run, Ed
Zmich who had failed in a previous
| tight place, contributed sharp sim
gle to middle while Redlin held up
at third instead OF going plateward
and drawing a throw which would
have allowed Zmich to take second
| Boyer was sent to bat I'm Ayette's
place and cracked out beautiful
smash to right for two bases. With
| almost any other man on first II
would have tied the score but ED
zmch was only able to make thiro
and had he tried for home he woulc
l ihaye been an easy out. Here Will