The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-20
HARTER FALLS
BEFORE LOCALS
Rube Pitcher Gets Hard
Clouting Saturday.
LEADERS FIGHT VALIANTLY
Make Game Close Until the
Final.
1ouiait Is Wild but Portsmouth Finds
His Servings UnsoIvable Most OF
the Time--O Day Makes Greatest
Catch of the Season.
Saturdays Game.)
By S. IL. Godden.)

gle ended with Marion on the gross
END OF seven-three battle.
IL was Portsmouth luck that made
the Diggers fight so hafd to win. II
takes luck to keep a club upat the
Top ana n pennant winner must needs
oe lucky team. Portsmouth thus
TAR seems to be favored with the
smiles OF the golden goddess and
therefore seems the stronger as a
bunting contender. But don't take II
that there is not merit on the foam
Ear be 1t from me to even implv
tha!' portsmouth has a greater team
thah that OF last year and in ad-
ditlon 1t would seem as if the bad
luck comes at a time when the least
damage Is done while the Portsmouth
attack is strongest when successful
offensive play means most.
Here's sample OF the way things
We're breaking for the Diggers in the
second game of the series. Locals got
four hits, with triple and a double
mixed into them and scored but two
runs. Portsmouth followed up and
Lled the score on pass and two
hits Afterward Diggers made four
sateties, including triple and a
home run and Portsmouth had three
errors mixedn and yet the hits and
errors were so arranged that but two
runs re5urSd. Portsmouth then came
back and on a pass, sacrifice ana
an error, scored once. putting them
but one run behind the Diggers. The
game was really won i'm the seventh
when Portsmouth, having three on
the bricks and but one out, was re-
tired by means of fast double
Humme and Reilly to Johnstone. A
clean drive at that time would have
won that ball game despite the later
happenings, for with the advantage
thus gained Portsmouth would have
had the Diggers fighting uphill and
the stuff would have been off
Goulait and Harter were the op-
posing singers and Goulait had it on
his opponent. The little Frenchman
was troubled with wild periods and
much of the time was fighting to
get out of the hole. He might have
accomplished n easier by ietting up
on his magnificent speed but he would
not do il and as a result when he did
get them over Portsmouth had trouble
In doing anything with his serving.
Except of course when Portsmouth
runners were on ready to count then
the Portsmouth luck demonstrated its
power. -
Harter was less of a riddle to Dig
gers than he has been to other
clubs i'm the league. He used a good
assortment of benders, being partiCu-
'hrlyfond of a quick breaking drop
Harter's control was good most OF
the time but Diggers were ready to
paste anything that he put over ana
they did ii to nicely. In only one
frame did Portsmouth prevent Marion
from putting runners on in a position
to score. In but four frames did Har-
ter succeed in keeping the locals
away from goal. Harter contributed
two rather bad errors.
After Ayette had fouled out to
Weinberg in the curtain raiser Epler
Mingled and scored on lHummels
magnificent smash against the right
center field fence, while August
reached third. Hummel registered on
Reilly's double in the same terri
tory, Reilly was held at third when
Colligan got a safety in center. Bill
swiped second and with two Ready
TO count neither Meehan nor John
stone could deliver in the pinch.
Scudderds pass. Weinbbg's stouble
and Childs single let Portsmouth Tie
the count in the second.
Dggers had a good chance In the
third when the Hummel-Reilly hit
ting combination produced two scream
| ing singles. They advanced on Col
hgans out to Child's and Mcehai
made the third man on the cushion.
when he walked. Childs was in from
Of the tombstone grass cutter to.
ward right field and again the stui
was off.
With one put away nthe mex
Goulait led an attack that put Mariol
m the lead, the Frenchman driyin
o right center for three sacks an'
scoring on the squeeze, aided by
IAyette's neat bumper, Harter though
he had a chance to get Goulait an
mis- throw was high for Weinberg wit
| the result that Ayette, reaching frs
| n safety, scampered, to third wher
he died when EIpler raised Nohe
| Hornung and Hummel famed.
There was one down in the NIT
when Colligan sent The sphere on {
| 10y ride over the right wall close
where O'Day laced It the day before
! With Meehan out Reckheimer mufe
Iohnstone's high fly and Weller walk
| ID but Childs was to the rescue an
tossed out Goulait. Ayette reache
third on Scudder'a muff of Hornung
heave, sacrifice and Hummel's II.
but Reilly breezed.
In the seventh after Portsmouth
had come within an ace OF hreah
ling up the game, Goulait walked an
Meehan sacrificed Johnstone lamme
one on a line toward right field an
IChilds, grabbing it, snapped to HOT
hung and Colligan was doubled
The eighth was where the Digger
finally put the fray on ice, althous
liz was QDay's magnificent runnln
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