The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-31
erasser to Reck.

grasser to Reck.
The fireworks opened again in the
second. Baxter drawing a pass and
advancing on Child's muff of q throw
from Walls. Meehan sacrificed him
to third and he counted on Epler's
safe one. With the hit and run on
Schreck drove through Reckheimer's
station to the right center field fence,
scoring Bpler and hauling up at third.
Linderbeck's safe one sent in Schreck
and. with Johnstone out of the way
on pop to Reck Hummer lit along
the right line for two bricks, regis
tering Binderbeck who had pilfered.
Hummel went the remainder of the
way on Weller's crashing slap past
third. Diggers in two frames had
hit safely eight times and produced
eight runs.
Thereafter the contest was not one
and the play was more or less of a
joke. Some rather sharp defense
kept Diggers off Bill Irwin's shoes
in the next foud rounds but in the
seventh Johnstone was passed. Hum
mel hit safely nd Weller sacrificed
l'ishers long fly to Breen let John
stone glide in.
Two more were produced I'm the
eighth. Meehan singled rad in a hit
and run play Epler soaked II to left
for three old cushions, Meehan scor-
ing. With Craig, the Lorain young
ster who relieved Shreck, out OF the
way on bounce to Walls. Linder-
beck hit Epler across and Hummel
followed with another clout. Linder-
beck went down trying to steal third
and Hummel walked. The pair ad.
vanced when Childs erred on throw
from Walls but died on the pillows
when Breen took Weller's high boy.
Those two made the Digger count
eleven and the game a most fitting
farewell for the Portsmouth battlers,
who seem to lack the old fire and
dash of the halycon days when they
had undisputed leadership.
But though Marion had lead that
the stoutest kind of batting would not
break down, Portsmouth was in there
trying all the way. Yet II was a task
too ggantic-if they faltered It was
only because they are human.
The second might have been a dis
three to the merry. Jones singled
In his anxiety to get away let Baxter
catch him off. Reckheimer followed
with a walk and Weller's error put
two on the cushions No one moved
when Epler took Conwell's fly and a
great throw home by Linderbeck
turned Reckheimer back to third
Hornung put a beauty single into
right. Walls forced Irwin at third.
Portsmouth got couple in the
third. With Joe Lohr. late of the
Diggers out of the way, Childs broke
through with asingle and was fore
ed by Breen.. Hummel fumbled the
throw from Flshels or an easy double
would have been the closing event
of the frame. Jones Immediately fol-
lowed with a three base rap to left
middle in a hit and run with Breen,
the Cobbler scoring while the swatter
hauled up at third. Reckheimer got
a safety that sent Jones over Irwin
was easy
Quite doclle were the Shoemakers
until the ninth which Hornung open
ed by goin out Weller to Johnstone.
Miller took upon himself the task of
replacing Walls and starting some
thing. Weller knocked down his hop
per but fumbled when he tried to re-
cover and Ada got credit for a safety.
Lohr raised to Linderbeck. Baxter
could not get them over to Childs
and there were two on the sacks.
Breen got O single on the shins of
Fishel and with every corner populat-
ed Jones worked Bax for a pass
forcing In Miller Errors by Fishel
on easy chances offered by Reck and
Irwin and Conwelrs hit past Hum
mel produced two more. The Grip
pied Weinberg batted for Hornung
and Weller tossed him out Ports
mouth had not given the Diggers a
scare for when the inning started
they were nine runs behind but the
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