The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
HITTING PITCHER
Wins own GAME
Red Hixon Gets Homer
With Nally On.
LEWIS PROTESTS THE GAME
Phelan Errs on Ruling in
Ninth Inning.
Failure to Pass Hixon I'm a Pinch,
One Big Cause of Defcat--Erratic
Play Gives Newark First Run
When Lewis Is Pitching His Way
Out of u Tight Place--Thc Protest.
by S. IL. Goddcny


When Umpire Phelan refused To- all
low Baxter to go to third in the
ninth on Andersons passed BAN, or
rather made him return to second af-
ter he lad made third, Diggers lost
u great chance to tie tire count with
Newark and thereby the callers grab
bed lucky game 3 to 2, principally
through things Diggers did and did
not do and the hitting of Red Hixon
HiXon's good pitching might also be
AIDED but even with all of his good work
the local pastimers should have come
out on top.
Phelans ruling, concluding one of
the most farcical exhibitions of ar
biting that has been staged on our
patch, caused Lewis to protest the
game. The Marion club will follow
up this protest and demand that an
other chance be given because of Phe-
lan's unfairness.
The ninth inning found the Diggers
one behind. Hummel went down easi-
ly and Baxter was sent to bat for Col
ligan VINO had been helpless against
the southpaw. Bax delivered "a singing
baser between Lobert and Move. Gou-
latte was sent in by the manager
to hit for Weller. With Il hit and run
signal on Baxter started for second
Hixon threw the ball wide of the
plato but Goulait swung at IL TO help
Baxter. The bah was too wide for
Goulait 90 reach and Anderson made
u mess of II. Baxter hauled up at third
while Anderson retrieved the ball close
to the visiting bench. Then ensued an
argument, O'Day claiming that but
one base should be allowed on a pass
ed ball according to the ground rules
ODay was right but Baxter was en-
titled TO third because he was al
ready on the way to second in hit
and run plav when Anderson miss
ed the ball.
Putting Baxter on second prevented
the Disgers from engineering Il
squeeze or having Bax score the ty-
ing run ON sacrifice fly. Discourag-
ed Goulait famed and Lewis hit the
first one pitched to Hixon.
But there were other reasons why
Newark got the three runs that
were too many for Marion to over
come. In the fourth inning Hixon hi.
safely to right center and Meehan
fumbled the bal momentarly. Hlx
made dash for second and should
have been an easy out but Meehan's
throw WAS slow and on the wrong
side of Colligan, Hxon sliding in
safely. Van Horn got hit and Brown
beat out his sacrifice when Weller went
back to third, instead of fielding il.
ODay thcn hit to Lewis who flippcd
to Reilly, forcing HiXon and n double
play would have been the surest
thing in the world had not Reilly
dropped the ball. RE recovered it in
time, however. 20 get HXon Then
Lemon ioised to Epler. Here was an
other chance to get Van Horn as he
raced for the plate but Eplers throw
was wide and Van, although ne was
off the ase when the ball was caught
and had to go back, scored easily.
Reilly took Loberts lift with two on
the pillows.
After failing to see first FOR three
rounds Diggers got 60 Hixon in the
fourth. ,Meehan singled ana Lonr sac
rificed. Meehm stole third and score
on Eplcrs drive over second base
Reilly hit safely into left but no one
could be found to advance the run.
ncrs JohnstOne and Hummel both fail
ms.
| II was in the fifth that the game
was lost and it was poor judgment
that lost 1t. Nally beat out slow one
to Hummel and advanced on Moves
sacrifice. Kendall lifted TO Johnstone
Then with two down, Nally on second
and the hitting Hixon up, II would
have bein good Judgment to have
passed the red top. He caught one
that was over through and out above
Lohr's cad 1t sailed, clearing tho
wall in right beautiful homer whicl
sent in Nally ahead of him. BY pass
ing Hixou there would have been only
the cumbersome and hitless Van Horn
Diggers led In the eighth, Meehan hit
and stole second, went to third OF
Lohr's cut and scored when Epler hi
to Move, Anderson dropping the throw
home
Diggers hit well and ran the bases
in their old time form but beating
Newark was not for them. Lewis was
Iput in the hole time and again by
Phelan's bad guessing and the big
gost blow of all was the decision il
the ninth.