The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-26
SPRINGFIELD WINS BUNTING
Others Take off Hats to
0'Day and His Crowd.
Lack OF Glass on Mound the Cause OF
Marion's Failure to Win the Rag.
Clhllicothe Pressing Close on the
Digger Hecls--NIuch Depends Upon
Hcinic Berger.

tTS ana ere week Oi IOdulnR was put
behind to be pulled out of it as far
as any pennant is concerned and to
even have second position appear
very shalky,is the fate of Diggers
now taking that final swing around
the circuits swing which has always
been a hoodoo to Marion teams, at
least for the past several years.
Marion fans are nightly blue over
IT all. They sent Diggers on the
road with the belief that they would
hold their own and during next week.
haul the proud Reapers and cop off
this pennant thing. But Marion fans
might have known that this last trip
could bring no such result.
Diggers have won one out of nine
games and there seems no good rea-
son why they are going to win many
OF the four that remain bfeore they
return here on THURSDAY In the
meantime. Chillicothe going better
than at any time this season, has
topped the Portsmouth club and Is
in third place threatening to overhaul
cur Diggers and send them into third
once in third Portsmouth and Piqua
may do the rest and consign our
heroes to the second division. But
second division berth is hardly like
ly because the lseason4end which
comes week from Monday is too
nearHht hand.
The three-ocornered fight for third.
fourth and fifth phlces in which Chill
licothe, Portsmouth and Piqua have
been playing such an important part.
has been 50 strenuous that second
place has now been added and Dig
gers may be the goats. Lewis may
be expected to make a determined ef-
fort to hold onto second. This will
he possible If the team Is able to win
one of the two games today at Piqwl
and one of the pair at Lancaster.
Then will come the return home for
SIX days and the chances of win are,
OF course, increased.
Joe Lewis has done well with his
team this year. at that. All that kept
the Diggers from pulling down the
pennant has been a very ineffective
pitching staff. Cooper has done good
work this season and he has really
pitched better ball than his record
Indicates for some OF the nine games
ne has lost We're lost through mighty
tough luck. on the other hand Seneff,
who leads the league pitchers this
week has been one Of the most IN
consistent performers of the season.
A strlnge situation indeed. and one
probably unique in baseball. Seneff
has pitched but comparatively
small number of fun games in wnich
he had returned a winner yet his re-
cord at the close OF the week Is ~
games won and I lost one having
been credited to him since the aver
ages We're compiled. Seneff has been
relieved many times and yet credit
ed with the winning because his team
was ahead when he was yanked.
Goulait was the one Lewis depend
ed upon for his hardest work but
the sturdy Frenchman has not had a
good year. He is probably one of the
best pitchers in the league but for
tune had been against him and ne
has lad trouble with the management.
Lewis. himself, has been unable Ia
get in the form of last season while
Regan and Mccall were uncertain
quantities all season. 1t is fortunate
that Marion picked up Cooper and
that the soutnpaw did such excellent
work, else Diggers would now be
down a lot lower In the pack
Much depends upon what Heinie
Berger does when he ascends the
Digger mound. If the German can
deliver here and win until the end
Marion will probably stick to that
second place, concerning whicn no
fan had doubt when the team left
home.
Seven other starters are now taxi
ing off their hats 10 Charley ODay
and his Reaper band-pennant winners
II. 1911, the first year of the expend-
ed Ohio State league. ODly mas a
grand club and u band of willing
workers who have many times sacri-
feed personal ambitions for the good
of the team. Great hitting, good
pitching and base running together
with good generalship brought
Springfield out on top. Yet aside from
the pitching staff one does not need
to concede that they have anything
on the Diggers,
- fiiN N'''N Va NhN tAbhAtNHlh Wtth
of play Bert Blue still leads the clout-
ers with Emmett Reilly second and
pressing him nard for the honors.
Linderbeck has stolen 20 bases and
even IL he does not pilfer another
one he will lead in that department
at the close. Colligan. closing his
greatest year yet, leads the runmak-
ers with 1OS and will not be over
taken Jack Kendall of Springfield
las made more hits than any other
Slater. Blue is second and Colligan
third. ]. Kelley leads in homers
with IL.
Alva Seneff. of Marion Is the pitch
ing leader of the week, having pass
ed Hixon. of Springfield. .Granale, OF
chillicothe, has fallen below the 700
mark.
Springfield easily leads In team
batting while arion Is second.
Miss Gertrude Eibing has resigned
her position with the Uhler- Phillips
company after service of several
Years In the clerical department. II
Is reported that Miss Eibling is to