The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-10
|P|QUA TRIMMED
/ BY LEFTY COOPER
Colligan and Lallier Drive
Out Long Hits.
KLINE WEAK IN TWO ROUNDS
Weller, Kelley and Plummer
Make Circus Catches.
a Single, a Double, u Triple, Home
Run and Sacrifice in First two In
nings Causes Klinc's UndoiDg-Each
Team Collects Five IIits-ReihEs
wild Peg is Only Error.

BY coping the first game of the
series from the Piqua crowd-a game
that was dotted with flashes Of spec
tacular playing and intensely interest
ing because of the fiercencss of the
competition, especially in the pitch
er's box--the Diggers moved a few
notches nearer that cherished first
place in the standing column. The
final score was to Q.
1t was too much 'Cooper-smiling
Lefty WILDER Cooper who smiles
when he is beaten and smiles when
he wins. He smiled when he wis hit
singing blow op the ankle by a
liner from Kline's bat, yesterday in
the second Inning. lie struck out
eleven men during the pastime.
Only twice was Cooper in deep wat
or. once because two hits happened
to arrive in one inning/and a second
time when he iilled the sacks by walk
ing three men i'm succession. Some
thought he did it to tantalizc the OPP
position for he struck out the next
batter after one had been disposed
of and Caused the third man to face
him to hit n fly to Llnderbeck.
Two Bad Rounds For Kline.
Red Kline pitched an excellent
game of ball for Piqua hut the Dig
gers got Reds number in the first and
second rounds of the tussle. He came
near taking to the bench before he
became thoroughly acclimated to the
atmosphere at Webb park. During
these two innings, the Digger bats
men showed red everything in the
hitting almanac. from home run
down TO n sacrifice hit and the de-
monstration cost him three runs, a
great sufficiency to win the game.
But the Piqua twirler closed up
like Jclam after that until the eighth
when a single started Lallier on the
road for Il complete tour.
Before everyone was Comfortably
seated to view the performance, Pad
dy Weller was up in the air and pull
ling down a hot liner from Plummer's
bat with. one hand, Pluihmer was the
first man up. Manager Newman was
the first of Cooper's eleven strike outs.
Geyer singled over short but Riehl
lifted foul which Kelley slowed
away.
Lallier's Home Run.
Coligan, the first man up in the
Digger's half of the first started some
excitement when he slashed a long
liner far out in light. Plummer failed
to connect with tho hit and Coiligan
travelled to third. CALLER decided to
pull Off sensational stunt in the
way of a home run inside the fence.
He hit the ball terrific whack and
the sphere sailed far out in left, drop
ped in safe territory, bounded over
Geyer's head and rolled TO the far
corner of the fetce. Two talD-e.
were registered as "A result of the fire.
works
Blue singled in the second, after
two men had been retired Herold
desecrated the same spot with the
same kind of blow sending Blue T.
third. Kline hit a fast liner which
hit Cooper on the ankle but Paddy
Weller was on the job. He fielded
the ball and threw the red head out
at first. A chance to score was lost
In this same inning Hummel doubl-
ed as starter. Smith sacrificed him
TO third and he scored when Cooper
hit liner which Kline failed TO stop.
Linderbeck came near making the
rounds in the sixth without the aid of
hits. He was walked, stole second.