The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-15

What should have been to 0
victory for the Dfggers. comparing It
with perfect baseball, Sundays game
at the park will go down in history
as . to 2 win for the Marion crowd.
Hinte drove in two counts by hitting
shaky, weak-knee home run We'll
Ter rounded the sacks, being pushed
TO the halfway post by an error Lin
dcrbeck scored by means of real base
ball, and Colligan was fon,ed the
last two laps homeward by a Cigar
maker tumble. This, in few words,
is the story of Dima's second defeat
during the three-day call i'm the Dig
gers camp, but the fans had more
of the national game dished out to
them, while the matinee was in pro-
gress.
1t was an exceptional contest be-
cause of the extraordinary umpir-
ing, catches, stops, and an accident.
Some Fine Pitching.
One pete" Casus. late of Mexico,
,was opposed on the mound by the
steady-going little Digger twirler Sem
eff. These two men came near split
ting the pitching honors evenly. Both
men pitched as though theit lives
depended on the game, and it would
have been more OF pitchers bat.
lie IL the Mexican had not had two
costly errors behind him, and Sen
eff had had clear-sighted Jumps"
behind him.
The first bit of excitement came in
the third Apparently, the Diggers
and the opposition have grown tired
OF rolling up large scores, and de-
cided to settle down TO real base
BAH Weller went to second on n
miscue of shortstop Long, who failed
TO stop Paddy's fast grounder. Nee
han calme 10 the pan and pounded out
a timely wallop for two sacks, scor.
ing Weller.
Umpire Raphun Injured.
In the first half of the fourth, Um-
pire Raphum was injured and
forced to retire from the game. Nc
Clintock, the first man up, was given
base on balls
The runner started toward first
base and the umpire started in the
same direction, to drop his mask out
Of the catcher's way. After Mac had
taken couple OF steps, he turned
and threw his bat striking Raphun
on the head Raphun was dazed for
a time by the blow, but thought that
he was able TO proceed with the
handling of the indicator, and took
his place behind the pitcher How
ever, he became dizzy and was forced
to retire. Goulait and Miller taking
his place.
The Diggers came In from the field
and drove in one run. Lallier was
walked as "A starter. Smith struck
out. Undertook hit a grounder to
the second baseman, who caught
Iallier at second. Singles by Hummel
and Kelley scored Linderbeck.
A Shaky Home Run.
Miller started things in the fifth
when he called Hintes drive over the
right field fence a fair ball hdgh
most marks the foul line In righl
neld. and every member of the Dig
ger team and the fans in the STANDS
claim the BAN went on the outside OF
the post. Hinte, himself seeing the
ball drop, stopped and evidently IN
tended to return to the plate, bui
was motioned on by Miller EVERY
one protested, but Miller was forced
TO stand by his decision. The pro-
tests became so strenuous that MIL
Ter decided that he was no umpire
and gave up the job Osborne taking
his place The score was tied
After Meehan had been robbed OF
hit by a fine running catch by
Long, Colligan doubled to left cen
Ter field. Lallier lifted a long ny
10 Merchant who dropped the ban
permitting Colligan to score the win
ming run. ,
A Cigarmakers rally In the sixtl
nearly caused heart failure IN TN