The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22

Portsmouth, o.. Aug. 22.--The Cob
blers who finished their last trip OF
any consequence for this season with
o handsome victory over the Picks
sunday celebrated their return home
Monday afternoon. ladies' day, with
another very satisfactory win over
! their ancient and hereditary enemies.
the doughty Diggors from the ball
. iwick ruled over In a baseball way by
the scrappy Josephus lewis. Lefty
. Hartwig. who is supposed to exercise
SINE kind of n link over teams that
have lot of left-handed hitters in
their lineup on account of his own
port sidedness was sent to the mound
and though he was not in his usua'
form he displayed plenty good enough
stun TO lay the second -placers on the
shelf for the time being and made
their chances of finishing I'm second
lace look even more uncertain, ami
all the reading fans know It has been
uncertain enough the past week since
the Hams and lProds have been work
ing out on the bunch with their war
clubs.
Gonlaits Speed on u vacation.
Mr.. Goulait. the Frenchman. who
nus Dttli lldhillb uil VI A''tANF
the past two seasons at the expense
OF the locals because he has contin
ually kept their goat tied to the dash
hoard cf his little red wagon, tried
10 keep up his nefarlous work yester-
day but he soon found he was butting
his head against a stone.wall and the
relief corps had to be called on to
hnish out the game, Goulait had
nothing, his customary. fine speed an
benders being on their annual vaca-
,tion, and his control, never TOO strong,
was an absolute JOKE. If it. hadn't
been for the fact that the Cobs are
usually beaten when this little fellow
steps in the box they would have
bcnched him ON this occasion In the
'first or second inning. lie had no
more IDEA OF where the eutta perdha
was than a Bornean head-hunter has
of the habtation of Jupiter Pluvius
and n the boys would have taken all
the walks he wanted TO give them he
would have scarcely got the side out
onoe. For Instance, on one occasion
he walked three men hand running
end tried to make II nve, but the 9th
er two insisted on hitting the ball In
stead of taking anything gratis from
the generous visitor.
Semen Ineffective.
Lewis soon saw that II would De
ali off with his wild men sooner or
later so he sent Mr.. Seneff out to warm
up, and this slender youth tried to
stem the tide I'm the last half of the
game. OF course he failed miserabS
as he hasn't got "A thing and has no
license to beat real ball team In n
dozen tries. This fellow who mas
never showed us anything but speed
which he forgot to have along with
him Yesterday looks like n Saturday
afternoon Lacquer who Is having his
first season out. lie was untamed ana
utterly ineffective. being meat and
drink for the locals who We're jns.
itching to get even for the shutout le
administered to them in Dlggertown
the other day Seneff is charged with
,he defeat as his team was ahead when
he went In and though two men that
got on while Goulait was working
scored under Senelfs regime this only
tied the score and the game was won
rs the direct result Of swats of the
first named HEAVIER,
rhe visitors made two runs In the
first on singles by Colllgan and LIN
derbeck, dauble by Mccall, Nee
han's sacrifice and IL. Gains wild
throw. IN the next round they addec
another on Hummels bingle, Smiths
Intentional death, Goulait's out, Col
liein's walk and a double steal of
which Weiny dropped Whalen''
throw. Hits by Weller. Smith anf
CollIgan and Goulaits out were re-
snonsible for the last pair OF Dgge
tallles In the fourth.
The Cobblers Count.
with one down In the third Il. Cain
Conwal ana Weinberg walked am
fam went home when Weller fun
Med Goodrichs bouuder. Potts thel