The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-13
PITCHER MUNK
IS NO PUZZLE
Diggers Solve His Offerings
For 18 Bingles.
"A SWATTING SPREE
SWATTING
SPREE
The Cigarm a kers are
Swamped 16 to 2.
Linderbeck Is Hittcr-in-chlcf--Big
Kelly Hits the Sphere for Two Home
Runs--Marion Came Near Admins
tering the White Wash Brush
Lewis Keeps Nine Hits Well Scat
tered-Evcry Digger Counts.

For two rounds the Lima men were
permitted to entertain thoughts of
winning the first set-to with the Dig
gers but after the third period of the
encounter at the park. Friday after
noon, all such fair May-day delusions
vanished. pitcher Munk's ship did not
come into pore She bumped on the
rock of adversely and went straight to
the depths. And in the sinking. she
was riddlcd from bow to stern with
home runs doubles and a broadside of
singles from the Diggers' guns for q
total of 16 counts.
- Some one stated that the outcome
might as well have been unanimous
but nevertheless there were two dis
senting votes cast. McClintock and
Munk brought in the lone Lima runs.
There was plenty adding from the
play ball" until the last you're out"
In the interim of these exclamations,
the Lewis men. with Joe himself doing
the finging. entertained the fans in
great style and ran the legs off tht
| Cigarmakers' outfielders, in their at
tempts to corral is safe bingles.
Although the opposition was only
able to push a pair of counts across
| the pan, there was some pretty pound
ing on the part of the Lima athletes,
but Lewis engineered the pounding.
| Only once did he see more than one
of his offerings find an uncovered spot
on the field in one inning. This oc-
Cured in the third period, when three
hits we're punched and one runner
i A all ~ na
safeties were well scattered. Joe
pitched a good game.
| Two Counts for Lima.
| The Osborn men were rather for.
tunate in securing their two runs. Al
error and bad bounce permitted
l them to count At the close of th'
| lagaEmalkers half of the third, Levi,
| waB'a trine out of sorts He saw
nothing but defeat staring him in tho
face. AS an opener Weller mussec
up grounder from Hinte's bat bu
later killed him at second when Nc
lClntock grounded TO him. Mac tool
third on Houtz's drive TO right After
the ball had been returned Joe at
tempted To catch Mac off the sack bu
threw high TO Paddy and the frs
count was registered, Houtz takinI
second Smith then pulled off what 4
getting to be a habit with him. II
saw the runner straying from tn
bag and pcgged to Lalller who retire'
the side.
The run I'm the third came afte
Munk had singled McClintock lifte'
the ball over the second baseman'
head. 1t took a bad bound in from
Of Undertook and rolled TO the fence
scoring Munk.
| It was I'm the last half of this perio,
that the Digger festival opened an
continued through the remaininl
rounds of the contest, amid blaze o
fireworks. Kelley was walked, Welle
sacrificed, Meehan singled and Coli
gan scored the two runners with
two-sacker which he placed out o
reach In left field.
The Fireworks.
| Not Cigarmaker travelled furthe
than the second station during the res
of the game. The Diggers did som
snappy fielding and negotiated tw
double plays which held Lima safe
Lewis support was next door to per
feet from this time on, II remaine'
for the Dlggers to hit the ball AM
round the bases, and they entered int
this sport with much gusto.
Smith and Linderbeck started tn
third with singles, Munk punched
hole in his teams defense by heavinl
a wild one and Smith slipped through
the opening for the fourth run. Bil
Kelley came to the bat and lOfte'
the sphere over the right enclosur
for his first home run. adding tw,
more counts.
Three singles by Lallier, Smith ant
Linderbeck i'm succession netted tn
Diggers two counts in the fifth. Whel
they came in for their turn at the pal
In the sixth, they had three hits il
their systems and the hits were got
ten out via Weller, Lewis and Meehan
Lewis contribution being a two-bag
ger. These bingles netted the frolic
some Diggers two counts.
Lindy singled in the seventh afte
Lallier had cracked two-saclIer T.
left and Smith had been served will
four wide ones and scored both run
ners. Hummel followed this hit witt
a single which chased Linderbecl
homeward
Kelley Finishes Strong.
Craig did the backstopping I'm plac
Of Smith in the last two rounds of tn
swatting spree. He led off in the mint