Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 14
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, June 12, 1902
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MARLIN LOST OUT.
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TEMPLE TEAM DID THE "DIRTY"
WORK.
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A Score of Seventeen to Eight.
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       Marlin lost the game with Temple at the park yesterday afternoon but it was not a defeat that the winner should feel disposed to crow over, as there were very few earned runs made on either side.  Both teams played bad ball, and if Marlin had played as good ball as she generally does the scrore would have been very different.  For the first two innings it looked as if the game was going to be a close one but between errors and bits the score gradually climbed up.
       It was nice practice for both teams and the onlookers enjoyed it.
       The best game of the series will be tomorrow, it being the last.
       The boys all line up well and it will be the hottest contested game of the series.  The boys had an off day yesterday but they will be alright for tomorrow's game and those who wish to see a good game come out at 4:30 to the park tomorrow.

NOTES

       The two runs knocked were divided, Taylor getting one and Statum the other, but Taylor's counted for nothing on account of the negligence of the score keepers who called him to the bat out of order.
       Jones certainly pitched a nice game of ball and it was through no fault of his that the game was lost.  If all the team had played the game as well as Jones and given him proper support the score would have been very different.
       The boys just had a little hard luck but they play nice ball.
       Lenier caught a nice game yesterday, not letting a man go on passed balls.

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