The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
THE EAST
AND WEST
In the OPP. League are Do
ing Battle.
CHANGES IN STANDINGS
Scheduled Before the Preeent
Series Closes.
A Little Dop From the Dopster on
all of the Teams in the League
and What They are Doing.

change in the ranking 1t the first al
vision teams and maybe in the lead
lership of The Ohio anI Pennsylvania
leagues seems due to occur during the
next two weeks when the eastern di-
vision teams will meat the western
teams on the latters home lots. Start
ing Sunday the downstate clubs en-
tertained Youngstown, ,Akron, New
Castle and Sharon until a week from
/ Friday and If being on their own
grounds is any help 20 the home teams
a change Of berths will come about
Never since the o. Z. started have
the clubs been so well punched as
lthey are now, Mansfield excepted.
mansfield ranking 245 below Marion
in seventh place must win every home
igame during the eastern teams cam
Ipaign to be in the running and pas,
performance make it appear that the
lTigers will do well to even split even.
Two weeks Of losing by Youngstown.
with a fortnight of winning by Ma
vening teams splitting even. would
put Ferd Drumm's team in first place.
! Newark in second place now, and Ian
caster on the fourth step, stand good
lchances of being in the lead when ,he
eastern clubs return home.
Newark sprung a little surprise this
wsk by slipping into second place.
Manager Berryhill's men have been
just plugging along, and being rated
as sure for the second division, little
attention was paid TO what they were
doing. When the individual strength
,oI the Molders is considered there Is
no surprise at their good showing.
Their pitching staff Is hardly second
to any in the league and as a fielding
team they have only one or two. If
any, superiors.
The signing of Doc Abbott. the
former Lancaster left fielder, has add
ed a lot of strength 20 the team in
lall departments and gives Berryhill
close to an all-star outfield. New
ark's inhelders rank up with any of
Ithem In defensive strength, leaving
the only weak spots batting and
base running, and in neither Of these
uepnr'ments are the Moders weak
Laudle Linke, Newark's star south
paw has no superiors among The
wrong slders of the League, and ed
Ascher Stoup and Locke are good
right handlers, especially Ascher. New
ark has been playing ball which Is
'he reason for the winning streak.
| Lancaster came into the first diyi
SION this week, displacing New Castle
] ana Breens team Is beginning IN
look as dangerous as II was donad
Iout 70 be. Servatius, the biz hard
hltting ou'iielder was taken from the
Lank ranks by Columbus this weel,
Ilbut he'll be back. Servatius was the
! real sensation for two weeks. but M
Ter the slabmen got next to him he
began 70 look very ordinary. Man
aSer Breen has three cracking good
uwirlers in Justus, White and Johns
and this trio with the Lanks' stand
ara OF fielding and batting slIpport
look good TO rank up with three ON,
W other stan in the League, and pood
pitchers go longest toward making a
winning team.
Marion has been thevlctim of nj.
most as much bad luck as all the 9th
Ter teams put together Bob Iindo
man the hard-hittng first baaaman
whose batting was wlnnig game after
game for Drumms team and whose
fielding is missed greatly, has been
out of the anne for two weeks with
sore arm and may be out for fhe same
period longer,
Last week, Bobby Quinn, the star
center fielder and base runner was
put out, for at least month by his
shoulder being dislocated and AIylett
and LnslSey shortstop and catcher,
have not been in condition. Earlier
In the season, Captain rim Flood was
Iput out with broken nose Manager
lDrumm has strengthened some by
signing Bin Dithridee, the former
GAINESVILLE and Akron stortstop who
was given a trial by Baltimore this
spring. With the ranks being shot