The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-03
Opening Day will be Made
a Feature.
PARADE IS PLANNED
Bands will Play and Speecht .
will be Made.
Work on the New Baseball Park
is Now Well Under Way Hustle
10 the Watchword.

With appropriate dedicatory cere-
monies, Marion's new ball park
will be formally opened on May
l. when the baseball season will be
opened in this city with a game
between Marion and New Castle.
The opening date was decided
upon at the meeting of thc league
in Cleveland yesterday. New Cas-
tie will open the season here on
May /, playing three games after
which Sharon will be here for
three whirls at the locals.
Arrangements are already bong
made by the local directors for a
big celebration at the. opening and
dedication Of the park. There will
be big parade with plenty OF
band music. Mayor Scherff will
address the crowd at the ball park
and will open the season by send
ing the first ball across the rub
Der. President Morton,of the Ohio
and Pennsylvania league, will also
be present and will heip to make
the day memorable cne. The
president has arranged to have
two umpires here for the opening
game. A rooters club is now being
organized to, boost the sale of tick
cts for the opening game and
to make the affair big success.
f.. q. Staiger, n director of the
local club, attended the meeting in
Cleveland in compauny with Mama
ger Fcrd Drum. They secured
change in the schedule as first
drafted and as result Marion will
not have to travel more than 5000
miles during the season. The for
mer arrangement would have made
the locals skip over about 1900
miles.
The schedule gives Marion only
one holiday date at home-July 4.
The club will play at home on fif-
teen of the twenty-forT Sundays
during the season.
Manager Drumm was expected to
come here today but could not and
will not arrive until tomorrow at
which time Tim Flood, the teams
new captain, will blow in to take
look. The two men will remain
here to make arrangements for the
coming of the remainder of the
pennant winners.
The advance guard of the team
will reach the city next Monday
and a number will arrive a day or
two later. Preliminary practice
will be held at Garfield park until
Friday when the team will GO to
Toledo and staut its spring exhibi-
tion series. From Toledo the
bunch will go to Canton, Steuben-
vile, East Liverpool, Wellsville |
and Wheeling, returning here on
April ~ for several exhibition
games preparatory to the opening
0f the season.
Ground was broken today for the
new ball park. Engineer Williams
of the C.. ID. & M. has a large
sorce of graders mt work fixing mp
the playing field. The greater part
Of the field will be "skinned".
AS there is thick covering OF
clay on the field the locals should
have one of the fastest diamonds in
the cicuit. A large amount OF tile
will be laid to guarantee the best
OF drainage. 4e
II Is estimated that the grounds
will be in playing condition with-
in ten days. "A steam roller is to
Ibe used afte,a tho graders have
completed their work . qi8syG
Under the direction of John
Baldauf, the construction of the
grand stand and bleaches will be
commenced as soon as it is pos
sible to get the lumber ont to the
park. 1t will require about twenty
days to complete the stands. The
work OF removing the fence from
Marion park to this city will be
commeNed within a day or two.
Hustle" is the watchword
among the club officials and
'boost" is the slogan at the fans
and it is believed that the present
season viii be- the most successful
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