The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-25
Some OPP. Players Now at
Hot Springs.
TRAINERS FOR TEAMS
Southern Circuit Teams will
Report First.
Manager East of Akron 10 Envied
by More Than One Manager Of
the O.P League.

the O'P League.
Youngstown, March 24.--The o. &
IP. league will start off this seas
lon with the greatest squirt that it
has ever. known. The managers
have taken different methods of
lgetting the teams III condition for
the start than they have heretofore
and 1t will be all the better for the
game.
Never before has 1t been thought
necessary for o. C p. players to get
irto condition ut r5t Springs and
a. Mt. Clemens. This year there
are 10 fewer than eight of the play
ers who have been there for some
little time. The league will feel the
benefit of this from the very start
of the season.
In addition to this, the teams gen
lerally will follow the lead Of one
or two of the teams last season
and secure trainers for the men.
The advantage of this is too evident
to be dwelt upon.
The cities In the southern part of
the circuit will have their teams re-
port first on account of the warm
e. weather there, but should the
weather, such as II is now, keep up
in the northern part of the circuit,
there Is no reason why the members
OF the northern teams should not
come In earlier than had been ex-
pccted at first.
Early reporting and good hard
work from the start showed to the
advantage in Youngstown. the club
winning 12 straight games at the
start OF the season last year. This
has not forgotten and the other
teams are going to make up this
season.
The report that Fred Jean, the
polo player, is about TO purchase
the Sharon team is one Of the things
that has come up within the last
few days. There Is possibility
that the deal may go tnrough. Jean
has the money to put into the game
and the people of Sharon were not
able to make much money last year.
If the deal goes through. It is GER
tain that Jean would give the city
good team and in return there Is
good field for him to work on.
SO Tar there has been but one kick
made on the schedule which has not
been published yet. II is from
Sharon to the effect that the iumps
are too frequent. There is posi-.
ibi!ity that this may be remedicd
before the schedule Is fnal adopted.
Bob Lindeman at Marion Is TAX
Ing more than ordinary interest in
his team, and at every step Is
STRENGTHENING II up. Charles Lus-
key and Hoard Berry, Tri.state
league catchers, have been signed by
him. and there is no question but
what they will be of great strength
To the team.
Manager East In Akron Is enyicd
jby more than one manager IN the o..
r. league. The fact that he gets
'Buf' Ehman back from Cleveland
this year, will make the pitching
corps strong one. Besides he
gets Caffyn from the Cleveland
team and there Is no question but
that the nine will start off the
strongest in the league.
Willis ii. Park, the new president
lof the Youngstown baseball club and
the man who has done more tnan
any other one man TO give the city
baseball again, will be honored by
having the-new park in Youngstown
hallcd after him. II will be called
Wills park and promises to be one
OF the handsomest In the o. G. p.
league.
a contest has been on for the
naming OF the park and there are
hundreds OF replies received suggest
ing various names. Willis parl,
was, by far the most popular name
| suggested, while Pennant park was
q close second.
The cost eof the erection of the
grand stands. etc., will reach $4,000
While those at Akron cost but $1,000
The park, itself, isN ou level ground
and needs but lfttle' grading, This
Factor VIII be eliminated in tn,
cost OF construction and the work
b VIII be pushed so as to be ready fol-
. the reporting of the team here OF
Apri! l5 Barring any unforeseen de
lays, the team will be able to prac
tice on It's own grounds from tn,
time the members report here.
Youngstown Is not the only cit,