The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-02
Favor Dividing the League
Season.
AWARD NEWARK PENANT
Then Start ali Over Once
Again.
Plan 1t Is Thought will Aid the
Attendance and Prevent the
Leagues Dissolution.

The following special from New
Castle concerning the 0.-P. league
will be read with Interest here:
New Castle Pa. Aug. l.-Manager
Berryhill of Newark and the New
Castle management today hit upon a
plan to divide the Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania league into two championship
seasons during 1907, as an aid to at
tendance aud with the hope of pre-
venting the leagues dissolution. They
will ask President Morton to call
special meeting of the league within a
day or two to consider this idea.
1t is suggested TO award the pen
nant for the first half OF the season
to Newark and then allow all eight
teams TO start with clean scores up
on the last half permitting the win
ners OF the first and second pennants
to play post-season series. New
ark, Youngstown and Akron are the
only teams that have reasonable hope
of winning the peunant while Sharon,
Marion and New Castle are
absolutely out of the race, with the
result that the attendance there is
down TO minimum.
In spite of padded reports of at
tendance throughout the western end
of the o, and p the attendance there
is frightfully low. New Castle Sc
cured more than the guarantee in on
ly three games of the eleven played
I'm its lotpet wagtarn trip
This means that Akron, Youngs-
town, New Castle and Sharon receive
only sufficient in the west 10 pay
travelling expenses. depending upon
their home attendance to pay salaries
and general expenses. The iinnnclal
experience of New Castle in the west
ern end of the league is the same as
that OF all other clubs.
1t is thought the plan to divide the
season into two pennant seasons would
restore interest and allow
the eight clubs to start over again
for the second half under conditions
that would revive interest and permit
all TO make money.
The local officials look with favor
upon the proposed action and will
send word TO President Morton that
they also would like to see the season
divided. II Newark Is given the
championship OF the first season, then
II is almost certain that another
club, probably Youngstown. will win
the second championship A post
season series between the two would
swell the yearly receipts of both and
should he satisfactory to the clubs at
the top of the heap.
The New Castle writer talks of the
extremely poor attendance at this end
Of the circuit when New Castle played.
Had he seen the exhibitions put up
by the Nocks In Marion, he would
not have beon surprised at the poor
attendance The games played by
New Castle in Marion were not worth
going across the street to see. The
western towns of the league are draw
ing about as well as the eastern.
When the western clubs go east. they
do not return with any big receipts.
About all they play Is TO their guar
nntee. Down in that section OF the
the sport writer's have
stretched the attendant figures so
much and have written so much
about the large attendance in the
eastern division that they have re-
ally come to believe what they have
1t makes really little difference
whether the double championship plan
Is adopted or not, the league will go
through the season without any mis-
haps and the circuit will remain un-
changed, dreams and pipes to the
Notwithstanding.