The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-11
SUNDAY BALL WANTED
And Effort Will be Made to
Play Sunday Games.
GAINESVILLE Is still After a Baseball
Franchise and May Now Land In
the o. P. & M.

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the week was that the clouds had
been dispelled in Youngstown and
that city will have representation
In the o. and p. league. For a
time the threatened withdrawal of
Youngstown portended the break up
Ior the league. Sharon and New
castle felt they could not support
Iclubs without the rivalry which ex-
listed between the three towns.
Some tan hustling was done the
latter part of the week, and by dill
gent effort the promoters succeeded
in landing enough stock to make
the baseball venture an assured fact.
A meeting is scheduled for early
this week when officers will be elect
ed and manager chosen. There
arc three candidates for the man
agerial job. Mert whitney. who be-
longs to Buffalo. but who played
first base In Youngstown. last sea-
lson, Harry Ostdiek. the Canton
catcher recently signed and Sam
Wright. city editor of the Youngs-
town Vindicator. Wright seems to
have the support of the majority as
he is conversant with both the play
Ing and financial ends, having had
considerable experience in the old
Interstate league.
The fact that Marty Hogan will in
no way be connected with the
Youngstown team has made the
work much harder than ordinary
for the promoters. The men seek
ing TO raise the money have been
met on all sides by the following
answer When requesting various men
to take stock. eff Marty Hogan was
to manage the team. | would willing
Is subscribe liberal amount" or
course such an answer pays quite u
tribute TO CX-AIanagcr Hogan. yet
In way is a rather poor excuse for
not subscribing.
Marty Hogan Will not manage the
youngstown team this year. Hogan
has so decided himself, although
there Is no one of the promoters
would rather have than the same
Mr.. Hogan. There are other man
ayers. however. and the fact that
Youngstown can't have Hogan
shouldn't keep that city from being
on the baseball map
Youngstown, o., March I'D.
T.. Anderson, prominent in politics
o. the city and accredited with be-
ing the power behind the throne"
in the present city administration,
has declared for Sunday baseball.
He did so at the meeting of the Up
To-Date club last night He said:
"a great need in adjusting the labor
problem Is to give the men more
time for recreation. Give them
half holiday on Saturday, and II this
cannot be done, let them have Sun
| day baseball
Newcastle and Sharon fans will
not get half SO much pleasure out
o. trimming Youngstown this year
as In days gone by. The fans In
beth towns while admitting Hogan's
ability as a manager. always took
great delight in trimming him. Hog
az was hard loser, and more so
when he had to so down to defeat
6efore either of the two Pennsyl-
vania clubs. Hogan and his ag-
sressiye manner and glib tongue
will be missed on the circuit this
Iyear.
The team that wins the pcnnant
| II the o. and p. this year will have
II beat the lancaster team all the
lway Lancaster was strong prop-
osition last year, and with the vet
eran Jimmy Breen in charge as
manager, II will be all the stronger
this season, Already the team has
been greatly strengthened by the re-
turn of Elston and Raftis, and is
understood that Breen Is to secure
number of other youngsters from
the Columbus team Of the American
association. Breen and Bobby Quinn
the business manager of the Colum-
bus team. are fast friends, and am
agreement Is supposed to exist be-
tween the two foi the return of all
the cast offs to Lancaster.
Sharon expects to have the star
pitcher OF the league in Muldowney,
who pitched such great ball in 1906,
even though he had tail end team
back OF him. Muldowney is big,
husky chap with terrific speed,
and II he overcomes his only fault,
lack of control, he is sure to be the
star of the circuit. Muldowney Is to
go south with the Pittsburg team
and train at Hot Springs. as Fred
Clarke is anxious to look him over
az he has heard much about his
ability.