The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-01
A Little Fan Talk.

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The fans are doubtless glad be-
cause of the bad weather this week,
feeling that next week when the play
ers arrive will be much better.
The proposed training trip to Mag
netic Springs is looked upon with
Imuch favor by the magnates. While
the baseballers could not do much
lpracticing there, they could get, plenty
of exercise and could get their wings
in shape as well as themselves.
Manager O'Day believes that the race
Twill be a strenuous one in the Ohio
State league this year and he wants
his team in condition to start at the
lifting of the barrier.
ODay has been introduced to many
of the fans and has had an opportun-
iity of getting over most of the city.
He says that he IL more than pleased
with Marion and Marion people and
believes that interest in baseball is
at fever heat.
Under contract with Roaring Will
liam Clarke at Lima, played with
Manager O'Day when the latter man
aged the Warsaw, Wisconsin, club.
Purl LaRue, a third baseman, signed
by Ransick for the Springfield club,
played under Manager O'Day at War
saw. Despite his name the player is
no mollycoddle and will doubtless
make good at Springfield.
Dan Burt, another Springfield play
ler. who Is said to he slated for the
Icaptaincy, is well known to ODay.
Burt is an outfelder and played with
IO'Day at Decatur, Ills., several years
Iago.
The Ohio State Journal this morn
ling contained an excellent likeness OF
Sanford Burk the Marion twirler who
recently climbed into the band wagon.
The Springfield club will play
its first exhibition game OF the
season next Sunday against the
Columbus A. A. team at Nell park
The baseball writer on the Youngs-
town Telegram has high regard for
Bobby Quinn's ability as chief exec
utive. In a comparison with Presi-
dent Charles Morton, he has the fol-
lowing to say:
Bobby Quinn, the hustling little
lIrishman, who will divide his time be-
tween the presidency of the Ohio State
League and the business management
of the Columbus club, says there
Twill be no slow poke ball in his
league. He means there will be no
two hour nine-inning games, which
were quite common in the o. and p.
League last summer.
''In case QuinnS ante-season order
Is forgotten, we shall see how he
goes about 1t to correct this evil.
President Morton, hardening TO the
cry of the fans and the press
o. and p. last season, requested the
managers and umpires to hurry the
games along. He said the fans were
protesting and concluded his letter by
"hoping his suggestion would be car
ried out. 4"
Its good bet Quinn won't dc
It that way II call down becomes
necessary. The tone OF authority
won't be taken out by saying the
fans want faster ball. Nor Is 1t like
ly he would hope his suggestion will
be followed. Bobby isn't in the hab'
1t of doing things that way, it is
shown by his record OF preparing Q
schedule himself and having the
leagues affairs in readiness for The
season TO open after two meetings.
President Morton failed to make
ithe games faster. No very long after
his request the Champs went to Ak
Iron and made two records for long
,piece of baseball generalship on
Youngstown part to keep from play,
ing doubleheaders with crippled
pitching stan and Umpire List scared
ito death of the Akron players and
fans. just the the same 1t hurt the
lgame.
Nobody will care what Morton does
TO remedy the fault Just so he does
it, He may find better way than
Bobby Quinn would, and maybe he
will not, but II he doesn't he will
have only to peep over the Ohio State
League fence and find ready-to-use
Imethod."
,Post-season polo game Thursday