The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-14
Manager Expects to Fill Ur
the Gaps.
GOES HOME TODAY FOR WINTER
Lewis is Accompanied by
Farrell.
Five Clever Men leave the Club by
. Purchase and Draft--- Manager VIII
! be EIeccd at Annual Meeting this
Month---The Dope.

Joe Lewis. Digger leader for the
main part fthe 1909 race, viii leave
tonight for his home in Marietta,
Pa. and with the best wishes of Ma.
fion fandom. Red Farrell leaves with
him and also is laden with good
wishes.
Lewis Is the unanimous choice OF
the club owners for the year 1910.
no matter what organization Marion
belongs to at that time. And Lewis.
according to his statement today. Is
willing to lead again and he Will put
forth his best efforts to give Marion
not only winning ball club but a
Championship team.
The naming of Lewis to succeed
himself will not be done until the
latter part of the month when the
annual meeting of the Marion Base
ball company will be held Until that
time. Lewis will think over the ques-
tion and unless something unforeseen
occurs he will be back again at the
helm.
But Lewis is not going to put aside
baseball cares and worries until he is
ready to report. Although the sea-
son ended but ten days ago. the
manager is already at work on his
new team and making ready to fill the
gaps made by the big league drafts.
Five clever Diggers are gone. Staley
goes to Philadelphia Atheletics, Far
rell to the New York Yankees. Par
son and Williams to New York Gil
ants and Hancock to Toledo.
That leaves just five great big gaps
A.. a f.. /,
on big fellow who answers to the
name OF Peters and expects him to
fill Dick Staley's shoes. Peter Is
built on the Staley style of archl-
lecture but is hardly the finished
player nor the hitter that Dick has
developed into. But Peters win be
here in the spring and there will al.
SO he at least three or four Others
20 give him n chase for the jon,
making 1t certain that there will be
a good one to hold. Dick Staley made
ms forget Jake Daubert Now the
question arises. Can Lewis produce
someone to make us forget Staley?'
Behringer, Wolfe and Willoughby
should fiji the Others positions on
the inneld. although 1t Is likely that
each will have more than one com.
petitor in the spring try-outs.
Pitchers left are Lewis and Zmich.
II Toledo turns down Hancock the
ycungster will come back TO Digger
q wn A large supply of pitchers will
b. gathered lS Lewis and by th'
bgcal mani cement and all will be
given good trials.
Tho outdCld problem Is not as diff
fcult as might he imagined although
Williams ard Farrell are lost to VI
forever. Doc Abbott will probably
he put in center field and Bill O'Hara
whose rignt I anne Is Cu!ligan, will be
o formidable candidate for left field
C'Hara's first year in baseball showed
him to be a clever youngster He Is
expected to improve wonderfully neX
year. Getting player for right Is
the task of the manager and he has
already n man picked for the Job.
Emmett Reilly will be back again In
all probability, Lewis has an idea
that Reilly will make clever out
fielder and that he will hit 300 In
playing in the gardens. With that
purpose i'm view the manager VIII try
10 hook a good catcher this winter
and give Reilly a chance tn show
what kind of outhelder he VIII make
The annual meeting of the Ohio
State league will be held the first
week i'm October and something def
mite will be done in regard TO the re-
organization. That Toledo-Columbus
proposition, first mentioned I'm the
Mirror Is no myth. and it is entirely
likely that both the Toledo and Co
hmbus clubs will put teams in the
Ohio state league next year. play
ing them in Toledo and Columbus.
on non-conncting schedule. Tha:
will mean that Lima is 60 be out
of baseball unless the fans get busy.
raise money for a club and do as 9TH
er cities in the circuit have done.
Newark may come back into the
fold and If Lima gets in, 1t will only
be necessary TO add one club to the
seven to have an eight-club circuit
that would have at least Glass c
rating.