The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
Pitchers Supreme in Elev-
enth Week of Season
REQ FARRELL LEADS HITTERS
Williams, of Marion, Falls
Into Second Place.
Gowdy Gets Back Into 800 Class--
Pcnnybakcr Leads Pitchcrs--IIap-
pcnings of the Week In Ohio State
League.

intercSt III tne ONO State League
race was strong throughout the cir
cult i'm the eleventh week just passed
and the twelfth week should be pro-
ductive of situations that will have
more tense moments in them than all
OF the race to date.
The work of the pitchers has in
measure featured the race this week
Close, low score games have been the
rule and hits have been far from
plenty. The result has been that the
batting averages have been on the to-
boggan. A glance over tho daily per-
formances of the pitchers and study
of their work shows the class of the
beavers in this league. Where last
year every club had but one or pos
siby two beavers to rely on, each
club this year has three or more.
Lancaster is probably the only team
that has not strengthened it's pitching
staff over that of last year. No clubs
have done more than Mansfield and
Portsmouth in this respect. Ports
mouth Is now to get Brown, a clever
lad who did some excellent work for
Marion last year. He will help the
Doyle club in its upward climb Sew
eral others of the managers are cast
Ing about for pitching talent of known
ability to help out In the home
stretch when the race must needs be
a merry one.
CLUBS EVENLY MATCHED.
Fans in every city I'm the circuit be-
lieve that they have the best club in
the league. And when II is all summed
up, there Is really But little difference
N OF ortb Of
Luck has much to do with the win
ming of any pennant and the club that
cops must have the good fortune TO
be on the winning end of all those
close games. Although the season Is
about two-thirds gone, no club has
as yet been able to step out into the
lead far enough to be safe even for a |
week. Lima has twice ben over
hauled almost without warning. But |
each time Fohl has regained the lead |
And Lima will doubtless be passed |
again, but remember this, Mr.. Bug,
the club that beats Lima out will need |
to play mighty fine article of base. |
ball. Without any great hitters and
with only average pitchers, Lima wins |
day after day by clever fielding and
even better baserunning. The inside |
baseball displayed by Fohls crowd re-
fleets much credit upon the mana yer.
TIGERS DARK HORSE.
Mansfield may be a dark horse in |
this race. The Tigers have a better
bunch of pitchers than they had last
year, but the batting is far from be-
ing up to the old standard. Newark
was stopped rather suddenly In its
hike toward the first division and the |
Molders remain to fight IL out with |
Portsmouth and Marion for the top |
or the first division. Diggers have |
been I'm the cellar, but Marion fans
are hopeful of better showing In |
the near future. Local dopesters once |
figured Marion for the pennant but |
the way things have been breaking |
for the club, a place In the first di- |
vision might satisfy Marion fandom.
But even at that, there Is still oppor-
tunity for the local club TO strike the |
rigth kind OF gait and land up along |
the leaders Likewise is there an op-
portunity for Portsmouth and for
Newark. Good work on the road will
do IL as much as anything. All three
OF the second division clubs do well
enough st home. but their perform
ances on the road have been miser-
able. as rule. Diggers have won
mighty few games abroad.
FARRELL THE LEADER.
In the eleventh week. Red Farrell, |
of Marion, is the batting leader, with
an average of .314. Williams, the
leader of last week. having dropped
to 304. Red Gowdy. after big
slump, is back In the 500 class, but
Davy. of Mansfield, has fallen far be-
low Williams Is the leading slugger
70 date. with l6 donbles five trinlea |