The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-04
'LANKS READY
WITH THE Coin
Will Come Into League at
Meeting Monday.
NEWARK TO COME IN NEXT
Mansfield Not Likely to Be-
Mansfield Not Likely to Be-
come a Slater.
Baseball Situation Looks Rosy and
"A Six Club League is Certain
Two More May be Added in
Virginia vaucy Merger Plan.

Things are looking up i'm baseball
as regards the Ohio State league
Today there comes from Lancaster
the word that the fans there are
ready TO re-enter the Ohio State and
stick around lots stronger than they
did last year.
The Lancaster company Is fully or
ganized and there is to be more money
behind the team this year than there
was last. President Davidson the
man who has given baseball to Lam
caster for some years, will be I'm the
company and many of the old SUBJ
scribers will be there again, but they
Will have more help than i'm the past
and the Lanks will be the same old
hard proposition. The building pro-
cess for the club is already under
way.
Chillicothe is busy. Down that
way the fans are more than anxious
for Ohio State league baseball and
when the gong sounds Chillicothe will
have team that will make the other
travel some to head off. Portsmouths
is also far from asleep. The river
burg smagnates have ben very active;
in some league or other and have Sc
cured long list of players for this
season. Portsmouth will profit by
there fighting for the top with club
of more than ordinary merit.
Lima and Marion are ready. The
Digger management has not done
much footing of trumpets this win
ter, but all the same 1t has corralled
long line of promising talent and
depend upon II there will be battle
to beat the Diggers out of a pennant
this year. There are many holes to
fill, but on reporting day the man
agement will have the "fillers" on the
job.
Newark Is under the lime light just
now and within a day or two there
will be some mighty sweet news from
there, unless all signs fail. Marion
will welcome the return of the Mold
ers to the Ohio State. The Diggers |
and Molders have always been rivals |
and Newark i'm past years has been
a mighty keen drawing card at the
local park. With Newark back six |
clubs will be in the fold.
What OF Mansfield?
At this point one might appropri- |
ately ask. What of Mansfield" Well, |
Paul Sturgess does not want to put a |
club in the Ohio State; i'm fact, he |
says he will not. Paul should have
had enough OF Ohio-Pennsylvania
eague baseball i'm the past but II
seems that he has not and therefore
ne wants to get away. Perhaps the
will give him the right to
Or mayhap they may say Paul you
,ither come in here with the bunch
md be good or else Tigertown will be
| lonesome old town this summer
organized baseball" Now II
$ up to the magnates to do as they
please. 1t is a question what they
viii decide upon.
With Newark I'm and Mansfield out,
he Staters will have six cities. all
veil located, and league that will
atisfy the most critical. But the
.ood work may not stop there. Presi-
lent Wollenweber of the local club,
PRESIDENT Quinn and other magnatcs :
ave been talking over the Vr-
,inia Valley league proposition and
hey will discuss II further at the
Meeting.
Huntington and Charleston want To
ecome Staters. They have always
wanted to. When the, Virginia Valley
proposition looked rosy they gave up
ocal aspirations of greater organi-
alton and cast their lot with the
mailer league. But 1t appears that I
he V. V. will not materialize and
hat Huntington and Charleston will
'illingly come into the fold. They
ill be received with open arms, and
hen there will be an eight club or
that will be second to none
I its class.
In the meantime. Mr.. Fan, have no
'orries about Webb park being de-
erted this summer. There'll be
lenty doing out that way.