The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-02
No Consolidation with the
" Ohio Penn.
SKATERS READY TO ORGANIZE
Will Form Circuit at Meet
ing on Monday.
Six Clubs Certain for the State Lea
que and There may be Eight
Low Salary Limit will Mean a
Most Successful Season.

With the Ohio Pennsylvania league
on the way toward complete organi-
zation and being disinclined toward
any territory revision, the Ohio State
league will now get down to business
and organize for the season with
six or eight cities in the circuit
probably six.
The Statcrs have been waiting on
the Ohio-Penn. There was plan on
foot to consolidate the two leagues
bnt this was practically dropped at
yesterdays meeting when the New
castle club, which had expected to
drop out. came into the fold and de-
posted $500 forfeit money That
made the consolidation impossible and
I'm reality assured the reorganization
of the Ohio State.
The plan was this: Marion, Mans
field and Lima were to go into the
Ohio-Penn. league. The Columbus club
was to take the Akron franchise
leaving Lima out m the cold. The
Newcastle franchise was to have been
transferred here and the Steubenville
franchise to Mansfield. That would
give league something like this:
Erie, McKeesport, Youngstown, East
Liverpool, Akron, Marion and Mans
field This league with a low salary
limit might have been a great one
and when the new census is complete
It would have secured Glass B rating
from the National Association.
The Dream Over.
But that dream is over. New Cas-
tie stayed i'm the league and blocked
IL. Mansfield was more than anxious
TO join the O-P and is yet but Column
bus. owning the Lima club, and Ma
rion will block the Sturgess desire
and keep the Ohio State intact. Ports
mouth, had the plan gone through,
would have willingly Joined the Vir-
ginia Valley league but is more than
pleased with the probability of the
Ohio State reorganizing
Fans about this neck of the woods
are well satisfied that the Marion
team is not TO enter the Ohio Penn
although such an organization as
was doped out would have been a
great one. The one drawback is the
great amount of expense that would
attache 1t is well enough 20 tolk OF
low salary limit and all that but
we know from actual experience that
pay no attention to the salary limit
Keeping expenses down to the lowest
possible point is all that allows organ
lied baseball to remain in Marion and
in practically every other city In the
Ohio State circuit. There Is trouble
every year in the Ohio-Penn and
principally because fancy salaries are
paid and the expenses are placed too
far above the receipts even in a most
prosperous year.
Secret OF Success.
The secret of success in the Ohio
State has been its low salary limit
The league was practically pioneer
in this respect. The limit will doubt
less be shaved somewhat during the
coming summer and If adhered to,
will spell the organizations success
as this should be prosperous year
for baseball throughout this territory
To Meet Monday.
There will be q meeting i'm Column
bus next Monday at which time the
organization of the Ohio State will
be effected. Perhaps both Lancaster
and Newark will enter; that would
shove Chillicothe out In the cold un-
less dfoLutI gtlub tdh Dt S'NuiNp' ~ 20
said 20 be certain today that the
league will be asked to grant fran
'chises to both Neward and Lancaster.
If the magnates should decide to hold
onto Chillicothe then it will be either
Newark or Lancaster that will come
into the fold to complete the six-club
circuit 90
President Quinn is busy now look
ing over the field and he may induce
either Springfield or Sandusky to come
into the fold One or both, provided
Springfield WIN have a park close to
the center Of the city, would add
strength TO the organization.
IT is, certain that the league will
not allow Mansfield to slip away and
II the present management, anxious
20 join with the O-P should balk the
territory could be held by the Ohio
state even though Mansfield did not
nut a team I'm the league, but II 10
hardly expected that Paul Sturgess
would go that far.