The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-09
MAGNATES WANT
OHIO STATE FARMS.
Armour, Grayson and Wat
kins in Line.
NEWARK MAY Be BOUGHT
Toledo Magnate Likes the
Proposition.
Louisville Owner Wants Either Whole
or Half Interest I'm Lancaster Club
-ODay Leads Battcrs Again This
Wcek-Dope OF a Day.

Neiop ms young DldyeTS anu Is now |
looking over the Newark proposition |
with a view of buying at once or at |
least for next season.
Nor is Armour the only association |
magnate who is looking toward the
Ohio State league. Watkins, the In.
dianapolis owner, and Grayson, of
Louisville, are also headed this way.
Watkins has feared that the salary
limit in this league is not high
enough to permit him to place
enough youngsters in this league but
therein lies story. It Watkins gets
a club in the Ohio State league he
will find that he can develop his
players here and furthermore he will
find that each year the league is
turning out players who would make
mighty valuable men for the associa-
tion-men of far more worth than
the hasbeens which for years have
made the association an old soldiers
home.
Grayson Is looking toward Lam
caster and may purchase one-half
interest I'm the Ruff club. If Armour
goes in he will buy the Newark club
outright. Given a winning club New
ark would pay good returns on the
investment made. Lancaster is on
the right side of the ledger this year
despite the poor showing made by the
club. The position of the Lanks to-
day Is more due to owner Rufus tao
tics than to the lack of ability on the
team. 1t may be truly said of Lam
caster that each morning the play
ers have to be introduced around,
there are always so many new ar
rivals I'm the night. But Run is new
to baseball. !Given another years
experience and he will find II Is not
profitable to keep the can rafting too
often and that tactics such as he has
pursued this year will not bring out
the best there is in any band of ath-
letes.
1t Is pleasing to note the way the
management has taken hold at Chill
licothe. Players were canned right
| and left and new ones brought on
until the right bunch was at hand;
then 1t STOPPED and Kibler went
ahead developing ITS team play with
the result that he has a mighty good
machine down there in Yallerbud and
every Slater has to keep going to fin
ish ahead of the Kibler crowd.
The Portsmouth tactics this year
have been different from past years.
The management has pinned its faith
| to the athletes selected at the open
| ing of the season and whenever one
| commences to go badly for a few
days-as ball players are likely to do
| at any time-tho can is not given
| Jingle. The result Is that Ports.
| mouth, with a mighty fine team, has
been i'm the lead about all of the
way and will be big contender for
the bunting. We will not continue
| the little lesson further than to re-
mark that Ruff tactics are not those
of winner.
Joe Carr, who was mere yesterday,
knows something of the troubles of
running a minor league. The secre-
tary finds himself busy all of the
time Strengthening things out and
keeping excited owners from dynamit-
ing the league because some umpire's
work Is unsatisfactory Carr has put
an end to umpires in the league car
| rying pistols. He says this Is no bor-
der or frontier league and Umpires
Mason and Raphun who carried
shooting irons for a while, are not do
Ing so now.
| In the Ohio State league this week
| the batting leader is that eXtraordin-
airy center fielder of the Portsmouth
team-Mike O'Day. This swat boy
has had another great week increas-
ing his hitting average from .325 to
.337 and is still going up, He has
pilfered more bases than any other
and leads the league in runs and eX-
| ira base hits. Portsmouth has sure
| ly picked up a jewel in this gardener
and If proper methods are pursued
he should go higher and the Ports
mouth club should be not less than
81, 900 richer when he goes. The po-
stion of the Portsmouth team in the
race Is largely due to the hitting.
Breen. Scudder, Weinberg, Conwell,
| Childs and Calls are all helping
| O'Day and the pitchers are saved
from defeat in many game by this
batting outfit.
| Moore, OF Portsmouth, Is the pitch
ing leader in the week, with Miller,
of Portsmouth, second, and zmich,
of Marion, third.
Diggers are almost all hitting over
200 and some are up above the $50
mark. Having a lot of average hit
ters Is far better than to have one
great slugger and all the rest down
in the list as was the case last year
and the year before.
Bill Johnstone, with an average of
1903, tops the local regulars. Nee
han is second and Is also second
among the base stealers. This lad is
playing the game of his life and II
it continues he is certain to be found
in greater league next year-per-