The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

is good talent to be secured. The
salary limit seems TO have been for
gotten by every club i'm the league
and strange as II may seem, the clubs
which are over more than the others
are the ones who are yelling the
loudest about the limit being ignored.
At tn close of the present week
Newark leads in team batting with
.256, the new arrivals on the O'Day
team all doing some great mauling.
Marion comes second with .24S, hav-
ing dropped from last week while in
Il batting slump. Lima with .225
is third and Portsmouth with .221
is fourth. ChillicOthe has .212 and
Lancaster .21l.
O'Day Batting Leader.
Mike O'Duy, Of Portsmouth is the
batting leader again this week. A
slump, however pulled his average
down until at the weekend he is
hitting but .321
Reilly of Marion leads i'm two-base
hits with II and Houtz of Lima has
made l3 triples Nesser of Lima
has four home runs. McClintock Is
the leading sacrifice hitter with 3S
and Ed Meehan the Digger speed
ster has stolen 81 bases leading the
fast Mike O'Day by one.
Among the pitchers. Miller of
Lima If entitled to the leadership
on his excellent seasons record.
Here's the AH-Star Team.
with all this talk of the selection
Of an all-star team from the league
the writer submits This choice for
ion; pitcher, Miller, Portsmouth;
first base, Nesser, Lima; second base
Hummel, Marion; third base, Laliier
Lancaster; shortstop Ayette Marion;
left field Breen Portsmouth. center
field Meehan Marion and right field
ODay of Portsmouth.
There are perhaps many who will
not agree that this team would be
the strongest selection in the league.
on the catcher question there GER
tainly can be no dispute for Reilly
is in a class by himself. Among
the pitchers, Ada Miller has provn
himself to be by far the steadiest.
winning about as many games on
the road as he has at home. His
game he has worked and while prob
ably not likely to advance because
Of the annointed ball he uses, is
nevertheless the most successful
pitcher in the league to date. Ness
ser Is selected for first base because
he is a good hitter of the slugging
type and because he Is a better man
IN the bases than any Of the others.
He is young, ambitious and every day
his added knowledge makes him
more valuable. Outside of Marion
there may be a protest against the
selection of Hummel for second but
those who have seen this youngster
n many games will agree that he
mas ii on either Pete Childs or Nc
tlintock, Childs and McClintock are
rs good as they will ever be; Hum
mel improves daily. The local lad
Is hitting better than any of the
others despite the fact that IL is his
'irst year out and he is covering
more ground than either of them in
hat Honus Wagner way of his. He
has a far better arm than either
Chllds or Mac and goes through
With that inside game like veter-
m. In every possible line of COM
parison he has it on the other two,
except that McClintock may be bet
Ter as sacrifice hitter, so there can
ne no question about Hummers
being named when the real analysis
IS made.
Little Ayettc is unquestionably the
best in the shortstop line that the
league has produced unless this
Move of Newark, whom we have
not seen, proves to be able to keep
up his present clip afield and ~
the bat, Ayette valuable in defensive,
work and willing toiler, gets on
more times than players batting
twice as much as he and once on
he Is hard to KEEP away from the
home plate, His hitting lately has
improved until today he is about
ready to get over the 900 mark.
For third base Lallier seems TO
be the best of the lot, Lall Is now
working at short but his third base
play is far better than his accom-
ollshment at short and those who
saw him the last two seasons now
In left field Breen is selected be-
cause of his ability to hit and TO
get on the bases, II must be admit
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