The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-25
All games postponed; rain.

Rain put an end to all of the Ohio
state league games of yesterday. Dig.
gers were idle at Newark; Lima at
Chillicothe, and Lancaster and Ports
mouth also had nothing to do. II is
unfortunate that the rain has inter
fered so much with the Diggers while
tbsy have been pitted against the
weaker teams of the league. If the
rain man win go on his vacation the
Diggers should not be damaged much
on their present trip.
After playing at Newark today the
locals will move on to ChilliCothe and
play three games I'm the Ross county
town. After that Diggers Will be al
Portsmouth Sunday and Monday
playing two games on Memorial day
On, next Tuesday Newark viii open
a series here.
With about three weeks of the play.
ing season gone 10 seems certain that
Lima will be one OF the teams the
Diggers will have TO beat to win a
pehnant. Portsmouth is hardly as
strong as its showing thus far might
indicate and while the DOWNSTAIRS
may be contenders in way 1t is hard.
ly likely that they will show the class
throughout the whole journey that
the steady going Lima machine will.
Up 10 now the Lanks have been some
what of a problem. Perhaps 1t Will
be9Iancaster instead of Portsmouth
that will figure In the first trio. II
Is dertain that Marion will be one of
the first three and knowing what we
do of the others, there is little doubt
heraabouts but that the Diggers will
come one, two, and IL Is certainty
that they, barring accidents, viii not
be lower than three.
Phe Newark situation IL hardly Il
rosy one The Molder management
has evidently underestimated the
strength of the league and while a
fair team has been put together New
ark does not rank with any of the
others, except, perhaps, Chillicothe
The Babes need strengthening. They
need more, too, than the management
thinks Marion has offered good play
ers to Chilllcothe but the offers We're
spusned Chillicothe figured that
players not needed by Marion GER
tainly could not be needed by Chill
llcothe. BY the end of the season
the management of the Babes will
know q little more about baseball
than at present. The owners there
will awake to realization OF the
fact that sometimes a team has sew
eral strong men for one position-men n
that cannot be used In any othof
place--and that therefore II is neces-
sary- TO cast all but one adrift. They
will. learn that other clubs will al
ways do everything 10 add strength
10 a club that is known to be weak
and when proffers of assistance come
thsy should be treated more court
eousiy at least. even If not accepted
Billy Hogan, the local boy, got re-
leased because he told the manage
fnent that about six new players were
needed. He said the gang under
contract would not last as long In the
Ohio State as the proverbial SNOWFALL
In the lower regions When he found
fault with their playing--which even
a blind, man would ,do--the players
got sore on Hogan, complained and
the mana cement let Hogan go. Ho-
gan went to Lexington and Is now a
Blue Grass league catcher and bet
ter one, too, than Chillicothe has on
its staff
Some fans are wondering whether
or not the league will go through the
season. There IN probably little
ground for these fears but until the
new clubs realize that one cannot
make leaguers out of gang of dubs
then the organization will not be what
Il should be, Newark needs players
an4i is making big effort to get them;
CHilllcothe will take no suggestions
orr accept any help. What will be the
result?