The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-03
Ohio EState May Secure
{ Eight Live Cities.
MA6NAfEs ARE NOW ENTHUSED
Want Huntington and Char.
lesion in.
Virginia Valley League May Combine
With Ohio State-Paul sturgess
Blocks Staters Plans--NIansheld
9 May Have no Baseball.

with the Virginia Valley league
sounds like a good one. II the pro-
posed league--which, by the way, has
as yet been unable to secure a satis-
factory circuit--will turn over Hunt
ington and Charleston In West Vir-
sinia TO the Ohio State, folks up this
way will see Glass G baseball this
Year OF course. the eight club plan
s.if perfected. viii not make baseball
@any faster than II was last year, but
1T will give the league better stand.
ling. Few organizations anywhere.
rIpwer in rating than Glass Il, trav-
eled as fast as did the Ohio state last
year and the year before.
Huntington and Charleston are two
live wires and would round out the
circuit nicely. The magnates are so
enthused over this proposition that
they will invite President Joe Spinney
10 attend the meeting at Columbus
next Monday and talk over the prop
osition. 1t may. be possible that since
Bob Quinn has declared his intention
to resign II would be necessary to
elect Spinney president of the enlarg-
ed Ohio State TO secure his two prize
West Virginia towns. Rather than
give them up, the magnates would be
willing to do this. II the circuit Is
not enlarged or there are no policies
10 interfere, Bob Read will doubtless
be chosen president
Tire proposed organization would
give the StAaers Marion. Mansfield,
Lima, Chllllcothe, Portsmouth and
either Newark or Lancaster in Ohio
and Huntington and Charleston In
& West Virginia. The mileage would
not be too great and every club In the
League would play Sunday baseball
a. thing that Is necessary in smaller
Iclties.
4 Lancaster is ready to get into the
league as soon as II has assurance
2 that the salary lint will be dropped
. 10 $1,000 not including the manager.
r Where a playing manager is used the
.onibs will be able to go along and
pay practically the same old salaries.
The only difference will be that
youngsters breaking into the game
will not draw as much as they have
in past years Old men. who have
made good, will receive slight in
creases. The salary question Is one
that viii be dipped into by the mag
mates at the meeting, Monday. 1t Is
expected that 1t will be placed at not
tU1OTt tndH NHlCn wiz nVA
clude the managers salary.
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slAll over the proposed circuit the
fans are Watching the attitude OF
paul Sturgess, the principal Mansfield
hacker. Paul has had the nerve to
q ask Marion 10 withdraw from the
baseball map to allow Mansfield to
drop into a soft place In the Ohio
I,,a s,,aa erif ~ Mn
rion should agree. Sturgess says that
he will not put a team In the Ohio
state league and in return the mag
mites declare that they will reorgan-
fxe the Ohio State and II Sturgess
does not put in a team. someone else
%ili be secured TO take the fran.
chise or Mansfield will be without
Baseball this year. sturgess has a
Reputation among baseball men as
.heing a pretty square fellow In every
way. and Il IL not believed that he
will go entirely back on his former
pals.
s3 The local club made a trade prop
ositon TO Paul Sturgess of Mansfield,
but the Tiger chief could not see the
advantage of IL to his club. Marion
offered Jay Wllloughby and Bill John
stone for Jimmy Meehan, the little
outflelder of the Tigers. 1t would
be about an even swap.
Keokuk, Iowa, where Emmett Reil.
ly played last year is after the Marion
baekstop who lammed the pill close
10 the 400 march out there after the
Ohio State season closed. The local
club has put q price on Reilly. and
if it's price is agreed to Reilly will go
west. The catcher Is anxious to get
away because he can better himself
40 much financially and past expert
ence has shown that II Is bad judg-
inent to attempt to hold a player who
might earn more money elsewhere,
Especially when an opportunity Is
open to sell him.
Bob Quinn would like to have
Pitcher Ed Zmich, the hard working
left handler of the Dlggers. He has
already offered fancy price for the
.heayer, but the Marion club will not
part with him. Zmich is certain to
bring good price I'm the open mar
ket this fall at the big show is in
need of left handlers and by the way,
the local club can use the big fell
low without any trouble mis season.
Youngsters are going to have a
show on the Columbus club this year.
Manager Bill Friel believes in them
while Clymer. his predecessor did
snot. Clymer would rather have an
isx-major ileaguer than all of the
YOUNGSTERS yot ever dreamed OF. And
.lie let one of the most promising
'young pitchers in the country get
'awey when Parson was sent here. The
twise Little Napoleon (Mugsy McGraw)
down at New York. believes In young
sbloods. and Parson Is going South
with the Giants. 1t should pot take
him long 10. show his little leader that
he has the stuff.
v This Is the time or year most try
ing on those inclined to be cons6pat-