The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-03
Opening Day Crowd Will
Be Large One.
zMICH WILL PITCH CONTEST
Either Pennybaker or Munk
for Lima.


Folks around in this section are
wondering what the weatherman in
tends to do Thursday. The weather
during the training season has been
miserable yet the club has been very
fortunate in being able to play all
Of its Sunday games and thereby
materially reduce the expenses of the
training season.
But the weather has not been such
that the athletes could round into
form. The wet and cold weather has
stiffened up their muscles and kept
them indoors when work at the yard
was very necessary. Despite this
fact, however, the Lewis squad Is In
pretty good condition and IL the
weather Is at all favorable the boys
will he ready to go mighty fast when
the bell taps Thursday afternoon.
Ed Zmieh Is carded to pitch the
Marion opener and II is not likely
Lewis will alter the selection he made
over week ago The big southpaw
Ia feeling fine and with such team
I'm back of him should make the
Lima Champs journey very fast to
nose him out.
II is quite likely that either Penny
baker. Newnhams southpaw, or
Ralph Munk. will occupy the Lima
powerhouse. There will be many
new faces and fans will have to sec
the new Lima team In action before
they decide whether or not Lima will
repeat as pennant winner.
IL is certain that no team In the
IL hnt tn ha fpr
Of youngsters than Marion. 1t Is
seldom that out OF n crowd OF re-
cruits such men as Hummel, Ayette,
Goulait Boyer, Redlin and Snyder
are to be found. And scarcely less
experienced are Thomas. Mullen,
Van Uum, Boughter, Kiefer, McCor-
mick and Hubbard. Lewis, though,
win be compelled to weed out some
more of the squad within the next
day or two. He wants to walt until
the last minute though to guard
against any accidents In practice that
might put the Diggers In bad row
if all of the recruits were cast adrift.
When the cutting process Is again re-
newed the club will be reduced to
fifteen men. That number VIII be
carried for a few weeks and then
the number will be reduced to four
teen.
Reilly on First?
II may be that Lewis Will try Reil-
~ and Johnstone on the first sack,
ere the season Is verv o'd The man.
ager said today that he Is consider
ing the advisability of such shift.
Reilly would be kept on first most
of the time where he should hit even
better than behind the bat and john
stone would catch most of the games.
When Johnstone needs a little rest
he will be placed on first and Reilly
will do duty behind the rubber.
Just how well these two can break
into the game at first remains to be
seen and Lewis win probably know
to a certainty before he makes any
such change.
Van Uum, the Cleveland boy, who
has been playing first ever since he
landed here, Is laboring with a stiil
leg and hence his work has been
! andicapred somewhat. Perhaps
when he rounds to he will come SO
strong that the manager Will not
| &c nsider any change. To date the
weakest part Of Van Uum's effort
ras been his hitting or rather lack
of hitting.
Newark will open the season al
| Portsmouth, and Lancaster at Chill
| licothe. Lancaster will follow Lima
here, playing Sunday, Monday and
| Tuesday.