The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-28
O-P Confident of a Sue
sessful Season.
MANY HAS BEENS IN LINE
Ohio State Cast offs Touted
as O-P Stars.
Lcagurcs are Wondering why they do
Not Receive Glass B Rating--Man-
ayers are Selected for the Various
Clubs-Pres. Wright Improved.

With Akron's membership secure
and Mansfields entry Forthcoming
shortly, according to uefinite informa-
ton from that city. the o. and +.
league will open the season of 1910
on April 26 with brighter prospects
than last year. despite the rumbllngs
of unsteadiness and dissolution
which have been reported since mid
winter.
The condition of President Sam
Wright. which has been precarious
for several weeks, is greatly improved
and It Is believed he will be in shape
to take charge of league affairs again
soon Wright Is an executive on the
order of Ban Johnson. Last year he
tided the o. and p. over some decid-
edly shaky paths. With him at the
helm the magnates will enter upon
the campaign with more security.
With the annexation of Mansfield.
there are five Sunday towns this year,
The others are Erie, Akron, Youngs-
town and Canton. The 140-game
schedule fourteen games more than
last year, which will be completed i'm
two weeks, provides ample opportun-
ity for all these Sunday contests to
be played. And as Sunday games
pay players salaries i'm the o. and z. |
the magnates are afforded a better
chance of financial success.
1t is n well known fact that the |
$1,500 salary limit was not adhered /
to in 1909 No club was over to any
great extent, but nearly every one vi
olated the agreement during some
portion of the race. Despite this,
however, there was no internal strife
TO speak of and SO re fast ball was
The salary limit VIII not
likely be observed strictly the coming
season, but as long as the clubs do
rot go to excess in padding the
monthly pay rolls there will be no
special complaint to register. This |
act alone inspires rosy testimony OF
! good year. Fresh men mean a
more hard fought race.
Will he Five New Managers.
Five new managers will run clubs
his summer. Lee Fohl, who steered
Lima to the Ohio State pennant last |
year, will be with Akron Ferd |
Drumm, a well known baseball man |
IN this section and well versed in |
baseball, has been hired to take Van
place at Canton; Guy
Sample, a former Central Lacquer, is
o have charge of the East Liverpool,
'otters, and Frank Eustace, another
experienced general, will assume the
responsibility at Youngstown. George
Fox, a veteran catcher, who was
with Lancaster in the Ohio state last
season, Is to handle the new Mans.
field club
From this distance, 1t appears that
Erie and McKeesport will compete
for pennant honors. All Matty
Broderick needs at the former city
are FIRST and second basemen and am
other pitcher. The other positions
will re cared for by veteran players.
Billy Thomas needs new pitch
ing staff at McKeesport, and If he sue
ceeds In nabbing three good ones to
help Beatty, the Tubers are not likely
to ever drop below third place in the
standing
Lee Fohl has fine bunch of men
for Akron. Besides the old Lima
club, he has nine members left from
the Champs of last year Pitchers
Lickenach Brown and Susser:
Catcher Texer. Outfielders Cooper,
Miller. Mathay and Doubles, and In
fielder Woodruff Cooper Doubles
and Slusser have said they will not
play league ball this campaign.
All the players which accompanied
the Akron franchise to the league
when the baseball company at the
rubber city quit last fall. received |
contracts Saturday. Consequently
they are kept on the reserve list. The
Akron tossers are wondering why
they received class e contracts, when
the o. and p. was admitted to class
B at Nashville. when the National as
sociation met there last October
Good Material at Canton.
Ferd Drumm has an excellent ar
ray of material at canton and with
any kind of luck he should keep the
club in the first division. Among his
best men are Dawson, Biery, RED"
Hinton, McGlnty and Jimmy Lucas
Newcastle is provided with most of |
last years aggregation and the Nocks |