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55?! c" n ";. -vT""M" ','?" r. V -r 1 ' , Li 'ImW. A r. .1 . '' J' ) .. !,.... JirfN iW, i. - Base BAii SEdlrN ' s .. "tf$jwiJY v;j 1 V .- N Kit Kl V r&.V ' h is ' r Marion Mirror, SECTION : TWO PAGESl M . W 9 TO 16 I v-i1 ' - 4: L V t'f i The Daily ') rr ' ; t i1 i' i Kl x ! Rf f" ' 7 . 9 t ' & V -,, , Ur t V ' ft-: i a f,J v , iiv-V' F . VOLUME XV. NO. H25 B8H9SU& H Viv At'' 1 -ta-iHPil - ft ? BOB1 LINDMAN BRIEF HISTORY OF k, BASE BALL ' Who During Coming Season Will Represent This ' City in the Qhio and Pennsylvania League, Under the Managment of Ferd Drumin. Te Men Who are tne Fans cf Marion will Support and by Their Loyalty Help Win the Pennant. Wlille all of tlio men now wiUi Manager Urunrni will not b'e kept : -u more tnau -a- tew unys longer a thdu -a- few liftlc ilope du Uw -various memucrs of tl)" bunch mly;h.t be Interesting. The, members nt he sauuil eonio from nil over tin country and most of tliepi have played over the territory cost of Ttho fijelrics. JOHN FLOOD. .Tolm Flood, coptaln of (ho team, and on? qf tho most popular players that over donned a uniform, was born In .Brooklyn, N. Y. and learned tho rudlmentfl of i.io Bamo oil the lottf a few miles east of the Brook lyn bridge. Tim as ho Is familiarly Iknown, dovelopcd his ptrcat ' Bpebde OpJeliiB tro.llf.yH In tho iTinaller dlvla. Ion of Greater Now York., , , Vlooil Is twcntyBoVcn yeafsooUh, Ho hroko Into tho profcRsional'rJjVks i)t Morris Plains, N. J. plnylng there In, 1808-99. Later .ho played wlth'tlip Canton, team In tho outlaw lc'iguc'nnrt iwjth Tnlnsvllto and Whcollnu- jitntil foiir years nsu lie joined Ford Urunrni inZancsvlllc. Ho hau,bpeh plnyliifr upi!p)r..pnmni sln'cothat time. Flood lias purchased byt hlladoiphta and niadq'eood with tho -Athletics until ho owko his uukla ami i& position is at third Imso and tlropo of iliu loral fans who saw htra' work: iaat yeenr uro ujianlmous In thai ho i an artist at aiiy dopnrt mont of thptlgam'o. -Ho. will have en tiro direction b tho team on the field am) should get Iho best efforts of the playera. HUGH TATE. Hugh Tate la another ponjilar mem ber iO the Lime Durnors and thoro are fow clifll moments at tho Mnlost ic Hotel during tlio rainy days while '.Tate 13 In tho crowd. Ho Is a big ntlilctic nppparlng follow with an arm tlut tn.eans auro death to any ia3e TUnner attempting to score on a fly to his position in tho outfield. Tate has also developed quite a repulltlon for, breaking up fences with his hits. hlta'.r Tate wa8'l)oni 'twenty flvo years ago at Everett, Pa., and broke Jnto professional bapball at Bock Island 111, Slnqo. that time h o has played with Homestead, pa., CuinIiM1tnd, Bioux Ciy ana AYaahlngton, !. fbAiistabbill: ," rPfank Farrell, the siieedy qut(ielclor of the'LIra? Burners ia what, jtflglit bo' oalied'a hatural ball '.playai-" Ho JudReBa'f ball " far quicker than thp uverage. player and js a fastV base. runuor. Fafall "ia expected to pe one . of the tnalrtayfl of tho teanu when It' comes to delivering the goods with ithe-. bat. r Farrell 'wfts born in Altoonapa., 'twenty., four" years ngo Ho '"played . ' Drofeknl ball,. In his jiometpwn .u3litL.i.i."lMli,i...lulMii-o' Wllmlnirtnn CJV'3J7 V -""""-' ":"" -" i .flHlMU'MiS jBKk.ywr wiuj r. mu in-nu.jjor nvv -cnsonH.- Jlft later '' - r iM'tawun JiVuii. mti- ,-;.,-, ..!" .tVi "i' .'.i i, .',. "W . BaBBaaBBaaH-Iaal aaaaabaaaa (i ;i.-v , '.;,lBAdw."J' ' ". ', V U -f " - fc' " i .'m '' - ' ,Ki t , T ' . ,1 .) " Mil iiMiii' in in 'iiimi niiii i nuti i iiii Tiiinrawi MiMiriia 1 1-cfii rri fiiii--ii itimiii ,-fiiiiiraiii vr I, --i i, in.fliWwtg-MM n i r m JUST K iff-'? ""if 4 i- BOBBY QUINN iin hnH lmen nlnicnameil "Bed" hy hls team mates because ftf a very luxuriant growth of nuburnliir,that covers his neaj.'. He "as nnvuyvjmijeii In tho 'out f'olu. LOUIS GUENETTE. Louis' Qtienette, the Canadian twlrl cr with the Marion team, was born In Oshawn, Can., 22 years ago. Ho, played with a number of Canadian teams until last ,yoar when he pitched cxceilont ball for Hamilton. .Guenetto is short in stature and heavy set. He has a good arm and u plenti ful assortment of curves. WILLIAM SMITH, William Smith, of Philadelphia, is a backstop bf considerable cxperlenco. lie is twenty-four years f ago, and secured his first real knowlodgo of baseball whlIo with a North Phila delphia team. Ho played last beacon with tho Bollovlllo team of tho South Jersey league, which team won tho pennant. Smith is a entrhcr, plays his posi tion well and throws well to second. Ho hUS been given llttlo opportunity 16 show "ivhat he can do with tho willow. ROY SHAFOR. Boy Shafor la ntiothcr aspirant for tho position of catcher on tlio local team, Ho Is from Hamilton, Ohio, and played sensational ball with tho cradle .Dayton Cash Register team last Eoason. Ho also caught a nlimhor of games for the Dayton Centra leaguers. Bpforq going to Dayton, ho played with Mlamlsburg. ahafor handles himself well both bohlnd tho bat and In tho outfield. His work Is being closely watched by Manager Drumm. 0. F. BALLINQER. C. F. Ballliigor, who Js trying for thp second has position, Ih well known hero. He formerly resided In Caledonia and played a number of games last season with Hogans Runts, Ho also played with tho Gallon team In tho Erie railroad league, Balllngor Is twenty-one years of ago and Manager Drumm thinks that he handles himself exceptionally well for a youngster. It Is probable that Balllnger will bo placed with soma team whore ho will ripen with ex. perloiico sp that ho can be used by Drumm nt' u later date. MANAGER DRUMM, Ferd Drumm, itlio manager the locals, is a good follow every sen.-o of tiio word. Ho of in lias years",, and probably undorstnnds IJio game, wiili all of fits ins nnd onts'as wol as any mnn in the business today. Ferd lives in Cnnloij, Ho com menced playing ball in 3800 with CosllOclOll. Ho mliiviM vnni-a Willi tho Cjillhin ' Innm mini 'lnlni'' wjih Sj.nugfieltl. His noxt ongago inont was tho managership of the Cantcm toasn; and later with Spring, tr'ty-'' V" ''w'cwmeiii, r wi uu-.ijiBxfifcii, , or. me unnton MABIOJNT. OHIO. SATURDAY EVENING. AlMtIL 27, 3907. A FEW CHARLES LUSKEY THE PLAYERS ljiinf.villn and Whcoljiur. For tVo )ust t'ivo yenra ho lisw been in charge 01 the Zanesvillu team. .ltjloc-s not take Drumin more tlian av"'i''w minute to hizc up a 4iuui and lie bcldom makes nu cr Vf '" jiulmont on Iho ability of! !i,p!ayer. ' As a developer of one to Hit hijr leajjiu. OC tho lyoiuiRsJtofs lio lias ciuito an cnvi- aMle Mccnl nn.l has ooit Uiorc i tlmu one to i no oi le.igiies. in mu nieii under him, Dninnn demands tllo niiist evfii , (lKciplino and lie will not countenance a shirker i rt'tu iu iikl -'i- iiuvi ill till season cxcdiit on rnro tho same occas- Aions -.uhI will lireet Hie team from the liettcji,' nllowiji". Cfijitain i?Ioo(l to do the jrn-'ater part of tho manngement wlieu tlie team is on the field, liowover. i Drumm i- tliii.'y yeare" of, ago and i mariied. THOMAS MYLETT. ThmiMis -Mylott, tho selection oC the mininger for short stop will 'fill Seolty Inguriou's shoes to tlio ontiro satisfnettai of the fans'. Hoi una played prolcssionnl hnll for a number of year-? and few of tlio slioit fielders in tlio league will have uTiy tiling .on him. lrylett in L7 years of ago. He first played professional ball in Clenevu, 1T. Y., nnd playod later with Hartford and Syracuse-. Ifo Read the the 0. fB-fK;SK' fl I 1 1 f I II " ' 1 , 1 Bolieving that a great majority of tho rcadora of tho Mirror ao 'interested in'tho local cluh4W of tho Ohio and Pennsylvania league, tho management haa mado oxtonsivo preparations fdr- giving its readers tho great ps)c sport sorvlco ever attempted by a local nowapapor. v Soyeral . weeks ago tho loading sporting -papers of tho circuit, formed tho Ohio and Pennsyl vania Baseball Newspaper Association. .Tho Mirror was' chosen in, this city as a 'member of tho, ffatornily. . Tho sporting writers of the Association and tho papors thoy represent aro as follows y r L. J. Rfcchle, Beacon-Journal, Akron. Philip Wolfe, Nowa, Mansfield. Eugeno Godden, Mirror, Marlon. Oharles, O'Brien, Qazolte, Lancastor. John A. Duffy, Tolojraph, Sharon. Prank Dewberry, Herald, Now Castle. Trank Woolson, 'Advocate Newark. "Prnrf RimTlor TAlniTI.1 m VAnHneiim Tho box scores of eviry game played in tho lea'gub vjill bo given daily together with an, account of tho .features of each f.'amo and tho standing of xha clubs. Special correspondents of the Mirror in evory town of tho circuit will furnish this paper daily with all news of in terest to followers of O. P, lcaguo affairs, .khkS&fii "'vjFmm' I It. Is a woll recognized fact that pictures give life to 'any newspaper and tho Mirror has made a rather largo outlay in securing cv.ts of every player in tho lcaguo and tho illustrating department assures tho readers of tho paper a number , of novolties heretofore unattempted in Mils city. While tho local team is ahtoad tho Mirror will -receive? daily accounts of tho games which will ho as dotailed as thouzh tho team plavcd at homo and tho fans may keen in thorough touch with tho 'team at all tliuo3. . , ?(. , - $J r r- j Haying bottor facilities than any other paper for securiug tho -news of tho lcaguo tho Mir ror readers may rest assured that noVhing that will mako iii sport pages comploto In, eyery, detail, will bo' omitted, - 1 1'- Zm OF THE Ka i2Sk vk s v ''Ct? vPWRBb MANAGER .DRtJMM was with Columbus fiV.i imo in 11)00 and has plnycd--, c.tensi.vely in tho Kast. tMAlett 1 an old lica pad sit nt the gaiuO'niul Mth J'ioocl tliinl the fens may cpect to see tlie p-nir put majiy a gKd one over during tlio -oason, . Jlylett clninw the world's record' in. number of chance 'accepted "" iii n nine inning game itt-short slop. At Johnstown in, UW Jio accoplcd 20 elinncen ai nine innings, tak ing caio of 3(1 assists 'and four put outs, lie figuicd ill four dou ble pjays on that day. .lis. . ' x JAMES LUCAS. ." ' Janice "Ivticky" Lucius, of tlio team, ia nu all- around star of the iiivt iirngniiude. le can 'play first clars ball nt any pjiition n tho team, alHiougb -it is iii , the box and with the lumber lliatvlic'shiuc-t particularly bright. lie is 2 years of ngo and first played professional -ball in. tfJliambiMsburgjfV. A'a. . Ho play ed later in AVIiooling ami" Grand Kapids nnd oue.year. at 'Wellsburg. Ho had been under, the manage ment of Ferd Drunihi for tlio past four yeni"-. . ' Luwis liad a badUnrm tmost of last bonson but Jio - is in gqod shapo now ami expects to do some btellar stunts in tlioTbox this sea sou.. Ho will bo one of the main stays thcie. At tliobtU lio fa a good porfonner njul has a habit of breaking up extra1 inning games. ROBERT LINDKtAN. Ifejcrt Liiidman,the giant first backer of Hie Lime Rumors, is another player on whom Manager Drumm depend? much in lliu ibith coming pennant rnco.Liiidman first played 'In Wilimngton, Delaware, and later was with YoVk, Pa. Ho pla.Vd lliice yea is in tho Tri-stato Mirror if You Want & P. Baseball News (irJi4X.i LIME BURNERS CAPTAIN PL00D PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESSFUL ;i- YEAR ARE VERY BRIGHT outlaw league Avitli tlio ."VilliamJ port team. Ho U '2D yenre old. Kithcr at firs I ba.,e or behind the bat Lindmnii plays a . great game. IIo handles liimself weil and throws accurately. Willi tho bat hoWsi Above the average. (With l'jidmau at lirsf Mylclt at abort Florl at third, and with a -fair iqau at second basC) J)nuutu will have an infield that will make them all take notice. ''BOBBY" QUINN. Robert ("Hobby") Quinn, Iho popular center fielder of, last sea son, will .bo again seen in better form than ever with -Marion lio is 2' years t' ago and makes his homo in Jfciiicsvillo during itho win ter Quinn fir-t playc-d yiroicssional ball in Zancvillo in 1000, and a year Inter played w'llh an indepen dent it cam at OaUipolis. Tho next se.wm ho joined Kerd Drumm at Xnnesville and lias been playing un der ibini biico. Hobby is a fast man and cover- an immense amount of teirltory in Center. Jio gets around Urn liases in a;ifd sJylc and plays tho kind of baseball that wins g.ime.s. lo h batting better iU:.in over thih year. CHARLES M. LUSKEY. Oliarles M.-Luskey, tho regular ,''. . X J, ''1 X lfv AL. WILMOT Every BasebaU Club in the its Capital Stock, New Grounds are Being in stalled and. Old Plants Renewed. back-top of tho local team is '20 years uf age and is mairiud. Jio i- a readout of Washington, D. l.f ijusKuy umi piuyuti iiiih.u3-jhiii.ii ba-cb.ill with the Porlsinouth, Yiu, team in iUio le.iguo ", that stalo. 'in ISiKI. Tiio liex-f yoaiv iio tfcJiifc w'ifh iVshville, N. C. nnd in 1S9S ho ihiyed with Hr.ulford in tho Peiui tylvanli league. .1) rail ford won ' ill uost esery game, breaking up the league, nnd Luskcy fiuuslied tho caRon with Capo Slay. ' Tho next' season tho catcher was it Torol-oro, X. (, and Froslburg, ind from there he went, to l'orts nouth for the next season. The ie.t season ho wan lrafli'd by Wat rbury, Ct'iiu., ami played with hat tram until the middle) of tho season, when 'ho was pin chased by aslungton club of tho American league, iii) fin'iMicd the season wit'i Washington and tho, ..next season ilnyi'cl again with Waterbury. During the season Jio was sold lo "uffalo of the I'hisicrn lcaguo and nlnvetl there hvo scafcoas. From 'liilfiilo io wciit do Allunta in tho Southern league, aild tho, iollowing .eiisoii ho. played with llarrisburg u Iho Outlaw loaguo. l'or tho past two v'ar.si' he has. been with Syra cuse, Now York, in i.ho New York 4ulo league. Luskcy is a hard 'voTking player tnd i.s esjieciiilly good in gottiii'i lift iilcheif, to do their best, Jle 'ias bad a woild of cxperii-uco in 'nst ectiipany and iill lio a valua ln mini for I he l.iiuo Munioi-s. moid Mian t'illiii'; tho shoes of U'uuon. 5 . KFRED VILHELM Iv,r (" Lefty") WilhelinJU one f ithu immiising t wirier of jM.sn wror Drumm 's staff. I Ho U only '20 eara of iao anil makes Ids home n- Canton. liofty was playing with' an inde londont 'team at lUt. Vernon one lav whoit Ford Dintinni look his 'imesvilU) team over for game. rhe rogu'lariintcherof the Jit. Var um team was 'ill, mud Lolly, who mil been eatehiing for the .team, olunteeied to pitch. IIo went in lid shutxnit Drurnm's aggregation, l'io niannger was impressed with 'lis work and sineo that timo lias uul him under contract. Thd fcouthpaw hue a world of 'peed and curves, his, difflpultv bo ng in IcH-ntmg tho Plato. W-'ith ! aiijky bi'lilud tho bat tho loft-hnnd-h! flingor If expected to do things his year for Marion t SANFORD BURKE. biilifrnxl- dltirkb of Columbus is mo of the twijler recruits -with tho oam-, iho has. beon showing up rood iluriits1 his stay in this city. Imke is.1 years old. Iio has ti X'0d nsicrt'lmeiit of curves and lota f Hpeed. Ho mado ''Ls professional leliut with Uuyjiidol, W. Va,, and afer phi, -oil on ono of -tho fast oaavi -?a Columbus, . 'EDWARD RILEY Edward lUley, n fast. young, out fielder, H BliflwJj,pwip;ftWoH j,i. tho Corttlniiflfl . mi rtaio. iv.. -f--T"-- 7-- "PU .V14!. ' JPIilCJS TWO OBNSS T. R. ALLEN1. f f League has Increased The O. and P. League Lost - -Many Players Last Year but is Going to be Faster Than Ever. v ' "Prospects for a successful sea son never were bottor," said Pres ident C. II. Morton oC thoO. nnd ' P. league. "Every club in tho , league Juts incroased its capital -y stock, new grounds aro being in stalled and old plants renewed. Every club Ls spending a lot of moni'v. "WJien tho O. and P. lcaguo was formed it grew out of tho old Iudnncndent association i In '.ho uhrly j'csirs tlio league was u rath er disjoined affair and wo had to put up with many discouraging things which are mt now oncoun tfticd. Tho stock of uoiirly all tho club- is held by tho wealthiest ami most proMiiiiuHit jteojdo about tho ct'liviut. 'J'li era is plouty of financial backing and all the owners aro in baseball for tho sport, profit being a secondary coasidcrntioiit. It is nit her difficult to mako money in a inmor lcaguo like o.irs, bivuuso our patrons pxpect a high cjuullty of Imsuhall, ciud some of tho town's are not .sufficiently largo to sup- nil high-salaried teams. Howqvor. I lull lie surpri.-ed it ciny ,of m clubs Iiim) moupv lids vcar,' "Tho O. miiCV. 'kali i1k.iV plavci's bv draft la-t autumn than , any other Icjsnie ;'i Iho comitiy, but in spile, of -that Cael ,1 tiiinlc' tho le-igne is going lo lm jfastoV than over i A'ou see. Iho Oi 'ariil ii i t . - , .. i. mas jiiiiuo a jvpuiaiion ins a speedy organisation and holier class- teams aro willing la send their surplus, men hero for train ing. As (Jio timo for owning draws near every manager is Keeuriug a nuiuher of, players fdimi othor leagues. Tn that way thoy maker up for losses by drafts." Tin. matter tf "rounds fnmdihiT iiiwii by Prosident MTcrlou is ' hubjeet of jjriilcj throughout tho circuit. ukron already ilmpi ono of the best (minor loaguo parks 'in (ho country. Marion Will havo a now lot of sOmo proportions, well oiiuiipped. Yomigsfowii, iby - Hjils . 1, will own itho best -naik- mi ti,n eircuit, t oxiwnso boiug sparetl to mako it complete lif ovprv detail., '', 111 Wl.n.L.. ...... .- . ' 4-.. .umu ficuunii!? -Jiayo been improved at considerable expense. Newcastle alwavs diil lm,,..' good park. Lancaster J. WvA lis grounds, and Newark -will Mteiid soino money along this Jo., - lieu mli HiRfto jmpi-dvrments havo , been ,nndo tho O. and p) league' Mli ho bettor iirovidod with-plants' tlinn any unmor lcaguo ix tlio cbuu'.f iy. I:roninn indwendeiit iasuoaii- llllltl 1 I.MW. .,... ..'.- 1 . ,. i. ' -T. Mass I '. l.il, UlT imcai YWOV 1 . i T------ W, T .-.iniiM iiiro, i.o iriin inj:i , 0 vnn,V.ation mut a lo 'M &.&iam nimk oilvik." ivnu .- ii iih:? e-' Jl 11 "!- I , - P. magnnlcs, x iflF ''- . President Guy os'tot "'?' H Contlnuedn .fri ft " J ( VI '-I ,;. , y. i .S " . v i AX 'J f VV. ry w a