The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-09

his longest finger. Did you see him
get that hit!
You will have to hand Berte the
plum when 1t comes to displaying the
"old pep, he certainly is full Of It
and he's mighty fine player too.
Burch surely pitched shut out ball
and he deserved the victory. Al
though the enemy got the majority Of
the hits, Rubes kept them scattered.
Wenster, the man who recently was
traded by Egan for Finney Of Ottum-
wa. pitched against his old team mates
yesterday and Ottumwa won, the score
being to l. Do it again Webster.
we're behind you.
It is worth a quarter OF any per-
sons money to see player line the
ball over the fence and fans should
not miss another game as Corriden
is liable to take round trip any Of
these fine days.
Hildebrand made good play In
the fifth inning when he went from
second to third on throw to catch a
runner at first, He did not get there
Clearly however as the third base
man missed the throw.
Corriden Is the iron man OF the
local team. Fans will remember that
he knocked the ball over the fence q
few weeks ago when Waterloo was
playing here. However the first wal
lop did not count for SO much as this
one.
OF course when 4 mans name, is
Glass he must BE- glass and not Wood.
but then there Is some mistake In the
slab artist who performed yesterday
for his arm does come under that
heading. He is good pitcher and 1t
takes q good bunch o. batters to beat
him when he is right.
Umpire Gleason looks out OF place
standing behind the pitcher with a
coat on. He looks like a spectator
who could not see we'll enough from
the grandstand and who came down
where he could. However his decis,
ions were good and that's all that's
necessary.
A fast runner might have been scor
ed on the play which Burch stopped
at third, but in Rube's case Grodnicl
thought the flag had better be held
out because there was not a motorcy
Gle handy for the runner to ride in on
Oh; well. a good pitcher don't have te
run.
| Bert Fisher, the man who did the
backstop yesterday against Keokuk, ii
a new man with Jacksonville and yes
terday was his first game. He wa.
/ with Hannibal this season until the re
turn OF Evans. He is clever back
stop and yesterday obtained two clear
singles. Berte released Latimer til,
newly acquired backstop.
A travelling man. whose home Is Ii
Keokuk, Witnessed the Indians pla,
yesterday afternoon for the first tim,
this season. In speaking OF the team
ne mentioned the player who has mad,
the greatest Improvement since las
year. 1t was not Corridor. nor. Reich
le, nor Prough. but no less a persol
than Frank Belt. The travelling mai
4 stated that the veteran was CATCHING
9 wonderful game at the presen
time and looked to be In excellen
condition.
Snapper Kennedy, one-time man
ager of Marshal1town and Oskaloosa
I left Cedar Rapids. his home, a few
days ago for ST. Joseph, Mo-, wher,
4 he hopes to arouse enough enthuSj
asm to take over the franchise o
Pueblo in the Western league. AZ
cording to a rumor Johnny Klins
the ex-Cub catcher will be financial,
interested In the deal with "Sna]
per-" Kennedy owns the st. Joe bal
park and has enough Influential
| friends there to make baseball a sue
cess. If he should land the Puebl,
franchise.
Z Gaspar. who has been maxim,
a good with vengeance with the Gin
4 cinnati Reds, is threatened with an
pendicitis. After pitching seven n
nings recently he was compelled /,
retire and it is feared that he vii
have to undergo an operation. TIL,
many friends and admirers of Gas
per in the Central Association viii
regret to hear this news and sucl
a misfortune would be great set
back to a twirler Of great promise
An operation for appendicitis Nigh
mean the end of Casper as pitcher
but should 1t impair his ability as
box artist, he could no doubt max,
good in another position. as the form
er Waterloo star has ability In NOR,
than one direction.