The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-10

time ago reinstated by the national
commission
Des Moines has signed Phil Kerner.
"a catcher of the Colorado State league
and w. B. Kirwan, pitcher, hailing
from the Central league. Both were
recommended by members of the Des
Moines team who have seen them
work
1t is rumored that Pitcher Doc"
White, of the Chicago Americans, will
be member of Joe Cantillon's Sena-
tors the coming season. Comiskey is
after bill" Burns and a trade will
probably be made before the season
opens in April
Harry (Tubby) WEIGH has turned
over to Pa Rourke his contract for the
coming season. That helps out the
Omaha outfield materially. The other
contract which Uncle William received
was that of George Graham, the sec.
ond baseman, who was unlucky nearly
all of the season.
Griffith has a new idea about train
ing young pitchers. He says the kids
go in for speed on the training trips.
just to show off, and thus get bad
arms. He will make them pitch only
to men wearing the thinnest gloves.
which. OF course, means that the man
with the thin glove will go and kick
the stuffing out of the pitcher if he
throws hot one.
The fact that Alfred Schrubb was
trimmed by Longboat does not detract
in the slightest from the reputation
he has as champion middle distance
runner. He simply went out of his
class and met defeat He is good
sportsman and great athlete
Schrall, the Albany On. W State
league right fielder, went through the
season of 131 games with percentage
of 1000. He yanked down 155 spiral
raps and produced seven assists.
]. T. Lunn of Mammoth Springs,
Ark, recently celebrated his seven
,tieth birthday by carrying off the
prizes at an old soldiers reunion in
wrestling, jumping, running and hav-
ing the largest family
"Big Eight" members, with the ex-
ception Of Wisconsin, are in favor of
an increase in their football schedule
and will probably list seven games
next fall
1t is said that Michigan is almost
overwhelmed with delight at having
scheduled a gridiron battle with Min
nesota It will be all right if it doesn't
make Pennsylvania or Yale jealous
The idea Of numbering football play
ers after the fashion of track and field
athletes for purposes of identification
from the grandstand during the play
is a most excellent one and deserves
all the boost that can be given it..
Melvin Sheppard no longer holds
the worlds half mile mark Andrew
Glarner at the indoor meet of the
Olympic Athletic club of San Francis
co Saturday night lowered it from
POP 2-5 to 2:005s Whether the record
will stand or not is yet to be seen.
After circling the globe the Austria
liam Wallabie Rugby team Saturday
defeated the University of California
i 81 to on sloppy field and partially
in heavy rain.
AL Furchner, pitcher of the cham.
pion Packers last season, submitted
to an operation in a Sioux City hos
pital last week for slight affection
of the breast bone. 1t was successful
Dorando was one of the most inter
ested spectators at the Shrubb-Long-
boat race in New York and had
picked the Briton to trim the Indian
He is confident that he can turn the
! trick with both.
James Jeffries says he has been ex-
pecting a challenge from Johnson.
Johnson says he will not challenge JEFF
fries. but that it is up to the white
man to do all the negotiating and at
the blacks terms.
Automobilng celebrities and enthusi-
asts from all parts of the country are
in Chicago this week in attendance at
one of the most colossal automobiling
shows ever pulled off in this country.