The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
Keokuk's Ball Players
In Winter Haunts
Brief Appreciation Of Their Work During the Past Season
and Few Words as to Their Location During
the Cold Months
the Cold Months.

With the close of the Central As
ISOLATION season today the baseball
players who have represented the city
during the past FIVE months will de
part to their respective homes in the
north, south, east and west Many OF
them will return, while three will "a
to higher organizations. The season
in Keokuk has been complete sue
cess The attendances reached has
been almost three times the popula-
ton of the city and both young and
old have displayed friendly feeling
toward the national game.
Frank Belt, alias PA" will re-
main In Keokuk throughout the frosty
months if his present plans carry out
He is well satisfied with the town and
expects to go to his old home in
Jacksonville soon after the close of
the season and ship back some of his
household goods. One of his chief
reasons for wishing to remain here is
that his two little children have en-
tered the public schools and change
would diminish their prospects. Belt
is already looking for new location
as he has to vacate the house which
he now makes his home, the first of
October. The manager has not yet
settled on the occupation that he will
follow during the dull season but it
is very probable that he will be able
to put in good deal of time. looking
for new material for next years team,
as there is a possibility that Corridor
and Prough and maybe Reichle will
leave holes to be filled providing they
make. good with the st. Louis Browns.
One of the positions which he is bound
to have good man for next season is
behind the bat where the team has
been comparatively weak all during
the past year. Not knocking on Belt
In the least, he is no longer fast
enough to make winning receiver in
Central Association company and he
readily admits that he is too old to
stand the pace. He has done valiant
work as leader all through the sea-
son and will never be forgotten by
local fans and followers of the game
Big Ed Reichle will remain with his
family in Keokuk during the winter.
unless something turns up which
tends to attract him elsewhere
Reichle goes to the ST Louis Browns
hext season and will report for the
early training season. He has prob
ably as good a chance to make good
as any man in the Central Association
who has been drafted and will likely
stick in fast company Reichle has
won almost as many games for the
Indians as Willie Prough and even
at that he is not pitcher. Many a
timely hit has he sent out that count
ed runs and won the game. A star
hingle occurred in the Kewanee-Keo-
kuk game here. Keokuk looked hope
lessly beaten when three men were
walked in rapid succession. Reichle
came to bat and cleaned the bases
with home run drive to left center,
which Won the game. He is a natural
hitter with plenty of force behind his
swing, and is a clever fielder, cover
Ing world of ground.
Clinton Prough is an Indiana youth
and claims as his home Markle. Be-
tween Wednesday of this week and
the latter part of March or the first
of April of next year, Keokuk's star
twirler will live there, doing just
enough work to keep him in condition.
He does not expect to play ball during
the winter months, but will be able
to get an early start in the spring
when he joins the Browns. Prough is
without doubt one of the best twirlers
keokuk has seen for several years
and it has been mainly through his
strong work that the team was able
to keep high up in the pennant race
He was sold to st. Louis for fancy
figure and local directors feel that if