The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
HURRY news
FROM ball PARKS
Western Union viii Soon Submit New
Figures in an Estimate Of Cost
to Give Fans Ser
vices.
JUSTICE WORKS ON PLAN
Would Like to See Dream Of Fans
Realized, by Having Telegraph
Instruments and oper-
ators.

While matters have been somewhat
quiet about the office of President M.
E. Justice Of the Central association
during the past few weeks, there is
one thing which he is silently work
ing on, or rather ASST sting the West
ern Union in an effort to accomplish.
Managers and fans have one dream
at the present time and that is to
have installed in every baseball park
in the circuit telegraph instrument,
operator and big score board, so that
messages can be transmitted from
one park to another, telling the scores
of the various games al the close of
every turn at bat. Some tille ago the
Western Union submitted igures, but
thus far the cost looks like it is be-
yond the reach Of the league. The
telegraph company is now working on
another estimate and the result Of it
will be awaited with much interest. If
President Justice thinks the league
can stand the pressure he will not hes
itate for moment in having the in
struments and operators installed.
Such close communication with 9TH
er cities or ball parks in the league,
especially near the close of the sea-
son when the race is close and every
thing depends upon the results of
the games in other cities, fans would
flock to the ball parks in an effort to
receive this hurry-up news, and the
additional attendance would doubt
lessly pay for the expense incurred
In installing the apparatus. A big
score board would be needed and as
fast as results are received they
could be posted.
1t is not known that there are any
minor leagues in the country with this
equipment. The fact of the matter is
no league has more enthusiasm than
the Central association, and it is be.
lieved that the fans would support an
innovation. The big leagues are all
equipped with telegraphic instruments
and operators, but the minors are yet
to take UP this feature.
This movement was instituted in
the Central association last season,
but the same difficulty was encount-
ered-too expensive. With the league
in more fiourishing condition than
ever, and bright prospects ahead for
a successful season, it is likely that
fans will see their dream of several
years past realized.
About the Players.
Con Strouthers, Jacksonyille's new
manager, was csvorting about his new
stamping ground last week, and be-
fore leaving, gave the following inter-
view to a Daily Journal writer:
There has been wonderful revo-
luton in the baseball world the past
few years. More and more young men
are coming to realize what a great op-
portunity lies in baseball, opportuni-
ties for travel, opportunity for devel-
oping the physical nature, opportunity
of meeting all classes of men, oppor-
tunities in the business world. All a
person has to do is to look over the
the records of ball players and they
will be surprised to learn how many
of them are filling places of respo- si-
bility in the commercial world, and
the few months they gave to baseball
during their years from twenty to thir.
ty did not harm them one bit 1t used
to be that citizens always thought of
everything that was wicked when they
though of baseball players, and put
them in a superior class. There was
time. years ago, when managers of