The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-25
''RUBE' BURCH
HAS A SPLITTER
L
southpaw Can Pass up the Moist
Ball With Best Of Them and
VIII uncork in This Az
ternoon's Game.
RIGGS GETS RELEASE
Younsster Who Has Been Doing
Good Work to Give Way to Hunt
err, New Player Secured
From Rock Island.

nuDe bufcn, demon SOuthpaW,
has joined the colony of "spitters.'
He is slated to work this afternoon
against Quincy and will uncork his
find for the first time on the local
patch.
Various players of the club have
given to kindly remarks about
Burch's splitter. Ed Reichle watching
1t from centerfield says it has the
cork screw ball whipped to pulp;
Belt says it cross between double
shoot and knuckle ball; Umpire John.
son declares it has Dick Merriwell's
combination bali backed off the turf
They all, however, pronounce it great.
Speaking of Burch and the spit ball
Belt said: "Burch has acquired spit
ball which looks good. He has used it
during the last two games and has
been more effective than ever. new
er like to see pitcher throw it too
frequently, as 1t is ruinous to the
arm, and for this reason Burch has
been backward about trying the spit
ball.
Riggs 10 Released.
Outfelder Riggs was released to-
day and Hunter, the outflelder secur.
ed from Rock Island, will permanent
~ fill the vacant position. Belt be-
lieves the new man is a good ball
player. Yesterday he let several get
away from him, but the field in left
1t hard and fast and the balls looked
like nasty ones. He steps into the
ball at bat like real hitter.
Today was joy day for the Indians.
1t was the day when the eagle
screams and the cry was like music
to the ball players ears. Secretary
Sterne doled out checks for the back
salaries, the players receiving them
this morning.
Dutch Airing has secured
berth with Kewanee and is playing at
second base. Some say that Dutch"
has bad ear which has something
to do with his ball playing. Others,
however, recall the playing of Dunn
my Hughes, who is both deaf and
dumb, and say that Ahring's playing
cannot be affected to any great ex-
tent for that falling.
Corridor is hitting .2S5 in the West
ern league. He has scored Is runs
today, which entities him to third
place in the run getting column. But
two players are ahead of him and
they have both participated in more
games. In the same league Sioux
City has wonderful hitters. Seven of
their players are hitting over 300
and three Of them over $40. Such a
record is not equalled every day. Sew
eral of the top notchers are well
known In the Central Association,
especially Neighbors and Babe"
Towne. AS matter of record the
figures of the Sioux City club are
given:
ABB. R. H. Pet.
Fenlon, Sioux City. $3.50 10 1923 $50
Fenlon, Sioux City 1889 10 129 $50
Towne. Sioux City,. rs IL % .373
Miller, Sioux CITY,. 1862 SO 81 $40
CULLEN, Sioux City. 1856 81 t116 1927
Hartman, Sioux City. .267 81 "a .313
Stem, Sioux City,. 800 60 100 1903
Neighbors, Sioux City .351 So 106 1902
Jaeger, a Keokuk castoff, won for
Ottumwa yesterday against Kewanee,
~ to 2.
The protest made during yester-
days game by Acting Manager Clarke
was rather foolish one Prough
heaved up one that broke in front OF
the plate and got past Belt. The ball
bounded to near the scorers box and
struck the fence. A Quincy runner
was on second and advanced to third
| Clarke commended that the spectator
had stopped the ball, which was not
true. Clarke "beefed" around long
enough to be requested to leave the
grounds by Johnson. Johnson's act
met with approval as the long drawn
out game was going slowly enough
without this additional delay for moth
Ing.