The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-31
PURLOIN FIFTEEN BASES SATURDAY
Sporting Views
By the Editor

lI By the Editor
Babe Myers. Quincy's manager, is
/ out of the hospital, and will be able
4 to take part in the game soon. How
ever, he has been advised to rest for
a time yet
It was learned last night that Man
ager Price of Kewanee is after Charles
Teager, the local ball player. to COW
er first base for him tomorrow. Yeag-
er can do it we'll and Price would
make no mistake in picking up the
local player for as long as he could
retain him.
A team composed of county Of
ficials will invade Franklin, Iowa, to-
day. They will go to Fort Madison by
train and out to Franklin from there
in automobiles. The team will pre-
sent the following lineup: Harry K.
Smith, catch: ]. j. Crimmins, pitch !;
Ed. G. Vaughan, first base; AL Hench,
second base; J. NJ. C. Hamilton, third
base. t. A. Boaster, shortstop; H. j.
Kennedy, left field: c.. B. Lake, cen
ter field; O. R. Johnston, right field.
Chicago is far ahead of any other
city in the west in the golfing game,
if the work of Chicago cracks in the
Western golf tournament is an indi-
cation, and it is. The Chicago stars
have cleaned up in great style. Will
liam Sheehan made the best SLOWING
of the three Iowa men and was win
ner in the finals of the consolation
cup. This means that he waded
through some of the best men in the
west.
Joe Cans, former lightweight cham
pion pugilist, victim of white
plague. will live but a few weeks
more, according to a statement by
/ his physicians Cans went to Arizona
some time ago after. contracting a
cold which developed into consump-
/ ton. Cans in his prime was one of
the greatest little fighters of the
/ present decade. About the time he
was putting away Battling Nelson,
Jimmy Britt and the rest of them he
was believed invincible. But his de-
cline was rapid and when he fought
/ Nelson for the last time he was but a
mere shadow of his former self.
1t is believed that Pitcher Tretter
is no longer to be feared by opposing
/ batsmen. The Quincy finger worked
ttwenty-three innings against Keokuk
last Sunday, and fans generously
/ predicted that the feat would weaken
him for the rest of the season. Has
4 it? Friday he was knocked out of the
box for the first time this season
i Monmouth, sixth in the race, being
Il the club to do it. The history of base
ball has been that extra inning
games-those going more than thir
4 teenI or fourteen innings-are q
strain on the twirlers and often leave
their arms in a weakened shape. II II
is true that Tretters arm has beer
4. affected it means that Hannibal is
4 to be favored in the pennant race
I from NOW on.
! Manager Ted Price deserves great
credit for gathering together the club
4 that he did in the short time he had
and to-day he promises to have ];
much stronger ball club on the field
Four PLAYERS will arrive to take par
in the double bill. They are Pressey
Airing, Hart and Dilger. Hart vii
do the receiving and Presley and Noe
will work on the mound. Both tWiri
ers are good men and promise t
make ii highly interesting for the In
diane. In Saturdays game young
ster was doing the receiving for ke
vance. this accounting for the many
stolen bases. Fans will have another
opportunity of seeing the new favor
lite "Pop', EyIer in action. EyIer anc
Il Patrick will twirI the games and ;
thousand or more fans should turn on
to witness the battles. The frs
game viii not commence until 2:3t
i O'Clock, this being a half hour late
than previous Sunday games.
4 The severest punishment should BIZ
meted out TO the Kewanee baseball
players who sought to influence the
Kewanee directorate In the Connors
matter The players are subject t.
indefinite suspension from the game
fine of as much as they have sal
airy coming or being black listed bJ
organized baseball It is thought tina
the Kewanee association will have
the players suspended for the rest o
this season, but life sentence from
the game would not be too severe. L
is understood here that Connors and
4 Iangdon, the catcher, are responsible
for the mutiny. Airing and digger
recognized their mistake. asked to be
taken back and have been, but the
others win suffer severely for their
action. The iacident recalls the Han
nibaI case. The Gate City. standing
alone in its opnifa, pointed cut
through the sporting columns
that the Hannibal directors were do
ing wrong when they listened to a
group OF bali players plotting against
a manager. The players triunphed
and no doubt Kewanee ball players
also thought they could force the di
rectors to the action they desired
/ This second attempt on the part Of
players should be decisiyely deal,
with. especially for the future of the