The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-23
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Sam Foster, former Keokuk play
err, who was believed to be among
the missing. has been discovered at
Wasecka. A contract has heen for
warded to him by the Danville asso-
citation.
kewanee Star-Courier: Lloyd Over
aker, whose name was on the tongue
of every baseball enthusiast in the
northern part of the state many times
last summer, is the latest person to
sign a Boilermaker contract, The
new PLAYER comes from Sterling where
he starred as center fielder and you
can go where you like in those north
ern parts and they will tell you that
all other applicants for the center
field place on the Boilermakers' crew
might as we'll not report
Danville Democrat: Louis Cook,
former Quincy manager and also
of last years Decatur team, who was
recently given his clearance papers.
by Manager Mccarthy blew In from
Quincy yesterday and paid his re-
spects to the local manager for per-
hitting him to become free agent
Cook is the former University of Hill
nois star and played on the Illinois
championship team when Artie Hall
the Danville lawyer, was manager of
the. team. He vis/ad with several of
the old Illinois boys while in the city.
Mr.. Cook took occasion to express
his opinion at baseball headquarters
! that he considered Pitcher Howard
Benz one of the coming pitching
stars of the country, and thought
that a years schooling under vet
eran like Mccarthy would make him
1 valuable man for the big leagues.
He also put in boost for Otto Burns
who has so far failed to return his
contract and remarked that he be.
/ lieved Dannie jenkins, our center
fielder, would prove a sensation this
season.
Kewanee raised ten objections tt
the first schedule sent out from the
,iles will be, sent out tonight and thir
4 ty more objections are expected from
the same city This means that Ke
4 vance will either have to permit thu
4 sporting editor to Formulate char
or drop from the league; or in thu
~ ~ Sc, UeNry N6al
will have to take what is coming
4 Odds are in favor of this last condi
ton being prevalent.
Danny Hupp, who for several year
was the most dreaded slugger in tn
Iowa league, was in Waterloo yestel
day, calling on old friends He wa
i with Waterloo for time and late
with Fort Dodge.
4 Manager Geier of Burlington viii
4 probably have to weed out the larg
est squad Of ball players during the
a spring training season. Already hi
has twenty-five men on the list ant
this number will be augmented b,
others before the first call is sen
4 out. The new men are: R. q. Traf
ford, of LIE Mars, Iowa; Pitcher Dove
formerly of Springfield, ILL.,; viii
Wood, of Jackson, Tenn; Pitcher Ply
mouth. formerly with Ottumwa ant
later with Indianapolis; Ed. Lawson
of st. Paul. Manager Geier states tina
he still has good material to draw
, from, and that when the big league
begin to discard men not quite stron
! enough for them, he has stan
! through which he will have chance
for some of the best of the cast-offs
| Pitcher Seth Dove, one of the ney
/ men, worked for Burlington last sea
| son, and has the making of a grea
; pitcher, and Mr.. Geier intends to Civ
, him trial. Wood is pronounced b
Buck Freeman, of the Sioux City club
as one of the most promising lef
, handed pitchers in the minors. Ira
, ford is another pitcher recruit Hi
I recommendation are strong enough
, win him place in the big league
, Plympton worked for Ottumwa, an
) later was with Indianapolis. He say
3 he is in great shape and Manage
; Geier will give him chance to sho'
; it. Lawson comes from ST. Paul an
Z has a good record.
Manager Frank Boyle, of Waterloo
has closed deal with Jack Reidy, a
: outfielder who was with Chattanoog
: in the South Atlantic league. Reid
, is reported to be a strong outfielde
. but his record shows that he hit onl
.24S last season.