The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-14
VETERANS WIN
FIRST PENNAN7
One More Victory VIII Practically
cinch 1910 Flag, for First Time
In History OF the Gen.
trail Association.
QU1NcY's BEST TEAM
Present Players said to Constitute
the Greatest Aggregation That
Has Ever Represented
the City.
Present Players Said to Constitute
the Greatest Aggregation That


win will practically cinch the Central
pennant for the Veterans, and they
will have the honor of bringing the
first real stake money to the Gem
City. They deserve all they get; TAX
en- as whole. the team Is the best
that ever represented Quincy. They
have the pitching staff of pennant
size; the fielding is consistent and in
spots sensational; there are no big
sluggers, but Manager Myers said,
when the season was about to open,
Give me the man who hits in a
pinch, even If his average Is but
hundred None of the men are of
such low calibre. but they are not in
the three hundred class either They
hit when hits can be cashed into
runs and the runs into victories.
AS said in the beginning, the Vet
Grams will give Quincy its first genu-
inc pennant in any league in which
the Gem City has had a team. The
first, last and only pennant ever
copied by the Gem City boys was
way back in 1890 when the Inter
State league was in its glory. That
glory was short lived, and when the.
season OF 1890 was half over several
OF the clubs went into the air. Quin-
cy was awarded the pennant, and the
race was started all over again.
Since that time Quincy baseballdom
has been having its ups and downs,
with the latter condition prevailing
during the greater part of the time.
until this year.
Murray was the man to guide with
managerial reins the team which
won the relatively small honor in
1890, and with him were Connie Muir
ply, catcher; Slater. first base;
long, second base; Works, right field
and change catcher; Joe Neal, pitch
er; Chuck Lower, catcher: Montague
pitcher, and Buschman, third base
The two latter boys are still resi-
dents OF Quincy. In the old Inter
State league there was Quincy, Terre
Haute, Evansville, Peoria, Springfield
and Burlington, and Burlington and
Quincy are the only cities which
have retained their relationship, and
it is doubtful if this will be continued
for another season.
To the end that Quincy get into a
higher league next year and that
when they win pennant it will be
from cities like Peoria, Springfield,
| etc., and not such as Monmouth, Ke-
vance, ct al, every fan should make
himself a committee of one to attend
all the games from now on to the
end of the season. Raise the attend
ance as nearly to sixty thousand as
| possible, and when the redistricting
comes, as it inevitably will, Quincy
/ will be aligned with cities of it's own
/ calibre.
I Babe Myers has gathered around
him a team of strength which win
i compare favorably with that of any
/ Three-Eye Club. Tretter, Walker,
Hawk, Jerger and Grimes will be
! able to carry any pitching burden;
| Owens, Burg, Fleming, Clarke, Gard,
| Hartman, Donahue. Patterson and
| the others who have helped out
! Quincy to the fore, are all of class
equal to that OF higher leagues, and
next year they should have an op.
portunity to meet the teams of an
equal class. True, the race this year
/ is close but had Manager Meyers not
been injured the race would have
been over and forgotten by this time.
The first day he appeared in the line.
up after his injury there was a
transformation in the yetera1r line
up. and they began the kind of play
which had kept them ON top during
almost the entire season.