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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09
Sporting Views
By the Editor

RUDE Waddell dropped into the sec
ond rank to-day. Waddell was releas
ed to Newark today on an optional
agreement by the ST Louis American
League club.
Stanley Ketchel has an inflamed
right foot and will not fight the Aus
tralian, Bill Lang, on Friday night.
The bout has been postponed until
August 49,
In order to conclude hostilities with
Kewanee on the last trip to that city
a double bill will be staged there to.
morrow afternoon. A single admission
will be charged, following the usual
custom at this time OF the season.
Galesburg Republican Register:
Hughie Miller of tae Redskins Is one
OF the best actors In the minor leagues
He is being secuted by three big leag
ue men, according to report. Hughie
! stretches out on the first sack to save
! his infield errors on bad throws and
| is spead-boy on the bases. He never
could stop pig in the alley, but this
/ year his hitting brings him prominent
! ly before the big league men. Runloi
! has it that the Giants have men after
him.
Galesburg Republican Register
Pop" Eyler, who pitched the second
game for Keokuk. was attached to the
Muscatine Watermelons until the
Northern Association blew up. Pop
Is an old-timer In baseball and with
| Belt catching him the combined ages
! Of the Keokuk battery would probably
touch the century mark On the square
they say Belt is forty-five years old
and Pop was given try-out by. An
son in 1882.
While Prough is pitching good bali
| this year, 1t is hard for him to gel
on the winning end of the arguments
Either he has one bad inning, his team
mates give poor support, or fire op
posing pitcher is invincibla. Prough
has not won half OF his games.
What has happened to those Gems ?
Five straights to-date. Burlington
made 1t four by winning Double head
err Sunday, while yesterday Ottumwa
batted Keyes and Jerger all over the
lot But two points seperate Quincy
and Ottumwa, while Hannibal Is but
j one point behind the Packers. Gales
burg has widened the gap between her
and Monmouth, and Keokuk fails to
pull up.
Keokuk is travelling the route with
twelve men and 1t is hard to see where
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09
The Coroner's Inquest
Six of the Leading Features Of
Yesterdays Battles in the
Central Association.

Hamilton, of Hannibal. and Senno,
of ottumwa, were home run hitters
yesterday.
Johnson of Ottumwa got three two
baggers in five times up.
One of the shortest games of the
season was played at Galesburg, the
time being lis. Cleary was umpire
Collins, Keokuk, got three hits in
three times up, one for two bases.
Price was the only Kewanee out
fielder to have a put-out, and he
had only one.
Ottumwa got seventeen hits of
Jerger and Keyes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09

the injuries to our catchers is what
is called baseball luck-Mighty bad
luck for us, but pretty good for the
other fellow.
Z The work Of that youngster Sever.
cid is doing much to keep Ottumwa
up in the race. His work behind the
bat has been distinct feature, while
his hitting has won many games for
Egan. SEVERED is without doubt the
best backstop in the Central Associa-
ton, and one of the best the league
has had in its history, Whether he
will be able to make good in faster
company is an uncertainty, but not
at all improbable. The mainstays OF
Egan's pitching staff are Kent and
Boyd Jaeger has been working with
varying success and thus far has
been backed by heavy hitting Of his
team mates.
During the past two weeks the
pitching STATS Of two clubs have gone
W viz pelu. 1diCoDulS las SuUefPQ a
decline because Of the weakness in
this department and now it looks as
If Quincy is having the same trouble.
NO longer Is Tretter Of the Gems in
vincible, while yesterday Keyes, the
sonthpaw. and Jerger were pounded
hard. Tanning of Galesburg was
given his bumps by Keokuk the other
day, also.
James Hickey, catcher of the Pow.
er City semi-professional baseball
team of the city. had an opportunity
Of trying conclusions with Burlingf
ton behind the bat and came mighty
near accepting the go. 1t is undere
stood here that Manager Geier would
have given him trial, but owing TO
the lateness Of the season Hickey de-
cided ITO allow the chance to go until
next year. Hickey is possibly the
best catcher in local ranks and would
likely be able to travel in Central
Association company with little
more experience. He is possessed OF
natural ability coupled with a strong
arm and is fair hitter.
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Thrce-Eve Ieao,ie.

At Waterloo-A base on balls, two
hits and an error counted the visitors
three runs r. H. E.
Waterloo IS. 100 otO 020 o. IL
Danville 80. 600 020 200 81 II ]
Batteries: Hendricks and Harring-
tom Wood and Wolfe.
At Davenport--Fouts double in the
eighth procured two runs and the
game. RH. E.
Springfield -. COZ 900 loo /
Davenport $50. 200 100 o2x-5
Batteries: Middleton and Hartley;
Nelson and Walsh.
At Dubuque Dubuque outhit
Bloomington, but the latter won, 5 to
2. Bowers home run was the feature
R. H H.
Dubuque $500. 900 900 200 G
Bloomington ;. i. 900 031 001 -5 G
Batteries: Raber, RAY and Kelley;
Davidson and Nunnemaker.
At Rock Island-Rock Island won a
see-saw game in which both teams
batted hard. r. ii. q.
Rock Island !. 100 OIL 101-5 IA 8
Peoria ....... 600 021 001-4 s 2
Batteries: oueisser and oLeary;
Hovelik, Cook anu Asmussen.
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From what the Kewanee club has
been doing during the past week IT
looks as if Manager Ted Price is there
to deliver the goods. 1t seems as IL
he lhas not underestimate the Central
Association. as many managers have
IN the past, and is bringing some
classy talent to give Boiler Maker
fans good ball Price is a peppery
leader and is quite generally liked
around GAe circuit already.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09

Everybody's friend-Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil. Cures toothache, sore
throat. Heals cuts, bruises, scalds.
Stops any pain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09
Western League.
Lincoln, /; Topeka 0.
Wichita, 4; Sioux City, 2.

$1,000 has already been raised by
the Commercial club of Hannibal for
baseball The organization is after
$500.
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keokuk.

Score by Innings.
Kewanee ........... 600 900 Or
Keokuk ............. o1o 600 ooo--1
Summary.
Stolen bases Blake, Lewis, Put
nam, Jerfries.
Two base Putnam. Collins,
Miller
Struck out-By Daniels, G; by
Prough 8.
Umpire-Johnson
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in the catching department. The
pitchers are going well and it looks
as If the four now on tie staff will
be able to finish out the season
Here is the. latest cheering news
handed out by the Quincy Journal
dopester: All the papers around the
circuit, with the exception of The
Journal are trying to offer extra In
ducenents in order to secure better
attendance at the games. Monmouth
and Galesburg are away behind in
TIER guarantee, and 1t is no wonder.
Neither one of them are good base ball
towns, md now that they have got
fast company they cannot stand the
pace. Hannibal is all to the had. so
us Keokuk and Burlington and Kewa-
nee, so far as finances are concerned.
In Quincy they are resorting to all
sorts Of schemes in order to raise
money, bus so far without making
much of a success of It. Not town
but Nas not fallen off several thous-
and in attendance, and the worst is
yet to come. It looks as If the Cen
tral association is going to the bad,
and going fast. The people will not
stand for being handed gold bricks
and that is why It is that the nation.
al game is not better patronized.
Hannibal Morning Journal: It will
more than likely be necessary feor man
ager Forney to secure the services OF
another catcher. Bruce Evans is out
of tse game for an indefinite length
of time, and in yesterdays game
Forney received two hard blows on
his sore finger. AS 1t was, Ferney
was In no condition to he in the game as
bis finger was by no means entirely
mended Just how serious his injuries
yesterday are is not known, but IT is
safe to say that he will hardly be able
to do the receiving In today's game.
Just what receiving can be secured is
not known, but It Is thought taat a
catcher from the defunct Northern as
ISOLATION might be secured. The race
is growing tighter day by day, and
the services OF either Forney or Evans
mean much or the team. Their
shoes will, indeed, be hard to fill. as
neither is excelled III THIS league. But
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09
Chase Example of Star.

He was so young and care-free and
SUCH kid in many ways that the
wise old heads feared that he would
never grow UP. The bleacherites and
the other players were satisfied with
him as he was. So long as he con-
tinued to make the Chase brand of
double plays and grab impossible
pegs at first base, he was good enougH.
to fill the bill. There was not first
baseman any where who could show
him up; it is not on record that any
first baseman ever tried But Chase
as a team Captain? That was too
much.
Stallings is a pretty wise Indian. 1t
struck him that it might be good
thing to have born streak of base
ball lightning captaining the club
Chase was veteran in point OF ser
vice even though kid IN years. He
had been with the Highianders for
| several seasons. :.
! He was not particularly strong on
sitting down and explaining the
polhtS VI posS pah stldeSsy. C-dsS
has never lad to think these things
over and evolve plays; they come to
him like flash after the ball is hit
or thrown, and any man who has ever
played the New York infield will bear
testimony that Chase keeps that en-,
tire combination hustling and up on
its toes to keep abreast of him. 1t
has always been the way with Chase.
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American League.
Games Today.
New York at st. Louis.
Boston at Chicago
Philadelphia at Detroit
Washington at Cleveland.
At st Louis Bender outpitched
Ray and Philadelphia won by 6 to 2.
R.H. E.
ST. Louis ...... oo2 600 ooo--2 6 2
Philadelphia i. GOA oO1 001--G IA .
AT Detroit WARRIOR held Detroit to
four hits. but was poorly supported
R.H. E
Detroit ..... oo1 100 oox-2 4 i
New York -. 600 0o1 Oo0-1 4
Batteries: Stroud and Schmidt;
Warhop and Criger
AT Cleveland-The game was won
In the first inning when Turner
doubled. Graney tripled and Bemis
singled. RH. E.
cleveland 80. 21o 600 0Ox-3 - 4
Boston ...... o1o 900 000--1 7 2
Batteries Falkenberg and Bemis;
Arellanes and Kleinow.
AT Chicago-W Washington punched
hits in the first and sixth and won.
to ?. R.H.E
Chicago ...... 600 900 1912
Washington -. 200 COL 000--3 IL
Batteries: Young, Scott and sulli
van. Johnson and Beckendorff.
American Association.
Minneapolis, 3; Columbus, A.
Milwaukee, 6: Indianapolis, 5.
ST. Paul, /; Toledo, 5.
Denver, 8; Des Moines, ..
Western League.
Lincoln, /; Topeka 0.
! Wichita, 4 Sioux City. 9
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a thirteenth player is needed, at least
as long as Belt can assist Cavanaugh
in the catching department. The
pitchers are going well and it looks
as If the four now on tie staff will
be able to finish out the season
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09
Official Team Batting.

National League.
At Boston-Long hits by Clark and
John Miller decided the game in favor
of Pittsburg, to 0. RH. E.
Boston ........ 600 600 ooo--o /
Pittsburg .... 200 go o0o-6 10 /
Batteries: Brown, Evans and Ora
ham; I1eifeld and Gibson.
Other games postponed on account
of rain
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09
STARS
QUICKLY FADE
1t is the Steady Old Plugs in Base
Ball That Continues Their Pace
Year in and Year
Out.
COST TO MAJOR LEAGUES
Much Money is Often Paid for Play.
ers Who Maintain Fast Pace
But For Very
Few Months.

The greater the star the quicker
tie fall, seems to be a cardinal prin-
ciple in baseball. The good, average
player goes along year after year,
sticking to the same old pace and hold
ing his own by steady. grinding work
The star, however, lives up to his
name. He shines and flashes and
then dies out.
There are many who could be
namtd to Illustrate. Nealon the
Pirate first baseman of three or
four years ago, was one. On the
coast he bloomed in day, and the
crowds went wild over his sensations
al play. Then Pittsburg grabbed him
up at the highest price ever paid for
minor Lacquer, and he arose to his
height and fell back into mediocrity
in the short space of six months. The
Pirates couldn't get rid of him quick.
lily enough, and one never hears OF
him now.
Jiggs Donahue, once of the Chicago
Sox, is another. After playing aver.
age ball for several seasons in the
minors, he suddenly sprang into fame
as first sacker who "ate EN- up
So Coiniskey grabbed him, and the
/ lasted for very few years. In the
worlds series of 1906 his work was
the sensation against the Cubs. That
was the supreme period of his base
ball life Tie following season he fell
off badly and an average. steady-go
ing fellow, Isbell, supplanted him
! Now "Jiggs' is content to run a semi
pro team in Chicago.
/ Steady Players Usually Stick.
There are scores of steady, reli
able men, and their career always is
llong and honorable in the majors
{, Stovall of Cleveland, Crawford of the
Tigers, Dougherty of the Sox
Schultz of the Cubs. Stahl of the Red
Sox and Wallace of the Browns are
examples. They have seen many
stars come and go, but are clinging tc
their positions, and will keep them
for years to come, in all probability.
4 Sometimes men of this type are
compelled to sit on the bench for {
!, while, while one of the comets
takes his place. But one finds then
back again at the old stand before
they have been missed long.
There are, however, brilliant ex
!. ceptions-few more remarkable thar
Hal Chase. etase came into baseball
a kid phenomenon from the Pacific
coast. Until he made his first ap
: pearance at The "a" station for the
liighlanders few fasteners heard his
name mentioned. He jumped to fame
inside CT u week. Chase is TIRE sor
\ of first aseinan who is instantly re
cogaizsd even by novice bleacherite.
]. as something entirely out CT the or
binary In every line of work there
are a few men who stand out so fal
that it does not take an expert eye Il
Lace them as the best in the bust
ness Chase is one of them.
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At ttumwa-Keyes and Jerger
were batted all over the lot, Ottum-
wa winning ~ to 8. Score:
R.H. E..
ottumwa ................12 II 2
Quincy .....s........ ...3 s /
Batteries-Kent and Fink; Reyes,
Jerger and Clark.
At Burlington-Han won the
first game of the present series here
Monday Plympton getting his knocks
hard and often. Some sharp fielding
kept the score down.
The score: R. H. E
Hannibal ..................5 Is 0
Burlington ..............0 6 2
Batteries Kraft and Forney;
Plympton and McManus.
At Galesburg- Higginbotham allsw-
ed only two hits.
Score. R. II. E
Monmouth .................4 8 1
Gaiesoarg .........,s........o 0
Batteries Higginhotham and laart,
Hallman and Rains.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09

the injuries to our catchers is what
is called baseball luck mighty bad
luck for us. but pretty good for the
other fellow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09

In order to conclude hostilities with
Kewanee on the last trip to that city
a double bill will be staged there to.
morrow afternoon. A single admission
will be charged, following the usual
custom at this time of the season
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-09

At ottumwa-Keyes and Jerger
were batted all over the lot, Ottum
u-a ,,-inr;rr 1 o ~ . cooro.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-23

VERY handsome-as large - you
are, but fair, and even more erect"
drew my shoulders up sharply. I
am straight enough, but was fairly
sagging with jealous rage.
when mother began to get around,
somebody told her that had been
going about with Mrs. Curtis and her
brother, and we had dreadful time.
was dragged home like bad child.
Did anybody ever do that to your
Nobody ever cared. was born
an orphan" l said, with a cherries
attempt at levity. go on"
IF Mrs. Curtis knew, she never
said anything. She wrote me charm
ing letters, and in the summer, when
they went to Cresson, she asked me
to visit her there. l was too proud
to let her know that could not 60
where l wished, and SOL sent Polly
my maid, to her aunt's in the country
pretended to go to Seal Harbor, and
really-went to Cresson. You see
warned you it would be an unpleasant
story"
went over and stood in front Of
her. All the accumulated jealousy o.
the last few weeks had been fired by
what she told me. If Sullivan hat
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-23

CHAPTER XIII.--He also learns that
he is under surveillance and that the
Pittsburg police are looking for survivors
OF the wreck.
CHAPTER XIv.-Blakeley hears of
strange doinrs in a vacant house next
door. Investigation is without result.
CHAPTER Xv.-cincmatograph pic
lures of the train taken just before the
wreck reveal to BlalSeley a man leaping
from the train with his stolen grip.
CHAPTER XVI.-blakeiey meets Alison
at a dinner and returns he- gold bag.
CHAPTER XvII-He learns that a
man resembling Sullivan eaped from the
train near M. The man sp.a!ned his
ankle and stayed some time at the Carter
place.
CHAPTER XvIII.-while making in
quiries at the Carter place, Blakeley finds
Alison. He kisses her.
CHAPTER XIX.-While dining In. a
restaurant the woman for whom Blakeiey
bought Pullman ticket summons him TO
her table.
CHAPTER xX.-She tells him her
= bargain for the forged notes, not
knowing that they are missing.
CHAPTER XXI.-Blakeley tells his
partner of the incident, and the latter
evolves a theory that the woman killed
Harrington.
CHAPTER XXII.-The amateur detec-
tive tro''8 ''~onson, and believes he has
found Sullivan.
CHAPTER XXIII.-Blakeley and thu
detective go to the home Of Sullivan's Sis
ter to investigate.
CHAPTfY XXIV.-From servant
Blakeley learns that Alison West had
been there on visit and that Sullivan
had been attentive to her. He also learns
that Sullivan is married to daughter oil
the murdered man.
CHAPTER Notwithstanding home
Blakeley is informed that his house ha:
been ransacked by the police.
CHAPTER XXvI.-Blakeieys partner
tells him that his affair with Alison Yves
IS off.
CHAPTER XXVII.-Blakeley goes to thu
Forbes country home and finds AlisoI
there.
CHAPTER XXVIII.-She tells him tina
she was on her way to Baltimore to mar
nv Sullivan when the wreck came. Sh
clears up seine points regarding the trag
edy.
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CHAPTER xxx.
In the Dining Room.

That was Saturday night, two weeks
after the wreck. The previous five
days had been full of swift-following
events-the woman in the house next
door, the picture in the theater of a
man about to leap from the doomed
train, the dinner at the Dallaes, and
Richey's discovery that Alison was
the girl in the case. In quick success
sion had come our visit to the Carter
place, the finding Of the rest of the
telegram, my seeing Alison, there,
the strange interview with Mrs.
way. The Cresson trip stood ou
my memory for its serio-comic hoo
and it's one real thrill. Then-the
covery by the police Of the seq
bag and the bit of chain; Hote
producing triumphantly Stuart 4
Ivan and his subsequent discom
Mcknight at the station with
and later the confession that
Out of the running.
And yet. when thought Il ~ VA,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-23

Fstraightened himself and mepped his
face. .~
I'VE have desperate people to han
de-" he said pompously, land we may
need desperate means"
s"Hotchkiss 10 like the small boy
whose one ambition was to have peo-
pie grow ashen and tremble at the
mention of his name," Mcknight tibed.
But they were serious enough, both
Of them, under 1t all, and when they
had told me what they planned. was
serious, too.
You're compounding Q felony"
demonstrated, when they had explain
ed. I'm not eager to be locked
away, but, by Jove, to offer her the
stolen notes in exchange for Sulli-
van!"
I'VE haven't got either of them, you
know" Mcknight demonstrated, land
we won't have, If we don't start. Come
along, Fido," to Hotchkiss.
The plan was simplicity itself. Ac-
cording to Hotchkiss, Sullivan was to
meet Bronson at Mrs. Conveys apart
ment at $50 that night with the notes.
He was to be paid there and the pa
pers destroyed. But just before that
interesting finale" Mcknight ended,
I'VE will walk in, take the notes, grab
Sullivan, and give the police jolt
that will put them out of the count"
suppose not one of us, Slowing
around corners in the machine that
night, had the faintest doubt that we
we're on the right track, or that Fate
scurvy enough before, was playing
into our hands at last. Little Hotch
kiss was in a state of fever; he al
ternately twitched and examined the
. revolver, and a fear that the two mo
ments might be synchronous kept me
: uneasy. He produced and dilated OF
the scrap of pillow slip from thu
, wreck, and showed me the stiletto
with it's point in cotton batting TO
! safekeeping. And in the intervals
l he implored Richey not to make sucl
5 fine calculations at the corners.
We were all grave enough and YER
y quiet, however, when we reached tn
large building where Mrs. Conwa,
t had her apartment. Mcknight lei
l. the power on, in case We might wan
r to make a quick getaway, and Hotel
= kiss gave a final look at the revolve
= 1 had no weapon. Somehow 1t a
o seemed melodramatic to the verg
2. of farce. In the doorway Hotchkis
It was a half dozen feet ahead; Richie
e fell back beside me. He dropped h
affectation of gayety, and l thought /
r looked tired. Same old Sam, / su
le poser" he asked.
" Same, only more of him."
IS Il suppose Alison was there? Ho
or is she?" he inquired irrelevant]v
n
(Coutinued tomorrOw1