The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-21
Gossip of the Sport World
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Sporting Views
By the Editor
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Following are the bowling matches
for this week:
Monday evening -Keokuk Club vs..
LeBrons, on Keokuk club alleys.
Tuesday evening Leaders
VS.. Seiberts, Drexel alleys; Drexal vs..
Olympians, on Olympian alleys.
Thursday evening-Seal Skins vs.
Wells, on Dre1el alleys.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: While Keo-
kuk has only bare diamond Manager
Belt is making it ideal IN every way
possible as playing field. He is FER
sonally experimenting the work. put
ting in a good day himself with the
spade and scraper. He proposes to
have one of the best diamonds of its
kind in the circuit Belt is thus show
ing himself to be thoroughly in love
with Keokuk, the fans there, and the
team he is building up. Not moment
of his time is wasted, and when the
members OF his club arrive he viii
be in prime condition to begin putting
them through their stunts.
The case OF Johnny King, the Chi
cago Cub catcher, will be decided to-
morrow. The case is of countrywide
importance and the following interpre-
tation of the case is given by Gle Chi
cago Sunday Tribune, and is of great
interest:
When the National commission, the
supreme tribunal OF organized base
ball, meets on Tuesday in Cincinnati
to consider the King case and his APP
plication for reinstatement it will face
Il delicate decision. If the application
/ is denied the commission will be
charged with keeping man out OF
employment and probably with enmity
to the Chicago club II King is re-
stored to good standing, the rule re-
| quiring players to report each spring
under penalty of suspension for sever
/ al years, which was passed to aid
magnates with unruly ball players Oh
1 their hands, will become more or less
| OF a joke, as this is the first notable
/ case up for decision since the rule was
. PdoDSu- 81 ldi nS Inc CniNa5O tioD
is concerned apparently no fault at
taches King was signed to con-
tract which included the season OF
1909. He was asked to report, but
/ chose to devote his time to his bust
ness and also was credited with citing
personal grievances as adding weight
to his determination. When it became
apparent that King would not report,
he was given leave of absence By
the Cubs in an effort TO protect their
equity in the man under baseball law
/ and to save the penalty of suspension.
. Whether technically that permission
/ absolves King from TIE penalty of
, the rule, it clearly Is not the fault OF
the Cubs from any viewpoint possible
to an outsider that the present situa-
ton arose Therefore, SO far as the
Chicago club is concerned, its interest
in again securing the services of a
valuable asset-whose absence may
have cost the pennant of 1909-is nol
; an issue. If King had just cause fol
this action there is no issue. If he
erred and broke the rule it then be
comes question whether Killing
should be punished and the Chicago
club, which was not at fault, alst
should be made to suffer. Except al
: an example for future offenders thu
answer would be no. If King was sin
cere in his statement that persona
business demanded his attention, TIL,
average layman, not the average fan
would scarcely blame him for lookin;
after No. j. Yet the rules of baseball
of necessity must be strict No init
nation at all authentic can be secures
in advance Of the decision to be 3and
ed down by the commission. That de
cision should be weighed carefully b.
the members of the tribunal, with du
consideration of the effect OF the vel
dict on the player, the club holdin
; title to his services and organize
baseball as whole