The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-14
kcokuk is the Oldest Base Ball
Town Yves. of the River and
Win Not Drop Out of
the Game.
SENATOR NOT WORRIED
Hon. E. p. mcManus Talks to Bur
inston Reporter About the
Financial Situation Of
the Club.

Last evenings Burlington Gazette
said: iSeak of angels and you hear
the fiutter of wings, Is a polite saying
which was amply illustrated when a
Gazette reporter was bordering over
the Keokuk baseball situation this
morning and wondering what Senator
Ed. McManus OF that city would have
to say about the matter. And sure
enough, who should appear around the
corner but the senator himself. He
was in Burlington between trains, en-
route to the west.
After handshakfng the subject OF
Keokuk's baseball woe was delicately
approached and the senator laughed.
II saw the c. @. D. alarm in the
morning papers" said he. and 1t was
the first intimation had that Keokuk
was liable to drop out of the Central
association. was not at the meeting
where this alleged panic was engen-
dered, so | am not quite conversant
with what led up to this state of
affairs. will not deny that We are
in financial sraits down there, but that
never worries us. We only raised a
trifle over s1,400 this year to carry us
through, whereas in other years we
raised much greater amounts. Things
looked so promising that we did not
think we should need much above this
amount, but you know the bad weather
causing poor attendance was black
eye to US all, so the s1,400 did not
go very far.
But you might just as we'll say that
Keokuk intends to drop out of the
state of Iowa as to say 1t will be the
first to quit the Central association.
There is nothing to it. Keokuk will
stay. 1t will stick as long as the
league is in existence. Keokuk is
the Oldest baseball town west of the
Mississippi river. 1t is the grandfath-
er of all In the organized class and
was one of the first towns to belong
to the old National league When we
did not have league ball, we had in
dependent ball, and it cost us seven or
eight hundred dollars month for that
contend we have the best and most
liberal baseball fans in the country
base this on the fact that they have
shown their loyalty to the game times
without number and they will not fall
down in this crisis. In fact the situa-
ton is hardly worthy of being termed
crisis When you can go out in a
few hours and get $4,000 to purchase
a new baseball park, it is an indication
that the right spirit is there, is it not
And that's what we did down there.
.Keokuk's franchise does not belong
to the Keokuk Baseball association
1T is the property OF the people Oh
Il Keokuk, just like the city hall or any
thing else. Tie directors cannot sci
lit or transfer 1t and when the people
get ready to take this step they vii
call meeting and decide upon it.
You can tell the people OF Burling
! ton from me that they need not fea
Keokuk dropping out. We VIII hay,
baseball down there when Gabrie
blows his trumpet.
Il am sorry that this story abou
Keokuk got abroad The old town /
like Burlington in that respect. TIE
are always there in the showdown
They never believed for minute tia
Burlington would drop out and | kno,
Keokuk will not