The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-14
Sporting Views
By the Editor

Jack Herbert pulled OFF a neat one
in the second game yesterday, and
one which set fans to thinking lit
tie and arguing some 1t came about
in the fourth inning. Ury was on
first and Bowman at the bat, when
the latter hit high one which Her
bert camped under near second. See
Ing that Bowman was not running
out the fly several players called to
Jack, who took the bunch and dropped
the ball rather cleverly so that It
rolled to Pennington at second.
Try was forced at the midway and
Pennington had plenty of time to re-
tire Bowman at first The rule in re-
gard To an inield fly is that two or
more runners must occupy the bases.
This is to protect the base runners
already on SO that a double play
cannot result. But with only one
man on base the infield fly rule is not
applicable.
Pitcher Plympton has worked in
43 games this year and will make it
As before the season is over With
tail team he has won % and
if he finishes with percentage of
500 he gets a bonus. Plympton is
going to work mighty hard for that
extra velvet and the teams that go
against him in the next two scraps
will do well to touch wood. for he
will be bad customer to beat. With
a first division team back of him,
Plympton would undoubtedly get a
chance to perform in the big show
next year, a. least show some big
league manager what kind of foolers
he has in stock. With good team
back of him, he would be one of the
leaders of the league. They bunch
hits wen enough. but they can make
more errors at critical moments than
any other team that has been seen
here this year and there is another
thing they cannot do, they cannot
get all the runs there are in the hits
they make Out Of twenty-one hits
made in two games, the Pathfnders
made just two runs and one Of those
was gift.
Quincy Herald: Keokuk's attend
ance to date is 1880 With six
more games to play the required limit
of $4,000 will be reached. Gales
burg announces that it has reached
$4,000 of the guaranteed 10000 while
will foot the bill for falling short.
Hannibal is bankrupt and Kewanee
will just about make the required
limit. Burlington did not go much
above It, while Ottumwa drew well
and is not deep in debt, this is merely
due TO the fact that the association
collected between $500 and $4,000
last spring to cover the expenses of
the season. Quincy was god-send
TO al the other towns, but lost coolies
OF money on the road and has found
the season very expensive one. No
official attendance figures have been
given out in the last two months and
an estimate is about all that can
be given. However, with Monmouth
below the $4,000 mark, Galesburg
having $4,000, Keokuk and Kewanee
each about $4,000, Hannibal perhaps
10000 and Burlington around the
$4,000 mark. it is clear that the as
ISOLATION has had poor season and
1t is safe to say that the other
seven towns outside of Quincy will
not total 100000 for the season. The
general impression seems to prevail
throughout this league that as long
as q town can scratch together % 900
the other seven can go to perdition.
The only way to make the league a
prosperous one is to set higher
limit. Add 10000 to the present
limit and let those that cannot go
the pace seek company of their cali