The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-12
80 PLAYERS IN
BELT Grew
When Detachments Roll From Pull
mans on April 9 II viii Look
Like Real Major League
Party.
TWO NEW ONES SIGNED
a Couple OF More seml-Profes.lonal
Players Added to LIstReit is
Confident In His
Selections.
TWO NEW ONES SIGNED

Manager Frank Belt has signed
thirty-one ball players. Can you beat
it? Z
When the diamond stars, many OF
them lesser lights in the national
pastime, roll from the Pullmans on
Sunday, April 9, to begin training on
the tenth, the party will look like a
detachment Of real major -leaguers,
for in number it will comprise more
players than any of the minor league
clubs hereabout can boast Of Belt
is not signing every amateur and
semi-professional who thinks he can
play ball, but is picking judiciously
from the applicants with a view to
moulding into nine pennant win
ming aggregation.
Belt Is confident that he will cele-
brate the coming season by having one
of the strongest ball clubs in the his
tory of his long career-a career that
has extended over nearly twenty-five
years and embodies in it record that
will ever attach credit to his name.
His club is better than it was last
season: much better he says. and the
salaries will be lower. Belt hesitates
in answering only one question pro-
pounded by reporter. 1t is in regard
to catcher. Mason has not yet
signed contract and without this
backstop it is hard for the veteran
to point out his material with the OK
ception of Cavanaugh.
Gossip Of the Fans.
A Keokuk physician, one we'll versed
in baseball techneque, pointed out to
tho sport writer the other day that
Cavanaugh in his opinion is destined
to become catcher who lay rise to
higher league baseball than uae Cen
trail Association affords. He declared
the player has many qualities tending
to success and only needs experience
to make him valuable asset to any
club. This fan in particular. argues
that Cavanaugh should be given an
even chance at the position. This,
however, is not casting any reflections
on the Judgment o. Manager Belt, nor
is 1t thrown out in the way of sug-
gestion 1t is mercy gossip of the
game.
| Manager Belt has signed two new
ball players who will be given a
chance to show their worth One is a
catcher and outfielder by the name of
Boehm. His home is in ST. Louis and
little light can be thrown on his rec
ord. The second is Goodwin, an out
! fielder form Knox City, Mo.
To Play College Team.
The Indians vii have their first
swing at "collegers" since Belt has
taken the reins O., April IA and is,
just few days after the spring train
! ing season opens. On these dates
Keokuk will engage in hostilities with
the nine of Iowa Wesleyan at Mt.
! Pleasant. This is one of the strong
college clubs of southeastern Iowa
! The only other exhibition games book
ed thus far are with Quincy here on
April 20 and 30.
! 1t is likely that Keokuk fans will
see their favorite, Connie Bresna.
han at his old position on third dur
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| ing the coming season. Belt has one
chance at shortstop. and that is in
the person of McCafferty. the highly
touted st. Louis voungster. If Nc
Cafferty falls Bresnahan will likely go
to third, Pennington to shortstop and
a second baseman will be signed or
developed from the talent at hand.
Belt contends that he has strong
array of pitchers, putting up mighty
argument when The material In this
department was questioned. He says
three of his fingers he absolutely
knows to be good and at least three
others have fighting chances, in adj
dition to Blue Jacket and Burch, who
/ will again be fixtures.