The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-08
PARADE TO FEATURE
Baseball Players viii be Given a
Ride In utomoblIes-BeIt's
Men Should Grab cou-
Pile More.
Openings Tomorrow.
keokuk at Kewanee.
Burlington at Ottumwa.
Monmouth at Muscatine
Hannibal at Galesburg


Hannibal at Galesburg
Four more opening games will be
staged in the Central Association to-
morrow. The teams will just reverse
the opening day games.
The Indians will go to Kewanee to
play return engagement and start
the kewanee home season before what
promises to be the largest crowd that
has ever seen battle there. Big
plans are being made for the after
noon and business will be suspended
to enable everyone to take advantage
Of the game.
The following from the Kewanee
star-Courier tells something of what
the day threatens to provide.
With the blaring of the bands, the
honk-honking of the automobiles, the
footing of the small boys tin horn
and with the pitching of the first ball
across the plate the 1911 Champion
ship base ball season will be ushered
in Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock.
Elaborate preparations for the event
are now rapidly nearing completion.
About the only thing that can inter
fere is the weather man and If he
keeps up the good work OF this week
he will make lot of friends in Ke.
vance. It's too early to even guess
what the weather will re, but it's a
sure shot that if the atmosphere Is
at all clear that the people of Kewa-
nee are going to make an effort to
jam the grounds to such capacity
season in this circuit will be smash.
ed. Of course every one realizes that
Burlington has set a high mark In
S,036, but Kewanee is as good as
Burlington and ought to beat that
mark.
Something About the Arrangements.
But little has been said of the open.
ing day arrangements. In other years
the days festivities have consisted OF
an automobile parade, music by 1.-THE
bands and the crowding of the streets
with people just like circus day.
Well, there are going to be all these
things this year. There is going to
be more than that too. Immediately
after dinner the Redmen band will ap
pear in public. The musicians have
been preparing some special music fol
this occasion. They will give concerts
on the streets and likewise will trav
Ell over the entire street car system
playing as they go. The band will
appear early enough to enable every
one to lay down their work, get ready
in time and to be on hand when the
curtain goes up.
Parade to be Feature This Year
The automobile parade Is going to
eclipse that of any previous year. In
fact If the plans do not go amiss there
will be something doing. Every per
son owning machine within radius
of % miles of Kewanee is going to
be invited to engage in the procession
Kewanee has never had what might
be called a monster automobile pa
rade. Invitations have been sent to
the machine owners all through this
section and all are being urged to take
part 1t would not be surprising II
between two and three hundred auto
mobiles were in the line of march.
Just as a reminder the auto owners
are asked to assemble near the Grand
theatre at 2 O'Clock prepared to take
part They are also urged to fill their
machines with their friends, who are
the best fans, and to see to 1t that
they get them to and from the
grounds. There is space at the ball
park for five hundred autos and as the
street car facilities will be taxed tc
their utmost and will be working
over time. 1t has been urged that those
who get chance to go to the bal
yard in machines will do so.
viii Be Great Day--other Years
Tell Story.
There Is no doubling the fact that
Tuesday viii be a great day for Ke
vance In Olner years tne IanS nave
gone wild over the first days playing
and it is expected that the same thing
will exist this year
Before Monday noon all arrange.
ments will have been completed for
the closing down of the stores and as
many of the factories as possible. OF
course no one cares to see men
thrown out of employment for an af
ternoon on account of ball game, but
where the work Is slack and where
men are not working the entire week