The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-01
kerwin, Spencer and Forney Are In
voIved in Deal Which Hofer
aas Negotiated With
Hannibal.
TO STRENGTHEN QUINCY
It is Said That Cash May Either Be
Paid or Players Exchanged
Salaries Are Too High
For Hannibal.

QUINCY, H., Feb. Hello fans:
How does this strike you? ,"Th' bat
trees in t'day's game fer Quincy
Spencer and Forney;; for etc" Sounds
pretty good, Ell? And then after the
team gets out in the field, how will
an outfield composed of Danny Ker-
win, the reliable Bill Donahue and the
modest, but feet and clever bingle
manufacturer, Patterson look to you?
Mighty nifty and impossible to inn
prove upon. Danny Kerwin, Bill Dona-
hue and Patterson are in class by
themselves when it comes to fielding
and when it comes to hitting, we'll had
it not been for Danny with his never
failing hit with men on bases, Han
nibal would not have been in the
first division last year; while Bill
Donahue's mighty swat stick, that
always did its most telling work in
pinches when the fans were ready to
fall over with heart trouble because
the score was tied or the visitors
one run to the good and only one
more chance to win, is too well re-
membered to require any jogging up
AS for Patterson, his wonderful
stick work, his batting average Of
All, his brilliant fielding and general
all around good qualities, have made
him a great favorite with every fan
in the city and the trio will alone
assure Quincy of being in the running
with Babe Myers on first, Owens on
second and Clark and Forney taking
turns behind the bat Short and third
are not yet filed. but the fans need
not worry about that, for Babe is do
ing all the worrying that Is necessary
and when he gets through, he will
have a team that every man, woman
and child in Quincy win be proud of
and root for to the finish.
President Hofer and Manager Myers
have been dickering with President
Cruikshank of the Hannibal associa-
ton for some time, trying to get pos
session of Kerwin. Spencer and Form
ey. Hannibal must sell these men
as they cannot afford to pay them
the salaries to which they are entitled
under the 1911 salary limit of the
Central association. Today Mr.. Cruik-
shank informed Mr.. Hofer that he
could have the three and while the
trio will prove an expensive PROPOSE
ton, no matter whether the consfdera-
ton is coin of the realm or a bunch
of bali players. they are worth it. All
three are good men and what is more.
every one of them will welcome the
change. They have many friends
here and the fans all know that they
will add a lot of strength to the
team The local association made
Mr.. Cruikshank two propositions
and while one of them will be ac-
copied. It cannot be stated as yet
whether he will take the cash or the
players. This. however, is inmaterfal.
the main thing Is that We get these
three men.
The deals for Donahuc and Pat
terson, although not fully consunl-
mated, have progressed SO far that
1t Is practically an assured fact that
these two will wear a Quincy uni
form next year Both like Quincy
and are anxious to come back
The team is gradually beginning to
shape itself and the more one learns
about it, the better IT looks. The
outlook certainly is very bright.
With nucleus of men of known
ability, such as Manager Myers has
gathered, the fans can readily see
that they are going to have real ball
next summer, the best ball this city
avar bod