The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01
Sporting Views
By the Editor

Getting fifty hits in three games
seems TO be the record for the Cen
trai Association. That is the number
that Ottumwa gathered off HoIlings-.
worth. Whitaker and Barnes. Ottum-
va would soon lead the league if the
Indians would play them for the bal
ance of the season.
After today's game, the Redmen go
to Muscatine where they will battle
the Muskies for three games, then
home for four game series with the
Painters. One of these is a double
header caused by postponed game
on the Cannibal's first trip here.
Connie Bresnahan has picked up
wonderfully In the last two or three
weeks and has shown that he Is of as
good class as his friends have claim
ed. He is hitting the ball hard and
running bases in a great manner. d.
Grogan is also picking up in his hit
ting and is proving a big help to the
club.
Pennington is already claiming the
pennant and from the way the Boiler
makers are going 1t seems as though
Penny's talk really amounted to some
thing this time. All season long, he
has made the same talk, but has new
er, until the last week been at the top
Of the procession. He is constantly
trying to improve his club and now
seems to have the proper material for
grabbing the bunting. His friends in
Keokuk would rather see him get
away with 1t than any other team.
now that it Is known that the Indians
have no chance for it.
Today's Burlington Hawkeye has
the following dispatch from Gales
burg about the Roy Blausser case:
Third Raseman Roy Blausser was
released by the local team Tuesday
and went to Burlington, where he
Joined the Kewanee team. The rea-
son for the popular players release
was the charge brought against him
that he had been wagering money on
the recent series with Monmouth and
/ placed himself in compromising DO
sition so far as the national game was
| concerned. Although Blausser was
completely exonerated the Galesburg
/ directors deemed it better for both
the player and the club that he be re-
leased. He is a strong hitter and
good fielder and will strengthen the
league leaders.
| The reports OF charges which came
to the ears of the directors as the
result of the Monmouth series were
given a hearing recently. 1t was felt
on their part that with number of
the fans coming to the front with
such charges they could not be ignor-
I ed. and the investigation. was called
for. Meanwhile Roy Blausser was
suspended and did not report to the
( grounds Monday. The day previous
/ he was on the bench and new face
/! was seen on third base.
As far as the local directors could
L learn the trouble originated from the
fact that Biausser has a brother who
7 plays second base and short stop for
Monmouth. In a friendly spirit the
I brother and an official of the Mon
mouth club made a wager on the
Galesburg series, betting small sum
on the first game, doubling up on the
4 second and coming back each day
with another double. Galesburg lost
the entire series, and the man who
took the chance Of getting even each
I day found himself with nice bill to
foot when the series was over. This.
4 however, may have been stage
money wager, but II had nothing to
do with the local club. The fact that
Galesburg dropped the entire series
to Monmouth also had tendency to
4 put the fans on the gent for trouble
and the incident gave them the start.
4 Blausser came TO the local club the
first year 1t entered the Central agso.
citation in the spring Of 1910 He was
purchased from the defunct Jackson
. vile club whose franchise was peck
eted by the league. Since being at
tached to the local pay roll Blausser
has made many friends and they stick
by him in the present difficulty.
i Although never sensational play.
err Blausser was steady and he had
4 the necessary poke for an extra base
wallop at nearly every stage of the
game. His work on the third sack has
frequently been commended By the
newspapers about the circuit.
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