Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-30
Sporting News
CENTRAL ASSN.
BASEBALL NOTES

To Manager Penny Pennington, the
dignitarian Of the Central association.
the "severest' boss Of all, given to
grabbing at frequent intervals, belongs
the credit for driving Burlington out Of
first place Saturday. A two-base
crack 1t was and it changed the whole
Central association machine. With the
bags choked and Monmouth leading
by one tally In frame No. 6. the boiler
plated boss drove double on line
to the side OF the pay sign that made
the sacks cough up their entire load.
That one beautiful, life-saying hit, won
the game, mutilated the appearance of
the club standing, placed the B. MS
In first hole, and gave the newspapers
of the circuit and elsewhere sufficient
dope for good story OF course Gales
burg's walloping Of the COW punchers
made 1t possible, but Penny's blow did
the work. Who Is the hero In Ke-
vance town today? Modest and retir.
ing Pennington. Three cheers and a
tiger!
Willie Prout, tearing around down in
Rome, Ca, because he cannot get his
salary, may not come to take the man.
agerial reigns of the Keokuk Indians,
Information has been received in the
dam town to that effect. Queisser will
probably keep his mitts on the lines
for the rest Of the season should the
wee one fail to todtlle into the burg.
Pitcher Ed Hawk has refused to $50
out" as dear old HEX would say.
He Is getting along all right now. Can
never play baseball again though. A
brilliant career spoiled there.
Lavender and Vanguard, the both Of
them, we're knocked out Of the box Sat
urday! What do you know about that?
That reminds us that you cannot al.
ways sometimes tell. Clarke, our own
finger, the new guy in Speed clothes,
was walloped for twelve blows Satur.
day Just wait until the next time.
We know what he has done In the
past. It was a new field and new
bunch. When he gets acquainted, he
will be in the same class as Frank
Reginald Gregory and James Archibald
Dunn. Ned paid out kale for the gent
and when he puts skids under any OF
the long stuff called currency, he
know how. when, why, wherefor and
what for it has went. That reminds
US, Clarke will win his next game.
II Umpire Glenalvin ever loses his
bread ticket In these parts he can
mosey right into Hannibal and live
like Queen Wilhemina of "Chermany.
The bugs there are buggy about Glen.
Think he has 1t on every guy In the
circuit Kan his mug in the poiper
Saturday evening (The Courier Post
and "smeared the vaseline" all over
his countenance. We hope Glen keeps
up this clip. He got ruffled up bit
here at times and fans were not very
strong for him. They nevertheless
consider him singing second tenor to
Fleming.
In plugging for the double bill In
Hannah town yesterday, the Courier
Post showed Egan's portrait, In one of
the sporting columns and took up the
rest of the twenty-inches Of boosting.
That scribe Is dandy little booster.
Umpire Glenalvin Is going to take a
team of stars from the Central associa-
ton after the season closes, on q trip
down the Mississippi river. From ar
bitter to manager, Going >some. Glen
intends to get boat from brewery
and in return decorate each member
Of his flock with beer label, for ad-
vertising purposes Of course. The crew
is going to start at Winona, Wis, and
paddle all the way down to Mississippi,
playing bush leaguers. semi-pros, anna
tuers, outlaws, boomers, anything In
,, fact that looks like it wants fight.
Some head. has Glenalvin. It is his
intention to pick an all-C. A. team Of
eleven or twelve men and proceed to
gather in the filthy stuff from the
pockets of all the river rats. Glen has
gathered some OF his cohorts already
but we can't quite agree with their
starring qualities 1t Is the honest be-
lief OF we'uns that Ducky Eberts and
Bill Fox, who have been picked for the
outfield, cannot hold much more than
candle to John Sullivan and Dan
Senno OF the Ottumwa club. The lat
ter duo is better all around. OF course
everybody is entitled to their opine
but the team we would pick would be
something like this. Sullivan and Sen.