Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-30
CENTRAL ASSN.
BASEBALL NOTES

Muscatine has it figured out that
the teams it will have to beat in or
der to win the pennant will be Of
tumwa and Burlington and also fig-
ures that Kewanee will be in the run
ming writes the Kewanee Star-Courier.
The Muscatine Journal dopester prob
ably remembers the twelve straight
beatings given by the Kewanees last
season which sent the Muskies down
the toboggan at lively rate.
The idea adopted in Hannibal OF
having the score keepers coop on top
OF the grandstand is a good one accord
ling to the view of the Boilermaker
scribe. The plays can be judged much
better with view of the field from the
top of the stand than on level with
the playing field and the umpire, catch
er, batter pitcher cutting of view
of many of the infield plays.
The Burlington Gazette's dope on
who will win 1912 pennant Is as FOL
lows: ...
Who will win the Central associa-
ton pennant for the season OF 1872?
It would look like a somewhat difficult
PRESTON to answer, but it's the least
OF the troubles of the fans In the vari-
GUS communities that are represented
In the compact little circuit. There
are people right here in Burlington
who know all about it. They know
Burlington will cop the flag with ease
That settles 1t and little more remains
to be told in this paragraph.
! But when you get outside the city
limits, in fact In the suburb Of Ottum-
wa, a different tale Is told. They can
not figure how Ed Egan has any
chance to lose out on the dry goods.
Ed has a habit of grabbing of these
trophies and it's somewhat hard to
break him of it.. No doubt II you
talked to Tony Canny Of Ottumwa to-
morrow and limited for his opinion on
the outcome of the pennant race, ne
would condescend to tell you that the
race might Just as we'll not start, az
Egan has the rag cinched.
+, And down in Keokuk you could get
similar opinion from our friend
Well, with the Indians leading the pro-
cession in his forecast, while John
Brown of Monmouth can see that nag
flying from the pinnacle Of the ball
! park. Over in Galesburg Lew Mulhern
will bet money on the PAYERS grab
hing the honors, while in Kewanee we
can see John Brady telling them all
about It. ~
And thus it goes in each bailiwick Of
the league And it's the right spirit
at that. The pessimist has no place
in. the game Of baseball. More power
| to the pennant pickers.
Spencer, the stocky little pitcher
who was tried out in a game against
the Cardinals during the spring series
and also against the White Sox, goes
back to the Quincy club Of the Three
Eye league, chants the st. Louis
Globe Democrat Spencer was not
taken on the spring training trip, but
due to the fact that he made good
impression with Manager Wallace
after the return of the squad to st.
Louis the recruit finger was held un-
til the present time. Last season with
Quincy Spencer won stwenty-four and
lost thirteen games.
| One week from tomorrow and we'll
be hiking to the Myrtle street park for
some of Chief Egan's choice salad.
Hank SEVERED was pinch hitter In
Saturdays Cincy-Pirate game, singing
for Horsey in the ninth. Clinton
Prough late Of Keokuk was one Of the
! pitchers who was hit hard by the
Smokevil1e crew.
The latest bullentin from Secretary
Farrell's headquarters carries the fol-
lowing regarding former Central as.
ISOLATION stars: Charles Tanning, the
mainstay of the Galesburg team in
1910 and 1911, has signed with San
/ Francisco Lee Lemon, the former
tPathfindas, has signed with the Biz