The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
keokuk Ball Player Has Signed With
Manager George Pennington Of
kewanee for Spring
Workout.
WILL PLAY ON SECOND
Yeaser Thinks He VIII be Able to
Round Into Shape and Make Good
for Team-TlckIed at
Chance.

/ Charles Yeager, former Keokuk Sec
ond baseman, is the real come back"
aspirant. George Penningto mana
ger of the Kewanee club today an
nounced that he had closed negotia-
tions with the erstwhile star and will
| give him chance to make good on
the Boilermakers this season.
| After a year of inactivity, Yeager
will DOM light toys in the spring and
cavort on the diamond at Kewanee in
an effort to round into his old-time
| form and if he does so Pennington
will retain him on second base
I Il am going to give .Yeag' a
chance" said Pennington today in
discussing his move. Charley was
one of the best infielders around here
a couple OF years ago and | see no
reason why he should not be able to
/ deliver the goods again. You see he
knows the game and that will go a
long way in helping me with the
youngsters. .
| Am l tickled to get the chance?
You just bet I am and I'm going to
show them that old Yeag' can still
play ball. have been Idle for year
or more and en- anxious to get back
into working clothes again
/ If Yeager comes back other c.
A. speed merchants will have to
look to their honors IN the base steal
( ing department, for "Yeag" is fox
on the bags. He can steal second
base without half-trying and takes
third whenever he feels like it, AS
long as that "kinky'' arm doesn't
shoot the ball into the ground or over
the grandstand he can hold his posi-
ton
:. Yeager has had wide experience
in the national game, having played
his best ball in the Southern league
a few years ago. He got his start
with the Keoknk Independents and
played in league ball for half dozen
years.
Twenty-Five on Monmouth Roster
MONMOUTH. H., March s. The
first real dope for the fans in which
a line can be gained on the Monmouth
Browns for 1912 was given out by the
new boss, Manager Bert Hough, when
he came here yesterday from his
home at Clayton, H., for a conference
/, with President John S. Brown and the
baseball directors.
Twenty-Five players have been sign.
ed thus far and several more will
have their names on Brown contracts
before the candidates are expected to
$ report. Those now n the fold are:
r Catchers--La Becker, Wise, Sin
er.
t Pitchers-Burge, Edlich, Rock
d straw. Boyer, Grain, Barton, Match
lett. shultz.
First base shepline, Chasty
Campbell.
/ Infielders Hoover, Dougherty
S Stevenson, PiIlied Fogg. Manchester
y Burgess
h Observation-Disclosures Mulvey
e Richardson, Shelton, Miller.
e Several Are Corners.
II Many of these youngsters, ant
n Manager Hough assures the director,
that he has been careful In selectin,
young blood, are personally known II
the boss and he is confident that the,
will make good Others come witt
10 the highest recommendations from
a. fast semi-ro teams and are sure t,
% climb higher if they land berths witt
70 the Browns.
IL
= Three Players Sold
" Manager Hough also announces tn
sale of three 1911 Browns. Paul Irm
scher, Roy bowers and Charlie
Swain Tho could not be retaine
) with the present salary limit an
G We're sold so that they could get sui
ri. able salaries. All three go to Madiso
all of the Wisconsin and Illinois league
M one class higher than the Central. I
re- lrmscher the Browns lose one Of tn
90 hest and most reliable players. H
has been with the Browns for seyera
- years and it will be with regret tina
his sale is learned Still Germany
m could not be retained with the salar
~ limit of this season and it would nc
Ids De justice to him to cut his salary
emit bowers In center field and Swain
Inc pitcher, We're both consistent PLAYER
Gu. In 1911 but had TO be sold for TIL
ich same reason as "Irmy" Hough ha
n q some more sales under wav which h
q to