The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-02

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the big chief of the Indians did. and
is just about due to pitch great BAN
according to the players.
Kaphan's release Is not due to his
poor fielding, for he has put up vi
great game in the garden but his hit
ting has been OF poor quality and fail
ed to show the class that was ex-
pected.
Ottumwa is riding Gienalvin, the
latest addition to the umpire staff Of
President Justice. His poor work at
the game there, Thursday, is the
cause. At one time he had to ask the
official scorer to tell him how many
balls and strikes he. had called on
Wise. This incident, according to the
Ottumwa Courier, stamps him as
"Woefully inefficient. .
Rust, the second baseman signed by
Coleman, when he was slipped blue
one by the Indian boss has been re-
leased by the Muskies. His fielding
and hitting have both been so erratic
that he could not be held by the
| Moose.
| Just twenty-five errors were chalk
ed up against the teams in the Cen
trail Association yesterday. Nine of
these went to Keokuk. Averaging
them up, each team would have re-
ceived three. This is sample of the
ball that the fans of this circuit are
giving up real money to see. An err
rorless game in the c. A. Is a thing
that can rarely be seen and as the
season advances, instead OF playing
better baseball, all of the teams seem
to be going back. At the beginning
OF the season all the teams played a
fairly good game but with the first
month of the season gone. all that
can be said is that it will not be long
until the fans will find some other
! way to spend their afternoons than
watching brand of alleged baseball
that can be seen in any of the games
staged by the grammar schools in
this city.
In as much as the alleged sport
writer on the Constitutions Democrat
feels the dignity of his position in
life SO much that he can call men
experienced in this line OF work for
many years, child.like, and numerous
other insinuations, all leading up to
an acceptance Of the challenge issued
from this office Friday night, i,
might be we'll to say here before the
great American reading public that
there will be many buckets Of blood
shed at the battle next Wednesday
Members of the fair sex have gener
ously offered to be at the ringsids
with first aid appliances that will be
donated to the opposing forces They
OF course realize that the Gate City
team will never need the kind Offices
, which they offer but we are living in
, civilized country at present, we are
glad that they are willing to do the
humanitarian thing by the poor be-
nighted beings who will be our oppon
ents.
According to advices from Keokuk
visitors at the game in Burlington
yesterday. President Justice used his
usual rare discrimination in signine
this man Brennan as an Indicate,
holder in this league
One OF the new mans efforts was
loudly applauded when he called one
OF the Keokuk players out on strikes
, because. as he told Queisser, "the
man had notion to strike at it, An.
other was when he called a runner
!, out at second when he was forced to
the second bag by base on balls
This umpire stuff in the Central Az
ISOLATION Is really getting to De fun.
ny and is worth more to see than the
players efforts. Possibly the presi.
dent knows that the fans are not en-.
joying the class OF ball that his
league presents and wants to inject
some comedy into the afternoons en-.
tertainment for the benefit of the
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