The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
Mclean IS CUT
LOOSE FRIDAY
outhelder From St. Louis ls Not Yet
Ready for Central Assocla-
ton Ball and Draws
Release.
RUST WAS DISSATISFIED
Sloan Is Rapidly Rounding Into Form
and WIN Be Used In the Open
ing Game Next
Wednesday.

Queisser swung the axe again Friday
night and cut the rope on Owen Me
loan Mclean Is the change catcher
aud outfelder from St Louis, a broth
er OF Molly" Mclean, formerly of the
White Sox. He left for his home Sat
urday morning.
The team is now shaping up 30 that
the best possibilities can be picked.
From the way things look. the
following men are sure of their
places: Sloan, Murray, Hilly, Bau-
man, Bresnahan. Madigan and Jones.
The two places on the infield are still
very much In doubt Rust is giving
Davy Moore hard fight for the short
field position and may beat the old
man out of the steady job. However.
he wants to go south and it is doubt
full If he can be induced to stay He
received a message yesterday and
transportation to Little Rock and
would leave Immediately If the boss
would release him. Queisser says
that he is too good ball player to
let go without trial and will not cut
him loose
vidovich and Middleton are the men
who are giving the boss the most
trouble. The men are getting faster
each day and not much can be seen
to choose between them Vidovich
is an unlucky ball player. Thursday
he was hit hard blow by pitched
ball and yesterday was hit in the back
of the neck by thrown ball while
running to second The neck Is stiff
today and may keep him out Of the
game this afternoon.
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Opening Lineup.
From the present appearance of the
team, the probable lineup of the team
for the opening game will be : Sloan,
hurry and Richmond, pitchers; Queis-
ser or Summers, catchers, Hilly. first;
Middleton or Vidovich, second; Moore
or Rust, short; Bauman, third; Bres-
nahan, left; Madigan, center; Jones,
right.
It is very likely that two umpires
will be used In the opening game.
McCarty is already here and working
out with the Indians every day getting
his eyes in shape for the regular
season. He has more pepper than any
other member OF the team, running
after foul balls, following the runner
down to first base and taking his run
around the field each day. His de
cisions in the practice games are. for
the most part. taken in excellent
spirit. although Roberts, the prize
crab on the squad. got pretty much
riled at his decisions on balls and
strikes yesterday.
Sloan Is working hard and Will be
IN good shape for the opener. His
work in the south, before he report ed
here, put him in excellent condition
and only the unfayorable weather o.
the past two weeks has kept hin
from being ready now. His arm was
slightly sore the middle of the weel
but is getting better every day. There
is no doubt that he will be ready fol-
the curtain rise next Wednesday.
hurry is also rounding into shap,
and should be down fine by the tim.
the bell rings for the big dry good
banner. He aud Sloan are the onI,
ones Of the pitchers from last year
with the exception of McCray, tina
are here. Both OF the highlander
seem as good as ever but the bI
southpaw does not seem to take kind
ly to the weather conditions and i
complaining Of kink in his pitchin
arm. Richmond Is coming along nice
~ and is Just beginning TO extern
himself. With few hot days he I
apt to make the bugs sit up and TAX
notice
Bronchitis Barnes.
Barnes is not working on accour
of bad attack OF bronchitis and wi
not be in uniform before Monday,
he obeys the orders of the club phys
clan He is one of the most llkel
candidates for the steady twirling joI
Hefti is going along at about til
same gait that he has kept up sine
his arrival here and seems to be
mighty consistent worker. Robert
and Reinert are not saying very muc
but are confident OF being the me
picked to stay. Both are good pc
formers and are capable of playir
good ball, Roberts is slow on Ii
bases but with his size, if he can d
velop his pitching ability should NAL
valuable man for team. Refine
Is faster on the bases and bett
sticker than Roberts and is probab
the header player of the two.