The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-06
Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Iowa City
Are Prime Movers In Plan
to Organize State
Circuit
BELDEN HILL AT HEAD
Cedar Rapids Man Probably VIII Be
Presldent-Gossip From Gen.
trial Association
Clubs.

With Cedar Rapids. Waterloo and !
Iowa City unable to work into berths
In the Central Association, move
ment is on foot to organize a new |
baseball league in Iowa. An Iowa City
dispatch says:
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. Ga meet |
ing of Iowa City business men will be !
held today TO elect representatives to /,
send to a mass meeting of the dele |
gates from the towns of Cedar Rapids,
Waterloo, Iowa City and Marshalltown
at Cedar Rapids to begin organization
of a new state baseball league, which
it is planned viii consist of teams
from the towns mentioned and others
of this section Of the state. Belden
Hill, Cedar Rapids, is heading the
movement
HANNIBAL. Mo-, Feb. 6.-After
confering with the Hannibal baseball
directors. Eddie Herr, of st. Louis,
the new manager of the Cannibals,
left the city at $3.50 o'clock Sunday
afternoon with an optimistic view OF
the baseball situation here 81 believe
Hannibal will support baseball in good
style next season, according to the
view of your directors" said Eddie
to a reporter.
Herr arrived about / O'Clock Sun
day morning from his home, and at
10 O'Clock went into conference with
Messrs Mason and Kohler at the
Mark Twain hotel, where plans were
formulated for the 1912 season. Herr
informed the directors that he had
some good players on the string,
whom he expected to sign probably
this week. Herr affixed his signature
to Hannibal contract, thus settling
the manager question.
Manager Herr talked with Pitcher
Roy Brown, who is owned by Sir Tom
Hayden. OF Webb City, Mo. 1t is said
that Herr gave Brown plenty of as
surance that he would be purchased
from Hayden by Hannibal Herr also
talked with 1nfielder Bing Calvert
WHO recently put his name in the
proper place on the contract. Bing
stands good chance OF getting a
berth elsewhere on failure to make
good with Herr and company,
Herr has promised Hannibal plenty
of good news until the season begins.
The news OF the baseball campaign
which closed recently has reached
New Orleans, La, as well as Wash
ington. D. G. This morning friend
sent II. y. Mason a card good for s.
for the baseball fund, saying that he
was for Hannibal and wishing the
oil bo joc hon eli
next season. Other signed cards fol
different amounts have been received
BY Mason since the campaign closed
The directors must have $500 al
once and they are anxious that those
who desire to pay their subscription.
at this time will call upon Presiden
Mason at the Mason Smoke House. O
course the subscriptions are not pay
able until March i but it is believed
that some will settle Immediately
Four hundred dollars is FOR the guar
antee TO President Justice and tn,
other s1o0 is to bind the contract Will
Eddie Herr.
Dan Shea, Of Florence, Mass, /
among the Cannibal holdouts Her
may make deal whereby Shea vii
play with Tom Connery of the Hart
ford, Conn, club this season Her
says he can get plenty of good catcl
ers at a reasonable salary and ths
Shea's refusal to affix his name TO
contract is not worrying him in til
least.
''rhe National Came book edi
ed by w. w. Aulick, an eastern spor
ing writer. has been received. TIL
book is chuck full OF live baseball Il
formation, including the winners
all the pennants for last year, the a
crages and the nicknames
Galesburg viii have a reunion of O
Central association ball players tn
week. Billy Fox of Chicago, wi
PLAYED the gardens last year, and vi
do likewise in the Eastern league tn
summer. is there visiting Dueky E
erts and George Mobridge. MUTT Fin
the first baser and Mike Sampson ii
catcher are expected tomorrow.
Tom iRed) Fisher, who was once
star. player in the old Iowa leagu
has again been signed to manage t
'Aniston team IN the So,theastel
league He .handlsd the teins f
that club last year and won the pc
nant for them.
Muscatine is going to try its lu,