The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-30
Sporting Views
By the Editor

me retentlOn OF Manager QuelSSer
| for the balance OF the season has
made hit with the bugs here, who
/ feel that change at this time, with
only four more weeks to go, would
have done the team no good. and
might have done 1t lot Of harm.
Queisser has team that Is playing
/ ball now and should improve their
standing within the next twelve
games If they play up to form. The
injury to Kelly will no doubt have
bad effect on the club for few days,
but Gottschall has played with them
before and it will not be long until he
! will be working with the team in as
good manner as Kelly. Kelly's hit
| ting will be the thing most missed,
unless Gottschall has improved ma
terially since his last appearance here.
The Indians left this morning for
Ottumwa, where they will fly into the
Speed Boys for three games. Musca-
the Muskies play much better ball on
the home pasture, the redskins are
apt to take three more from the near
big-leaguers. They will get back to
the village August 5th, for three
games with the ex-Herrites who are
now cavorting around the Central
Association under the wing of Ed
/ Painter.
| Harry Kelly was reported resting
easily last night and will soon be able
to go to his home in Rock Island. 1t
| is said that he will not be able to get
into the game again this season and
! it is likely that he will abandon all
thought of being able to help the In
dians in their last stand.
/ Buck Summers made formal ap-
plication to President Justice yester-
day for position on the umpire staff
Of the Central Association and was
| promised a chance by the league head
/ if there happens to be an opening
again this season. During the talk,
the president expressed himself as
we'll pleased with the present staff of
indicator-holders and intimated that
i there would be no more changes.
Ralph Bell could not show the nee
essary goods that the White Sox d..
.nand and has been released to the
st. Joseph team of the Western
league. He will report there immeo
lately.
| Buck Summers, after dealing with
Ned Egan for several days, received
a message from Ottumwa this morn.
ing saying that they could not nay hi:
price and asking Buck to reconsider
This the big fellow would not do, and
left today for his home In Indianap
oils. Buck has made many friends
here and they are all hoping he gets
away in good shape. Ever since be
joined the Indians in the spring
training season he has been known as
the league comedian and has many
times helped the spirits of the club
by his great line of conversation. Hal
he been allowed to get into the game
regularly, there is no doubt but that
he would have been one of the leading
catchers of the league. He has play
ed in about forty games this season
The Hannibal and Kewanee ball
clubs were on the north bound Bur.
lington train this morning. AS the
/ train was late, it is apt to cause a
postponenent of the games this after.
noon.
Pennington said this morning that
he had signed Zacker, recently of the
st, Louis Browns, and he would re-
port In Kewanee today. Penny also
gave out the information that SAKE
would be released in order to make
room for the new man.
Feel langu'd, weak, rundown?
Headache? Stomach "off"?-Just a
PLAIN case of lazy liver. Burdock
a DIoaJ Diffar xon 90 Hx,1,