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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
BUM BASEBALL IS
PART RESPONSIBLE.
Nothing Interesting In a Ball Game
Played by Cheap Players, Says
the Sporting
NewA
NOT FAR FROM TRUTH
Fans Blaming Manager For Poor
Showing When Fault Really
Lies With the DI.
rectors.
NOT FAR FROM TRUTH

The Burlington correspondent for
the Sporting News again is bringing
up the salary limit as a factor in the
class OF baseball that the fans Of this
circuit are getting. The article print
ed in the Sporting News states that
the fans felieve that they are getting
cheap article Of baseball, in ex-
change for the same prices that they
paid several years ago when salary
limit was unknown, that is far from
being the game that was then seen.
A lack of hero worship and disinter-
ested feeling for baseball in small
cities is also given as the reason for
poor attendance.
The general opinion around Keokuk
is that the directors of the local club
will have to spend some money if they
wish to come out even on their pres
ent investment. All the fans here be-
lieve that the other clubs in the league
are buying ball players, and from the
looks OF the clubs and the changes
that have been made in the personel
of the teams in the last few weeks,
there seems to be some foundation
for the rumor. The rumor is still be-
ing circulated that two or three of the
clubs have not stayed within the 1920
limit and it is likely to result in a
sweeping investigation of the league.
So far as Keokuk is concerned,
nothing can show more plainly than
the class of ball the men are putting
up, the fact that the club is within
the limit. In the affidavit forwarded
| to President Justice last week, the
| salaries total up to s1195, just five
| dollars below the limit Just how the
directors are meeting expenses with
/ this club playing to the shy crowds
/ is a matter that should be worked out
in Wall street. It is impossible to do
| it in a newspaper office.
The general impression is that the
! directors of the Indians affairs could
better afford to spend $1,000 and land
some good youngsters now held by
Class ID leagues and in this way get a
winning team together which, no
doubt would bring the attendance fig
ures back to normal, or even better
than normal.
| In this regard, it is only fair to
Queisser, to say to those fans who are
always saying that he is responsible
for the poor showing of the club, that
/ 1t is foolishness to think that he would
not have winning team if he were
allowed the money to get the players.
A manager cannot, In league of the
Central Association brand, get hold of
| money as they can in higher class, but
when fans begin to blame the mana,
! ger for not taking money away from
! the men who have his job in their
I hands, it is plenty time for them to In
1 vestigate the real conditions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
to retain the Taft delegates in their

seats.
| The California contest was accepted
! by the Roosevelt men as an indication
of the lineup of the committee and
as showing that there was absolutely
no chance of their over-turning the
action of the national committee.
| The Roosevelt men attempted to
hurry things up after California was
out of the way and became angered
when the Taft men insisted on all the
contests being thoroughly aired again
The Roosevelt men on the committee
insisted that the Taft men were play
ing for delay in order to give the
convention leaders opportunity to de,
termine on new plan of action in
1.-The light of the Roosevelt action OF
yesterday in calling for new party.
\ The Roosevelt men tried to put
Through resolution combining the CON
tests to Arizona, Washington, Texas
and California, two Of which had al
ready been disposed Of The Roose-
welt men wanted the issue to go before
the convention on these states alone
but the Taft majority held that every
contest should be investigated IF 1t
| took week.
The early morning hours were en-
livened by an eloquent speech from
Senator Beveridge on the Indiana con.
tests. The former senator was in ex-
cellent voice and devoted much time
I to denouncing the alleged frauds in
Marion county tIndianapolis), where
he said that a gang Of negroes were
hurried from polling place to polling
place in automobiles to vote fraudu-
lently in blocks.
Il am not here as an attorney but
as republican," Beveridge declared.
Il represent no faction but the plain
republicans of Indiana"
Despite all of the Beveridge clio.
quence. the committee upheld the rll.
Ing OF the national committee in the
cases of the delegates at large and
the eight district delegates from In
diana that the Taft men were the reg.
ular delegates.
The committee wasted little time on
the noted seventh Kentucky district
and promptly seated the Taft dele.
gates there. They then took UP the
eighth Kentucky.
Most of the members were on the
verge of exhaustion but the leaders
insisted on them remaining in the
room even though they went to sleep
in their chairs. No chances were
taken Of having majority turned In.
to minority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21

there would be no baseball in Keokuk
or in any other city for that matter
IN the newspapers didn't help out in
the proposition. Keokuk baseball
magnates are sure showing their ap-
probation to the scribes for their
energetic work in writing baseball.
The Indian directors should at once
realize that press box is needed.
Manager Queisser will probably be
out Of the game for several days fol.
lowing an operation on his foot that
will be performed today. He has suf-
fered with the injured member for
some time and thinks that this is the
best time to have it over with.
Ned Egan and his party of Packers
arrived in town last night and will be
the guests at Hubinger lot for the
next three days. Three holly contest
ed games are expected while they are
here. The Packers are playing great
ball just now and the foxy manager
has been improving his team all the
time until now he has likely looking
bunch of bali players.
After the three games with ottumwa
this week, the Indians go to Hannibal
for three games, then return home
with the Herrites for three games
with Galesburg and Kewanee follow
irg In the nine days they will be
home they have eleven games to play,
one that was postponed when Hanni-
bal was here before the double head.
er July 4.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
Moving, Transfer & Picnic Cal
JOHN OPSTELTEN
He packs queensware and houeehoh
goods for shipment,
Bell phone 64s-Red 1923 Moruaa

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delegate for each 10000 republican
votes cast. This would cut Texas
representation, for instance, from 40
to 6. The Roosevelt members OF the
rules committee are lined up for the
amendment.
Another radical change in the rules,
as suggested by the minority, is q
declaration for States rights" In nam.
ing national committeemen-a plan
to give each state authority to elect
it's committeeman in any way 1t may
elect.
The most drastic change in the rules
as agreed to by both the majority and
minority is that giving the national
committee power to remove from that
body any committeeman who refuses
to support the nominee OF the party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
Sporting Views
By the Editor

The addition OF Fleming to the UNI
pire staff will no doubt settle the diff
culties of the president Fleming,
Glenalvin, Price and Boswell ought
to be able to handle the games with
out trouble. Jennings work yester-
day was warmly received by both fans
and players.
The boss sure leaped into the clean
up place yesterday. His triple and
home run were both made with men
on. The change in the batting order
looked pretty good and will doubtless
be kept as 1t is. Jones was switched
from fourth to seventh place due to
his batting slump of the past few
weeks.
Moore's game yesterday was great
improvement over the two proceed
ing ones and he seemed to be taking
more chances with his injured knee.
His hitting, too, was a big factor in
the run getting. His single in the first
scored ,Bauman and he also brought a
run over In the sixth inning rally
The car service from the park after
the game was mighty poor. Everyone
had to wait as there was no car at the
grounds to take care of the fans. 1t
was nearly fifteen minutes after the
game was over before a car came out
and 1T was crowded to the guards
with bugs, all anxious for seat.
The Hannibal Courier-Post again
comes to the front with a talk on
press accommodations at the games
Here Is the way they put it:
We agree with the keokuk papers
that press box should be Immediate
~ installed on the grandstand of the
Keokuk park. The scribes have al
ways been forced to score the games
among the spectators in the grand
stand. 1t shows up the Keoluk direc-
tors to some extent when considering
the power of the press. Possibly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

ST. Louis-Chicago game called on &C.
count of rain at the end Of the fourth
inning, with the score 4 to i in favor
of Chicago.
Philadelphia, 5-S-1; Washington, O.5-1
Batteries Plank and Egan and Thorn.
as; Engle, Boehling and Williams
Second game Philadelphia, Sill J;
Washington, 1-7-3. Batteries Brown
and Lapp; Cashion and Henry.
Detroit, 7-6-1; Cleveland, 2-1O-4. Bat
teries Lake and Stanage; Kaler and
Easterly.
Boston, 1888; New York, s-1s-5
Batteries-obrien and Carrigan: Fore
Shears and Sweeney and Sterrett.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
Pains All Over.

Houston, Tex.-sFor fve year."
says Mrs. L. Fulenchek. OF this place.
Il suffered with pains all over, espeo.
tally in my back and side, and was so
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A friend told me Of Card,d. Since
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Fifty years OF success have produced,
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
SOUTHERN DELEGATES
ARE TOO NUMEROUS
Reduction Of Representation ls One
Proposition Which Will Cause
Lively Debate.

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
CHICAGO, June 81 Reduction Of
me representation of delegates from
the southern states is the rock prom.
ising lively contest in the convention
a minority report of the rules COM
mittee was being prepared today
greatly to reduce the number of dele
gates from the solid SOUTH
Basing apportionment of cresates
upon the number Of votes cast at the
preceding general election is the
minority suggestion, a renewal Of ,yan
discussed generally for the last 10
years They propose to al.sw one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
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was safe when A. Anderson let his
grounder go through the tunnel. Kelly
sacrificed him to second and Queissel
lifted the ball to center for three bags
Moore scoring on the hit. Murray
found hole around second base and
rolled one through, letting the boss
score.
In the fifth inning, the Camels seem
ed to have the game won when Mas
tiers, the opener, singled to center and
Walters was safe on Baumann's error
Colman struck out but Alperman rap
ped one on the nose for four bases
over the center-field fence. This made
the score five and three. with Musca-
tine on the big end.
After Baumann had grounded out In
the Indians part of the fifth frame,
Moore drew base on balls and Kelly
struck out. Queisser took three and
two and then lit on the pellet for a
homer over the chewing gum sign.
Fireworks In Sixth.
The sixth opened the fireworks and
Murray hit for two bases and went to
third on Jones single through A. An
derson. Sloan was safe on a fielder s
choice which retired Jones at second.
Joe stole second and when Barnes
was safe at first on an error by A.
Anderson, the bases were filled. Bau-
mann went out, Masters to Walters,
and Moore scored Murray and Sloan
with single to left. Kelly contribu-
ted a double to left that brought
Barnes and Moore across and went to
third when Queisser was safe on Mas
tiers boot. Hilly scored both when he
hit for two bases and on Murray's
second trip to the plate, Roxey jugg-
led the throw long enough for the
lanky one to be safe and then threw
the ball away in an effort to catch
Hilly at third. Pat scored on the
throw. Murray went to second on the
throw but was caught trying to steal.
This ended the Indians scoring.
In the eighth the Muskies were dan
gerous when Hart walked, was advan-
ced On Baumann's error OF Wagner's
bounder and both scored when NJ. An
derson hit safely to center. Alperman
was surprised into striking at bad ones
and the game wac over
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21

Showers. 1. Two base hits, Murray
Hilly, Kelly ~. Three base hits,
Baumann, Queisser. Home runs, Al
perman. Queisser. Umpire, Fleming.
Time OF game. lao.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21

In game that was featured prin-
cipally by bungles on the part of the
Camels and the heavy hitting of
Queisser, the Indians took the last
game of the series and kept the Mus
kies from taking the entire three
games.
Groh, the new pitcher, secured by
the Indians from the Peoria Three L
circuit. started the game and in the
first inning looked mighty good. At
the beginning of the second inning,
however, he got in the way of hard
thrown ball, that HIT him just back of
the right ear. Although temporarily
stunned, he pluckily got back in the
game but was dizzy and could get
nothing. on the ball and after three
hits were secured off his delivery in
this session, he was yanked and
Barnes finished the game.
Keokuk started the scoring in the
first inning when Barmann kicked the
pill in the face for three bases and
Moore followed with a single to right
center scoring the Dutchman. A sac
rifice put Dayey on second and Hilly
drew a base on balls but Murray Whit
fed at three good ones and the session
was over.
The Camels topped the score in the
second when singles by Hart, Wagner
and A. Anderson and an error by Hilly
put two runs to their credit, and Keo-
kuk came back with two in their half
of the third with two more. Moore
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
camels Take Trip Into the Blue sky
Ia the Sixth and Shower Of
Runs Is the
Result.
Standing Of the Clubs.
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday.
Keokuk, 12-11-3; Muscatine, 7-1o-6.
Hannibal, 11-1s-o; Ottumwa. 4-1o-3.
Burlington-G alesburg Rain.
Kewanee Monmouth Rain.
Games Today and Tomorrow.
Ottumwa at Keokuk.
Muscatine at Hannibal.
Burlington at Kewanee.
Monmouth at Galesburg.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
Standing Of the Clubs.

Where They Play.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
New York at Boston.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
SO ~ IL 81 10 8
AB. r. II. PO. a. e.

Keokuk .......1 40 oX-12
Muscatine % 0 3 0 0 2 O. Z
Summary: Struck out by Barnes, q:
by Groh, 1; by Showers. 3. Bases on
balls. off Groh, i; off Barnes. q off
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21

Spin overthe smoothroads Of the country,
or the billy roads, or the deep sandy ones.
When you are driving Maxwell, the most
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You can speed far afeld through the
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
STANDING Of the Clubs.

Where They Play.
ST. Louis at Chicago.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Boston at New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-18
Characterization.
Mrs. ]. E. Alexander Explains
Methods Adopted by Associa-
ton in Giving Relief.

10 speaking OF the work which the
cooperative Charities Association
has been doing in Alexandria Mrs. ].
E. Alexander y member OF the commit
tee said Yesterday There has not been
any intense suffering in the city during
the hitter cold weather except that which
naturally happens when we all suffer
TO degree from such low temperature.
No one that we know OF is freezing or
starving Nevertheless the wants OF
the needy poor are very many. These
contributions which We are receiving
today are entirely for white persons, as
the corporation helps the colored. and
there will be no haphazard distribution
OF them but all the donations will be
sorted out and sent where most needed
according to the records OF the associa
ton. We always give immediate relief
wien necessary but an investigation
Immediately follows SO that the worthy
will be benefited. This afternoon we
will begin the work of distributing the
contributions received this morning so
as to afford relief as soon as possible.
I'VE know the professional beggcrs
who, by the way, are the most adroit
in their pleas for assistance. We know
who have been receiving help and we
endeavor strongly TO give assistance
where it is needed by those whose pride
iorbidS their asking charity.
For instance, il a family lived near
to me and | saw bushel OF coal going
in the house one day aud then another
b,shel the next day and then no coal
on the following day and knew there
was sickness or lack OF employment III
that family they would shortly rccciv,
a ton or half.ton OF coal from some un-
known source and no onc-not even
tue members OF the committee would
know to what person tue coal was actual
" sent. There would be no word o
charity to iniurc the sclf.respcct OF tht
head OF the family nor lu bcthrown IN
TO the teeth OF the children. On TIT
other hand we constantly guard agalns
giving continually to those who are no
deserving, or less deserving, or t
children. We do not believe in pauper
iziug the younger generation.
The contributions have been up L
our expectations, continued Mrs
Alexander, and We appreciate very
much the spirit in which our appea
was met j."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-18
COMPANY GIVES BONDS.

Tue case OF the United States IS. the
Stony Creek Dstiline Company, oil
Hcnrico county, came up in the United
States District Court Judgc Rosc) yes
terday. Application had been made
by counsel for the defendant company
that the latter be allowed to give bond
until final judgment shall have been
entered in. xbe case il ordc, thai tho
company may continue business. THIS
was granted and the company gave
bond in the sum Of $500, parties in
RiclIuond becoming the suretles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-18

Mrs. Hugh McGuirc was the hostess
yesterday afternoon al a beautifully
arranged card party, in honor, OF Mrs.
w. +. Dimm, OF Newport News.
The bouse was beautifully decorated
in Easter lilies. Seven hand euchre
was the game played. The scores
were kept ia the most original
and attractive maUner Tie winner oi
each game was given PINK rose bud
TO keep tally Of the games she won.
Mrs Mcclure was assisted by Mrs.
Gardner Boothc. who served punch,
aud Miss Esther Burke and Mis-:
Esther Green who kept score. The
color scheme OF pink WAS carried out
in the refreshments, the miuts and
cakes, and the individual baskets for
nuts, being in that color and the ices
in the form Of the pink roses. The
prizes we're won by Mrs. Sallie Gator
Hopper and Mrs. Harry Burke.
Those enjoying Mrs. McGuirc's hos
pitality were Mrs. George Uhler, Mrs.
Richard Gibson, Mrs. Harry Burke.
Mrs. W. e. Daingcrlicld, Mrs. Louis
Scott, Mrs. Charles f. Nicol, Mrs. G
c. Carlin, Mrs. Lawrence StahIer.
Mrs. George French, Mrs. William
Watlcs. Mrs. William B. SmCut, Mrs.
William A. Smoct, ir.,,-Mrs. Albert
Bryan, Mrs. JuDnM- Johnson, Mrs.
Robert Powell, Mrs. Harry Beverly,
Mrs. Louis Barley, Mrs. G. G. Lead
bratcr, Mrs. 7. Marshall Jones, Miss
Helen Norris Cummings, Miss Rose
Macdonald, Miss Philippe Wattlcs
Miss Elizabeth Potts, Mrs. William
Boothe, Mrs. Gardner Boothe, Mrs.
D. j. Howell, Miss Virginia Burke,
Miss May Green, Mrs. Emtnet G.
Dunn. Mrs. Stewart Janiison, Miss
Lisa Anderson, Miss AIMS Lewis Jones,
Miss Lila Barrett, Mrs. Lewis Green,
OF Washington, Mrs. James NJ. Love,
OF Washington, Mrs. James Reid, Of
The Plains, Miss Petrouia Powell, CT
Wake Forrest, y. c., Mrs. SaIlle
Gator Hopper, and Mrs. Charles A.
Webb, Of Baltimore, Mrs. Charles
johnson, Mrs. Perry johnson aud
Mrs. Blair Spencer, OF Washington.