The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
Sporting Views
Cheer up; three more series comm

Tough Of course to think Waterloo
evened up for the three we grabbed
from the Doc Andrews bunch down
here about week ago, but than
there's Cedar Rapids, Muscatine and
Ottumwa left and the scouts repre-
senting Keokuk are playing the ball
OF their lives. We cant lose always.
We can win most of the time with
hitters like ours, even though there
wasn't smack on the local side yes.
terday.
Hollenbeck sure pitched some great
game OF ball to keep Clarence Jack.
Joe jenkins, Shocks McGafigan and
Pat Hilly from cracking. And what
of Tom Miller, chief swatsman OF the
league for June. Where was Tom,
we wonder.
If Harry Hotter and the directors Of
the Quincy Base Ball association
think favorably of the plan. Keokuk
and the Three-eye town will play five
game series after the seasons OF the
Central and Three-lamp end in Sep
TENDER The directors of the KeokuK
Base Ball association have proposed
plan to the Quincy sport heads 20
play series, one game in each town,
alternating every day, and to divide
the money sixty and forty. 1t is be-
lieved that the scheme would afford
some real live entertainment for the
bugs in both towns and the players
as well would receive a per cent Of
the profits. Quincy and Keokuk have
always been great rivals in the base
ball field and 1t wasn't SO many years
ago that the old independent team as
well as the Keokuk Iowa State league
team used to take the reserves and
Hofer's crowd Into camp just as reg.
ular as clock work. The def is out
and it is thought that Quincy will ac-
cept some September dates.
Going back to yesterdays game. it
looks like Styx Seneff his little old
self, must have pitched some great
base ball. The Waterloo swells got
only five hits off Seneff's delivery.
| President NJ. F. Baker and Secre.
| tary Louis Sterne, the two base ball
officials who should be eternaIly laud-
! ed for the efforts they have put forth
in the last several weeks to see base
ball remain as part OF the sporting
[ life Of Keokuk, report that collections
while rather slow are coming N
/ slow but sure and it is certain that
the team will finish the season in the
league. August goth will probably be
boosters Day. at which time Cedar
! Rapids will be here and double
| header played.
| Waterloo Times-Tribune: Doe is
certainly receiving his share of the
fine paying this year. In fact all the
jumps are doing it. They walk over
to the local bench preceding each
battle and in exchange for a small
i "Trip VI paper are ndlQGQ a green DaCK
with five written all over it. Harry
i Tracey never had anything on a few
of these jumps. Between one of the
innings Mr.. Glenalvin turned to the
! grandstand to answer a remark that
he wouldn't be here next year. The
gentleman replied as follows: Il have
been here three years and will be
here three years more The fans
were glad to hear him say three in.
stead of ten.
| Waterloo Courier: The funny stunts
from the arbitrator alone would have
been worth the price of admission.
but Willie Whitaker had to pull off
a few funny side lights to add to the
enthusiasm. The short, speckled.
auburn topped box artist sits on a
| cake OF ice with bottle OF lemo
along with the straw for three con-
secutive days and every fourth he Is
compelled to look after the flinging
duties. Hard life
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