The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-05
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
ASSURES BASEBALL HERE

and two homers. All his hits totaled
1876 bases. Aside from this he made
II sacrifice hits, stole "a bases and
drew fifty passes. His total strikeouts
were 10.
His fielding record shows an aver
age of 800 in the los games in which
he played. 1912 putouts, So assists
and IL errors, show him to be the
fastest first baseman in the league, al
though Dick Rohn, who only played In
10 games, leads him In the record
book by a margin Of Ave points.
On these records, Manusch was of
fered two places In the Western
league as player, but preferred to
manage club If the opportunity of
fered. His selection came after a
great deal OF time and thought had
been spent by the directors and the
majority Of the fans are congratulate,
ing them upon their selection.
The directors believe in Manusch
and in view OF the fact that they have
been working hard to retain baseball
here, harder than anyone ever
did, it is no more than fair to reserve
all judgment Or criticism until such q
time when their efforts are unques-
tionably poor. The fact that Manusch
lis acquainted with many players
knows the standard Of players and
play in the Central Association, and
is considered clean and popular with
players and managers alike. added to
his wonderful playing record, were
the grounds upon which his contract
wa rendered.
May be Handicapped.
1t is possible that he may be slight
" handicapped in securing players al
this time of the year, but ne and the
will do the best they can and make q
creditable showing.
The directors are all boosters an6
embcdy five men to whom the inter
ests of Keokuk appeal at all times
Myrtle F. Baker, the new president, is
the man who has made himself ex
tremely popular by giving his time
to the baseball situation in Keokul
and who, with Secretary Sterne, i.
entirely responsible for the continue
ton of baseball here. His admins
tration Of baseball affairs will be M
doubt be one of the most successful
in the history of the game in Keokuk
The Directors.
/ Louis Sterne has been con
nected with baseball affairs in thi:
city since the organization of a pro
fessional club, and has always beer
an exceedingly hard worker His eff
forts for the good of baseball have
! always been appreciated to a create
extent in other cities of the league
than they havo at home and his an
nouncement last fall of his retire
ment from the game caused a storm
of protest all over the circuit He wa
at last prevailed upon to continue il
his capacity of secretary and the loca
/ directors are to be congratulated up
on their success in having the wises
man in baseball legal knowledge il
the minor leagues at work on the in
side workings of the club.
L. F. Rollins and A. D. Ayers ar
men who will be of much help In de
Gliding many questions which vii
arise during the season and both hav
The full confidence of the fans MI
i Ayers has had a number OF years es
perience as director and has prov
len his worth On numerous occasions
Mr.. Rollins is new to the directorat
but is going in with al enthusiasm
4 that speaks we'll for his ability to d.
things.
Frank Belt, the remaining director
is too well known to baseball in tn
Central Association to need any In
PRODUCTION and his years of experience
in the game is expected to be wei
placed on the directorate of the loca
club
After several weeks Keokuk fan
are assured OF baseball and all that
asked of them is disposition to b
fair with the club and show by thei
attendance that they appreciate th
hard struggle for the rete1
ton of the game The d1ree
tors promise nothing more thai
a handwriting club and one that vii
be in the game at all times. Let
get together and put the game on it
feet here by good support and cor
fdence in the management
Willard Will Rox