The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-06
! THREE SPECIES
Of BUGS HERE
Each of Them Is Very Much Excited
Just Now Over the Momentuous
Question Of Base
Ball.
INDIANS ON WAR PATH
Manager Manush VIII Steer His
Braves up Against the High
School Boys Next
Week.

All Keokuk is divided into three
parts--bugs, fans. and absolute nuts
caused wholly by the expected in
tiux of gang OF men who will run
around in monkey suits and give a |
correct imitation of a baseball club |
winning Central Association pen
nant
The three species OF bugs to be
found here now are the common or
bleacher variety, the raving, bowling
railbirds, and the conservative, the
latter for the most part occupying
the boxes In the grand stand and
never saying word until the ninth
inning, score tied, man on third ana
pitcher hitting.
Each of the species has spent the
past week looking up Manager Man
nsh, asking him about the prospects
of the club and then stopping the
sport scribblers on the street and at
tempting to open an intelligent con-
versation by remarking, Looks like
a good club this year, doesn't It."
This Is the principal reason why
sport writer's are generally credited
The players were expected to be-
gin their annual pilgrimage into the
Indian village yesterday, hut up to
noon on Saturday only one OF them
had shown up. This was Means, the
Wayland boy, who tried to beat
Queisser out OF the regular receiving
Job last season He will again be a
member of the early squad this year.
Whether he picked up any baseball
knowledge during his semi-pro work
last year remains to be seen,
The purchase by the Keokuk Base
ball Association of the fence and
grandstand of the Joy athletic field,
announced yesterday, assures the club
of a good clubhouse for the coming
season The old house which has
been used was in bad state Of re-
pair and would have cost the associa-
ton several hundred dollars to put in
shape for use During the winter
some miscreants broke into the house
and broke up all the lockers and took
everything of value, causing the asso-
citation to lose a large amount of good
stuff and seriously impairing the tenn
per of the majority of the directors
The fence, Just purchased will be
used in repairing the old one around
Hubinger park and everything will be
in good shape for the opening Of the
season here on May 6th.
Manush expects, by the middle o
next week to have his men in fairl.
good condition for the games whicl
will he played against the local higl
school next week The local schoo
boys have been working hard an
are in condition now to give Mar
ushs warriors hard battle.
Collections Of the subscriptions
pledged for the support of the clu
have been made during the past wee
and everyone is responding LIBERAL,
The list OF men that Manush has gil
en- out as prospective members of tn
team has done a great deal to brin
back the confidence of the supporter
of the game here, and everyone
pulling for George.
The prospects for a record sease
for Keokuk baseball have never bee
better and many fans predict an 6
tendance OF from thirty to forty tho
eand, If the boss gets club togethe
that will be fighting them all t
time,
Never in the history Of the gar
here have the fans been SO unanimo
in their support Of a manager a,
everyone speaks good word for hi
During the past week he has met
large number of the bugs and Is
ginning to feel himself at home.
II is not considered likely now tn
the sport writer's, or the official Sc
ers OF the league will get together.
President Justice does not belle
that 1t would benefit anyone to M
only a few Of them attend, the me
ing, and several OF them have So
that they would not be able to
away from their work