The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-19
Sporting Views
By the Editor

IDelng Weak at the Suck must cease.
VAIL wasn't wild at all but they jump
ed onto his slants.
Hilly and Miller participated In
sensational double catch during the
eighth which warmed the hearts of the
bugs. Smith lined difficult one in
| to the near center garden and the
two Indians raced thitherward Hilly
caught the ball and popped 1t into
Miller's outstretched mitts.
! Hill had Spencer take the mound in
and one man on base. Hofer was
about to go to pieces and to save the
game, Belden thought Spencer was t
necessary.
Hofer threw wild to second in the !
seventh to catch Hilly but failed of I
| his mark and the left fielder ran for /
the plate, making it without an at
tempt being made to shut him of.
The base stealing department is
putting on little holder display. !
Roman, Miller, Manush, Priest and
Jenkins tried their pedals at it yes
terday and were successsrl.
Priest, the whitehaired and pink
skinned boy, seems to love jolt with
1.-THE ball. Hofer slapped an awful one
into his ribs yesterday but the pro-
nounced blonde laughed and romped.
Umpire Pffrman called Hofer on
Ibalk in the first inning. The pitcher
started to play for the batter then
turned around and threw to first to
catch Hines Hines was allowed to
take an extra base on the f1uke.
4 Miller, the new fielder, bats left
handed.
Il Some whip of Priests to third. The
ball didn't bounce but went straight
to Hines glove.
Some from Keokuk went to Quincy
II yesterday 10 see the OH iliSulS dAu
automobile races.
Creamy Masters. remembered as the
! heavy hitter with Muscatine, is laid
up with rheumatism.
Art Queisser. last years catcher
with Keokuk and now catching for
4 Danville, got four hits in the game
played at Peoria last Friasy. Queis-
ser is going good with the stick in
!; the Three-Lamp league.
! Child Barnes held Decatur to two
hits on Saturday Barnes is doing
. mound work for Davenport
Cincinnati Times sporting news
= speaks of Berghammer, former Ke
:. vance star, in the following terms
: .Berghammer, secured from the Cubs
: has an odd reputation. 1t was assert
ed by all who had seen him that HI
lie was, positively, one Of the most won
ID derful infelders ever seen-that no
Y one Of the big league artists was hi
,e superior in gathering the grounder
,e or the flies. 1t was also said that h
was a strictly minor league batter
IN terror in the little circuits, but n
good against the big pitchers. Al
NJ these tips seem to be correct. Fl
IN has made everyone sit up and gasp a
I'd the way he handles ground balls. an
the wizard intuition with which h
10. manages to be present where the ba
al is about to be. His batting, thong
-. has been feeble, and at least one gam
Of would have been saved had Edga
mr. been in his usual rotation. r. this fe
he low can ever learn to hit $50 in fas
company. he will become a star"
ii.
Arthur Pheian, formerly Kewane
he citizen and player with the Centr;
IL club Of the Illinois city, broke into til
Ia. Cub lineup yesterday whea Manage
no Evers was spiked. Artie whanged
Ire homer, triple and single off Epp
Rixeys speed ball
Hawk-Eye: The playing OF certat
a clubs has been a revelation to tt
nc. fans. Some rather unexpected e,
no. dences of strength and weakne
.ck have been developed Cedar Rapi'
ne is the stunning surprise Of Il
40, circuit. Manager Hill scoffed at Il
The members of the Central associate
,eo at last falls meeting when 1t was su
GO gested that he could use some of Il
zen Hannibal players. He said, Il do n
have to buy players, | can get all
want without putting up the money
This shocked the practical manage
4 whose experience was that the ca
payment for players WAS sometim
most necessary to insure u winnil
team. 1t was supposed, however, tn
Belden Hill would have one of I
strongest teams in the league, but
m tne middle of this week he h: