The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-04
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Sporting Views
By tie Editor
How are the mighty fallen."


How are the mighty fallen!"
Six out of seven from Muscatine
and Ottumwa. Sounds like fish
tale but true nevertheless.
Those kid ball players deserved the
big patronage present at yesterdays |
game. Treasurer Frank Jones reports |
that there were 1.060 paid admissions. |
President Myrtle Baker should grin
and not worry.
Somebody said something about OF |
tumwa's goat being swiped. Wonder |
If Burlington possesses such thing?
Keokuk opens here today with the |
Pathfinders and as Egan has twice
as-good team, as Dick Rohn. the sail |
ing should be easy.
Jack is hot on the trail of his sill
yer ball. His left field home. was
great and the least surprised of any
one was his own royal little self.
An usher or two to show Sunday
patrons at the game to their seats is
something that is needed at the ball
park. Yesterday some confusion in
seating resulted from the absence OF
some one to show the box patrons to
their seats. All of the boxes were
sold out and in one or two extra
chairs had to be squeezed to accom-
modate every one that wanted front
row seats. Anybody could learn the
Iiox numbers in tell minutes and
would be glad to usher for admission
to Sc, the game. The directors
wouldn't make mistake by trying the
scheme and save lot OF trouble md
mistaking of boxes.
/ Waterloo Reporter: Every dag as
THE reports OF our daily tits on FIR
eign soils sift In over the wires, the
Waterloo Blues look more and more
like great road team. Nearly every
game lost is by one run. Looks like
the signs in the home park ara GER
tainly valuable. The directors are
1 thinking of petitioning President JUS
tees permission for Artist Fish to
d dope up a set of scenery similarly to
{ the pictures on the centerfeld fence
that may be carried by the Blue and
/ put up in every lot in the league. II
might win us the pennant.
j Frank Boyle will not replay the
i games President Justice has thrown
[ out, he says. The Burlington Hawk
! Eye says with reference to sport
item which appeared under the
STANDING of the Clubs column in
The Gate City. yesterday morning:
j Manager Frank Boyle, of Muscatine,
was very emphatic last night. He
told the Hawk-Eye sports writer TIA;
!. Muscatine would not play the two
I games over as they were won fairly
J and squarely, and that the games will
j not be thrown out as he will gu the
!, limit in the matter and take the case
before the board of directors, il
j, 1ecessary. He also said that Manas
er Richards had told him that he
never protested tie games. The out
come will be of interest to the other
clubs in the league.
Cedar RapilS Gazette: AS to thai
sale Of three KeoaUs ,la .Ters, the ma
jority OF local .ars I'm. oubtedly vii
agree that the club -,;,.cn i. biy,:;
Shortstop McGafigan gets the prize
of the three men. McGafigan easii,
, is candidate for honors as the bes
, shortstop in the Central Association
, He came to Keokuk from his home II
,, Illinois. Although a mere beginnel
, in professional company. he is whirl
wind as a shortstop. His value to
class A club is enhanced In that n
promises to become sensation ate
he gets more experience.
Evening Breeze, Cedar Rapids
Harry ohland pulled surprise las
Tuesday by again breaking into TIN
Davenport lineup and playing goot
ball. Ohland some time ago wa
turned loose by Davenport and wa
signed by Muscatine. Boss Boyle Q
1.-THE Muskies did not like Ohland,
work, and released him. Now Boyl