The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-05
CHANCES FOR THE
RAG ARE GOOD.
keokuk Has Met ottumwa and Mus
catlne for tho Last Time
This ason-compar-
Ing Strength.
ROAD AND HOME GAMES
Last Halt Of the Month to be Spent
at Home by the Indians,
TackIlng Five
Others.
ROAD AND HOME GAMES


The home club has met and skunk
ed" the two leaders who are being |
heralded as the "pennant contenders
OF the Central Association but there
are always two sides to every story
and more than that this time, as there
Is a certain ball club in the good old
c. A., that Is making stronger bid
than ever for the trophy cloth that
has been won several seasons In suc-i
cession by the duly respected Ned
Egan Packers.
That club is Keokuk.
There is more real support behind
the local team right now than there
has been at any time during the sea-
son. The club has been playing fast
er base ball than any other team that
ever represented the city and hence
comes the interest In certain ques-
ton that has troubled not few
minds in the last week: Can Keokuk
| win the pennant. One word will an
swer: Easy.
Ottumwa at the present time Is just
eight full games ahead of Keokuk.
Since Keokuk has won three straights
from that team and the leaders have
yet to meet Muscatine on the road,
/ beginning with today. the chances for
| the flag seem all the brighter.
| The Road Games Scheduled.
Following are the road games which
/ Keokuk will play during the month
of August: Burlington, 7, s, 8; Water
/ loo, 10, II, IL; Cedar Rapids. ID, IA,
1 10; Monmouth, %, %, "a; Kewanee,
%, 80. 80. This makes fifteen In all,
| abroad. The same number OF games
/ will be played at home. Ottumwa has
/ the same number OF games to play on
the road as Keokuk has. meeting in
i order and on the dates given, the fol-
lowing teams:
Muscatine, 4, 5, 6; Monmouth, 16,
/ II, IS; Kewanee. 10, 20, 81; Cedar
Rapids. %, 20, 30; Waterloo. Aug. 81.
Sept. 1, 2.
! OF course it will be seen that while
Keokuk is ON the road for nine days
following the present Burlington SER
les, Ottumwa will be at home. But
4 Ottumwa is abroad during the latter
i half OF the month and Keokuk Is at
/ home for almost every date Includ-
ing all home games, with today's, the
dates here are, Burlington, 4. 5, 6;
4 Waterloo, Is, II, IS; Cedar Rapids. 10.
| 20, 81; Kewanee, %. 26. 81; Mon.
mouth, Aug. 81, Sept /, 2.
Due to Pass Waterloo.
It will not be long before Keokuk
,, passes Waterloo in the percentage.
there being only slight difference
between the clubs In the standing.
Keokuk demonstrated during the last
road trip that they were good losers
but such freak string OF losses is
not expected to occur again on the
next nine-day run out
or the pitchers, Keokuk has the
.. stronger array, In comparing with OF.
turnwa. Both Whitaker and Wolver-
ton are old tops and the two younger
brethren Vail and Seneff have
shown class in the last two months
that is just a little too good for the
! league.
d The two infields OF Ottumwa and
: Keokuk may be sized Hike this: OF
= tumwa's bag men are older and more
i. experienced but who can show more
. class than McGafigan, Kline, Jacl,
and the beloved George Manush who
has surrounded himself with such a
stone wall defense As far as hitting
is concerned. there is no comparison
] Keokuk leading the league.
: To say that Keokuk has a chance
G and good big chance for the pennant
and nothing short OF second place
would not seem ambiguous in the face
of all this. There's doubt as ia
] whether ottumwa and Muscatine Will
scrap 1t out. Keoluk should and will
be one of the scrappers.
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