The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-18
OK BOXING $4,000 Fans Observe Chapce Day
SPORTING VIEWS

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thanks the Burlington owner for send
! ing him to Birmingham. He state
he prefers it to Bloomington.
i kewanee Call: Secretary Brad.
/ stated this morning that as the Boiler
1 makers are already below the limit
mo changes in the team is necessary
1 BY playing Manager Pennington. thu
team is SIS below the limit.
Seneff, Keokuk's safe HEAVIER grow
better as the game wakes. The Ke
vance Call noises this: "Seneff, pitch
I ing for Keokuk became better as the
i game advanced. In the first three SEES
i sions kewanee touched him for Ave
safe bingles, one wo Dagger b,
iLinderbeck and one home run b,
/ House.
Davenport Times: Outfelder Bill
Veach has been Internationally re
leased by the Davenport Blue Soa
and is now free to sign with any club
with which he can connect. When
Veach was turned back by Ottumwa
last Monday, an effort was made to
place him with other Central associa-
ton clubs. He was offered to Ke-
wanes, Cedar Rapids and Keokuk, but
no deal could be close
Now that he is free Bill will at
tempt to find himself berth. Bill"
Carney has just accepted a position
as manager of the Grand Forks club
in the Northern league He is look
ing for players md Bill las wired
him for a job.
Waterloo claims the best pitcher in
the league. The Times Tribune writes:
Opposing batters who have faced
futile this year say that he has more
stuff on the ball than any other
pitcher in the league and his work
during the four appearances on the
mound has confirmed those state
ments. In only one game has he been
forced to go his limit, that game pc
ing last Sunday in the great thirteen /
inning battle with Burt Hough's gans. /
The scenery is also about y ~
shifted on the Chicago sport pages. ~
w Lardner CT the Examiner, laiiIii.ai
ly known as Ring, VIII suseu
Chooie Fullerton on the Tribune.
Burlington gazette; Monlpoueh mas
looked bette/ than GalesDTrg IN the
pas past ana ~ from. and v would be a
sion ~, % 1for monmouth 5 drop out
With With b h team where IS
me Monmouth Atlas says that Boss
Y,,,ah and his Rrswns returned home
!. ss sbing becatke Umpire Fleming
. :. s,,et "a make good with Waterloo
.ns last sunday and in his desire to
..-and stand tossed one game to Mon
,o,th by orc rotten decision.
cedar Rapids Gazette. That base
all Is not Injurious to the morals
yas made evident in Waterloo last
unday when the ball players of the
fonmouth and Waterloo clubs attend
d services in the First Baptist
ilurch at the invitation of Rev. E. A.
'aliant, minister who is himself an
rdent fan. The players. including
Hangers Bert Hough and Doc An
rews. wore white flowers In honor of Il
Iothers Day.
The Burlington Gazette says of keo,
uk's new short stop:
Clarence Jack played shortstop for
eokuk yesterday and made fine
lowing. The little second sacker,
no has played some fine ball here,
ad two hits, a sacrifice, a stolen base
I'D perfect fielding average in the +
sw position.
The subjoined communication comes
the shears and paste department:
THE cigarmakers of Keokuk have i
gained baseball team to be
lown as the Blue I1abe,s, and have
suitable uniforms. The
am has been working out the past
eek and have developed some likely
oking material The Blue Labels
,licit challenges from any and all To-
i or suburban clubs. Address all
,mmunications relative to same to j.
Duggan, 1909 Bank street.