The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-14
WHAT SCOUTS HAVE
FOUND IN BUSHES.
First Of Review Series Of the Minor
League TO be Taken up
by Hal sherl-
OHIO AND THE CENTRAL
Five Players Have Con. to the Ma.
Iors From the First Of
Year-Floods and
Wind Hurt.
OHIO AND THE CENTRAL
by Hal Sheridan, written for the
United Press

by Hal Sheridan, written for the
United Press.]
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Hitting the
trail into what the major league
scouts call the bushes, 1t is not hard
to find pennant races close enough
and exciting enough to suit the
fightin' est baseball fan that ever liv-
ed. We are introducing first today
the ancient and honorable Ohio State
league. In this league four teams
have been trying most OF the season
to cut each others throats In wild
scramble for the pennant Chillicothe,
Charleston, Portsmouth and Lexington
have never been separated by more
than fifty points, while at times the
margin between first and fourth place
has been as low as twelve points.
Imagine New York, Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh and Chicago of the Nation
al league sandwiched into that small
space and try to figure out what
would happen.
Five players have been sold to ma
jor league clubs during the present
season and scouts from the big
leagues are still combing this section
of the bushes for material. Catcher
Young, Of Charleston; Pitcher Dash
lney, of Maysville; Pitcher Hovlik, OF
Charleston, and Outfelder South
worth. OF Portsmouth have been taxi
en- up by the Cleveland Maps. They
we're picked up by Scout Billy Doyle.
who was responsible for the intro
duction Of Baumgardner, Weilman
and Leverenz into fast society. These
/ players are now with the st. Louis
Browns. Pittsburgh has purchased
Pitcher Mamaux, of Huntington for
fall delivery.
According to President r. W. Read,
the league will finish the season with
a good financial showing. The sea-
son has been somewhat wavering for
some Of the smaller organizations.
but the only sign of distress in the
Ohio State came from Ironton along
in June and it amounted to very
little for the club soon recuperated
and is now back on its feet AT least
| five of the clubs expect to close the
season on September 81 with figures
showing on the profit side of the
ledger. The Hamilton club expects
to make a garrison finish financially
with the sale OF two young players
now in the fold but considered ripe
and ready for faster company
Jumping from the scene of the
raging conflict just set forth and
landing In Fort Wayne, Ind, we find
the Central league and Louis He'll
broner. Just as busy as the league
Heilbroner has nothing to do but act
as president, secretary and treasurer
tof the organization. He succeeded
DR.. F. r. Carson, of South Bend. as
head of the league after the disas-
trous season of 1912 when a twelve
4 club circuit was tried out. It didn't
work. This season the league has but
six clubs and is doing we'll, thank
you kindly. Grand Rapids, Mich,
looks like safe bet for the pennant,
but four OF the other five clubs insist
upon finishing second Fort Wayne,
Spring field. Terre Haute and Dayton
have fought through the long days OF
July with little advantage to any one,
and they will probably keep up the
neck and neck race until the league
closes on September T. Evansville,
Ind, is the only outsider, but we
hasten to remark that the fans of that
town are certainly game. Attendance
Throughout the league has been good
, but Evansville, the tail-ender most OF
, the season, ranks with Grand Rapids
| the choice for the flag In the matter
OF gate receipts. Can you beat it.
! You can't.
i Had nothing happened In the Cen
/ trail league after early spring 1t might
/ be said that the officials at least had
!. considerable to look after The parks
{ at Dayton. Springfield. Fort Wayne
, Terre Haute and Grand Rapids were
turned into lakes and generally put
on the blink by the floods. They
: were fixed up but that left Evans
; Vile as the only club not to strike
some kind of hard luck. Playing nc
, faycrite, however, the elements ne
} gotiated for a wind storm little lat
er that wrecked the Evansville grand
, stand, making 1t tie the score all
] around. Outside Of these little things
the league has had easy sailing and
expects to finish the season with
lmoney in the bank.