The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-05
HERE'S THE DOPE
On NEW MANAGER.
Topeka Paper Writes About New
Manager OF keokuk Club Com
ing Here To-
morrow.
BEGAN CAREER IN IOWA
Is An Old Terminate Of Doc An
drews, and Is Acquainted
With Several c. A.
Playera.

The following article, reprinted
from the Topeka State Journal, gives
a better line on the new manager q
the Indians than anything that has
turned UP vet Abbott has lived Al
Topeka for long number of years
land Is as well known in that city as
any baseball man who ever played
| there. The article follows:
"Old Abb" will soon be on his way
! Arthur Spencer Abbott, who is as well
known and has as many friends in
Topeka as any man who ever wore a
baseball uniform representing a club
in this city, will leave Topeka Sun.
day morning for keokuk, Iowa He
has been engaged as manager OF the
Keokuk club of the Central associa.
ton and is going there to prepare for
the coming season. His players will
report in about week but his hur.
RED departure is being made that he
might attend to preliminary arrange.
ments of the training season.
Abbott takes charge of the Keokuk
club with the good wishes of all the
baseball fans. There is not one in the
city but who wishes him success and
everybody believes him entitled to all
that he receives. In addition to that
the fans Of Topeka believe that the
fans Of Keokuk will hold the veteran
in the same high respect after having
been given sufficient time to get &C
quainted with his methods OF hand
ling a baseball team and after becom-
ing familiar with him personally.
Abbott will assume the responsible
tiles Of the Keokuk club under a
The clubs OF higher class
circuits riddled the club OF all its
good players last season and Abbott
will have but three former members
of the club which he must build up to.
Two Of these men are pitchers and the
other is a second baseman. A total O;
men will report in about a
week but he is acquainted with num-
Der of them, and this will help.
Handicapped With New Club.
He does not think this handicap
will be hard to overcome. He has
been in professional baseball since the
early nineties and he numbers his
acquaintance among the players by
hundreds. Some of his acquaintances
are holding berths on other Central
association clubs, and being familiar
with their ability, he can judge the
pace Of the league to a degree which
he believes will enable him to as
semble a team that will have first
division ability.
Among the players who will report
are three who played on the San
Diego club Of the California State
league of which he was manager last
year.
Through his knowledge Of the abil-
ty Of q few players Of the Central as
ISOLATION, he does not doubt the abil-
ty Of the three California players to
stick In fact he believes they will be
among the most dependable on the |
cam. In addition to that he has |
picked up a number Of other players |
Who he knows Among them are
Catcher Sweet, who finished the 1913 /
season with the Topeka club of the |
Western league after the Kansas !
State league season. Abbott bought |
Sweets release from the Clay Center |
hub. There is but little doubt about |
Sweets ability to set the pace Of the !
Central association circuit.