The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-27
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Sporting Views
By tie Editor

No game tomorrow, but the Red
Sox will be with us Saturday and will
play a double header Sunday, putting
the finishing touches on baseball in
Keokuk for the present season.
Our idea Of a fitting way to finish
up at home would be to take three
straight from Burlington.
Dali received 4 letter from Hens.
ling yesterday in which Whitley said
that Hill had told him six major
league clubs were going to put in
drafts for him.
Hill started to work the former In
dian at short, using Curtis on third.
He recently changed this arrange
ment; placing Curtis in the outfield,
putting a new man. Lapham, on short.
and letting Hensling work In his
favorite position, at third.
Max Arlington seems to be more
at home at third than at second.
where he has been accustomed to
playing. He has been putting up as
classy a game at the diflcult corner
as could be expected in a league of
this rating.
o'eyrne pitched a better game yes
terday than the box cor would in
dicate. Some OF the twelve hits made
off him were Of the f1ukey variety.
Frinstance Hruska, in the second in
ming, hit a pop up back Of first that
either Gifhn, Rains or Lund might have
brought down. All three OF them went
after 1t, but got their signals crossed
up at the psychological moment and
let the ball drop between them.
Many thought Dali should have had
a home run instead OF a three Dagger
when he slammed the ball to the right
field fence in the sixth inning. Nc
Collough, coaching third, neld him up
at that place. It was a question
whether or not he would have scored,
but the throw to the plate was a little
wide, and the chances are he would
have been able to get In. He counted
anyway when Lund hit to Jack, SO 1t
really made no difference in the score.
Egan's team looks stronger than II
has at any previous time this season.
His pitching staff Is the weakest place
on the club. Seaman and Ross are
considered about the best twirlers on
the club and neither OF them have
been able to do much here. In Nor
void, Jack, Kensal and Semen he has
a strong infeld. Styx Is putting up
a fast game at third and Norvold Is
developing into a real first sacker.
Sohn, Holly and Reinhart, although
none too strong at bat, T fast out
felders and stack up well with any
collection Of gardeners in the league.
Ned has been able to make his club
much stronger at bat by teaching
them how to beat out hunts. Nearly
half their hits in the present series
have been made in this name They
are probably a little more successful
with these kind of hits in Keokuk
than they woul6' be elsewhere, as the
Indians are a little weak on fielding
hunts with their present inleld.
An exchange sport sheet suggests
the following list OF questions for
coaches, to be foisted on the men,
bers Of G.. Huff's Illinois University
school for coaches:
/. What should a coach say when
a player misses a hit and sign?
2. Give three reasons for killing a
player who throws to the plate after
the runner has scored and lets the
others advance.
8. What alibi should be accepted
when a player forgets how many are
out and throws to first, letting a, run,
1er score?
4. Name three distinguished ath-
letes who have stolen second with
bases filled.
5. Why does a pitcher shake his
head negatively?
6. Why is 1t proper to bawl out
the umpire when. with the count 3
and 2 you let a straight ball cut the
heart OF the plate?
Z. Give five alibis for getting
caught Oh first base.
All this from the Museatlne journal:
No, Flossie, the fact that the Muskies
WAR rornr, uniforms a Ia Moo Yoik
Jints has nothing whatever 70 do with