The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-24
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SAYS NEW SPIRIT HERE
Burlington Paper Says New Spirit in
Baseball Circles Here and
Abbott Looks
Good.

Il up Win the CdlSuudT anu II Is eApSSl'
ed that within a few weeks every
thing will be running smoothly in the
baseball world. One of the most re-
cent signs to appear is the Central
Association schedule which Is being
sent out to the newspapers and clubs
around the circuit today. The sched-
ule will not be released until Thurs
day, but those who have seen it, say
that it is about the best schedule. ever
framed for the Central Association.
President Justice today received
from the printers, copies of the new
constitution Of the league. The new
constitution contains a number of new
rules and changes over the old laws
of the league, which are of import
ance to the club officials only. Copies
will be sent out the various clubs In
the circuit today.
Word now comes from Portland,
Oregon, that Dave AIilligan, star out
fielder of the Central Association
last season and popular IDOL of Cedar
Rapids fans, is making a strong bid
for a berth on the Portland club,
Milligan has four veterans to com
pete with but Manager McCredie has
been unable to pick his outfield, owing
to the creditable showing made by
Milligan
According to the burlington Hawk
Eye. new life, new interest. and new
vitality has been injected into the
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dition of Clinton and Marshalltown.
The writer says that Marshalltown. at
first looked upon in an unfayorable
light by most of the cities about the
circuit, has won over all the clubs in
the league by setting a new pace for
pep in minor league baseball. Clin-
ton has also been active and has
added much to the strength of the
league.
The spirit manifested by these two
cities has been contagious, says the
writer, and one of the first towns 10
get the feeling has been Keokuk. !
Aeoluk appears TO have walked up
-ccmrletely, and one hears nothing
more about the difficulty of raising
frnds with which to finance the team. !
The PEOPLE of that city certainly have
an inspiration in Manager Abbott. !
who comes to them from the Pacific I
coast, and is likely to be one of the .
most forceful managers in the league !
Abbott REPORTS that his team is COM !
f.ete with the exception. possibly, Of .
a good catcher. although he has
number Of acceptable men III view He !
proposes to have one of the best +.
b&ckstop departments in the circuit.
and has been rather cho'cy in his
selection Of candidates for that posi-
ton
The Burlington Hawk-Eye is right
Abbott sure does look good to us and
if he fails to live w to expectations it
will be a great disappointment. There
Il one thing, however, that should be
Abbott should not be
thought am the less Of if he fails to
lead the Indians to the pennant. It
is probably alright to expect him to
light in the first division, but win
Ming flag is another matter. 1t
takes some little time to build up a
pennant winner, even in minor
league, and it is seldom done in the
first year by new manager, unless
by luck and accident
And the Hawk-Eye seems to be
right again when it says that there
is a new baseball spirit in this city.
The only unfavorable comment one
hears these days is when some one
deplores the fact that the season has
not yet started.
They have been starting Booster
clubs at Cedar Rapids, Clinton.
Muscatine. Burlington, and other
places around the circuit. But il
looks like there was going to be
more interest in baseball here this !
year, and that the seasons attendance |
will be greater. than it has been for
many years, and that without any
Booster club" or any other kind of
club other than the Indians. Come
on Abbott.