The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-18
On the Side Line
With Frank Boyle

we're going to have the best outneld
in the league here this summer, sa'H
frank Boyle, manager Of the Indians,
at the ball park yesterday afternoon.
Frank leaned up against the renee,
pulled one lanky leg under him, ana
directed his gaze out on the field wnera
his aggregation of young hopefuls
were battling Justify in a seven IL
ming practice game.
There's Baum, Comstock, and LIE
Beau out there now. OF course, it's
little too early to tell right now
they may blow when they get into
regular game-but they look mighty
good to old Frank. / can't tell yet
what kind Of heads they have. Maybe
l couldn't pull many plays with them.
/ haven't tried to yet-just letting
them play their own games out there
till / can find out how much they
know. But mechanically their work
is all right now.
Then there's Goss. He's another
outfielder, over on the bench. There
is lad that looks good to me. And
the beauty Of it is, they are all young
and none OF them come under that
four-men rule
HolIocher Born Ball Player.
Look at the boy over there at
short, throwing the ball. That's Hol-
Iocher. See how well he handles
himself No effort at all to throw.
Natural born ball Player. He's play
ing too close to second-it's easier for
any ball player to run to his left
but ! don't want to say anything
now or the other side would think
was working against them.
81 may be fooled about this Hol-
locher lad, but he looks good He's
only nineteen years old and he sure
looks like one grand little ball player.
"McColloch? Mack's working mighty
hard and I'm glad to see it. He IS
showing the right kind Of spirit. This
is Maek's year to go up or / miss my
guess. Look at his sfze-big and
strong-and he's got the finest curve
ball in the league. Mack's going to
work tomorrow. He is getting in
shape fast.
Five Good Pitchers.
There are four other pitchers here
that look good, but three OF them
come under the four man rule. Wat
kins is the youngest one. He's TWEEN
ty years old, left handler with lots
of stuff and good control. He is the
only one of the four who does not
come under that rule. Mapel Is the
other left handler. He's fox-watcn
him when he come out now. Donald
son and Asher are the other two. Ed
was going great three years ago AMI
he's still good. There's one of those
pitchers who never wears out. Hell
be pitching good ball when he's sixty
years old. Works like the devil all
the time Good man to have on any
club. He's the first man out at the
park every morning. Brings littla
lunch with him and plugs away at II.
mo, that's Means catching there
now. Eggleston is coming along all
right. His arm is a little sore now. l
was changing his throw to second
getting more OF snap in it-and 1t
made his arm a little sore. His throw
was a little slow when he came, but
think he will come out all right.
Third Weakest Place.
I'll admit that third base is about
the only place that is causing me anv
worry now want an experienced
man to put over there to play along
with Hollocher, providing I keep htri
Tune plays a nice game but he
doesn't block them OF right. Gun shy
on spikes.
"See Rube's strawberry patch out
there?" Frank raised his hand AMI
pointed toward right field, where the
sod had been removed from circle
fifteen feet in diameter.
That's my sliding pitt" he explain
ed. Going to start 'em In on it next
week and give them about half an
hours practice every day on sliding,
both ways.
you'll be out tomorrow? Well.
we start at 800 o'clock. If it's a
good warm day we ought to have sew
en- hundred people out here, don't