The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-30
NORTON INVITED
TO THE OPENING
keokuk Baseball Association Extends
"BiR' to Iowa State League
Prexy to Help christen
Park Sunday.
BIG GAME AND TRINMIN s
Band Concert and Everything That
Goes With Opening Ceremonies
VIII be Staged on This
Occasion.

Frank C. Norton, president of the
Iowa state league has been invited to
be present at the opening of the new.
Keokuk baseball park Sunday after
noon The directors of the local club
have exetened Mr.. Norton a very
pressing invitation to be here. and to
take part in the ceremonies, and, 1t is
hoped that he can accept
| All arrangements for the grand
opening Sunday afternoon with Bur
lington as the Indians opponent have
been made, and all that is needed
now is good weather. The playing
! field was being put into shape today.
bleachers were being erected, and the
amphitheater is complete
| When the Indians take the field at
three o'clock Sunday afternoon there
should be a packed grandstand and
bleachers to greet them. The fans
1 of keokuk are loyal, and the team is
playing good baseball Added to this
fact will be that of the new home, and
everyone wants to see the new field
and to have hand in the christening.
Figures in white on black back
ground one foot square will announce
the score by innings from the new
score board in left field. This board
is directly in line with the stands and
bleachers, and can be seen from every
corner of the field. This will be
welcome feature for the fans who have
had hard time keeping the runs and
innings straight as they had to on
the old field
Best Field in Circuit.
1t is expected that the grandstand
and bleachers will be crowded to ca
pacity Sunday if the day is good. Keo- /
kuk has one of the finest, if not the
finest park in the entire circuit now, /
and the playing field is the best that /
can be secured. To begin with the !
field is level as floor. The diamond |
has been raised slightly to make a
better drainage, and both outfield and /
infield are faster than the average.
The new grounds are located at I
Thirty Second and Main street and
Mckinley avenue street cars viii carry
people to the park direct. The
grounds are across the street and 1
block nearer Main street extension
than the old field was. The new
field has better Accommodations for I
every one than the old There " u
be plenty OF parking space for autos,
and automobiles can be parked along
the side lines, or can be put in spe-
cial space and the passengers can go
into the grand stand if they wish
The grandstand easily has capaci-
ty of 500. and with bleachers and au-
los there viii be ample facilities for
handling thousand people. 1t is the {
hope of the local club that the fans
will turn out sufficiently to pack the
stands and bleachers Sunday.
Both Teams Ready.
Both Creamy Masters and Russ Fry S
will put their best lineup in the field t
or the big game. Masters Burling-
on outfit has put some fine games il
Lgainst the Indians this season. and fl
he series is close enough to make it s
interesting. Barring the unfortunate h
tart of the league season when Bur il
ingtcn copied four straights, the two il
cams have been getting an even C;
reak O,
The Burlington Keokuk series to "
ate is as follows: c;
May 9-Burlington, 5; Keekuk, 2 tt
May Burlington, 3; Keokuk, 1. g
May 3O-Burlington, s; Keokuk. l. N
May 31-Burlington, 10; Keokuk, 3.
June 19-Burlington, Z; Keokuk, 9. ST
June 26-Burlington, l.; Keokuk, 2. el
June Huntington, l. Keokuk, S. h;
July 1s-Burlington, 8; Keokuk, 8. CT
The locals are certain they will even W
ilngs UP by beating Masters outfit be
unday afternoon and in any event the w
anne is going to be well worth seeing. CT
Cmon Skinnay. run like everything
} the new ball park SO
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