Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-13
Past Week Unusually Dull, Owing.
to Waning Interest in Sum
mer sports
Approach Of Active Foot Ball Sea
son Awakening Renewed Inter.
est in the Game
Some Good Games Scheduled For
Today-keview Of the
Week.

AiiAe MSdluST ttlat mas alIIlOSt universally
attended all outside sports The princi-
pal cause assigned for the dullness L.
the fact that it s mid season. The time
when base ball is fast approaching its
windup for the year is almost at hand,
and the bat, mask and ball are to be laid
aside until spring, excepting In the
larger cities, where they will not be al
lowed to rust because OF the interest
being evinced in the game asst is played
indoors. With base ball will soon follow
the sport of the golfers and the driver
mashie and niblick will be put in the
locker. together with the white ducks
and short plaid skirts If the fair
wea Their holds out, however, golf will be
good for another month, for the bright,
warm days, after the frosty nights are
conducive to interest in the game.
In the racing world the fall meetings
have been record breakers 50 far as.
attendance is concerned, the spectators
at Kinlock park, St Louis; Morris park,
New York; Lexington, Terre Haute,
Washington park and the Harlem track,
Chicago. having been almost without
meetings.
he coming sport, however, and one
that Will engage the attention Of those
sportively inclined from now until
Thanksgiving is football II is still a
little carly In the season, as the teams of
the eastern colleges and universities
have hardly got down to good, hard,
conscientious work. In the West the
Badgers, of the University Of Wisconsin,,
have been picked as the champions for
the year. In this football enthusiasts
may prove to be mistaken, but Judging
from the material at hand and the form
in which the Badgers are playing at this
early stage would lead to this conserv-
ative statement in the eleven's favor But
little is heard of Minnesota, so far. but
her admirers are confident that, tho she
is keeping still she is saving wood Just
the same. and the teams disposal Of
Ames by IS to 0 indicates that the
|Gophers are at least formidable. Some
have tried to class Northwestern in with
the top-notchers in the west, but II is
hardly considered probable that she Will
stand much show with either Wisconsin
or Minnesota.
Coach knipe, of S. q. l., is beginning
to be feared by many Of the western
teams. That the university will lead in
Iowa football this year there is hardly
the shadow of a doubt. In fact the
HaWkeya state will be likely to be lit
Tile behind the times in comparison to
lpther states of the great northwest.
Ames is weaker this year than she has
been in years While the work of Grim
nell. even With its proyerbially light but
snapy team. is not expected to be up to
the standard of few seasons ago. Many
expect Drake University to SHOW up
well. as a great dealSof college spirit has
been instilieI into the game and no
small amount of money has been spent
in preparation.
The foot ball games scheduled for to-
day are as follows:
Chicago vs.. Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Northwestern vs.. Indiana, at Evan
ston.
Michigan vs.. Case School, at Ann
Arbor.
Wisconsin VS.. Beloit. at Milwaukee.
Illinois vs.. Knox, at Champaign.
Purdue VS.. Depauw, at Lafayette.
Harvard VS.. Columbia at Cambridge.
Princeton vs.. naval cadets, at Annap-
! oils
| Pennsylvania VS.. Brown. at Philadel-
lphia
Yalevs. Dartmouth, at Newton, Mass
/ Cornell KS. Washington and Jefferson
at Ithaca.
Carlisle Indians VS.. Virginia. at
Washington
West Point vs.. Trinity. at West Point
State University of Iowa VS.. Simpson
lCellege, "a, Ineiianoia.
Iowa STATE College VS.. State Univer.
lsity of Nebraska. at Lincoln.
Iowa College VS.. Cornell College, al
i GTinnell
The Iowa games of yesterday re.
'Isuited as follows.
4 Drake University vs.. Iowa State Nor
mai School, at Des Moines-Drake, so
|normalites, 0.
Western College vs.. Des Moines Col
a lege. at Toledo, Des Moines o. West
a ern0 i
NOTES IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
4 William +. Crosby, Of O'Fallon, Ill.
one Of the excellent ss1ots in ATTENDANCE
at the annual tournament of the low,
lsportsmeH in tilis city last summer
holds the championship at targets, hav
ling defeated Fred Gilbert of Spirit LAX
at Watson 8 park this week. The contes
was of unusual interest to many spec
tators on account of the prominence o
the contestants. The scores were as fol
: lows: Fifty targets known traps un
! known angles, Crosby AZ, Gilbert Al
fifty targets, expert rule, one man up
Crosby Sc, Gilbert 40; twenty five pairs
known traps and angles Crosby 43. Gil
bert 80: crosby's total, 1876: Gilbert's to
j. tai, l23.
James j. Corbett is not to be ouste
from the prize ring, either by his recen
, defeats or his domestic troubles and in
tends to fight again. Corbett claims h
is Champion Jcffries' logical opponen
: and should be given another chance q
! the donors onaccount Of his clever show
; ing against the Californian when the
y met before. eissout in New York In
teryiew in which he states that he CAV
Jefries the hardest battle of the latter
career and that If he Will not come I
terms he will keep after him until
: quits the ring.
e Terry McGovern and Dave Sulliya
: will meet before the Nonpareil Athletl
!. Club of Louisville on or about the 25t
9 inst. for purse of $500. with a pc,
! centage of the gate receipts. The boy