Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-13
.GDRR[NI SPORTS Talk
Practice Season Has Arrived for
College Base Ball and Track
Teams.
The Abbot and His Seasons En-
gagements-=American Jock
eys Abroad.
"A Bit Of Advice to the Wheelmen
A Bit Of Advice to the Wheelmen
"A New York Anti-Cruelty
Law Drafted.

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the varsity and college bass ball. ath
ietic and track teams are preparing for
the seasons practice. Base bal, has
been Begin by some of the Iowa schools
This week. G,'innell having played and
Won one game With the University OF
Missouri al Columbia, lost one 10 Mis-
souri, and also another 10 the osteopaths
Al lSirksville AlthoSit seems a little
early for base bali the intercollegiate
season necessarily begins earlier. owing
10 The fact OF its2 shprtness. as base bali
among college teams practically closes
inaJune. when the terms are concluded:
At the Stale University; of Iowa prac-
Siee has begun regularly in base ball.
track and tennis Harry Grill, OF Cold
water, Ont, hes been engaged as rack
team trainer. and arrived i'll lowe City
Thursday to take charge os his work
The distance runs are said 10 be the
'varsity's strong point this year, and
many old star performers are enlisted
in the ranks and there IS quite good
deal Of new material. noceaby Mar
snail, of Minnesota. Bsackney, of Drake
dates are showing up fairly We'll IN the
practice. and much Will be Expected o..
them by he varsity students.
The Abbot. o:osl4, the celebrated
busy season, judging from the present
eut.gok, and il is doubtless whether or
not he can be keyed up for his engage
l..
already accepted an offer of $4,000 from.
the Charte. Oak track al Hartford -
mot The Abbot against George H
Kctchum's ehanpion trotting stallion
Grescens, 2ai on Labor day This viii
be about seven weeks prior 10 the race
With Isorallrt at Lexington Another
10000 has Been offered fJ.s a race with
an unknown hors'e in August, and this
Will be iige'elst teddy Mr.. ScanHeil provit; :
ing the naitie u the horse + made pub
lie. The Abbot is in training a Louis
vile X,
The annsa stallion SHOW al Lexine
ton, Ky His week wilisf has Become
historic dreW several of the ciioices'f
bred tr5tiers of the blue grass region.
and hundreds Of horse fanciers and
breeders from an parts Of the country
We're in attendance. The show VAS held
ON the track and the horses exhibited
before the grand Stand. z. w. Williams
OF e;alesburg. III. formerly Of InGepen7
dence, who has JUST brought bis ffotting
stud TO llentucky, had AlierJpn. st. Vim
cent. 1nfact l5eisssre and Expeiition esit.S
Among the Others We're Charley Herr
Adpei Fed Schute l9ireeter General
Early Bird As,asand Wilkes. Gregory
the Great and Laribie the Great.
Reports Of The first week s raeirg in
England, which have just arrived here.
snow that the American jockev, are
holding their own and are in great de-
ma,ld Few races have been rim in
which some Of our boys linve not had
mounts. and ore OF them has generally
landed his horse N the money The
English turf writer's derived soire sstis-
Faction from the fact that the first fiat
race Of the century at Lincoln MAS ssnn
by Morninelon Cannon, one of the best
of English jockeys, Will the mounts II
Maler j Reiff ard Jenkins We're un-
tplaced. This was the Trial Plate, aai
year Won by the horse which had john
ny Reiff on its back The Americans
lnasie amends later in the day, l.. keift
and Mcintyre both having winning
mounts On the second day al Lincoln
1 tfe feds Mere large and all the Ameri-
cans We're shut out of the places, except
I p. McIoermitt, who rode a dead hea;
for second in the opening race. On the
/ following day McDermott rode twt
winners and Danny Maher landed y sec
Iscnd and third. All Liverpool Maher ane
1 Raif Zach won hi.r first rncs ~ IN.
season on the opening day, while Lester
Reiff had one second place TO his credit
| AT next week s horse show in Boston
I ten young women of good family of tina
/ refined and cultured city viii ride theil
! animals asfrfde About 100 women q
1 refinement and culture in that city arr
I now riding this way. and are all enthu
! siastic defendersof what they regard a!
the only sensible mode of equation.
| This Is the time of the year when tn,
| careless wheelmen may reap the penal
| ty of thoughtiessness. The man VIII,
thinks that all his old wheel requires i
1 a little oil in the bearings and an infa
4 ton Of the tires may find out to hi
sorrow that he needed sound advice
! The tires are prone to loosen from tn,
rims after being in idleness for severa
months. They should be re- cemen.ed i
there is any Indication that the old ce
ment has dried up, as 1t probably ha.
done If the wheel has been near a heat
er all winter According to a veteran
rider it ia not bad idea to take we
sponge and go over the tires careful,
/ after they have been inflated The wa
| ter does the rubber no harm, and tin,
puncture can be discovered in this wa,
4 which may cause more or less troubl,
on the road. In oil;nG the bicycle tn,
/ pedals and head of the wheel should no
4 be forgotten.
The members of the Sports men' . Clul
A of Oakdale, l.. T., sent to President Nc
| Kinley this week fine box of trout. tn,
4 first caught this season. They were
caught in a pond which has supple,
i fish to every president of the United
States excepting Cleveland. Grover
however, preferred catching his owl
fish
The recent interstate sportsmen's
Tournament at New York has resulted
in the drafting of the following law
which will be presented before the legis
lature of New York: amy person who
keeps or uses a live pigeon. fowl or 9th
err bird for the purpose of target. o
to be shot at either for amusement OF
80 a taS+ re chill in rl,v Z, ), 81.