Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-04
|CURR[NI SPORTS TALK
Prospects Flatterine for the Sea.
son Of the "Three-Eyed"
Base Ball League.
Games Begun This Week shar.
key.Russell Fiasco-. Gossip
Of the Ring.
Notes Of the Turf--Hawthorne on
Bicycling..Varden Good
Golf Work.

| winch is partially an Iowa institution
and which is more property called tn,
| lindiana-Illinois-Iowa league. began it
season on Thursday. the four clubs q
the northern tier of cities playing in tn,
southern tier. The financial condition
of the respective clubs is substantial
and each of the eight cities reports gen.
ara prosperity and bright prospects fol
large patronage. The geographical
phase OF the league is peculiar in thai
the four northern cities are within a
Very short distance of one another and
sueh is the case of the southern section
Cedar Rapids, Rockford, Rock Island
and Davenport form the northern sec
ton. and Terre Haute. Evansville
Bloomington and Decatur the southern.
terhaps nowhere else in the country
eoulc eight cities of like size be found
WITH the same mileage advantages for
q base ball league. The Rockford team
opened at Terre Haute. Rock Island at
Evansville, Davenport at Decatur and
Cedar Rapids al Rloomington The se-
Ties IS three games The schedule pro-
Nldes fer tifty-six games at home and
ilfty-siN away for each Club. The series
are three games Until the last series in
eaca city. which is nus for two games
but it IS likely this Will be changed 70
three games and lengthen the season
ltfas much. The leagues salary limit
IS sseo. not counting the managers SAL
airy All the managers except one are
payers and all except three viii be in
the games from beginning TO end.
Ire one Who is not a player is Hub
pard. of Evansville Hugh Nico. the
ola-tirner. Of Rockford, Viii play when
occasion demands, and the same is true.
ri krieb, Of Terre Haute Tate. OF Rock
Island. who was with The Virginia
league last year. will play first base.
Manager Billy Connors. 81 Blooming
ton. IS fielder. Bsidrn Fin, of Cedar
Rapids VIII be on first base Billy,
Smith, of Davenport who was II the
Eatsern league last season. will be a
play-nianaser as viii Tom kiernan. of
Decatur who Was with Peoria and De-
catur last year. The uuipires Al. the
start are TO be McKenzle. of Terre
Hante AIckeever. OF loittsburg. with
me Interstate last year Gregg, with the
Western association last year ane
Lynch, also a Western ASSOCIATION man
The Three Eye league is under The
protection Of the National league and
VII use the new rules strictly
Tom Sharkey's victory over Russell.
the California giant. at Denver last
night proved something Of aisap-
and spectators were free To-
al "a fi.aS.
Sharkey Was given the decision bur an
bets were declared off by the referee
which causes a foul odor TO ensue from
the affair as whole. The fieh, writer's
present term the mill a wrestling match
father than a scientific exhibition Of
boxing.
McGovern's victory over Gardner a,
san Francisco this week was received
with applause by the many admirers Of
the clevar little fellow. Not once in the
fight did Gardner show ability 10 stand
off McGovern. He was outclass.sd and
smothered With blows and only his
great endurance enabled him TO last be-
you'd the first round. McGnvern set
vicious pace from the beginning. follow
ing his man and raining blows upon
him almost at Will Only once. in the
first round, did Gardner make suitable
return. McGovern appeared able t. land
whenever he pleased Gardner received
cruel blows on the mouth and after The
second round his breathing showed his
distress The end Of the third round
vas sensational and unique. A heayy
left in the mouth knocked Gardner thru
the ropes and he landed on his head
among the spectators. His efforts in the
fourth round to save himself Were pit
liable. He was stronger than wnea 1
met him before said .Io1overn after
the fight. but he never hurt me much
at any stage of the game. The hardest
clip he gave me was crack on the
head in the third. was coniidsn. ii
would be just this way.
1t looks as Though the approaching
mill between McGovern and Frank
Erne was to be declared off. McGovern
pounds but the latter says he can not
make better than 1873.
Much interest in racing circles across
the water was manifested this week at
Newmarket in the race for the 1000
guinea stakes of 100 sovereigns each for
. year-old colts and FLIES. The owner
of the second horse received 300 sovar-
8eigns out of the stakes. and the third
saved his stake. 1t was won by Sir f..
Cassel's brown colt Handicapped, by
Matchmaker, out Of Agnes Osborne.
Leopold de Rothschilds Doricles. by.
Florizel IL. out of Resale, was second.
end Lord Wolverton's colt Osboch. by
Cberon, out of st. Isabella. was third.
Seventeen horses ran. The betting was
80 to against Handicapper, TO /
against Doricles and 40 to against os-
boch.
AT Cincinnati this week rather un-
usual procedure was carried out in the
ruling off for life from any track of
Jockey Stockwell, the rider of Zeriba in
the hurdle race. zeriba was the favor
lite and finished third The judges did
rot like the way Stockweil handled the
horse, and when he came back to the
stand hearing was given to him, after
which he was ruled off for life.
Harry Vardon gave brilliant exhi-
bition Of golf on the links at Ealing.
near London, this week in the first
great professional tournament of the
present year. The other contestants
we're ]. Fl. Taylor, Jack" White and
james Braid. Vardon was drawn will,
White The game of the rhannio,, of