Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-03


Speedy Ones, Dead.
Gossip Of the Puss..Current
Sporting Talk in Various
Other Lines.
Iowa is to be represented in the inter-
national field meet, which will be held
In New York on Sept. 81. Albert Ris-
tine, Of Fort Dodge, is the representa- tive
OF the state and will participate in the
broad jump. Ristine. left yesterday for
Nantascut beach, where he will 20 into
training for the event in which he will
contest. The American athletes are to
be picked men from Harvard and Yale
and the English team will be composed
Of the flowers from Oxford and Cam
bridge. The English athletes will re-
main in Canada until the 18th inst,
when they will go to New York to COM
'plete their work. The Yale and Har-
ward men are to train in New York, the
latter having been given the use of Will
lam G. Whitney's private race track.
Adrian Wilkes, famous Iowa horse
and noted as the sire of many more ia
nous race horses. is dead at the Wilkes
Valley stock farm, located near Water
loo. Adrian Wilkes, whose name is so
familiar among horsemen the country
over, lived to a ripe old age In horse life
-23 years. He was the sire of the ia.
nous stallion Roy Wilkes. who at one
time held the worlds championship
stallion pacing record of 2:061s, and also
the grandfather of the dam Of Anacon-
GA, who recently made mile in the
world beating time of 2:02h. More of
his progeny have record of 2:30 or bet
ter than any other stallion in the state.
However, his fame lies chiefly in his
get, az he never had days training
and consequently no track record. He
had been owned in Waterloo by Will.
lam Blowers since he was 2-year-old.
ual count. fifty-three of his progeny liz
whom held record of better than 2:2O!
$50
Altho automobile racing has not be-
come very prominent of yet in the west
even in the larger cities, it is creating a
great deal Of attention in the east and
promises to rise to q star position in
higher class sporting circles. The pro-
posed race between Buffalo and Erie
under the auspices of the Automobile
Club Of America, gives promise of TAX
ing on somewhat of an international
flavor. TOD" Sloan, the American
| jockey who was ruled off the English
track this season, but who has beer
spending the summer in Europe, has en-.
tered the race, and with him will come
Charron and Fournier, French cham
pion automobile drivers. Sloan anC
Fournier will drive Mors machines
while Charron will handle a. Panhard
The contests will take place on Sept. q
and o. and will be for purse of $4,000
The distance will be about ninety miles
over a fine stretch of macadamized road
sss
1t is quite evident, judging from let
| ter from James j. Jeffries to a friend in
| New York that Gentleman Jim" is
not very anxious to meet Gus Rubin In
| the bout that was postponed from Gin
| cinnati last winter In speaking of the
| proposed bout Jeffries says: II am moi
at all anxious to meet the Akron Giant
| at Frisco because don't think the
clubs will give me the purse I want.
don't propose to fightfor nothing. They
must show me the money You know II
4 in, M
| like the idea of making this outlay un.
less am assured that the battle is t.
| come off One thing is certain, however
1 will not fight at San Francisco unit
the racing season opens. No fighters cal
draw any great amount there excep
1 during the season. am anxious t.
fight Ruhlen, for know can beat him
but am not SO foolish as to go aheat
and train five hard weeks unless 1 Sc,
some coin in sight ] understand tina
the game will open in the east about DC
A tober or November. Well. II this is ;
4 fact the mill may take place then. an
not broke, nor am in financial need
That is reason why I can be indepen
dent. have some money and i am go
| ing to protect 1t. care nothing abou
the theatrical business and will rest tn
remainder OF my days, unless get al
opportunity to make a match where
can get the cash.
Tom sharkey is not going to NEE
Peter Maher at Louisville next month
but intends tackling Jenries at Sal
Francisco. The Louisville club offere,
a $4,000 purse for the mill but the sailo
says that isn't enough and that he won
fight for less than 5000. Sharkey wi
leave for Frisco next Wednesday.
The news Of the death Of Wayman {
McCreery, the amateur billiard playe
at his home In ST. Louis, will be receive
with regret by many followers OF tn
game who have kept posted on his re
markable success in IA and 1s-inch bal
line games. McCreery's high run OF 10
in tournament few years ago. ma
never been beaten by an amateu
Apoplexy was the cause Of his death.
At Cleveland, o., this week Tom Jer
kins. of Cleveland, the champion catct
as-catch-can wrestler drfeated Charlie
Wilmer. of Cincinnati, the Graect
Roman champion, in a mixed mattel