Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-02
COLLEGE BASE BAIL
The Situation Among the Vari.
Gus College Organizations
In Iowa.
Cornell and Iowa College Re.
sent Attitude ofthe Var.
sity Men.
~. A..x AZ. nss
Not Inclined to Accept the Die
tatorship Of S. U. 4. Con-
tineent.

QSCldl 10
Mt Vernon. Feb. 22.-Never perhaps IN
the history of Iowa colleges has there
been greater enthusiasm in the field of
college base ball than at the present
time. Every school s making strenuous
efforts to secure a successful schedule
and winning team. The Iowa Inter
collegiate Base Ball Association, con-
ssting of Iowa College, the State Uni-
versity, Anes and Cornell, have arr
ranged their complete schedule and will
make competitive effort for the
trophy silver base ball bat.
The State University will have a
strong team in the field, with line up.
nearly the same as last year. IT, how
athletic rules, as laid down by the big
the pitchers box, inasmuch as her
pitchers nearly all fall under the rule
regarding compensation received out
side of school, There s no doubt but
that the university will have a strong
team to meet her sister state schools.
AInes is laboring under the difficulty
of an entirely new team. Only one of
last year 3 team viii be in school, and
to work up a new team from raw ma
teria is3 the proposition to be solved by
Coach Woodruff.
Simpson az a dark horse in Iowa ath-
letics will have a good team to make
Iher usual tour OF the state This school
'is rapidly pushing herself forward in
Iathletics and Will undoubtedly make a
surprise party for some school in the
track meet in the spring,
Grinnell has scheduled only few
games and will have a very light sched
fule Probably only ten games VIII be
played.
Cornell Will have a team for the sea
son that willsin no way disgrace her en-
lviable reputation for base ball in the
Ipast. a large amount of promising ma
lterial is available and with the old men
| in school there is no anxiety concerning
| the strength OF herteam. New pitching
material has been developed and dis
covered and In this position the team
will be stronger than ever since thetime
of Walter Thornton. a very strong
schedule IS being arranged by Manager
liC. G.. Nye. A trip making the tour OF
1.-the Iowa schools will be made early In
the season. while later a trip including
the State University of Wisconsin. Be
Holt. Lake Forest Bradley Polytechnic
Knox. and, tonditionally, other Illinoi.
schools.
4 1t appeared in these columns fey
days since that Cornell had been ostra
lcised by the State University. This re
port was misleading and entirely a
fault. The State University. having hat
such an enviable success in football, at
tempted in a clandestine way dicta
ton of the base ball policy of the lowe
schools This action was not received
in the best spirit by the Iowa institu
tons, especially Grinnell and Cornell
who failed to see S. U lis right to ac
as dictator, and when she had not dem
onstrated such superiority in bas. bal
A as8to warrant such an attempt. Refus
4 ling to play the university anywh ere sun
less the league game was played a
Mount Vernon, the place where TIL,
A game should be played constitutionally
the games between S. L. I. and Cornell
are suspended for the year the univer
sity FORGETTING her game. The attemp
to withdraw from the relations wit
Iowa schools by the university is entire
4 ~ natural. and since she has demon
strated foot ball superiority it was prob
4 ably deemed by the management to b
4 entirely consistent to assume this un
warranted position of dictator in has