Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-21
.GURR[NI SPORTS Talk
All Sporting Events the Country
Over Laid Aside on
Thursday.
First Time in History Of Nation
That Such Action Was Taken
by Managers.
Resume OF Base Ball Seasons
Something OF Eastern
Foot Ball Prospects.
Resume OF Base Bail Season.

President Mckinley all sporting events
the country over We're suspended on
Thursday, the day of the presidents
! funeral. In common with the manage
ments in other lines of activity in the
business and social world, those in con-
troll of race track, baseball diamond
FOOTBALL field, golf links and of all
othti places where tests of speed. en-
durance and skill are ordinarily made
for the amusement, pleasure and en-
4 tertainment of the people, agreed to the
postponement for the day of all events.
and every where absolute quiet was
observed. 1t was something unpre-
cedented in the country. Never since
sporting events have constituted SO
great a part of the nations life and
pleasure has anything happened in
the national life to justify such pro-
cedure.
The base ball race of 1901 is now prac-
tically In Its last stages. From now on
the greater Fart of the fighting will be
In the west The mere fact tina: the
Brooklyns have practically finished their
season In the west does not initiate
against their pennant chances. as they
are strong road combination. on ac-
count of Pittsburgs lead the prospects
for the Brooklyn overtaking the Pirates
would be slim whether they finished at
home or abroad. There is this much to
say about Ianlon's men and that is
they have treated their patrons to much
high-class ball, given to them their
moneys worth fully The pennant is
the chief aim, but any team that fin
ishes second or third plays good enough
ball for the most exacting.
The fact that the eastern teams play
the last western series this year in the
stronghold. of the enemy, SO to speak,
gives the westerners a fair opportunity
of carrying off majority of games In
the sectional strife The opportunity is
no better than fair. since the eastern
teams now have balance of twenty
one games to their credit. After Fri
days contests the east had won 161
games to 40 for the west. A handicap
of twenty-one games to overcome in
two weeks is no easy Undertaking and
1t looks as If the eastern four, as a four,
would prove to be stronger than the
western quartet, tho the greater honor
of having the pennant winner bids fair
to go to the west.
OF the 16l games won by the eastern
teams the Brooklyns and Philadeiphias
have each captured forty-seven, Boston
has won thirty-seyen and New York
thirty. While the western teams have
not done as well. taken together, one of
their number. the Pittsburgs, has done
better to date than any of the other
seven teams. The Pittsburgs have won
81 games from their eastern rivals. st.
Louis won thirty-eight, Chicago TWEEN
ty-seven and Cincinnati twenty-four.
The defeats so far in this struggle of
the two sections are as follows: New
York, forty-siX; Brooklyn. thirty-one;
Boston, thirty-seven; Philadelphia,
twenty-six; Pittsburg, twenty-nlne;
Cincinnati. forty-seven; Chicago, fifty
one; st. Louis, thirty-four. The eastern
games have been a great source of profit
to the Pittsburgs Their percentage OF
victories against the eastern teams is
1887, SO that taking this as dope" they
should hold their own to the finish,
since they have another series with the
east to play. Both the Brooklyns and
Philadelphias, too, have better percent
ages, reckoning only on games against
the west, than they have in reality
that is, against all the other seven.
Hence it is obvious that their fellow
fasteners have done more to hold them
back than have the western teams. AS
for the New Yorks, their playing in each
division has been about equally poor.
The last eastern trip was especially
lucrative for the Pittsburgs. They won
twelve games and lost three. But the
other western teams fell down so hard
rates could not prevent the east VIM
ming a majority of the games, landi-
capped as the east was by the poor rec
ord of the New Yorks. The New Yorks
on their own grounds won four games
and lost ten. The other records for the
last east and west series We're: Brook
Ign, won nine and lost four; Philadel-
phia, Won eight and lost four; Boston,
won eight and lost five: Cincinnati, won
three and lost ten; Chicago. won four
and lost nine; st. Louis, Won four and
lost seven.
With these cool nights and frosty
the fancies of the foot ball
lover naturally turns to the old
game. Practice has begun, in both
the east and west with vigor like moth
ing shown elsewhere than on the foot
ball field. Inasmuch as Harvard,
Yale and Princeton always provide the
biggest foot ball games of the year it is
natural that college men and followers
Of the gridiron should begin to ask about
the outlook for these three elevens.
While 1t is early to get correct line on
the material at hand it is believed that
Yale will have more difficulty in putting
q winning team on the field than either
Of her rivals. While former Captain
Gordon Brown may come back to act as
head coach his place at left guard will
be hard to fill. At present man named
Glass, who is taller and heavier than
Brown and who comes from the Mer-
GERS School, is regarded as possible
successor to Brown. If Glass can show
reasonable amount of foot ball knowl-
edge he may be developed into a good
man. Olcott will either play center
again or be moved to guard in Browns
place, should crack snap back make
his appearance in the coming freshman
class. Dick Sheldon, the giant who
played right guard last year, will again
don armor in his old place. He and the
new man Glass are each six feet four
and one-half inches tall and weigh go
pounds.