Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-02
low A SPORTS TALK
The Annual Northwestern Iowa
Tennis Tournament.-.A Plea
for the Game.
The Prospects for Good Fall
Sport in the State OF Min.
nesota.
Another Iowa Horse Gets a Fast
Mark ..- The Telegraph
Shoot.

Shoot.
While in many parts of the state ten
his seems to be one of the dead
interest in the sport is al its highest
ebb. A tournament has just closed ut
Humboldt and the Northwestern Iowa
Lawn Tennis Association will hold its
annual meet at Alden commencing
August ,. Contestants form several of
the near-by cities and towns Will be
present at this meet and prizes will be
awarded in both singles and doubles.
Alden is noted and has been for years.
for its tennis players. and it is reported
that some of its enthusiasts fairly live
on the courts at that place.
While great interest is manifested in
the game al Humboldt. Alden and some
few other localities il is nevertheless Il
factthat there are fewer persons play
ing the game now than there was five
years ago The reason for this can not
be readily understood. for of all the
games played on the American turf to-
day not one is better than the ancient
game of tennis. There is no good rea-
son why the many vacant lots scattered
about in the various cities of the state
should not be utilized for tennis courts.
as
1t is more than likely that the lack
of interest shown in this game is due
largely to the fact that it has not been
generally understood. Many people UNI
acquainted with the game can see but
little sport in batting u ball back and
forth over a net. But this is entirely
due to their lack of knowledge. for to
the man or woman who loves n sport
that calls into play both physical and
mental activity, there is no better
game. The person that has once played
it, and thoroughly understands its finer
points, will invariably name it as his
favolite among outdoor sports. lnex-
pensive. interesting to watch and eX-
citing to play are some of the things
that should make tennis one of the /
most popula, of games
AS was predicted in these columns
some time ago. the fishing in many of
the rivers and streams of the state that
We're swollen with the rains of few
weeks ago, has greatly improved in the |
past Week or ten days. now that the !
water has again reached something like +
their normal stage. Reports of good
catches of game fish have come in
from various localities. and the pros
III, l,at5. i'm. ~. ..ll
are Very Gathering. This is especially
true of the tributary streams and
creeks. And fish are being taken from
fore have held but little attraction to
the fisherman.
Many of the sportsmen of this state
depend on Minnesota to furnish them
with a few days outing that they are
able to enjoy each year. To those that
expect to angle in the waters of the
lakes and streams of Minnesota it will
be good news to know that from relia
BILE sources it is learned that the fall
fishing in that state will be much bet
ter sport than that of the summer. This
IS accounted for by the reason that
heavy rains have washed Il great deal
Of food into the lakes, and until this is
1evoured by the fish the sport is likely
10 prove comparatively tame This has
been the case this summer, and so far
IN many of the lakes of that state the
fishing has not been as good as usual.
To those that love to follow the dog
over stubble and thru the long grass of
sloughs it will he interesting to know
hat in many sections of Minnesota the
,rop of prairie chickens promises to be
he largest known in many years This
s especially true of the section of
country lying between Albert Lea
md Austin. Advices received from
arther north, where the ducks
breed and send the summer. indicates
hat the lakes are fairly alive with
toung birds. While many of these will I
furnish food for turtles and fish. still
snough will be left to grow to maturity
% furnish immense tlocks that will be
making their southwark migration as
soon as the season arrives.
Another Iowa horse has come to the
'ront and has Won purses for his own
II. and a fast mark for himself, on the
rack of an adjoining state. Larrie
iinter. owned by c. S. Lucas. of Iowa
lily, got first money in the Pill pace at
Treeport. Ill.,, recently, and established
or himself a new record in the sensa-
ional time of 2.0SA.
The Davenport marksmen are to fig
ire in a novel shoot on the Sd inst,
when they take part in the annual tele {
graph team shoot of the Central 5
schuetzen Bund, one of the more prom
nent organizations of marksmen in the
northwest. There will be twenty teams
n the contest from this section of the
who will telegraph their scores
o St. Louis, where the scores will be
registered and the prizes awarded.