Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-23
IOWA SPORTS IALK
Gunners Getting Ready for Their
Annual Hegira to the Game
Fields.
The Passing of the Meat Dog"
Northern Sport Prospects
Good.
Football Season Begins Septem,
Der 1 British Team Beats
Americans at Tennis.

Americans at Tennis.
With only a week between them and
The opening day OF the chicken and
duck season the gunnerS are goltne
ready There is a lot of satisfaction
in al this getting ready talk of choke
and cylinders, pumps and double bar
rcls and the endless discussion that
forever RACES over the merits of the
different niiros the proper sizes of
shot and the correct number of grains
and ounces. Many IN old boy whose
shoulders have pushed hard against
the COLLAR for 4 Year is hunting zeal
ously for the mislaid portions of his
hunting paraphernaiia oiling the old
gun again and wondering whore the
shells he laid away last year have
gone. He is going TO leave I'll his eares
behind for Il week or TWO set the taste
of hard work out of his mouth and
get back as nearly rs possible 10 the
first principles of existence.
one OF the necessities of a successful
trip and the hardes, to supply is q
GOOD doc. Tho scarcity Of good com
petent meat dogs in Iowa is remark
able There are plenty of ontlawed
settlers and Worthless pointers running
about the streets of every Iowa town
but the honest dog who knows birds
when he smells them and hunts TO tn"
..lln. is an article scarce. as hens teeth.
Time WAS when every other farmer
in tbe chicken county Owned a dos
u,te,.lv without bride of ancestry 50
f.,r,s nefjvrea is concerned but entire.
liz conne,ent 10 locate and hold covev
after Convey of chickens. 1t seems as
no some ono might cam cash i'm con-
siderable o,,antities by rey;.ing the
ancient breed of meat dogs, short on
ities az a bird dog.
All along the north line of
The state and in southern Min
nasota ill.,. chicken CROP is reported
rood lind lockers from the Dako1as
Norm and south. report the birds plen-
,iest for wears In Winnebago. EN-
mott and kossuth all good chicken
counties the crop is said To he excel
lnnt Rains came too late Ia damage.
m, nasts aud suti,,i4utIy early 10 make
tba lakes ana pnnds pleasing To the
ducks between rha good chicken WELD
ona Tho many younp ducks renorted
a,,ealy in The ponas. a pil.yri,naye to
,beea Counties sbouId nav ort in sport
I owen dow, in ,ha stare along about
yornr birds wore severely docinla,ed
.by w,t uettfel Guaners at l5ellnoAd.
Hanpton Humboldt and Pocahontas
say there will be no chicken shooting
there this vear. Al Belnond owe.
ground where TWO guns gathered forty
chickens after five O'Clock September
were not a dozen birds
Now that September is drawing near,
and in the course OF a few weeks the
colleges thruout the state will open
their doors to resume the school year
captains of the various foot bah teams
are casting about for available timber
for this years team The schools of
the west are fast falling into the idea
THAI, has been in vogue in the large
eastern schools in regard 10 the early
fan training for their foot BAH teams.
The State University has for the past
Few years gathered its squad of
them to some quiet place where they
could go thru the early hardening pro
cess Other colleges are doing the
same, and early next week the Drake
SQUAD Will come out for practice the
first time. Coach Dietz, the head coach
will not arrive until September first
ana the hard work viii not really begin
until that time. The new training
sheds are almost completed and this
win give the team much additional
space for practice during bad weather
Professor Lawrence DeGiraff who has
been active i'm foot ball aud base ball
me last two or three seasons. retircs