Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-03
SPORTS TALK
Current Notes on Iowa Sports OF
Interest TO the Iowa
Reader.
Strength of the Anti-Pigeon
Shooting Sentiment
Growing.
Find Your Fishing Tackle---lowa
Dual Meets 90. College
Base Ball.

There is q strong mpa III prog
ross in various states against shooting
live pigeons at the trap. The cruelty
of the sport is being urged against 1T
and the prospects are for a revival OF
the anti-pigeon shooting laws of a gen.
lc~gislated to this effect and Illinois
sportsmen fear Legislative action along
the same lines, sentiment in Chicago
having been sufficiently strong to cause
the arrest of four prominent members
of the Audubon Shooting Club during a
match. Following the Council Bluffs
shoot it is said that a vigorous assault
is to begin on live bird shooting in
Iowa. the basis of the campaign being
its alleged cruelty. This furore over
the shooting of pigeons as a pastime is
considerably hysterical and somewhat
hypocritical. There is nothing cruel in
pigeon shooting that is not a~ccentuated
in field shooting so far as the actual
killing and wounding is concerned.
More wounded birds escape to suffer
III lIIc tICta tlldli az tilc tIdp. lIieSe uSl-
tators do not scruple to eat chickens
that have been plucked while still liv-
ing OF hogs which kicked and struggled
while floating in the scalding tanks.
Two-thirds Of the outcly against the
cruelty of shooting is ignorance and the
other third can't. ANY operation that
involves killing is cruel. but there is
very likely no more cruelty in killing a
bird instantly in the air with a gun
than in knocking it IN the head with
q club or Wringing its neck. There is
an excellent humane field for humani-
tsrians left without taking up the
oudgel SO strenuously against pigeon
shooting.
The season is now ripe for the dis
ciples of Izaak Walton to make their
annual pilgr:mages to the garrets and
take an off Gay to clean up and repair
their fishing tackle. The open season
on game fish is less than two weeks
away and IN May Is there will not be a
county in Iowa but that will see it's
lovers of fishing getting out of bed
about 4 o'clock in the morning and
getting to favorite resorts to make the
first cast as the suns rays peep from
the eastern horizon. Just how fishing
will be early this season it hard to
f~oretell. The spring rains have not
been conducive to the spawning season
and in most portions of the state there
has been little, if any, high water. It
begins to look as If fishermen We're to
go up stream to find the best angling.
Instead of seeking below the river
-. 80 ac ,,c,,ol11y tho nvHar of things
at this season.
The S. u. I. home field meet was held
today on iowa field" at Iowa City.
Considerable interest is taken over the
showing made ecaus of the opinions
that may be formed on which to base
the conclusions for Iowa's chances at
the dual meet next Saturday. The 100
yard dash is the big event at Iowa City
today, three 10 2-5 men and a number
who have done it in 10 3-5 being con-
testants for the honors.
The Grinnell-Coe dual meet today at
Cedar Rapids will also be an important
factor in Iowa college athletics. 1t is
especially important this year because
of the severance of track athletic rela-
lions between Iowa and Grinnell. This
leaves Grinnell and Drake the leading
teams of the state and only this gave
Coe a chance to meet Grinnell. Coz
has what is considered a pretty fast
team, but it is not expected she will be
able to do much with the scarlet and
black.
co,,ooa hase hall is in full blast at
present. MANY Interesting contests be-
ing ION" for each Saturday of the re-
,nainder of the season. Grinnell played
Knox yesterday and defeated the
Galesburg men 4 to 8 In an eleven IN
ming game.
Penn College, Oskaloosa, meets the
oskaloosa high school in a game at
Grinnell today.
The University OF Nebraska ana
Drake meet Monday at Des MONIES.