Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-01
CURRENT SPORTS Talk
Much of the Week Devoted to
Winter Racing and the
Prize Ring.
Sioux City Ball Masnates Figur.
inc on Withdrawing From
Western League.
Sports in Various Lines..Gossip
Among the Pugs.-S. U. is
Foot Ball.


/ Foot Ball.
/ In the world of sport this week there
has been little or nothing of current in
terest outside of the ring and the race
i track. Winter racing has had full sway
at the resorts of the south and west
large crowds having witnessed some o.
the hest ones in their work at New Or
leans, Memphis. Oakland and Frisco.
At the city of the golden gate an old
parable of the fool and his money mas
been told. Plunger Lewis, who last
| week cleaned up $4,000 in days VIM
nings with the bookies, and for few
short days dazzled the race track cir
cles, has suddenly quit the town.
WEIGHING on about $4,000 worth OF
bets, leaving many creditors, and after
having pawned his diamonds. IL is
said the $4,000 is all gone, as well as
| his previous savings, and that he leaves
the track penniless. executing in the
way of sums that he borrowed before
leaving. at Oakland it has been hard
week on bookmakers. one day having in
/ itself seen two 40 to | shots reach the
| tape first. Much activity has been
shown in the squared ring. contests
among the bruisers having been fol-
lowed with interest in every section of
the country. This is truly the season of
the pugs, and scarcely day passes but
that new matches are made between
champions and aspirants. The most no.
| ticeable event of the week was the one
at Frisco last night, between George
Gardner, of Lowell, Mass, and Jack"
Root, OF Chicago, which was won on
foul by Root in the seventh round. The
fight was styled the middleweight
championship altho the articles called
for catch-weishts, both men being
little under the necessary 1853 pounds
the middle weight limit.
Sioux City base ball magnates, who
have been backing the base ball inter-
ests of that town, have about decided to
withdraw from the Western League,
and enter the proposed league to be
composed of Sioux City, Des Moines,
Dubuque. Peoria, Aurora, Joliet. Quincy
and Elgin. a conference between the
Des Moines and Sioux City managers
was held this week and prospects are
good for definite action soon.
Gossip among yachtsmen Is to the eff
feet that Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham
rock II. will participate In special cup
races during the coming season in
American waters Sir Thomas wishes
in the direction of sailing his boat
against either the Constitution or Col
umbia received little announcement
after his defeat in the attempt to lift
the Americas cup, but it is now said
that some of the members of the Con-
stitution syndicate have RECONSTRUCTED
their decision. In case Constitution and
Shamrock are put in commission. TIE
clubs will all offer special prizes for
them to race for. The Newport Asocia-
ton also Will be likely to arrange races.
and there Is the $500 Lawson cup
which the Hull -Massachusetts Club
might offer If the yachts go to Boston.
1t is not known If Columbia will be
placed in commission or not.
Adolph B. Sprecl1les, the millionaire
California sugar king, has purchased
OF Millionaire Drake and Enoch Wish
ard, of Chicago the two imported stall
lions Solitaire and Stratton. The for
mer is a bay stallion, years old, by
Ayrshire. dam Solesky, by Thunder.
and the latter is "a 4-year- chestnut
stallion. by Raeburn (son of st. Smon,
dam Prospective. by Speculum. Soil
taire was good horse, winning in
England the great champion stakes at
Newmarket and other famous races,
while Stratton landed a great coup for
his former owner, Capt. Berwicke, when
2-year-old.
Johnny" Reiff, who. with his broth
err Louis, made fame and money on
American mounts in England last sea-
son. has signed an agreement to ride in
France this season for NJ. Cailloult.
Manager McCutcheon, of the State
University of Iowa foot ball team, has
arranged the contracts for next sea-
son. The principal games of the uni
versity Will be Illinois at Champaign on
Nov. &c; Michigan at Detroit on Nov.
s, and Minnesota at either Iowa City
or Cedar Rapids on Oct %.
1t is announced that any differences
that may have been threatened be-
tween the arrangements of the Michi-
gan and Chicago foot ball teams were
lamicably decided this week. resulting
in contract for games between the
two teams, covering the next three
years.
$50
Jim Hall, the Australian pugilist, has
announced thru a local friend that he
will write a story of his life in the
Iugilistic world, and says that he will
have something interesting to say
about several big fights that have
taken place. Hall says he proposes to
tell the truth about the first time he
met Fitzsimmons, when Fitz was
Knocked out in four rounds in Austria
liza. Hall will also disclose some I'M
written history about the Hall
Fitzsimmons contest which took place
in New Orleans. He says he proposes
to tell facts only, and If he does the
work Will be undoubtedly interesting,
az, like some other things in this
world "the half has never yet been
told" and especially is this true about