Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-08
CURRENT SPORTS Talk
An Iowa Horse Trainer to Cam
paign a String OF Good Ones
This Season.
An Acquisition to a Minneapolis
Stabie..Change in S. U. l.
Schedule.
Amateur Shooting Tournament
Be Held at CARROLL.
Other Notes.

be Held al IaTrOll'.
Other Notes.
Robert Ellison the veteran horse
trainer and driver, who makes MS
Headquarters at Mason City. is busy
preparing for the summers campaign
on the Great Western and Grand Cir
cults. Ellison will so out with string
OF four good horses and is confident of
bringing in goodly sum of the long
green" The horse in which he places
the most confidence is a green gelding
by the name of Barney" which he
brought with him from Canton, o.,
this winter Barney is being worked
on the road this winter and is showing
some wonderful bursts of speed. Eli
son will also have the famous trotting
stallion, Bob Fftzsimmons, owned at
Sheffield by b. Throssell. Bob" is now
in his Sth year and is as fit as whistle.
In the season of '9S this remarkable
horse, then only years ole. made the
remarkable record of winning $4,000 In
purse money and in the same year es-
tablished his record of 2:08A. He was
then under the management of the vet
eian, John Hussey. Ellison is conf
dent that he has speed left to burn and
thinks that this season he Will mate
rally lower his mark, besides getting
his percentage of the events in which
he is entered. Perhaps the best of his
quartet of Hood ones will be Il pacing
mare owned in the south part of the
state, full sister to Bob Fitzsim-
mons" and holder of the record for
pacing mares. having travelled mile
in 2.06A in a race. AS to the fourth
of the quartet Driver Wilson is
as yet undecided, but will accept one of
several good offers. John Hussey, the
veteran horseman who will have the
tracks largely under his
during the coming season.
was in Mason City the other day and
confirmed the press reports to the eff
feet that there would be good racing at
next season. 1t is highly
likely that Ellison will take his string
to the Independence tracks early in the
spring to work until the season opens.
He will conflne his racing largely to the
Great Western Circuit, but will likewise
meets.
NJ. w. Savage, of the International
Stock Fooa Company, who lives in Min
reapolis, made a valuable addition to
his stable this week, having closed ne
6otiatiShs in New York for the pur-
chase of Directum, Jr., a promising
youngster of Is months. Mr.. Savage
owns Directum and Online
Jr.. Is product of the we'll
known stables at Parkville, r. l. When
&c months old he gave promise of
future speed by trotting an eighth of n
mile in eighteen seconds. Mr.. Savage
has several locations in mind for a big
stock farm, which he intends starting
near Minneapolis next spring.
Coach Stage. of the Chicago Univer-
agreement with Manager George Huff,
Of the University of Illinois, whereby
the Illinois foot ball team will go to
Marshall Field on the last Saturday of
each October to meet the Maroons. The
next game will be played on Oct. 20.
In making this latest agreement Coach
Stage has followed out the plan on
which he has been working during the
last few years of taking almost all his
important games to Chicago. With the
arrangements for three of the big foot
ball games of next season complete the
students of the University of Chicago
feel that all that is needed for we'll
schedule is game with one
Of the strong eastern teams.
An amateur shooting tournament at
Carroll on the 18th. Goth and 9th insts.
will be an interesting event for the
sportsmen of western Iowa A ten tar
get event has been arranged for each
day, aside from the specials. On the
last day twenty-five bird handicap
will be shot, $40 entrance, birds in
Guided twenty-six to thirty-tw yards.
This event is open to all. Two hand
some cups are among the prizes of
fered.
A slight change has been made in the
spring base ball schedule of the State
of Iowa, and all the dates
are now filed. Iowa will play Knox
College. at Galesburg, on May IA in
stead of May TO- as first scheduled, and
on May Is a game will be played with
Lombard University. at Galesburg.
Manager Hayes has announced the
completion of the Davenport base ball
team for the Three / league as follows:
Catchers, Phil Vetter Fisher pitchers.
Slagel, Abbot, George Vetter. Brown,
McCord, Staffer, Thomas, Wenig: in
field, Ruby. Peace. O'Brien; outfeld
Curtis, Beecher, Hunt. Mill and King
of last years team will probably be
signed All around the league strong
teams are being signed. Bloomington
seventeen men,
There was a rumor circulated this
week to the effect that James j. JEFF
fries had accepted the terms proposed
by j. c. Kennedy. representing both
the Yosemite Athletic Club and Rob-
ert FitZsimmons-a division of the
gross receipts into thirds Jeffries inn