Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-01
SPORTS Talk
Sale OF Well.Known Iowa Horse
at a Big Fieure...Made Good
Record.
Before Value Was Known Offered
for $30.-Base Ball With Iowa
Teams.
Foot Ball Schedules OF Illinois
and Nebraska Show Iowa
Gainesville Pugs.

of Kentucky money and returned tc
his birthplace to take his place among
equine kings. Bob will, it is under
stood swing around the grand circuit
again this year and his new owners
have high hopes of repeating his sue
cess of 1895, when Bob FitZsimmons'
was turf wonder. When Throsse
came into possession of the colt he was
/ a crooked ungainly little fellow
which no horserlan would have picked
as prospect At the hotel Hamp-
ton, then as now conducted by Hank
Weeks, himself horse 1iend and dope
student of the SD degree, Throssel Of
fered the colt for sale at $50. Hank
offered $50 and was refused and Thros-
sci took the colt home. When he grew
ungainly colt showed a marked gait
and the desire to go fast. With but
little work his owner won an easy
race with him in 80. After a number
of successes lin the bushes" the horse
fell into the care of Hussey, a good
trainer and a game driver. Hussey
figured he had q world bcater but no
one else saw any visions. Throssel
was ready to sell and offered the
horse to Charley Hancock, of Dubuque
for $4,000. Hancock sent an expert
who reported the horse not worth his
oats. Hussey then took him for the
season on agreement with Throssel
Throssel paid expenses and Hussey
took down the money If any was to
be won. The season was a triumphal
procession for Bob" He took down
$4,000 in purses, beat most of the good
ones on the grand circuit and ended
the campaign with a mark of .071a
wrong in some way and has not raced.
trivet and it is probable that along
this call the bookmakers' slate will
read again Bob Fitzsimmons 6 to 81
The eight clubs making up the circuit
of the Three T. Base Ball League We're
represented at the annual meeting of the
organization this week at Rock Island,
Ill. Each club posted a $3.50 cash guar
antee to play out the season, and all re-
ports showed a healthy condition, with
prospects of successful year. M. III.
Sexton, who had previously reconsid-
cred his decision not to stand for re-
election. WIGS chosen by the unanimous
vote of the directors toZserve another
year at the head of the league. The
schedule, recently given out, did not
meet with general favor and 1T was de-
ctied that a new one be drafted The
Spalding ball was adopted. The election
of the following directors for the year
was announced: Cedar Rapids, U. G..
Blake; Davenport, j. 7. Hayes; Rock
Island, l.. G. Eddy; Rockford, Hugh
Nichol; Bloomington, c. l.. Miller, De-
catur Dan Dineen, Terre Haute, l.. d.
Smith, and Evansville, George w. Be
ment, Jr.
The Iowa and South Dakota league.
the approaching formation of Which
was mentioned in this column last
week. The organization was partially
perfected at meeting held Thursday at
Sheldon. Sioux Falls, Rock Rapids.
Sioux City, LeMars, Flandreau and
Sheldon were represented. The sea-
son will open May 80. with probably
eight clubs, and will close in September.
Three games will be played each week.
A committee on constitution was named
and will meet in Sioux City in two
weeks to elect officers and permanently
organize.
Over thousand entries have been
received for the physical culture contest
now going on under the auspices of the
Police Gazette for diamond medal and
three prizes in gold. Amateur men and
athletes in every state in the union are
in this novel contest, and
the results show that America compares
favorably with every other country in
the world in the muscular development
of it's men. Even Sandow has nothing
to boast of in comparison with some of
the specimens OF physical manhood
which have come under the observation
of the judges, and the task of selecting
a winner threatens to be a most dan
gerous one. The judges are James j.
Corbett "Parson'' Davies and sam c.
sporting editor of the Police,
Gazette. They have made careful .sa-
lection of the eligible candidates from
the hundreds of portraits sent
in. The contest will continue to re-
main open for several weeks
Harry Spencer, "Clem' Jenkins
Johnny" Reiff and Lester Gray COM
posed another bunch of American Jock
eys that will ride in Europe this sea-
son. The quartet left New York Thurs
day on the Teutonic. All will ride In
excepting Gray, who will be
on the Austrian turf during the sea-
son.
The first horse to win an English race
This season in the name of King Edward
VII was Ambush H., which won a
steeplechase affair at Kempiar Park
this week The king was present In
person and expressed himself as highly
pleased with the youngsters showing.
Tod Sloan, the premier of American
Jockeys, who has been in hopes of again
the favor of the English stew
ards and riding in England this sea-
son, has not as yet applied for a Ii
cense. The preliminary list of jockeys,
licensed for 1902, includes a number of
we'll known American riders.
The universities of Illinois and Ne
oraska announce this week their foot
ball schedules for 1902. Two Iowa,
H. ~ III