Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-19
IOWA SPORTS TALK
Ping Pong Fast Becoming One
OF the Popular Indoor
Sports.
Canoeing Well Adapted to Riv.
ers and Streams OF the
Hawkeye State.
Some Iowa Horses Which Have
Been Winning Good
Money.

| There probably has never been 6
game that has been taken up ano
! played by so large a number of people
! in SO short a time as the recently in
Itroduced ping pong. Many there are
who, viewing this new paStime from
the criticism of the comic weekly. oil
from Il distance, have pronounced it q
persons, or children of Very tender
years. They have looked at it from the
standpoint of ignorance and. failing to
understand, have at once set up the
hue and cry of its being a silly and
senseless game. They occupy the same
position as the rustic who, upon Wit
Messing tennis match for the first
time. said "he never could see any
sense in them fellers chasing and beat
ing that little white ball back and forth
over that long fish seine
Those not openly opposed to the
game consider it a fad that Will soon
run its course and be forgotten. That
this is n mistaken idea can be easily
proved. Ping-pong is to indoor games
what tennis is to outdoor sports, and it
requires the same long and constant
practice and skill to become an adept
at one as ii does the other. AS Il mat
ter of fact, the games are almost iden-
teal and differ only in that ping pong
is tennis in the miniature. The same
in the other, and it calls in play the
same quickness of eye. rapid mental ac-
ton and steadines of hand and wrist as
does tennis. Well played it is the fast
est of games Imaginable, and any one
disp posed to think otherwise should
avail himself of the first opportunity to
witness a game. II is safe to say his
prejudiced opinion will receive severe
jolt.
Png-pong is sure to become promi-
nent among the indoor sports, and is
here to stay. for the very reason that 1t
has merit and deserves TO win. A fad 1t
will be for a time, until the few Lam
guild fashionables who. having taken it
up because it was the thing. will again
have passed it by as being too fast a
game for their sluggish blood. More of
the masses are playing it every day, not
because it is stylish, but because 1T is
worth while. 1t is safe to predict that
a year from now ping-pong clubs and
will be a common thing.
in several cities of the state
clubs have been formed and tourna-
ments planned. A similar situation ex-
tl,i nj iS
of young men already laying plans for
a club to be organized soon and tour
to be held during the coming
fall or winter Inexpensive. interesting
to watch, and exciting to play are a few
of the things that commend pingpong
to those who are willing to give it the
that it deserves.
To those who love the water, what
better sport is there than canoeing?
The crooked rivers and small shallow
streams of Iowa are especially adapted
to this pastime and it should become
popular. The canoe has many advan-
tages over the row boat. 1t can be pro-
oelled With greater ease and thru shall
over water, and, above all else, the
paddler faces the direction in which he
IS going. What better sport is there
than in the quiet evening of a summers
lay to glide noselessly over mirrored
pool or shallow rapids in a light. easy
canoe? 1t should appeal to
hose living in the vicinity of streams,
who love to spend as much time as pos
,ihle away from the heat and noise of
The city.
Iowa has produced many fast har-
week goes by that some Iowa product
on the turf is not heard from. Three
horses which belong in this state have
'ecently made money for their owners
md names for themselves and the state
n which they We're sired. on tracks in
other states. The Charles City horse
j. W., recently won purse of $1,000
n st. Paul against a field of fast ones
n the time of 2:1515 and 2:17A. Two
horses which have been maxi |
ng the eastern circuit have also been |
in races in which they have
,een entered. Pansy. n brown mare.
Won first in the 2:24 pace at st. Mary's,
Pa. and Kitty Wilkes got second mon
" in the 90 trot at Binghampton, n. |
I.
1t is getting to be the general opin-
on among followers of the race meet
ngs that the gallopers have no place
With the harness horses In the same
meet. The secretary who enters Jump
rs with his harness races only makes
or himself an endless amount of worry
nd trouble. The bangtail is a trouble
reeder all the way around. and the
ockey who rides him is, as usual
hing, a hard person for the starter to
et along with. 1t is the source OF
auch annoyance to starter and secre-
airy alike Running and harness
neetings should be held separately and
very one concerned would be the bet