Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-26
CURRENT SPORTS Talk
News OF General Interest to Iowa
Observation-Disclosures Of
Fish Laws.
Fishermen Near Steamboat Rock
Guilty Of Illegal Fishing
..Other Notes
Scarcity OF Pidgeons Results from
Kansas City Shoot..lowa
Base Ball.

river at Steamboat Rock will have the
effect, it is hoped, of stirring into ac-
ton the central Iowa sportsmen who
are interested in the protection of game
and fish. The report stated that fisher
men in the vicinity of Steamboat Rock
We're not only catching game fish with
hook and line, but were spearing them
in large quantities north of that town,
at a little point called Eagle City, up
the river eight miles. One hundred and
fifty rounds it is claimed, embracin :
every variety of game fish known 10 the
stream, suffered death at the hands of
the outlaws. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate what damage is done at this sea-
son of the year by means similar to
those that have been adopted by the
Steamt oat iocls yame hog. Mi lions
upon millions of young fish have been
destroyed before they attained life, as
every female fish at this season is filled
with spawn and is awaiting only the
coming of high water to go up stream
and deposit her eggs. The river at
Steamboat Rock is an ideal breeding
ground for fish. In fact there is none
other along the river, in this locality,
that is so favorable. The river abounds
in vegetation and the bottom sandy and
rocky, providing clear water at almost
every season of the year.
The sportsmen of Marshalltown and
other cities and towns in the central
part of the state should do everything
in their power to assist Game Warden
Lincoln in running down the perpetra-
tors of this illegal business. They are
known, it is claimed, yet the people of
Steamboat Rock do not care to be con-
cerned in anything that will lead to
their punishment. Sportsmen in this
city, and many of them, make trips to
Steamboat Rock every week in the
open season, spend their money in the
town-for what? To find out that some
one has been before them, in the closed
season, and destroyed all his chances
for an honest and honorable days
sport. 1t would be to the advantage of
the true lovers of sport in Steamboat
Rock to enter complaint and make an
example out of one or two of the law
violators and let them know that even
tho they are living in a small town they
must respect the law. 1t would only
take prosecution or two, with good
stiff fine to put a stop to the despic-
able business.
Jim Sellers, the colored welterweight
of Belmcnd, who began his career in
the ring while resident of MARSHALL
town, has written the Times Republic
can in answer to challenge published
in this column some time ago, in which
kid" Reynolds offered to fight any
man of his size for purse and side
bet. Sellers says he is willing to ac-
Reynolds at any time and
place that can be arranged, and will
deposit a side bet that he can stop
him. Sellers is contemplating leaving
Belmond soon and would like to hear
from Reynolds at once.
The recent annual grand American
held at Kansas City, has had
the effect of depicting the country i'm
tributary of pigeons. Thirty
Thousand We're purchased by the assoc
citation, at total cost of about $4,000,
for the use of the shooters. The dead
pigeons were purchased by a local spec
ulator, who cut off the wings which he
sold at l cent each, and the bodies We're
shipped to different portions of the
country. The demand for pigeons for
this shooting tournament caused the
boys to trap as many of them as posi-
BILE in order to make a few dimes. To
such an extent was this carried that it
is said there is decided scarcity of live
pigeons Whereabouts and it will take
before they will be as plenti-
full as they We're before the shoot Aside
from the steady sales of squads at
fair price comes a spasmodic call for
old birds when the average price of $40
@$15 per 100 can be obtained. The gun
clubs must have the birds and often
supplies are drawn from Kansas and
Missouri for shooting contests in New
There are several gun clubs
whose annual expenditure for pigeons
exceeds $4,000 year and few will go
above even that figure. Throut the
there are small clubs which
advertise during the summer for birds
and which use from 800 to 1000 a week
for several months. This is not trade
to be sneezed 1t and some enterprising
dealer will yet come to the front and
control this line.
The bowling contest at Cedar Rap
ids last week between the Marshall-
TOWN and Roone teams has had the re-
suit of bringing about game between
the Cedar Rapids and Boone teams.
The Boone men have agreed to place
wager of $500 against the Cedar Rapids
teams $780, the game to be played on
the Drexel alleys, Des Moines, within
fifteen days from the date c. challenge.
The conditions are seven games, total
number of pins to count.
Spring base ball between the college
teams of the state is in full sway today
games being arranged for nearly every
college town in the state. Kansas Uni
versity comes to Indianola next Satur-
day for its annual game with Simpson.
The Jayhawkers We're defeated by
Simpson last spring by score of 3 to
2, in one of the best exhibitions of coll
lege base ball ever played in the city.
Harold Johnson, Rockwell City
pitcher has signed with Sioux City for
the summer season. Rockwell City's To-
cal team will experience a severe loss.
Byron McKibben, a Marshall county
how who has been prominent in Iowa