Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-13
IOWA SPORTS TALK
East Pitted Against West, Out
come Anything But Certain
In American Derby
SOME BETTING RING GOSSIP
SOME BETTING RING GOSSIP
Hoped Iowa Will Take Brace With
Coming of New coach-New Hamp-
tom Cedar Valley Circuit Success
Baby Kid Seems Fit-creston and
Bedford to Join League.

East pitted against west. with every
lover OF speed and strength in horse
flesh looking on. in some small way de
| scribes the present situation of the
greatest of all turf events, the American
Derby. to be run at Washington Park
on Saturday June 90. The east is back
ing it's favorites with thousands, While
those OF the west are laying their
wealth on the speedy colts of west of
the Alleghenies. Wise ones can tell YOU
the winner. so they claim. But it is all
guess work at this time, week in adj
vance. lot of the betters seem to
| think it will be the son of the west,
Savable. John A. brakes speedy young
ster, or Irish Lad. arrived from New
York week ago. with Smathers. the
millionaire turfman. Thousands
placed with the .'bookies" on the pair
has hammered the odds down to to
on each.
Others will start and the eastern
horses, which have begun to arrive,
have some promising ones among them.
These must be reckoned with on the
stretch. Dick Welles, an eastern 10 to
shot is being quietly but heavily
backed by large contingent. AS two
year-old, he beat Savable easily in the
Hyde park stakes at Washington Park
last summer, and of the ten starts
made during the season, he landed but
once outside the money Flocarline. one
OF the Tichenor pair. is promising and
said to be fit, and ran a second to Irish
Lad in the Broadway stakes last Sat
urday Sidney G. Love. is another New
Yorker. and the mate of Flocarlne,
that may be heard from. Long shot
players have been slipping in little on
Serge since he won at long price at
Hawthorne. And SO it goes this, that
and the other will win and the money
pours to the bookies on each ones fa-
vorite. The last hundred yards alone
will tell the winner, nothing else.
New coaching blood has BEEN in
stalled into the State University IN the
person of John G. Chalmers, of Lam
caster, Pa, and the result will be
watched with interest by those who set
such store by the athletic doings at
Iowa City. Iowa's slump has in no
way been due to lack Of efficiency in
the method of training. as espoused
by DIR. Knipe, but rather to the student
body itself. 1t is hoped that a big
brace will be taken and the teams rep
resentiEg Iowa will attain the position
among the leaders, rather than the tail
enders. where they have been for the
past couple of years.
The third meeting of the Cedar VAL
ley circuit. closed Friday at New
Hampton, and proved the most success
full one held so far. The best track of
any, with the best weather and large
crowds, formed the elements of the
success.
Artois (2.15A) the fast race mare
owned by G.. w. Fisher of La Porte
City, has been retired from the track
and bred to Early Reaper 2.09&. Ar
tots is by Geneva (2.16A.)
Baby Kidd, the speedy and game little
PAGER we'll known to the Cedar Valley
circuit race goers, has came back into
condition for a campaign IL the trim
ming he gave Little Squaw in a five
heat race at DEBORAH last week is an
He took away the long end
of the $500 free for all by winning the
first and last two heats, Little Squaw
the other two. The track
was terribly heavy and the best time
2.20A. II this hard race does not
put Baby back to the bandages again
he is likely to make trouble all along
the line of the Cedar Valley circuit this
year. All who have ever seer the game
little fellow race will hope that he may
keep good turnout the season.
Creston and Bedford. before another
teams slated as members of the South
western Iowa League composed of
Clarinda, Red Oak, Atlantic and Shen
andoah. Both are hot bets for fans,
and both are supporting professional
mines. The Southwestern League com
pany is fast and the new ones will
doubtless be kept busy. Two addition
al teams will strengthen the league, |
however, and make the game better.
The Davenport Mile Track Trotting
has added the following !
purses to the program for Aug. lila |
in the Great Western circuit: Trotting, |
.: IS. 2:16, 30, and 2:4o classes and |
3-year- olds and under $500 to $500 |
Pacing, 2:O9, 2:13, 2:20, and 2:25
classes and free for-all purses $500 (
Entries close July IS. These. in add
dition to the four $1,000 stakes clos .
ing Monday. June 10. with per cent !
payable with nomination, will make |
the meeting at Davenport the most inn
portant in the state of Iowa.
Frank Gotch, the husky Humboldt |
wrestler, failed to make good in his |
recent offer to throw Fred Fowler, Of /
San Francisco five times in an hour
catch as catch can for 5000. He put |
his man to the mat four Of the five
times. but was still wrestling when
time was called