Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-26
iowa Football Season Opened
In Earnest This Afternoon
Schedule of Games
THE S. U. I. AMEs CONTROVERSY
Both Managers Claim the Other Was
at Fault-Prospects at Drake Are
Good = Remarkable Record Break
ing Week in Harness Horse Circles
Sexton to Be ous.ed.

contests of his afternoon. Those OF
last week cannot be considered little
more than practice ones. the trying-out
of the alevens before the serious work
of the season commenced. In only one
instance, the Cornell-Coe game, will the
results enter into consideration in Che
Iowa championship. This game Cor
nell took from her old foe by the score
of 10 to O.. Below is given a list of
those games played this afternoon be-
tween Iowa teams.
s. u. 1. Us. Cornell. at Iowa City.
Grinneli VS.. Coe. at Cedar Rapids.
Drake vs.. Still College, at Des
Moines.
Normal vs.. Des Moines College at
Cedar Falls.
1t is a problem hard 10 predict just
what the Corneil-Iowa City game may
bring forth. but it is possible that It
Will be in the nature of a great surprise.
for the Iowa City team is new. very
new. much more SO thar is the Nj. YER
non eleven. While practice at Iowa
City has been going on during the past
week with forty or fifty men In uni
form. it has not been of the highest
order. Much of this has been due to
the ineNperience of the players. The
scrubs have, however, been scoring
rather regularly. so that ii will not be
the unexpected that happens if Cornell
scores. The ardent followers of the
Methodist school predict even worse
for the old gold.
The Iowa City failure to adj
just their dates so that the teams
might meet, has at last been aired in
the state papers, and the controversy,
If continued ma result in the disrup-
ton of the athletic relations of the two
schools. The statements OF both man
ayers is denied by the other, so 1t Is
hard to determine just where the fault
lies. That one Is to blame, there is
no doubt, and the fact that the teams
will not get together this al Is n
greatly to be regretted. To one who
views it from the outside. 1t would app
PS-Sl Ata IA AS"a NAaS Naai -
game. and Anles Gems TO be OF the
same opinion, one might still be ar
ranged. 1t must be admitted. however.
that to a slight degree. since her team
made a reputation for itself during
and 1900. Iowa City has been a BIZ
''upish" toward some of the other state
teams. How much there may really
IN this is not known, but such an
impression has, nevertheless, gained a
foothold.
Drake is saving Woo right along,
and with about fifty candidates re-
porting daily for work upon the grid
iron. her prospects are most roseat.
One of the encouraging features is the
number of new men who have entered
the school this year, some OF whom are
pushing the old nes to the limit in
the fight for a place on the team. Ths
eleven promises to be a heavy n and
thus far Coach Monilaw is we'll salts
fed with the progress being made.
The past week has been a most re-
markable one in harness horse circles,
and has witnessed the smashing of no
less than two worlds pacing records.
a thing heretofore unprecedented IN
the annals of the race track. ON the
same day In New York and Columbus
the worlds mile pacing record was
lowered by Prince Alert to 1851, and
The worlds pacing record for mares
was lowered to 2:03A, by Fanny Dill
lard. The first feat was turned on
the Empire track under ideal condi-
tons. The latter record was made IN a
which makes 1t doubiy remark
able. This season has seen the rise
and fall of more record breaking mar
ness horses than probably any other.
No sooner has one risen into promin-
ence. than he was overshadowed by
the glory of the latest victor. Dan
who a short time ago was
the king of pacing stations,
made another try at his mark at Col
during the week. but fell one
second short of touching the OLD
time Of 1853.
The dissatisfaction when mas neea
rife in the Three + league all sum-
mer will doubtless come to a FOCUS az
the annual meeting of the league TO bs
held In Bloomington, ILL.,, on Oct. ~.
AT that time 1t is more than probable
that President Sexton will be given
his walking papers from the & ne
organized three years ago II has
since managed as president. Poor UNI
pires is given as the principal cause
for this proposed action, II being SAID
that he turned over to the Western
League the best men secured retaining
the poorer ones for the minor a%ssoci-
He is also accused of allowing
Rabbi Haverstick, his secretary, to at
to much of the business of the
league. and some of the latter's acts
have been grossly condemned. Hill, OF
Cedar Rapids is named as a p~ossible|
as is also Edminson, OF
The opening of the bowling season
is at hand, and with the coming of the
cooler nights of autumn the sport will
soon be in full sway. The first contest
Importance is hat at Ames on Oc-l
tober ]. Teams form that city, Boone,
Des Moines have entered. Prizes
of $25. $40 and SIS have been hung upl
for the winners.
English. the rattIing little fighter who
has been b~ushwhacking in western|
Iowa for the past couple of years has
decided to locate permanently in Sioux
City. Offers have been coming in thick
lately from those who aspire to takei