Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-12
End of Baseball Season Is Near
With Probable Pennant
Winners In First Place
FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEeul
Well Known Iowan Shows to the
Good in Minnesota Races-llinois
State sportsmen's Association An
nual shoot-Doherty Brothers De-
part With Aonors.

| with the finish but a few weeks distan
guess regarding the probable winner
in the several leagues With Pittsbure
of the National holding first place eve
since the last of June. and now leadin.
by a comfortable margin. it looks a
tho she We're about assured of the pen
nant. Second place has been vibratn.
between New York and Chicago, altht
neither have been crowding the leadin,
team TO any extent. Unless something
unusual should happen Boston has tn
pennant of the American League Gin
ched With scarcely a second in sight
Since early in June she has kept til,
lead, and each month has increased /
over the month before. Until late If
August Philadelphia held steadily il
second place. but at that time she wa:
succeeded by Cleveland, which bids fat
to hold it until the end. The first place
in the American Association will doubt
less go to ST. Paul. who has held it fol
the past three months. Milwaukee un-
Ill early this month was in second, but
Went down 4 peg, giving way to Cleve-
land, now the likely applicant for that
honor Milwaukee's show to first in the
Western League is also probable, al
tho her lead over Colorado Springs is
nothing tremendous. and a few bad
games might reverse their positions
Bloomington has the pennant of the
Three T. League nailed down With lit
tie possibility of its being ripped UP by
any other nine OF that league.
The country at large, from coast to
coast, and from lakes to gulf, is now
passing thru the early commissions OF the
opening season of the football fever
and wherever congregate young men
in university or college. school or SEM
mary, there will be found the mole
skin-clad and heavily padded youth who
has ceased to visit the barber. Grid
irons all over the country are being
worn down by the heavy tread of rum
ming backs, and chasing ends going
thru the early trying out process es-
sential to the development of teams,
Aspirants for team honors, and the
sweater with the big initial. have cut
tory habits, and are rounding out per-
feet physical conditions over the board
of the training table. And 1t all means
that for the next three months thous-
ands Will charge and tackle, break thru
lines or chase punts for the honor OF
their schools and the plaudits of scores
upon scores of thousands of their fell
lows. who, while they may not consider
the game the national one come very
near to thinking so. And all this, while
Il few are Killed and many more are in
jured works for good. The training
received Is what counts. and goes with
the young man after his school days are
,ver as an aid to him thru the sternet
duties of n busy life.
The chestnut trotting gelding Pat
Ford, 2:1614, who recently was a double
winner at Hamline. Minn.,sis an Iowa
bred horse that was raised in centra,
Iowa, and is well known in this par.
of the state. His failure to show up
better during the season has been due
to cut tenion received at the Mar
shalltown races of the Cedar valley
circuit. The horse was bred by the
late Judge Hubbard. of Cedar Rapids,
at his farm Cold Springs He was late
to Marvin Hughitt Jr., Of
Chicago traffic manager of the North
western. but Mr. Hughitt evidently
tired Of the animal and traded him
to c. r. Wheeler, of Cedar Rapids, who
has tracked him this summer Thn
horse started in the Cedar valley cir
cult. but after the accident at Mar
shutdown was withdrawn.
The Illinois Sportsmen's Association
will hold it's annual tournament at
Pekin. on September 90, 30 and October
1 and 2. The competition is amateur
excepting the handicap and stats
events The first three days are at
targets. the main event being the Pc
kin handicap at 100 birds. The fourth
and last day, is the live bird day.
After sweeping the board clean of all
possible championship honors in lawn
ennis the Dogherty brothers. OF Eng
and. this week departed for their home
Like Sir Thomas they have been more
han pleased with the ideal entertain
nent afforded them during their stay
lere, but are undecided about another
rip to this country next season. Should
hey decide not to come, it is probable
IN American team will visit the Brit
sh isles.
Jack Munroe don't want to fight
Champion Jeffries in Los Angeles if he
AN help it. He prefers San F'rancisc
where he says he is assured OF a larger
purse AS the matter stands it is not
1t all likely that Jeffries will agree
o the change. and 1t viii probably re
;ult in the match being called off, .
east for the present.
Bob E'itzsimmons. ex-c champion heavy
weight OF the world, and Con Cough
an. the irish giant We're matched
his week to meet in a six-round bout
before the Industrial A. G. of Phiia-
lelphia on September %. The fight vii,
,e at catch weights.
STEEL STOCK REACHES 10 7-8.