Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-05
all Forecasts Regarding the
Shamrock Being a Likely
Winner Guess Work
IOWA LEAGUES FINISH SEASON
Tiverton, an Iowa Horse, Wins Big
Eastern Races-clarinda Wins the
Southwestern Iowa League Pennant
The Jeffries- Munroe Match Ar
ransed-Wins Bet on Lou Dillon.

shouting, it is rather amusing to look
back thru the summer months of prep
Grafton and note what apparent
fear of losing the cup held possession
of many of the yachting experts and
wise ones of the east. The Shamrock
was considered wonder the best ever,
and the cup was seriously believed to
be in danger. Just how much these
prognosticators knew regarding the
outcome can best be understood by
those who have followed closely the
races OF the past two weeks. That de-
urements, sail. area, etc. 1t is appar-
ent all published statements were the
merest kind of guess work AT no time
was the Shamrock likely to prove
a winner accidents barred, and it sim
ply goes to show that yacht races like
horse races, are uncertain quantities
with likely ones often distanced Be
low is quoted from the Yachtmen one
of the eastern publications, which
thought the Shamrock liable to win.
Therefore it really seems that this
time the cup is in real danger, and that
Columbia offers no prospect of a sue
cessful defence. Perhaps in no case
has the defending yacht been more APP
propriately named than now, for she
is the sole reliance of the holders. Her
trials with Columbia will be regarded
with somewhat tense interest by Amer
lean yaehtsmen whose faith was lit
tie unreasonably shaken by Consti-
tuition,
The best portion Of the chicken sea-
son has passed with but an extremely
few birds being brought in. You will
hear this that, and the other fellow
talking OF the place where he has
marked down one or more coveys. II
he has done so they are still there for
they have not been exhibited in public.
The lover Of field shooting must wait,
il he wishes sport without travelling
a great distance for 1t, until the duck
flight is on, or the quail season opens.
With September / the duck season
began, but no shooting Is expected yet
for at least six weeks. Grey and fox
squirrels may also be legally killed
during the next four months The open
season for quail begins with Novem-
Der ! and lasts for two months.
The season of the Iowa South Dakota
League is finished, and in at least three
of the towns the effort to maintain
teams has been financially unsuccess-
full. These towns are Sioux City, Coun-
Gil Bluffs and Sioux Falls The failure
in each case is said to be due to losing
teams. This is one Of the glaring weak
nesses of the small leagues. The teams
that played winning ball succeeded
from moneyed standpoint. In one
case. at least, the jumping of con-
tracts by the players was the result
of the team losing. But it will be found
that in attempts OF similar nature the.
city having the largest amount of
money behind Its team will usually sue
coed as compared with the others. This
is due to the fact that where salaries
of 500 per month can be paid better
teams can be held together, than where
there is available only SIS month for
a similar purpose. A vacancy occurs
in the 500 team, and the best man Of
the SIS outfit is likely to jump at it, to
the detriment of the team he left. And
so it goes. with no apparent remedy in
sight.
Many western breeders and owners
are interested in the exceptionally good
showing made by the Iowa bred trot-
ting gelding, Tiverton, 2:11A. The lat
ter came from near Des Moines where
his sire, Calico Rex. 2:12A. is now
owned While Tiverton only finished
4-4-5 ro. In the $4,000 Massachusetts
stake, and was outside of the money,
he has previously shown that he is
better than 2:10 trotter.
notably in the $4,000 Mt. Vernon purse
for 2:12 trotters at the Empire City
in which he finished Az in
2:07A, 2:0SA, and got a divide of sec
ond and third money, and. week before
last at Brighton Beach in the Bonner
Memorial $4,000 purse. he won fourth
money, being a good second in 2:09A,
the fourth heat His record remains at
2:11A, which was obtained in win
ming race at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, early
In August.
The Southwestern Iowa League is
ended for the season with Clarinda
winning the pennant, and finishing the
season with $3.50 to the good. financial
ly. or the five teams, Clarinda, Cres-
ton, Atlantic, Osceola and Red Oak, the
first named occupied the top of the per
centage column with scarcely a second
in sight In per cents the Clarinda
team had 951. while Creston and Allan
tic. who tied for second, had but 5SS.
The latest talk among the big fight
ers comes from Los Angeles where it is
said Billy Delaney has matched Cham
MON Jeffries with Jack Munroe, the
Montana fighter. The date has been
set for October 20 in that city, and it is
stated that Munroe has accepted the
terms of the twenty round so. Jeffrles
is reported to have said that he has no
desire to travel on the road and would
much sooner fight, and intends to give
all the big ones chance who wish to
go against him.
One of the peculiar incidents which
eropped out after Lou Dillon got her
two-minute record was that fifty years
ago John 3. French, of Nashua. N. H.,
made a bet with twelve men that he
would live to see a mile trotted In two
minutes. Mr. French has won his bet,
hit only one of the others in the
marty survives.