Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-21
Some EARLY Spring Gossip of
Interest to tie Followers
of the Race Course
AT MASON CITY
Cold Wave Sends Down the Ducks, But
the Sport Proves Tame-Gordan
is After Farmer Burns Scalp
creston Baseball News-Invention
to Aid Pitchers in Training.


gin to grow firm enough for foothold
an irresistible impulse grows upon the
old dyed in the wool horse trainer. He
wants to sit again on the horses tail
and guide him around the ring getting
ready for the circuit" The "swipe
is creeping out of the unknown place
where he kept from freezing this WIN
ter and dreams of unlimited chewing
tobacco, red flannel rolls and summer
nights in stall with a horsepail for
IA pillow. 1t is getting time for the
owner of a good prospect" to wonder
why oats cost eighty cents a bushel
and how a two-year- old filly manages
to get away with two bushels per
day.
And by the way there's many good
prospect that in March looks like
United States mint that will resemble
basket of broken eggs before the ides
of August. But it won't make any diff
ference with the bunch of bum candi-
dates for the two minute class that
will spring up next year The horse
fiend's breast seems q garden Cor the
growth of that hope that springs eter-
nal and 1904 will produce the usual
crop of dead ones whose scaley rela-
tionship to old Hambletonian 10 is
their only claim to bike or a box
stall.
The storm for which duck hunters
We're praying has come and gone as
have also a large number of the birds
that had flown north, but the hunter
has been only slightly benefited. The
cold wave sent them south as was ex-
pected, but the fight has been high
and fast, and the birds, flying before the
wind, have gone further south. A few
have stopped in the open waters in the
northern part of the state but the larg-
er part OF the flight has passed over.
The cold grew too intense even for
these hardy birds, but had the weather
been q tritle more mild with a fall of
heavy wet snow, the shooting would
doubtless have been good. With the
right kind of weather the sportsman
may have another chance at them as
they again go north
The fans" composing the Mason
City Baseball Association are lining up
for the coming season on the diamond.
and already Manager T. II. Cole has
given cut the makeup of this years
team. 1t is as follows: Cole. Cad
valdez and Braham. pitchers: Harper.
first base; Gragen, second base; Fish |
shorth, stop; Sullivan. third base; Zal-
uskey, left field; O'Key, center field;
and Brakan, right field. The season
will open on June 16 at Hampton when
they Will go against the Fort Dodge
aggregation, and on the three following |
dates will meet the same team on the
Mason City play grounds. Three more i
games will be played with Fort Dodge |
1T that city on June 81, %, and %. A |
perusal of the line up shows some good |
and the prospects are flatter- /
ng. The management is game" and |
IS ready to take on almost amy old"
1ine in the northern part of the state
that lays claim to understanding the
game.
j. A. Gorden who is touring the coun-
leavy weight wrestler of Canada, is
anxious to match his man against Far
ner' Burns, who ranks among the best |
n the country. He is willing to back
he Canadian for any amount from 800
20 $500. and gate receipts. at any time
the present date and April
25. 1t is more than likely If the Scott
County mat artist hears of this chal-
enge, and he has no more serious bus
ness on hand, he will doubtless accept,
Is he has been taking them on pretty
regularity during the past few years.
The lovers of baseball in Creston are
assured of some excellent games dur
ng the coming season as the Creston
Athletic Association has gotten to-
,ether a bunch of players who are
houghL to be winners. A move IL also
N foot in that city to form a circuit,
of towns in that part of the
state A conference of the baseball
fans" interested is called to meet in
,reston next week. The practice of the
,reston club will begin about April 10.
nut the season proper will not open
Until the latter part Of the month when
he Nebraska Indians will be taken on
or the initial game.
Speaking of baseball calls to mind an
INVENTION that is perfected by an east
I'm pitcher for the use of box artists
n getting their wing in shape. 1t is
dummy catcher for practice work
she machine not only registers the
trikes and balls. but returns the ball
,Nr,i, ~,
d for it is its registering qualities. as
t shows when the pitcher has got con-
rol Of the ball.
Eldora Beats Union.
Special to Times Republican.
Eldora, March 21.-The bowling con-