Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-28
THEIR ACTIONS CONDEMNED
Prospects for Baseball Mines at Both
Highland Park and Cornell Colleges
Chicago Commences Southern Series
Joliet Gets Franchise-Iowa City
Students Making Good.

| performed MS duty, winch ClasHeu
with their interests. The news story
as sent to the T.-R. from that place
concerning this incident was in sub
stance. that one Thomas Jackson. a
poultry dealer, was made to pay a fine
| of 500 and costs by the deputy game
warden for shipping wild ducks out of
the state. The man plead guilty to the
charge, and paid his fine. Hart Rob-
erts, another worthy of the same stripe
| was also arrested and fined on a SINH
lar charge being assessed $40. That
same day a number of the citizens
called on the deputy and gave him to
understand in forcible manner that he
had been in their midst long enough.
| II the story is true what haven of
rest Fonda would be for the honest law
abiding sportsman!
| BY their act the members Of the
committee who waited upon the deputy
have branded themselves as law break
ers. and by putting stop to the illegal
doubt that all these men are pot hunt
ers anw by putting stop to the illegal
shipping of ducks. the market for their
game has been destroyed. They at
tempted to interfere with an officer in
TIE discharge of his duty. and ii Black
burn is made Of the proper stuff, he
should return to that city and make
the place to hot for their occupancy.
But it is more than likely that the mat
ter will be dropped, and 1t is safe to say
that these same men will be along the
small lakes of that territory with the
first northward flying flock of ducks
reveling in their slaughter regardless
OF game wardens, regardless OF any
sense of craftsmanship or respect for
the laws of the state.
The Fonda law breakers are not the
only offenders in this direction, for the
whole northwestern part Of the state
is dotted with communities where the
market hunter and pot shooter is an
every day occurrence, carrying on his
warfare of determination without pro-
test or hinderance. Is il any need of
asking what has become of Iowas fish
and game, when such creatures thrive
in abundance? Many there are of this
in fact support themFelves in this man
ner. Too lazy in summer to do honest
toll they with gill net and dynamite
slaughter Iowa's fish, and with the COM
ing of July they tramp the stubbles
knocking down pinfeathered chickens.
and a few weeks later they welcome
the first flight of the ducks with IA
pump gun and an ounce and one-eighth
Of No. 6.
Iowa's game laws are thing largely
of name only, due to lack of funds APP
propriated for their proper enforcement,
and it so seems to happen that when
there is a game warden who has the
strength Of purpose to carry out his
duty. the incident quoted above is the
support he receives. Is it any wonder
that the reputation of our sportsmen is
one that is indeed unenviable. While
such men as figured in this case are in
no sense of the word sportsmen, it is
from just such cases that the outsider
judges the state. That something ought
to be done to put check to this prac-
tice there is not the slightest doubt.
what is lacking is the man in every
community to rise up and do it.
The prospects for a good baseball
team this season at Highland Park are
better than they have been for several
years, and the early training has al
ready commenced. Bailey, Besser and
O'Reilly are likely candidates for the
box, while Rice is the most promising
for catcher. Germans and Heilege-
stein, both of last years team, will be
in their positions this season. The
other candidates OF prominence are
Springer for third; Zender, short stop;
Williams, Roberts, Nelson and Duffy
for the outfield. The season will open
with Simpson at Indianola on April 90
and the team will take a two weeks
trip thru Nebraska and Kansas, start
ing on May 10. Coach Lane has the
team in charge.
With but very little doing so far this
season at Cornell the prospects for the
team are uncertain. as the ability OF
the various candidates has not be suf-
ttciently developed to get a line on the
respective players. The team will be
almost an entirely new aggregation, as
but few of the old players are in school.
The schedule for the summer COM
prises eleven games. all of them being
with Iowa teams. The season opens
with Coe College at Mount Vernon on
April Is, and closes on June 6 with
Grinnell at Mount Vernon.
The Chicago White Stockings have
completed their preliminary practice at
Mobile and left there Friday for Mont
gomery, where they open the first of
the series of games with the Southern
League. 1t has been stated that Mo-
bile will more than likely be the per-
training quarters OF the team
hereafter.
The subscription to the athletic de-
felt of the Athletic Union of the Uni
versity of Iowa now amounts to $1,000.
Efforts are being made 10 raise the en-
tire Indebtedness, $4,000, by the end of
this week. The largest subscription on
the list is given by the members of the
Sigma NJ fraternity. $50.
Joliet's franchise in the Three T.
League is safe. President Sexton yes
terday secured enough pledges to in
sure the success of the enterprise. A
new park will be equipped and the
Joliet team will be ready next month.