Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-03
Past Week Shows Marked In
provement Has Been Made
In State Teams
lowA's SHOWING NOT THE BEST
University Team Fails to Win From
the Smaller Schools by the Big Score
Desired-cornell Training for Chi
oaeo Game-New Rules Unsatsfac-
tory-champion Rifle Shots Meet.

Without a single exception the re-
| ports received from the various foot
bail teams over the state show a
marked Improvement has been made
during the past week. This has been
very noticeable At the university, altho
| Ames also has made wonderful strides
lin team work during the last few days.
The hard games of the schedules are
Just now commencing. ana coaches and
men alike are putting their best ef-
forts forward in their desire to bette
the team play With the one ii means
a winning eleven. and with the Other
a place on the team. Below is given
! It schedule of the games played by the
| Iowa schools this afternoon:
S. U. 1. VS. State Normal, at Iowa
City.
Highland Park VS.. Des MONIES, al
/ Des Moines.
Ames VS.. Lgh Guards, at Council;
Bluffs.
/
Eapolis
| Still VS.. Simpson. at Indianola.
| Buena Vista vs.. LeMars, at Storm
! Lake
To those who are sufficiently inter-
ested in the state university to wish
that it might prove a winner this year
with the teams of the other states. the
showing already made has not been of
the most encouraging sort. True they
won from Cornell by 6 to 0. and beat
Coe by more than double that score a
week later. Coe has, however one of
the weaker eevens of Iowa. and the
prospects for a winning state team
would seem to be much brighter had
the score of this game been triple
what it really was. Wet and slippery
grounds in both games may have been
to some extent responsible, but the
outcome does not indicate that much
may be expected from Iowa when she
meets Minnesota or Illinois. 1t is yet
early in the game, and wonderful
changes may come about before many
weeks have gone by. and by hook or
crook Iowa may yet do that which
every one in the state wishes that she
might do.
Every nerve is being strained at Cor
nell that the team may he in the best
possible condition for the game with
the University of Chicago on next
Tuesday. The Chicago men will out
weigh the Mt Vernon team consider
ably, and all the practice during the
Iar ~,
object of developing speed Cornell VIII
meet Ames again this year. the date
having recently been fixed for Friday,
November 20. at Mt. Vernon. 1t has
been several years since Ames played
there. but ii Is forgone conclusion
that the game will be fierce one for
Ames still smarts from the drubbing
received at the hands of the Mt Yer
non men last season.
Unless the games that are to follow
during the season develope the unex
pected, the advantages OF the new rules
governing the play In the center fifty
yards of the field. will prove of little
real benefit. SO far the change in
the game has been slight II any at all.
The quarter back, at least in any of
the Iowa teams, has not shown up who
would carry the ball successfully under
the new arrangement. While it affords
an opportunity to shift some OF the
weight of the line behind IT. the real
and material changes which Were eX-
pected are yet to come. 1t is more
than probable that these rules will be
abolished before next season.
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The business men of Nevada have
combined together, and will give a har-
ness meeting of two days on Oct. 10 and
10. Entries are now being secured, and
| it is the intention to make the affair
a big one, and good purses have been
hung up.
Considerable interest has been man
ifested lately in the rifle shooting con-
tests for the worlds championship in
| the 50o-bal class, which was held in
Alexandra, S. D., this afternoon be-
tween Ray IL. Chase of that place and
Captain II. A. Hardy, OF Hyannis. Neb
| Chase wrestled the honorS from Harry
Benson at Rockford, H., few months
ago Hardy is the champion rifle shot
of Nebraska, in ao lition 10 being the
| champion rifle shot of the world a
purse of $1,000 viii go to the winner
| The conditions are THAT each man is
to shoot 500 wooden balls against time
These will be two and one half inches
| in diameter The contestants are to us
20 calibre rifles.
| The opening day of the grand circuit
meeting at Memphis should prove a
great drawing card as a match race has
been arranged between Prince Alsrt
1:57, and Dan Patch, l:59. The meet
| ing opens Oct 20, and on the second
/ day Lou Dillon, the trotting que n an j
Major Delmar, the champion gelang
| will trot a specially arranged race.