Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-25
|0NA SPORTS TALK
Cedar Valley Circuit Closes at
Oskaloosa After Six Weeks
of Successful Meetings
AUGUST BIG RACING MONTH
AUGUST BIG RACING MONTH
Nineteen Iowa Towns Will Hold Har'
ness Meetings During the Month =
The Lst-Fast Green Ones at Hamp-
ton-To Form State Rifle Association
Northern Iowa Tennis Tournament


ton-To Form State Rifle Association
Northern Iowa Tennis Tournament
On Thursday at Oskaloosa the last
races of the Cedar Valley Circuit, which
has been occupying the attention OF the
majority of the horse owners and race
goers of the state for the past SIX weeks
was brought to close. Turnout, with
scarcely an exception the meetings held
in Waverly, Waterloo, Marion, Mar
shalltown, Cedar Rapids and Oskaloosa
have been highly successful. Especial
ly was this true Of the Waterloo. Mar
shalltown and Oskaloosa meetings,
which furnished better sport, and were
more largely patronized than any SIM
liar events of previous years. While
in a few instances some classes did not
fill. and those races were declared off,
the cases were infrequent and OF not
enough consequence to materially at
feet the program. Probably as fast a
field of running horses followed the
circuit as ever started for similar
purses, and while the moneys We're
small, they seemed to attract a lot of
speedy half and mile horses.
Des Moines July racing meeting also
closed on Friday, and from now until
the first of August there will be but
little doing in the race horse business
in the state. This is probably just as
we'll for the month just closing has but
fairly started the game, and during the
coming month meetings will be held in
nineteen different Iowa towns and cit
les.
August is to be the big month, and
with the horses put on edge by the
training of the July meetings the sport
should be better during next month
than it has been heretofore. The fol-
lowing is a partial list of the towns and
cities which have arranged race meet
ings for August. Mt. Pleasant, 11-14;
Shenandoah, 11-14; Monticello, 14-1S;
Alva, 1921; West Liberty, 1921; He'd
rick, 24-27; Des Moines, 1923; Donnei-
son. 1928 ;Hamline, 30; Mt. Pleasant,
2-6; Sac City, lila; Fairfax, 11-14;
Davenport. 11-14; Red Oak, 1920; Col
umbus junction, 1921; Winfield. 1921;
Anamoso, 24-2S; Corning, 25-2S land
Sheldon, 26-1S.
There is being worked out in Hamp-
ton probably as likely bunch of young
horses as there is in the state, and sew
eral, if their early speed is any indica-
ton, should prove good ones next sea-
son or the one following. OF these
King Norval. by Judge Norval out OF
Theon by Adrian Wilkes, owned by a.
L. Beckford, a green trotter, recently
showed 20 clip for eighths or quar-
tiers. Norvera, by Judge Norval, out
Of Butwood, by Nutwood, never before
hitched to bike is now going at a 40
clip. Charles Rowe also owns another
Judge Norval colt out of Woodford
Wilkes that for green one is stepping
the route in fast time around $50.
On August 2 and 3, the last two days
of the Iowa National Guard school OF
instruction in small arms practice,
which begins at Cedar Rapids on July
%, an effort will be made to organize
state rifle association to be cooper
alive with the national guard. Many
of the prominent men Of the state, in
Guiding the governor, have promised to
lend their support and give trophies
for the annual shoots to be held in the
future. Membership is open to anyone
be he guard or citizen. Annual meet
ings will be held each year, and pro-
gram lasting two or three days will be
shot. Membership fee is 81 with the
annual dues of the same amount. Gen
eral Byers, Col. w. E. Morse of Algona
and Col. T. F. Cooke, of Des Moines
are forwarding the movement
Local committees under the direction
of Everett Plat are busy with prepara-
tons for the northern Iowa tennis
tournament, which will be held in
Eagle Grove August 4, 5 and 6. Some
very handsome gold medals will be
hung up for the winners in singles and
doubles in addition to the Alden prize
cup. The entries already received in
dicate one of the most successful tour
naments in years and Eagle Grove is
preparing to give the racquet wielders
an enthusiastic reception.
Lacking public patronage the Mason
City ball nine which started out with
SUCH rosy prospects month or more
ago has gone to pieces and was dis
banded. 1t is reported that the falling
to pieces of the team was due entirely
to lack of capital with which to pay
salaries, as the venture proved one that
failed to draw the crowds For this
season, at least, base ball so far as the
salaried men are concerned is Il dead
letter in that city. Most of the players
have found berths with other state
teams.
Story City is proud and happy in the
possession of its new ball park, which
was opened for the first time but re-
Gently and in which during the first
game the Story City team defeated that
of Webster City. The bunch of pro-
fessionals under the dictatorship of
Chase were unable to even score one
on the Swedish-Norwegian players
Prospects for some of the real article
in baseball are promised for the town
a the head of the Story City branch