The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.
Sugar ana shoal Greeks and okaw
Bottoms In Good Condition.

SUGAR and shoaI Creeks and okaw
Bottoms In Good Condition.
Frank Koch, a prominent sportsman
from Cincinnati. who is visiting the
Worlds Fair in company with President
Pete Netzer and Secretary A W. Blaetz
Of the American Gun Club. recently spent
a few days in the oksw Bottoms In I'LL
The rains in that section sent Al inc
tributaries Of tho Okaw out Of their banks.
which left the water high and in a muddy
The THO had a good time. however. as
Frank Koch II one Of those congenia! fell
lows who can fnd sport In si,aip pgs dono
The party drove to New Baden. brouYht
back q load OF provisions and proceeded
TO the tungles OF the Okaw Fores. ana
They returned Thursday. wen Drowned
from the twenty miles drive over h
country and exported sugar aId sa Ssh
streams when in the proper stage.
Charles r. Breuer and Jack Cornelius
| returned Friday from a four days trip to
| Glencoe, Mo-. where they had gone on q
| Joint hunting and fishing trip. They Old
rather poorly with the gun, but U
home a nice mess Of fish which they mao
The riyer is rather high and muddy.
but they managed in getting near the
bushes and snags along the shore. to pull
When the river recedes they intend max
ing q weeks trip TO this place again.
The Chilocco Indian baseball team OF
! Chilocco, Ok, II expected to arrive hero
the middle part Of this month and VIII
form ono Of the features OF the Indian
exhibit at the Worlds Fair. Every MEM
Der of the team IS an Indian student at
the Government Indian School ut Chilocco.
and all are said to be experts at the ma
They played fifteen games with teams in
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, and sue
seeded In winn Th t ,ssms 1 nlsy 81 the on ht tbi.
tour Included many OF the best college and
minor league teams
with headquarters at the United States
Teams In and around St Louis for the red
skins.
The National Quot Association Is play
ing three games each Sunday. and the
game has become quite popular with tho
South Ssders. There Ia n hot fight on be-
tween the six teams Of the league for frst
place. and some clever playing Is done
In the last Sunday the Schucks
1 look lOuT OF INC uNe EtultS IIunl u Slo-
\ vols. The Marines whitewashed the MS
souris in their contest. The highest score
that the latter was able to make was II.
The %Chippewas applied the kalsomins to
The schedule for to-day Is: Marines VI
Gamblers at Marine avenue and Broadway
| Gravois VS.. Chppewas. at California and
Magnolia avenues; .schucks vs. Missouris.
at Second and Marion streetA
Following Is the standing Of the teams:
Marines. schucks. Grnvois. Chippewas.
l Gandera and Missourts
A very important change in the eligibil-
fly rules has been brought about by the
Princeton University faculty Committee
on Outdoor Sports. Formerly II an ath-
lete Incurred any conditions II debarred
him from competition in any contest until
hat condition was removed. but now. by
the new regulations. he win be allowed
to participate. providing he has but n
condition. II. However. he fails 4 pass
the subject after two trials he viii be
finally debarred.
Australian and English swimmers are
san discussing the remarkable perform.