Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-12
IOWA SPORTS TALK.
The Iowa State League Is Re.
ceiving the Attention of
the Fans of Iowa
WATERLOO AFTER FORT DODGE
Town on the Cedar Willing to Wager
1t Will Land Higher in the Percent
age coIumn--Leasue Fosters lnde-
pendent Teans-Boone Welcomed to
the circuit-Duck Season it on.

The recently formed Iowa State
League is, in & base BAH way. the talk
of considerable portion of the state.
Its movements are being watched with
interest and It's success. as the season
opens and advances, will be even more
closely followed, BY certain envious
ones its failure has already been pre-
dicted. but by others 1t lis believed it
Will prove a successful effort. There
is this however in its favor that there
has never been. and is not today, an
other organization of base ball teams
that is receiving the attention which
is being paid It, This is not entirely
due either to the fact that it is an un-
tried venture, but is largely to be ac-
counted for by it's being formed of
some of the best representative towns
of the state, and is solely a movement
of Iowa base bali men.
Whether or not it proves long winded
mains yet to be seen, but it is a GER
tainty that its formation has been the
making of the national game in Iowa
this year. The talk that has been at
tendant with its organization has been
the direct means of arouSing e1lthuSi-
asm in the game, and will result In
amateur and semi professional inde-
pendent teams springing up in many
towns in territory adjacent to that
covered by the league. 1t has the same
influence on the base ball loving public
that the circus, coming to town, has
on the small boy, who attempts to imi-
tate the acts OF performers he has seen.
or expects to see under the white can
vas. If then. the league does fail to
NEE. with success, the efforts OF its
active promoters have not entirely been
wasted
Boone has been welcomed into the
league during the past week with open
arms. This was due not SO much to
the fact that it was needed to COM
plete the cireEit, as 1t was that il was
wanted. While Boone has been a trifle
slow in asserting itself, the vigor with
in that city once that it was under
stood. promises well. In single after
noon the committee sold TO It's busi-
ness men almost enough stock to fl
ilstnca the team for the entire season.
Boone has the right spirit, and those
who know the town hest affirm that
no class of citizens Will travel farther
TO attend, or root leader at a good ball
game than will the average resident of
that city. The proposition there, like
that in the other cities Of the league
is being handled on business like
basis. The stockholders will incor-
porate, and permanent officers have
been elected to look after the business
affairs.
President Frank c. Norton, has en-
gagged two of the four unlpires who
will make or mar the plays OF the
team turnout the season. Both of
those already selected come with
recommendations, and past experience,
that promises we'll for this department
of the game. Cities of the league are
not so much interested in who is Sc
cured as they are that those who are
square deal all the time. Any evil
eienee of favoritism should be dealt
With as it deserves. Landers of Rock
ford. H., is now at work on the sched-
ule, and altllo the Iowa State will be
the last league to have its schedule
announced it Is believed 1T will be be-
fore the public by the last OF the
month.
hunters all over the state are taking
themselves to the sloughs and fakes of
the north in anticipation of the flight,
which has begun unusually early. The
recent snow storm drove south thou
sands of birds that We're feeding upon
the meadows, pastures and plowed
fields of the northern counties. There
is but little water in the fiat counties
up north compared with what was
was a pond and every meadow lake.
1t is believed that the sport will be
good this spring, and the early indi-
cations add weight to the theory.
While they have gone south With the
cold wave the birds have really only
passed beyond the storm belt and will
again begin to wing their way north
just as soon as more settled and warm
er weather comes comes on.
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