Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-03
Foot Ball Players of the State
Are Gathering to Standards
of Their Alma Matters
PRACTICE SEASON is HERE
Already Squads of Candidates Are In
duIsns, Under the Careful Eyes of
Coaches, in the Preliminary Training
Prospect Stories Are Coming From
the schooIs-Fall Hunting is On

The foot ball players of the state
are gathering to the standards OF tileit
alma mater. The movement is IKE
unto the migration of the birds, ana
heralds the opening of the school ana
college year, coming as 1T does q silorl
time in advance of the season OF STUDY.
Within the week these bands OF rough
llv-clothed warriors of the gridiron VIII
| increase in number about the campus
of the schools of the state. until the
| formal opening of the college year Will
Coo the candidates out in full force.
| Most of the larger schools do not open
until about the middle of the month,
but long before that time the campus
will have witnessed the preliminary
work out of most of the old men OF last
seasons elevens in addition to many Oh
the youthful candidates, who hope to
win their letter in their freshman year
Those wise trainers, who nave looked
far ahead for the good of their teams
have had the net of influence Tar
iiung, during the summer that they
might land the likely high school grad
uate. who has starred as a performer
on his local eleven. From such the
brilliant backs and aggressive linemen
of the winning college teams are made,
and fortunate is the coach who has
several of such with which to recruit
his ranks, thinned by the inroads OF
the spring graduation.
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the coach is already on the ground.
and much of his material is ready for
work, and still much more OF it will
arrive within a few days. The annual
grist of foot ball prospect stories is
emanating from the correspondents in
college towns teeming with the names
Of old stars who will not be back, and
likely youngsters who are being count
ed up. These stories differ and from
some the outlook is rosy While from
others, noticeably Simpson, the hard
luck tale has already reached the press.
In this respect Iowa City used to have
a bunch of correspondents, who for the
weirdness of their hard luck stories
stood alone unequalled in all the corn
belt. Another week or ten days will
see the best teams of the state at
work, and in two weeks from now the
training will have far advanced.
The chicken and duck season is on,
but there is little doing In either. The
reason is plain. There are but few
Chickens and it is too early for the
more shifty fowl, which has not yet
started south toward the gulf, on its
fall migration. The opening of the
Season has verified the statement made
and repeated in this column, that the
days of chicken hunting in Iowa have
passed. There are but few chickens
and not enough to warrant the eX
pense of travelling any great distance
to get. The chicken hunter who has
wished for good sport has gone to
certain favored sections of Minnesota,
Nebraska or the Dakotas. The duck
hunting, should the present conditions
hold, should be almost as good as it
was last year. AS is always the case
when there is water, a number of blue
and green winged teal, and others Of
the smaller varieties of ducks, have
bred in northern Iowa this summer.
Their numbers are inconsiderable, how
ever, and real hunting, what there is of
it, will not be on until the migration
SETS in.
County Attorney John Hammill, of
Britt, owns Mazalia Lockheart, own
sister of Stephen L. 2:15h, winner of
the 2:25 trot at Indianapolis last week.
Mazalia Lockheart is a. 4-year-old by
Lockheart, 2:0S7a, dam Mazalia, by
Woodford, Wilkes; second dam, by
Swigert; third dam by Volunteer.
She is being trained by Ed Fl. Allen at
Marion and promises to be as good as
her brother. Mr.. Hanmill has charge
of the speed department of the coming
Britt fair.
The two Iowa pacing mares, Duchess
F., owned by M. Fl. Fsnster, Steamboat
Rock, and Ina Baron dale, owned by
Frank Briggs, Sac City, got all the
money in the $500 2:25 pace at Sterling,
Ill, last week, the last named winning
first and Duchess F. second without
either one of them beating 2:19.
HER LIFE A TRAGEDY.