Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-22
Cedar Valley Circuit Secretaries
Hang Up Larger Purses For
This Seasons Meetings
$500 FOR HARNESS EVENTS
Six Of the Towns Have Increased the
Size Of Their Offerings = Base Ball
Season WAKES warmer = Annual
High School State Track Meeting
Central illinois Circuit Dates.

The race meetings of the Cedar
Valley Circuit this season are due to
ger fields of starters and better horses.
than ever before. This will be due to
the increased purses which have been
hung up by several of the secretaries
Of the different associations. Up to
within two or three years ago $500 was
the limit for the harness events, but
this year six of the thirteen meet
ings of the circuit will have purses for
the PAGERS and trotters of $500 for
each race. The six whose purses have
been increased to this amount are
Cedar Rapids, Waverly,
Mason City, Marion and Waterloo. In
addition to the original program two
new classes have been added for the
local meeting, 2:15 trot and 2:15
pace. The Cedar Valley Circuit has
always been AN attractive one for the
Of the west owing to its
and the short shipments.
and the added purses in almost half OF
the towns will furnish the means of
drawing even more racers to 1T.
The base ball season wakes warmer,
and one after another of the larger
leagues are dropping into line with
the opening of their respective sched-
uled seasons. EARLY in the week the
started off under suspicious condit-
ions. Later in the week the American
Association got under way, and within
a few days the, Western League will
have embarked on it's season. Within
ten days, the Central and Three
League games will be on in full blast,
then the smaller ones will open and
the base ball pack will be in full cry
as the season develops and advances.
Practice in the west this week has
been greatly handicapped by cold and
wet weather, but despite these circum-
stances managers have been making
the best of it in developing their teams.
$50
High school athletes of the state are
getting in shape for the annual inter
scholastic meet which is to be held in
Iowa on May 10. From early indi-
cations Ida Grove is showing up as
one of the possible winners. In that
little city strenuous effort is being
made to get the track team in shape,
and a big delegation of 200 or 800 stu
tents, and others, will go to Iowa City
10 root their team on to victory.
The Central Illinois Trotting and
Pacing Circuit stewards met this week
md arranged the circuit with the
following members and dates: Bush
nell, August Sill; Bradford, August
1917; Cambridge August 1926; Ke-
vance. August 30-September 1; Prince
ION, September 6-S; Wyoming, Sep
.ember 1915; and Aledo September
2O-23 The harness races will be for
800 purses and the classes SO arranged
that horses can race thru the entire
circuit. j. w. Smith, of Wyoming is
the circuit president, and Charles L.
Trimble, of Princeton, the circuit sec
rotary.
There is talk Of organizing a minor
base ball league among the towns of
northwest Iowa and southwest Mime
sofa. Melvin, Ocheyedan, Sibley,
Ashton and Harris will be candidates
:or membership. Other towns that
have good amateur teams and would
Join the league are: Rock Rapids,
Hartley, Lake Park, Spirit Lake, Ellis
worth, Mimi. and Worthington, Mimi.
Such a league would add much vim to
the national game in the northern part
IF the state and it is thought that a
meeting will soon be called to con-
slider the proposition.
The New York assembly this week
passed the Frawley bill permitting
fifteen minute bouts of boxing by
amateurs with eight ounce gloves I'M
Ter the rules and auspices Of the A. A.
u. or any domestic amateur associa-
ion now Incorporated. Such bouts
must be between registered amateurs,
must not exceed fifteen minutes in
ength, nor be fought more than once
N any twenty-four hours between the
same two participants, and must he for
medals or prizes other than money.
The bill also passed the senate and
low goes to the governor.
Governor Warner Of Michigan, has
declared that he would not permit any
ougilistic contests for large purses
Turing his term as governor The
statement was inspired by report to
he effect that fight promoters were
planning a fistic battle in Kalamazoo
between two men of national reputa-
ion for purse of $4,000.
Eddie Hanlon lis on his way to San
Francisco, where he is to meet Young"
,orbett before the Hayes Valley club
IN May 2S.
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