Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-28
Grinnen Foot Ball Team Gives
Promise OF Winning the
State Championship
HAS EVEN BREAK WITH S. U. 1.
Scarlet and Black Recovering From
Foot Ball Slump Of Years-McG Gov.
ern and Nelson Will Fight in Phila-
delphia-ToI.do After Major League
Franchise-LincoIn, Ncb., Looks
Good to "Ducky" Holmes.

1t now looks as tho Grnnell had the
foot ball team, which will stand at the
head of the Iowa elevens this year. This
belief, which has been strong with
Grinnelis supporters since early in the
season, was strengthened by the ar
rival of Bergen to coach the bunch, and
has become 9. possibility since Grim
nel's showing against Drake last sat
urday. Drake was confident OF wins
ming, but Grinnells score was not as
| large as 1t should have been, and not
as large as it would be were it possible
to play another game. Steady i'm
provement has marked the progress OF
the teams practice even since the
Princeton coach took hold of the eleven
and were 1t possible for him to remain
longer the best results possible could
be reasonably expected OF the team.
AS 1t stands now Grinnell has as good
as an even break In winning from
Iowa City, end the odds are In Grin
nells favor ever Ames Iowa has moth
| ing in the way of foot ball team, and
Minnesota's victory last Saturday was
| just what every one expected except
those busy sending out the boom stor-
les from Iowa City.
brakes defeat came az bitter pill
to the Des Nloines university. but Grin
nell's victory was justly deserved and
fairly won. There was time in the
late SOS and early COS when Grinnell
set the pace in foot ball for every
school in Iowa. not barring the uni
| " Tlv,f 11yr{ IN a,
nell has had decline, and has con-
give its line steadiness All thru these
years Grinnell has been, playing a
plucky II losing game, and now that
she has what she has so long wanted.
weight she is making the most Of it..
This week alumni and former players
to the number of half a dozen have
focked to their alma mater to do what
they can for the little squad which is
fighting under the colors Of the scarlet
| and black.
The sporting editor OF New York
evening paper has received telegram
from Philadelphia sporting club of
fering purse of $4,000 for six-rourd
bout between Terry McGovern ard
Battling Nelson. The message reads ,ls
| follows:
Il Will give an $4,000 purse or 80 p .r
cent Of the gross receipts for the No
Govern Nelson battle Jack McGni-
| gan, mana ger National Athletic Club"
This offer for the McGovern-N els on
battle seems to remove the last BARR er
that stood In the way of the battle be-
ing successfully pulled off. Now it
looks as though eastern sporting m en-
could sit back and wait for the boys to
gE into the ring and be satisfied that
they will soon see one Of the greatest
! fights between little men that could be
arranged.
| The accepting OF the terms offered
by Battling Nelson by Terry McGovern
practically assures meeting Of these
scrappers
Nelson. thru his manager, Billy No
Ian, stated the terms he would insist
on in fight with McGovern. and the
latter accepted them as soon as he
knew what they were.
Matters are so shaping themselves
that it looks like Toledo in the Ameri-
can League or major league which
may result from combination next
season. The anxiety Of Andrew Ru-
dolph Of Detroit to purchase the team
is responsible for this belief, and while
matters so far are largely conjecttres
based oil what gossip the Detroit man
has dropped it is the facts warrant the
statement Detroit, tho way up, lost
money last year largely because Sun
day ball is not allowed in that city.
Billy Armour expressed himself as fav-
orably inclined towards Toledo which
made big money with losing team.
When it became known that Rudolph
4 was linked with Yawkey and Navins
of the Detroit management, the r,nmor
gained strength. From the statement
of various members of the Toledo corn
pany, II is supposed that If Rudolph i
SUGGEST, in closing the purcfa:e of
the Toledo club the Detroit and Toledo
franchises will be switched and Toledo
will be in faster company.
After a two days canvass Of the base
ball situation at Lincoln. Neb, hefeff
leaving for Chicago. William
cDucky'D Holnes said: l believe q
team for Lincoln in the Wes.e :
4 LIE agpe Woul ove success. l an
willing now to 1fing team mere, Sc
i cure the franchise. furnish the cap q
and take the risk of success or fail
ure."
Holmes said there were a few thin g
a the people Of Lincoln must do to ma:
a franchise certain, and he had n
doubt these would be done. He saif
President Comiskey had promised hin
his release il he became a minor league
magnate
The claim Of John Thompson, a Can
adam, that the pacing champion, Oar
Patch, is Arrin, trotter, ALLEGED to
have been stolen from Thompson tr
1896, is branded by Henry c. Jersey
present trainer and driver o. Oar
Patch, as "ths words of crazy man.
Hersey reached Memphis this week te
drive Dan Patch against the world.
record. He says that no more thar
two weeks ago he was assured by
Oscar Ames, a prominent Lexington
XIV. man, that Joe Patchen had beer
bred by him to Zelica and that the re-
suit of the union was Dan Patch.