Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-03
REVIEW Of TIE SPORTS
Lady c., an Iowa Mare, Claimed
to Be the Famous English
Trotter Lady r.
WAS RAISED ON FONDA FARM
The Marc Is Now the Champion Trot-
ter Of EnsIand-University Athletes
Get Their "rs"-American Women
Golfers Winning In Ens'and-Bis
Lead Hurts Attendance.

of England, is believed to be Lady U,
the Iowa horse, which made record
at Fonda in 1895 and trotted turnout
the state up to 1897, when she was sold
at Chicago. The sire Of Lady c., John
A. Rawlins, was owned by we'll
known Ft. Dodge horseman. w. h.
H. Colby, and died some years ago.
Lady G. was foaled in 1889, was rails
ed by Thomas Cunningham, five miles
northwest of Fonda, and was raced for
several seasons at the neighboring
tracks. Her dam died some years
ago, but two half-sisters are still on
the farm and have shown good speed.
Lady C. held a .trotting record of
2:29A, made at Fonda in 1896, and
also made four year-old record of
2:4Oh in Fort Dodge. In the spring of
1897, she was Sent to Chicago, sold at
one of Splan's sales and sent to Great
Britain.
The Iowa university board of ath-
letic control has awarded rs to five
athletes who have performed the re-
quisite amount of work in the dual
meets this spring to earn them the
honor. The men are Davis, 44O-yard
dash: Smith, pole vault; MacMahon,
discus; E. E. Barker, 44O-yard DASH
Donelon, dashes. Manager Henry G.
Walker has announced that he will
not be a candidate to succeed himself
as manager of the athletic teams next
year, and this announcement has pre-
cipitated the struggle for the position
which will be made vacant by his ac-
ton. Heretofore the manager has been
paid a salary of $1,000 per year by the
board, which now intends to cut this
salary to $500 per year. While it is
known that there are several men who
may try for the position their names
have not been announced as yet, and
the final result is considerably in
doubt.
kid" Egan, the young man who
has worked for two worlds cham
pions, is authority for the statement
that Jim Jeffries has agreed to act as
referee of the finish glove fight in
Reno between Jack Root Of Chicago,
and Marvin Hart, the Louisville fight
er. 1t is said Jeffries will on that oc-
casion announce his formal retirement
from the ring.
In the third round of the ladies' golf
championship contest at Cromer. Eng
land Miss Mary B. Adams of Boston
beat Miss Eachus by four up and two to
play; Mrs. w. H. -Iartin (American)
beat Mrs. Harland by five up and four
to play and Miss Pearson beat. Miss
Ethel Burnett (American) by six up
and five to play.
The champion New Workers of the
National League are paying the PEN
atty of being so far ahead in the race.
Yesterday, only 1900 saw, the Giants
beat Brooklyn. Nearly 5000 saw the
double-header in Cincinnati, and 1900
were present at Boston. In the Ameri-
can League, the New York Philadel-
phia game drew best, with 4,O26. The
other games in this league averaged
$500.
The West Point-Annapolis foot ball
game will be played this year on
Princeton field, Princeton, December
2, instead Of on Franklin field, Phila-
delphia, as heretofore. The demand
for tickets to the games played by the
national academies has become so
great that more seats are necessary for
the army and navy than Pennsylvania
with the many proper demands Of her
subscribers and supporters could sup
ply in view of the limited capacity of
Franklin field.
Michigan's tennis team lost its
chance to win the western champion
ship in doubles in the second days
play Of the western intercollegiate
tennis tournament at the University of
Chicago courts this week. McNie1
and Stewart, the wolverine players,
were defeated easily by Monet and
Cogswell of Iowa, the scores standing
81, rs; Go.
AS for the past three years, the
open championship of the Western
Golf Association, which is to be played
at Cincinnati June 20 and 30, will
be open to all golfers in the world. At
the directors meeting recently no ac-
ton was taken favorable to the wes-
tern professionals. who are said to ia
vor limiting the championship to wes-