Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-26
REVIEW Of 1H[ SPORTS
Collegiate Interests Of Iowa
Conferred in State Field Meet
at Des Moines
ROW IN WESTERN LEAGUE
Rourke, of Omaha, and Others Attempt
to Force O'Neil From the Presidency
and Des Mones From the League
Meeting Called-Harness Races Begin
soon-Gossip of Iowa State League.

Meeting CaIled-Harncss Races Begin
Soon-Gossp of Iowa State League.
All the collegiate interest. and much
from the outside, is centered today In
| afternoon at the state fair grounds
Des Moines. The guessing OF the
probable winner has kept those who
have been following the preliminary
and dual meets during the past two
weeks busy. While to hazard guess
at this time Is difficult because oil the
many sideGness of the situation 1t
seems more than likely that either
Grinnel. or Ames, probably the latter
Will win the state honor. This is
| by no means certain, however, and does
not eliminate either the state univer-
| sity or Drake, both of which are cap
able Of winning. and both of which
may spring. surprises In performances
unlocked for. During recent days
| brakes chances have been growing
| brighter. due to expected good per-
formances in the hammer throw, shot
put and discus.
While any one of the four schools
named above may win first, there Is
not much chance for any OF the other
schools eda,ing into that place. 1t is
confidently believed by those close In
touch with what Is expected OF the
several teams that the first four places
will be wen by the state university.
Grinnel, Drake and Ames
The quarter, half and mile runs
promise to be the most spectacular and
hard fought events of the entire
meet.
The preliminaries of the 100. 22o
and 440 yard dashes and run and ooth
the hurdles, will be run off in the NOR
ming. The meet starts at 1880 o'clock.
Today and tonight give promise of
developing crisis in Western League
| affairs, which may mean the disrup-
ton of the league or the ousting OF the
| Des Moines club. A meeting has been
called today at Omaha by Manager
| Rourke. of Omaha; Holmes, Of Lin
coin Duncan, Of Sioux City; Selee, OF
| Pueblo. The purpose OF this meeting
| is to Dust President ONeil, of Chicago,
and Manager Cantillion OF Des
Moines. The claim for such action Is
rowdism by Des Moines players at
game in Omaha recently, and the lack
of administration on the part of Pres
| ident O'Neil. Stories from Omaha are
| conflicting, and in certain purportedly
authentic quarters 1T Is said that Des
Moines was not guilty of the rowdism
with which 1t is charged. and that the
effort on the part Of Rourke and 9TH
ers is to get rid of the Des Moines as
socjation In the meantime President
O'Neil Is journeying east from CAM
fornia and cannot be communicated
with. The feeling is bitter and 1t may
eventually mean the wiping out of the
Western League as it now is. There
is a certainty that the Western
League as at present organized VIII
not start on another season
By early in June the sport of the
race track and harness horses will have
begun, and trainers all over the state
are preparing their speeders for the
earlier summer meets of next month.
With the old Cedar Valley Circuit, the
Greater Cedar Valley Circuit the
Great Western Circuit, the southern
Minnesota and Iowa Circuits, South
Dakota. and Iowa Circuit, southeastern
Iowa Circuit, and numerous other So
called short ship circuits, harness
men should not lack for opportunity to
win an honest dollar.
One change in the umpring staff
;ct re too
gers makes important the administra-
tive events of the Iowa State League
during this week. Umpire DANNY
went to the bad, or President Peckham
thought he did, which amounts to the
same thing when the result is consid-
cred, an6, Dainty was released, and
Voris, formerly Of the Central League,
came to take his place. The work OF
the other two of the staff Of umpires
has been uniformly satisfactory. OF
tumwa soon got tired of Niles and let
him go, putting bill" Everett in his
place. While playing in the northern
half Of the circuit during the early
weeks of the season Niles, so far as
his playing was concerned, did not
seem to rank up with Ottumwa's other
two excellent fielders. If Niles was not
delivering the goods Ottumwa acted
wisely in getting rid Of him early in
the game.
Frank Gotch, of Humboldt, again
this week demonstrated that he was
the best Of the American catch-as-
catch can wrestlers by throwing Tom
jenkins at Kansas City. Gotch got
the first and third falls.
Burglars wrecked the safe of the
First National bank of Hoffman, I. T.,
and escaped with several hundred dol
lars. Confederates stationed in the
street kept up constant firing to pre-
vent citizens from approaching.