Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24
REVIEW Of IHE SPORTS
White Sox, of Chicago, Go South
For Training Season In
Two Weeks
ILLINOIS IOWA CIRCUIT DATES
Racing Dead in Missouri = ST. Louis
Fair Grounds to be Sold at Auction
-"Parson" Davies Goes Blind-Jack
Morrison, Former Davenport Three
l" League Pitcher, to Manage Calu-
met Team-keokuk Gets Andrews.
ILLINOIS IOWA CIRCUIT DATES


north the birds of the diamond will
be going south, and the preliminary
season before the grand opening of the
base ball season will be on. In two
weeks the Chicago white Sox" will
leave the north, recruiting their ranks
as they go south by others who will
join them on the way until they land
in New Orleans for month of con-
ditioning and training. Comiskey will
take with him about thirty players. A
part of them will leave the others at
Memphis on the return trip and
go to Kansas City where
they play on March 81 and April 1.
The playing dates at New Orleans art;
March II, Is, "a and % No games
have been scheduled between New Or
leans and Memphis but stops will
probably be made at Birmingham ami
Montgomery. Then games will be
played with Central league teams and
a game or two is scheduled in Mich.-
gan before the team is taken to De-
troit to open the league season about
the middle of April. The White Soxs
open the training season about as early
as any of the major league teams.
At a meeting of the 1llinois-1owa
Racing Circuit at Sterling, ILL.,, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, J. T. Williams, Sterling; secre-
tary, j. B. Ahrens, Clinton. The mem
bers and dates are: Oregon, ILL.,, Au-
gust 21-24; Sterling, ILL.,, August 2S-31;
Morrison, ILL.,, September Al; Dewitt,
September lila; Clinton, September
1921. A uniform program was adopt
ed for 2:35, 2::24, 2:19 and 2:13 trotters,
2:3O, 2:19, and 2: IL PAGERS, all purses
5000.
America's CHALLENGE for the Dwight
F. Davis international tenlSs cup will
be accepted By the British Lawn Tep-
mis- Association by cable soon. The
only other entry thus far is Australia.
H. L. Doherty again will be available
for the singles. There is a possibility
that the health of r. f. Doherty will
preclude his playing, in which case the
younger brother is likely to be left out
of the doubles, and the defense may
be intrusted to a new pair.
President Titles of the st. Louis Fair
Association announced this week that
the fair grounds will be sold. This
probably means that the famous old
race course will be divided up into
lots. There are $50 acres in the tract,
which covers several city blocks. Il
will put an advertisement in the pa
pers offering the tract for SALE" said
Mr.. TITLES. CAS- the racing game is
dead in Missouri, it is hardly likely
any one will buy it to conduct a race
meet"
"Parson' Davies, one of the best
known sportsmen in all parts of the
world and formerly manager of some
of the greatest fighters of the age, was
stricken partiallys blind Wednesday
while seated in his office at New Or
leans signing contracts.
1t has been officially announced that
the Copper League would be enlarged
to include Duluth, Superior, Iron
Mountain and Menominee A meeting
has been called to complete plans and
to prepare a schedule.
Jack Morrison, star twirler for Calu-
met last season, and form erly with the
in the 'Three-T League,
has been appointed playing manager
for Calumet of the Copper League.
Goshen Jim, famous as the best ice
horse in the world, and who
held the worlds pacing record
Of 1909; dropped dead in
his barn yesterday at Minneapolis
shortly before his second heat to be
run in race in which he was entered.
Goshen Jim was 10 years old, and was
valued at $4,000.
Northwestern University students,
Chicago, ELL, have begun to fear
they will not have no baseball team
this spring Not a man has begun
practice, there is no captain, no coach,
not a game scheduled and not dollar
in the treasury.
"Pat" McAndrews, third baseman of
Keokuks club of last year, has ac-
copied the terms offered by that city's
of the Iowa State League,
and will be it's manager this season.