Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-03
Unusually EARLY Season Gives
Promise Of Excellent Sport
For Duck Hunters
FLIGHT BEGAN TEN DAYS AGO
Ancient Sport of Wrestling Has Had
Wonderful Revival in Iowa This
Winter-colIescs Take Up the Gamo
Clinton Independents Will 30 in
the Field Again This Season.

which would be credit to late March
or early April has caused one of the
earliest flights of ducks northward in
the history of the state. The oldest
hunters will tell you that they do not
remember another year when the riv-
ers We're open. ponds and lakes were
up and the migration north
ward had begun In February. AS q
usual thing, the water fowl does not
begin his journey north until about the
middle or last of March. For the last
ten days or two weeks ducks have been
flying, and some of the open water of
the state has attracted large numbers
of them. Just at present there Is an
abundance of water which furnishes
resting place for the birds and makes
the killing OF them, except by those
prepared, u difficult task. BY reason
of the flight beginning so early there
are great possibilities of excellent
shooting this spring. There will be
snow<tiurries and storms before spring
is really here, and every one Of these
storms, which disturbs the balmy
weather, will send the ducks scurrying
south ahead Of it. Yesterday the
weather bureau predicted Il heavy
snow and storm for today. III such is
the case there should be good shoot
ing on the lowlands today and to-
morrow.
The wonderful revival of the wrest-
ling game in Iowa this winter has been
something remarkable, and as result
of 1t the state and Drake universities
have broken into the game In an anna
teur way. So far only one match has
been pulled off by wrestlers represent
ing the schools, and this was won by
Drake, but a return bout is being talked
of Des Moines seems to have been
the natural center of the state for this
branch Of indoor sport. and the num-
Der Of important matches which have
been decided there exceeds all previous
records of any past year. Iowa has
produced a large number of country
famous wrestlers, including Burns and
Gotch. The smaller cities Of the state,
however, have come in for their share
of the matches. and somewhere in the
state a match Is pulled off almost
every night.
This weeks issue of the Horse Re-
view contains the following touching
on the reasons for the discontinuance
IF fhn n1lSinnoar1y dc,
of the Cedar Valley Circuit here:
shalltown that no race meeting is like
ly to be held there the forthcoming
summer. This information will, no
doubt prove disappointing to many
western half-mile track campaigners,
who have raced at that centrally-locat-
ed point every year for many years,
since meetings have been held there
during the midsummer season every
year covering long period. The reas-
on given for the closing of the Mar
shalltown track for this season is, that
Mr.. T. S. Finkle. the owner, does not
care to chance the matter of being in
terfered with, or rather, having the
betting interfered with by the local
who did so last year and
from his standpoint seemed unreason-
ably hostile toward his meeting. An
effort was inaugurated a few weeks
ago by other local horse men to organ
ize and lease the property from Mi.
Finkle, but the deal fell thru, because
of the same reasons as Mr.. Finkle's."
The advance copies Of the Reach
Official Base Ball Guide for 1906 have
been received by the papers of the state
this week. The current issue is one
Of the best the Reach Company has ever
put out 1t is edited by Francis c..
Richter, editor of Sporting Life. The
guide contains the averages Of the
Iowa State League, which were COM
piled by ex-President Frank Norton
last fall.
Harry Tenny the bantam weight
who was killed this week at San Frar-
cisco in his fight with frankie Neil,
is the second pugilist who has met
his death there within the month. On
February 5, Alec Dooyin was beaten
to death by Chiefly" Johnson. All
Of the principals in the Tenny-Neil mill
have been arrested, and have furnished
bonds for their appearance. They
are changed with manslaughter
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Clinton will have an independent
team this season, the proposition of
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