Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-16
REVIEW Of The SPORTS
List of Harness Racing Meet
ings to BE Held in Iowa
This Summer
THE CASE OF MR. EeAN
DOC" PelI Elected to Succeed Mont
law Physical Director of Drake =
Barber Wins Another Champion
ship-GaIisan and Farmer Matched
Clinton May Buy Boone Francise.

The horse racing game has begun in
Iowa, one of the first meetings being
that of Cedar Rapids held during this
week while that city was celebrating
the half century mark of it's life. 9th
ers will follow rapidly from now on.
In most Of the state the season has
been backward and wet for the proper
training and conditioning of horses,
but this draw back has not been espec-
tally noticeable in central Iowa, where
the spring has been dry and warm
Following is a partial list of the
meetings to be held in the state dur
ing the summer and early fall: Sioux
City. September 10 to 10; Fonda. Aug.
s to 10; Sac City, Aug. Is to II; Alta,
Aug. % to 24 Sheldon. Aug. 20 to 81;
Sutherland, Sept. to Z; Clinton, July
81 to Aug 2; Marion, July to 5 and
Aug. 81 to "a Mason City, July 10 to
IL; Forest City, July "a to %; Bows,
July 81 to Aug. 9; Webster City, Aug.
I to 8; Anamosa, Aug. IA to II; Daven-
port, July 81 to Aug. 2 and Dubuque
Aug IS to 81.
Will the Burlington Hawkeye, the
mouthpiece of Manager Egan. please
explain by what method of reasoning it
or Egan can logically arrive at the con-
clusion that Burlington's team at ST.
100, not including managers salary.
is playing fair and on the same salary
basis with the other teams whose ST.
100 of monthly salary includes the pay
of their manager? The league has es-
tablished rule that the $1,100 mus
include the managers salary. Does
any one know of a good reason why
Burlington should not conform to it?
Marshalltown doesn't know of any rea-
son and for that very reason has pro-
tested the recent Burlington games.
Mr.. Egan may think that he has the
right to manage (and own?) the Bur-
lington team without pay If he wishes
to do SO. There are a lot of people
around this circuit who believe he Is
by so doing, virtually disregarding and
exceeding the salary limit, and they
propose to bring the thing to show
down at the July meeting.
At the meeting of the board of trus
tees of Drake university this week
Charles A. Pell. for four years the most
noted athlete Of the state of Iowa, was
elected physical director to succeed W.
J. Monilaw, resigned. Pell has been
athletic director at Iowa State Normal
years ago.
r. r. Barber of Paullina, won the in
terstate trap shooting tournament for
Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska at
Sioux City Fridy, out of a field of six
ty contestants, by killing forty straight.
birds. Mr.. Barber won the grand AM
erican handicap shoot in Indianapolis
last year. The 500 Gun club shoot will
come to close Friday, with the shoot
ing off of twelve fifteen-bird events. A
banquet was served to the guests by
the 500 club last night, at which near
ly 100 trap experts attended.
Joe Galligan, sparring partner of
Battling Nelson, and Young Kid" Far
mer have been matched to fight if
teen rounds in Davenport before the
Tri- City Athletic Club on June %. The |
semi windup will be at ten rounds be-
tween Johnny Thompson, of Sycamore,
and Harry Griffin, of Chicago. The
other preliminaries will bring out
Packy'' Mcfarland, of Detroit, and |
Tommy Moore, Of Chicago. Abe Pol
ock will referee.
Clinton's independent ball team will |
MT diShapd a g was ctatad II, tho mas
sage from Moline Wednesday, but |
will purchase the franchise of |
The Boone team in the Iowa State |
League. in which case a strong nine /