Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-15
REVIEW Of me- SPORTS
Cornell College Training Squad
Of Athletes For the Inter-
collegiate Meet
ARKANSAS, ANTI-RAcING LAW
Legislature Of Southwestern State Fol-
lows Tennessee in Prohibiting Bet
ting on Horse Races-sae of Base
Ball Team Good Thins--Britt Cans
Fight May Be Called OF.

Cornell College, which has never pc
| fore been factor in the track athletlcs
OF Iowa. is preparing to enter the state
| meet this spring With a bunch OF for
ty men working three times each week
Du Bridge, who is training the squad,
hopes to be able to make a showing OF
which the college or squad need not DC
ashamed. This season is the first IN
the history of Cornell that its athletes
have had the opportunity to train IN
doors during the late winter, before
weather conditions permitted outdoor
practice. Especial interest centers IN
the development OF Phillips, who has
showed evidence of becoming a strong
| Splinter. Wells and Gibbs are the
quarter milers who are expected to
win. Dual meets are to be held with
Coe, Grinnell, Lennox and the state
normal, at Cedar Falls.
| Arkansas Is the second state with
4 in two weeks which has felt the grip OF
| it's legislative body, ana which has had
| gambling on horses taken from It's
| well-known winter resorts. During the
| past week the general assembly at Lit
| tie Rock passed the Amis anti-racing
bill by vote of So to 3 which puts
to an end betting in any form on
trials OF speed between horses. Acting
Governor Moore signed the measure
| Thursday. AS Il result the gates OF
Oaklawn at Hot Springs, one of the
most notorious gaming places OF the
southwest, were closed.
| Since Tennessee was forbidden to bet
on horse races by it's legislature, an
| effort is now to be made to hold
meeting without the gaming feature to
! which the lawmakers objected. Men
| interested in the breeding of horses
are to give a meeting in Memphis in
April when purses OF $4,000 will be
hung up. No attempt is to be made
to disobey the law, and the promoters
are depending solely on the gate re-
ceipts to prevent deficit. Betting on
horse races is but one form of gamb-
| ling, and where 1t assumes the proper
tons it does at Hot Springs and Mem
phis 1t becomes a gigantic evil. The
move of both legislatures is only one
| in the right direction, step toward
decency and cleanliness in sports.
sss
Marshallsown this week sold its base
bail team, the property of its associa-
tion and franchise in the Iowa State
League to A. S. Kennedy, better known
as Snapper" and Belden HILL both OF
Cedar Rapids. The sale was the best
from a financial standpoint that the as
ISOLATION has ever made, and it was the
! most feasible and easiest way out of a
vexlng proposition. 1t is questioned If
anyone could have been found who
| would have assumed the presidency, let
alone the secretaryship, of the asso-
| citation. All were tired of the worry
Incidental to being officers of the club,
which entailed during the past year
or two the unpleasant duties of
| "hounding" people for money to keep
the club agoing. Now that Kennedy
and Hill have taken it over, and the
former will be manager and resident
| owner, the future is sinplified. 1t is UP
to Kennedy to make 1t pay or not. And
whether it pays or not depends large
ly on the team Kennedy puts into the
field. He will find it profitable to
deliver the goods" and If he Is as
fortunate as he was at Ottumwa for
two years the city will be glad it sold
out to Snapper"
! Electrical score boards operated from
near the home plates probably will be
adopted by the American league clubs
to indicate to spectators every decision
made during a game instead of the
signal system by umpires' gestures,
| which has been under consideration.
President Johnson of the American
league has made the prediction after
a consultation with an inventor Of a
mechanical board similar to the one in
use in st. Louis. The board appeared
| to be simple and practical as well as
reliable and will be brought to the at
tention Of the club owners at their
schedule meeting in New York week
after next. If it meets the approval Of
| the majority of the clubs it's use prob
ably will be made compulsory in the
| league. BY its use decisions on balls
and strikes and on bases are shown
| instantly.
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| Adolph e. Anderson, of Chicago, won
the two mile skating championship
of the west and lost half-mile title by
fall in the final lap of the race Mon
| day night in the annual championship
| tournament Of the Western Skating
Association, held at the st. Paul base
ball park. Perfect weather conditions
and ice as smooth as glass atoned for
the miserable conditions which handi-
| capped the contestants Monday in the
preliminary of the skating contests.
Five close and exciting races were
pulled off. The entry list for each event
was large and the contestants were
evenly matched.
| The Britt-Gans fight is regarded by
| Informed sports as about as good as
off Riley, Britt's manager, has said
that he would call the fight off If Cans
matched UP with Harry Lewis. Cans
did make such match but he called it
off as soon as he learned of Riley's
threat. T.iley's next kick was that
Reno had matched Corbett and Her
man for the same week, which would
detract from the interest of the Britt
Cans fight.
Billy s,herrard, known we'll in Iowa,
was downed in Minneapolis this week
by Fred 13eell, who took on four men
on an offer to throw them all in if