Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-01
R[|N[N0F THE SPORTS
Stats Golf Clubs Annual Tourn-
.ament Will Be Notable Event
For This City
100 PLAYERS TO BE HERE
Local Club Is Making Preparations to
improve the Course and Enlarge the
Club Changes Made in Base
Ball RuIss-Iowa College Teams
sehsduIe-other Sports Gossip.

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The largest athletic gathering this
city has ever entertained will be the
Iowa state golf tournament, which
comes here with the annual meeting
of the state association, during the
middle OF July. Already plans are be-
ing made by the Country club, on
whose course the state events will be
played, to make the course suitable to
the most critical players and to en-
large and make better the club house
where they will be entertained while
on the grounds. Few people living in
this city realize the true meaning of
the coming here of the golf experts OF
Iowa. In number there will be APP
proximately 100. and q better class OF
fellows were never met. They pay
their own way and many OF them will
spend fully ten days in the city. The
qualifying rounds, preliminaries, semi
finals and finals Of the state match will
occupy the most OF six days. In adj
dition number of the players especi-
[ ally those who have serious inten-
tions about winning the championship.
/, will be here two or three days In adj
vance of the opening to get accus-
toned to the course.
"a number OF changes in the base
ball rules were made this week by the
committee and approved by the major
league directors. After making some
minor changes the committee reported
that rule fourteen should read that
only the pitcher be allowed to take the
gloss or q new ball No other player
may do so under a penalty Of s. fine
for each offense.
Rule flfty-one, section 10, pertaining
to the man at bat, was amended to
read that the batsman shall be de-
clared out IL he steps from one bats
mans box to the other after the pitch
er has taken his position in the pitch
ers box. Other changes are:
Il catcher interferes with a bats
man while striking at a pitched ball,
the batsnan becomes a base runner
II there are two base runners and one
passes another in an endeavor to make
a run while the first base runner Is be-
ing tagged the base runner who
passes is to be declared out.
3. S. Ellsworth, the Iowa Falls mill
ionaire who died recently, was lover
OF good horses and on his big 1900
acre farm near Bows, were raised some.
which acquired regulations in Iowa.
At the present time there is being
trained in the stables of Allen Broth
ers, of Marion, a number Of horses
from the Ellsworth farm, including Don
Roma 2:O71s. Last year they had the
mare Letha Niles 2:16A. Mr.. Buckton,
manager OF the farm, is gradually
picking up other good stock for the
place. Ia
The seasons schedule Of the National
League was adopted this week as pre-
pared by President Pulliam. The sea.
son viii open April II dn Chicago. Gin
cinnati. New York and Boston. st.
Louis opens with Chicago. Pittsburg
plays at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at
New York and Brooklyn ae Boston.
So
The big leaguers are busy this week
getting to the training grounds and be-
fore long the scores will be coming in.
Baseball fans are ready for the news
and the coming season will undoubt-
eddy be the best yet in the history OF
the sport.
Following is the schedule, OF games
/ for the Iowa College. Grinnell, base
ball team:
April 2s-Coe VS.. Grinnell at Cedar
Rapids.
April 27-cornell vs.. Grinnell, at
Mount Vernon
4 May s-Nebraska VS.. Grinnell at
Grinnell.
May los. U. l. VS.. Grinnell at Iowa
May 1s-cornell vs.. Grinnell at
Grinnell.
May 15-Ames vs.. Grinnel. at Grim
nell.
May as-Ames vs.. Grtnnell at Ames.
May 24-Simpson VS.. Grinnell at
Indianola.
May 2s-s. U. l. vs.. Grinnell at
Grinnell.
June 1-coe VS.. Grinnell, at Grim
nell.
June s-open date.
William Corners for five years man
ager of the Bloomington in the Three
T. League, and who was succeeded this
year by Fred Donovan, has signed a
contract to play left field for Bloom
ington.
The recent rain, and its attendant
dark and misty weather, which is
characteristic of the breaking up OF
spring, indicates also the approach of
the duck season. March is here and It
will not be long until the flight is on.
In fact in some localities the forerun-
ners of the migration have already ap-
peared.
Cheap Rates to the Pacific Coast.
Commencing March l and continu-
ing until April 80 the Iowa Central
railway will have on sale reduced one
wav tickets to Arizona, California, Ore
gon. washington, British Columbia.