Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-08
REVIEW Of ME SPORTS
Iowa State Bowling Tourna-
ment All But Ends in
Free-For-All Fight
BASKET BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Deciding Game to b. Fiayeo ~ 'N"s
City Saturday-Law Kills Racing IN
Tennessee-Gotch Beats Parr-Mel-
Iody- Lewis Fiaht--Lewis and Joe
Cans Are Matched.
The annual business meeting OF inc
Iowa State Bowling Association almost
broke up in fight at Cedar Raplas
after the games of the annual toufna-
ment had been played. The trouble
grew out of c. w. Hummer. proprietor
of Cedar Rapids alley, defeating
Disalvo, of Des Moines, in the singles
and Hummer and Montillon beating,
defeating the crack Des Moines team
Des Moines protested that alley own
ers were ineligible to play. and the
trouble started. 1t has been referred to
the national association for decision
Hummer, who had anticipated a pro-
test. had secured the opinion of the
secretary Of the national association
who wrote him that alley owners were
not barred by the associations rules
In the special five-men match Ames
won from Waterloo. In the special IN
dividual match RAIDER of Ames, beat
Frey of Waterloo The place OF hold
ing the next tournament will be decided
by the executive committee.
The college basket ball championship
OF the state will be decided at Iowa
City Saturday when Iowa College will
play the state university. Grinnell
won from Iowa city several weeks ago
by score of Sc to %. Both Grinnell
and Iowa City, tho. have been beaten
by the Des Moines Y. M. C. A. five.
which is not, however, eligible for col
lege championship honors. Coe is a
runner-up for third, and it has a
chance for place should it defeat Grin
nell at Cedar Rapids tonight.
The racing game is dead in Tonnes
see. The anti-race track gambling bill
passed both houses Of the legislature
this week, and 1t will be signed by the
governor. The law becomes effective
with its signing. Secretary McF'arlan,
of the Memphis Jockey club, is author
ity for the statement that the game is
dead.
Frank Gotch defeated Jim Parr, the
Englishman, at Louisville, KY, in two
straight falls. The time was "a and II
minutes. Saturday Gotch and Farmer
Burns meet at Louisville.
The next big event on the pugilistic
calendar will be the fight between
Honey Melody of Boston, and Willie
Lewis Of New York, for the welter-
weight championship. The mill is
slated to take place before one of the
Rhode Island clubs next Monday night.
So
Joe Cans and Harry Lewis, Of Phil
adelphia are to battle for the light
weight championship Of the world.
They have posted side bets. Lewis is
in Denver, and when he received the
news the colored champion had con-
scented to meet him and actually had
posted the money to bind the match,
the curly haired scrapper from Quaker
town was happy.
Harry p. Woods, the we'll known
Norborne, Mo-, starting judge, who has
frequently been seer at Iowa race
meetings, is quite actively interested
in the breeding and training business
at his home town. He is said to have
twelve head of well-bred youngsters in
training, mostly all his own breeding.
Tommy Ryan knocked out Dave
Barry in the fifth of scheduled twenty
round fight at Hot Springs. Barry was
outclassed at all stages of the fight.
The meeting for a reorganization of
was held at Cherokee Thursday. Fonda,
Sac City, Alta, Sheldon, Sutherland
and Sioux City were in the circuit last
year.
The Texas base ball league has been
organized with a circuit made up of
Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Hous-
ton, Temple, Waco, San Antonio and
Austin. The season will open April
20 and close September 5.
Chilly" Sherrard, who has wrestled
and fought in Iowa during recent
years, is in Minneapolis looking for
game" He is scheduled to go
against Fred Bull next week.
against Fred Beell next week.