Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-04
Mississippi Valley Cities Join In
the Central States Rowing
Association
RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1906
Cans and "Jimmie" Britt to Fight at
Tonopah, Nev.-Wes.ern League
Western Association Row over To-
peka--Ristine's successor-cantilIon
Want. Mike Kelley.

Is being made to revive the interest IN
rowing all the Mississippi by the or
ganizaton of rowing association. An
association has already been formed In
Quincy, which includes In its mem
bership Chicago, Peoria, Quincy, Han
nibal, and Keokuk. An attempt Is be-
ing made to interest Burlington. Such
an organization, known as the Missis-
sippi Valley Rowing Association, ex-
listed some years ago and awakened
not a little Interest by Its regettas.
The club just formed has been or
ganized under the name OF the Central
States Rowing Association. Its pres
ident Isl G. j. Hermsdorfer, Of Quincy.
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Following are some Of the records
made Ii, field and track events by pro-
fessional and amateur performers dur
ing the year 1906:
Running.
100 yards-Dan Kelly, % 3-5.
One lnile-J. p. Conneff, AIS 3-5.
Marathon race-W. j. Sherring, 26
miles 1:51:23 So.
Jumping.
Standing High-Ray C. Ewry. fee.
3A inches. \
Running High-M. F. Sweeney s
feet SIS inches
Standing Long-R. G. Ewry, II feet
6 inches.
Running Long-M. Prinstein. "a feet
71s inches.
Pole vauIting.
Leroy Samse, 12 feet AZ inches.
Weights.
16-pound hammer. Flanagan, 173
feet H. inches.
1s-pound shot-w. w. coe, ~ seet
inches.
24-pound shot-Ralph Rose, SO feet
2% inches.
56-pound weight. Flanagan, 43
feet 5 inches.
Discus throwing-.Martin Sheridan,
1874 feet 6 inches.
Tonopah, New, having arrived on the
fighting map by reason OF the Cans
Herman mill of this week, Is to figure
as the meeting place for Cans and
Jimmie" Britt, who signed articles
yesterday to meet, probably March II.
The purse offered Is $4,000 to be divid-
ed, 60 per cent to the winner and 40
per cent to the loser. The weight has
been fixed at 1913 pounds, fighters to
weigh in two hours before the gong
sounds. The fight is to be to finish.
Tonopah promoters and hackers OF the
recent Cans Herman bout went up
against" it good and plenty" The re-
ceipts from all sources We're about
$4,000 short of the expenditures. That
they have tackled another fight prop-
osition Of magnitude is evidence of
their nerve
Topeka, Kas., gives promise Of be-
ing the cause Of a merry base ball war
between the Western League and Wes-
tern Association. The Western
League, to increase the size OF Its Cir
cult would annex Topeka, but the
Western Association proposes to re-
linquish it only after a struggle. The
question of possession will undoubted-
ly go before the national commission.
the highest court Of appeal for base
ball controversies. The Western AS
ISOLATION proposes to either get Kan
sas City in return Of Topeka, which Is
not likely, or fight.
'Dope" sent out from Iowa City has
1t that Arthur Ristine is to return TO
Iowa State College, Ames, to coach Its
foot hall team next season. It was
generally understood, the statement
says, that Ristine had retired. Despite
the story sent out from Iowa City,
there is small chance Of Ristine return
ing to Ames from his Virginia home,
where he now Is. While. for certain
reasons, Ristine's successor can not
now be named, he is to have a success
sor, a man we'll known among Iowa
college athletes. The choosing Of his
successor has been a foregone conclu-
sion to those who were close to the in
ner circle Of Ames athletics.
Joe Cantillon, owner of the Des
Moines club Of the Western League, is
after Mike Kelley, Of Minneapolis, to
manage his Des Moines bunch. Kelley
was Canned" from the American As
ISOLATION last summer, and supposedly
exiled from organized ball. But the
temper of Minneapolis has cooled quite
lot since then, and as there is moth
ing on record with the national COM
mission against Kelley, he can probably
play. If he does, Cantillon will doubt
less land him.
1t is singular coincidence that two
Of the very best of the past seasons
performers, one a trotter, the other a
PAGER, are owned at Waterloo, a point
which as a racing and training place
has always been prominent on the har-
ness horse map, and seems to be gain
ing ground in that respect from year
to year. The horses referred to in the
foregoing are King Entertainer 2:11A,
and Castlewood 2:09A. The first
named is owned by Charles A. Marsh,
prominent manufacturer of Waterloo,
while the latter is owned by George j.
Thomas, the we'll known racing owner,
now a resident of Waterloo, but for
merly Of Eau Claire, Wis.
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