Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-22
Des Moines Western League Club
Sold By Cantillons to John
f. Higgins
WRESTLING BOUT TO CHICAGO
Gotch -HaekenscImidt Match Secured
by Windy c,ty-several Players in
National League Sold or Released
Gossip Among tho College Athletes
Of Iowa.

dent O'Neill and Joseph and M. T..
Cantillon, former owners of the Des
Moines club, attended the league meet
. ing and took the new magnate with
them to introduce him to his rivals in
the pennant game. The price paid by
Mr.. Higgins for the Des Moines fran
chise and players will not be made
public, nor has there been any decision
as to the selection Of manager to
succeed Mike Kelley, now of the To-
ronto club. The Cantillion brothers
made the start as base ball magnates
with the Des Moines club, which they
have retained jointly until too many
irons in the fire compelled disposing
Of it. With Mike Cantillon in charge
Of the Minneapolis club and Joe man
aging the Washington club, the Des
Moines team has been without direct
supervision by its owners for the last
season.
w. w. Wittig, the Milwaukee the
atrical man who is arranging the
z Gotch- Hackens chmidt wrestling match
announces thar, owing to the action OF
the Minnesota state fair board In re-
fusing him the use Of the big amphl-
theater at the fair grounds for the
match, the Chicago offer has been ac-
cepted.
Mr.. Wittig was anxious to hold the
match in the twin cities, and had fig
ured on the big livestock building. p.
Kayser of this city, who represented
Mr.. Wittig here, received a final an
swer from the fair committee yester-
day and Immediately wired Wittig.
+ The Chicago enthusiasts have been
working hard to capture the plum
and offered the big Auditorium, which
seats about $4,000 people.
Mr. Wittig has promised to bring
Hackenschmidt to Minneapolis before
the match, which is booked for April 8,
and it is probable that the Russian
Lion" will take on few Of the heavy
weight wrestaers in an exhibition.
President .oulliam Of the National
league of base ball clubs yesterday an
nounced the following contracts with
and releases of players:
Contracts:
with Chicago-Blaine Durbin, John
j. Evers and Harry G. steinfeldt dsos-
1900
With Pittsburg-Dal G. Alderman,
Beals Becker, Patrick O'Connor, Cecil
Neighbors, C. Shriver, j. Owen Wilson,
Henry Wetzel, Victor G. Willis, and
H. q. Young.
Releases:
BY Philadelphia-To Jersey City
eastern league), w. o. Clements and
William Foxen.
BY Pittsburg-To Atlanta (Southern
1eague), Thomas Philbin; to Wheeling
.(CentralD, w. B. McKechnie; to Roch-
ester (Eastern), H. v. Maggert; to
Providence (Eastern), William Abb
stein; to Wheeling (CentraD, Drum
mond N, Brown; to McKeesport 90.
P. M. league), Pitcher Mcclure.
Philadelphia Tommy Ryan was in
Iowa City this week for the purpose
of organizing classes in wrestling and
boxing among the students of the uni
versity It is probable that he will
be retained by the authorities to con-
duct these classes in the varsity gym
o1asium Tommy has left the fighting
game temporarily to engage in this
work. He has a large class at Ames
and is finishing his second years work
at that place. He will give an exhibi-
ton bowling and wrestling entertain
ment in two weeks. Ryan stated in an
interview that he expects to go back
to the fighting game next year, in the
melter-weight class. He will spend the
summer at Los Angeles.
The recent report that Clyde Will
Jams will not be with the Toledo ball
tossers this year is not correct. He
will join the Mud Hens on June LIST,
after finishing his contract to coach
the Alnes team. Williams himself is
the authority for this statement. He
expects to turn out first class team
at Ames this year, having nearly full
nam Of veterans.
The annual game between Ames and
Drake will be played this year as US
ual, Notwithstanding the reports to the
contrary. The supposed negotiations
with Nebraska for the game have not
unaterialized, and three year contract
with Drake is now being prepared by
the Drake management and will be
submitted to the local school in "a very
few days. There is every reason to
believe that the contract will be signed
by the Arnes board.
The university Of Iowa will do well
to finish the season with one regulation
on the basket ball team, according to
the general sentiment Of the student
body So far three of the Hawkeye
five have been dropped from the game
on account of deficient class work,
Ramsell, Norrissey and Stewart Stew
art is a severe loss to the team at this
time, with the Grinnell game tonight.
This is the biggest state game for the
Iowa quintette, and since the loss of
Ramsell the team work has been CEN
tered around Stewart Iowa has lost
seven of the star men of the university
in the last three weeks, two from the
track team, one from the foot ball
SQUAD, three from the basket ball five
and one from the already depleted base
ball squad.
Doc Fillmore. the former manager
OF War Eagle. the Indian wrestler was
In Des Moines recently, and expressed
the opinion that the match TO he pulled
a there between Farmer Burns and
- d