Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-23
FRANK G0|CH IS
GOING |O ENGLAND
Iowa's Champion Wrestler to
Appear in Vaudeville in
British Isles
CUBS NOT TO PLAY ON COAST
Offer From Los Angeles and San
Francisco is Turned Down-Turner
to Meet Tom Cannon at Waterloo -
The AlI-Amerioan Base Ball Team
Hot Bouts for Los Angeles.

vaudeville company has, made him a
either twelve or twenty weeks abroad
Gotch Is going broad not so much to
wrestle but to put himself before the
public by means of his vaudeville
sketch, which includes a cast of seven
people. One of the most prominent
members Of the cast is Emil Klank, or
Doc. Fillmore, as he is Familiarity
known in Iowa. This play has made
a big hit wherever 1t has been put on,
and should make Gotch's fortune
abroad
1t is probable that Gotch will do some
wrestling after he gets started in Eng
lard. He and his company will sail
on the Campaign and will open the en-
gagement at Liverpool on Nov. 9. The
big Iowan doubtless will be deluged
with challenges. When the English
wrestlers get a look at him they will
all want to tackle him. For Gotch is
the most deceiving person in appear
ance that one ever saw.
George Turner, OF Turner. who
threw Ali. the Turk. in this city, last
summer. is scheduled to meet Tom
Cannon, an champion of England. at
Waterloo tonight. Cannon is big man
and matches Turner well in weight and
strength. Turner gave the wrestling
game a big boost in Waterloo last
week when he took on Reeves, an al
legged northwestern champion, and
threw him the best tWo-out-of-three.
The worlds champion Cubs will not
play the Los Angeles or the San Fran
cisco baseball teams in the west this
winter, as was at first planned.
Chances men turned down the offer
of $4,000 made them by Henry Barry
of the Los Angeles team and Cal Ew-
ing of the San Francisco nine. These
magnates offered $4,000 and all ex-
penses, but the Cubs insisted on $1,000
for each man, and that fourteen men
be carried and all expenses paid. 1t
is evident that this did not meet with
the approval of the western baseball
men. for nothing further has been
heard.
After long discussion, the Cubs
had only one request to make of the
national commission, and that was
that their worlds championship med
ais be made somewhere else than in
Cincinnati The tinware that was
given them last spring already has
furnished. and the diamonds have lost
their luster so they wanted to get
something that would last over next
season.
Of the nineteen huge cars entered
in the Vanderbilt cup race, which
will be decided over the new Long Is
land course next Saturday, practically
all of them have had fast work out,
and, like so many thoroughbreds pre-
paratory to a derby or futurity, the
costly machines which will strive for
honors in Americas classic have been
given the care of expert handlers.
SO as to accustom themselves to the
turns and twists of the course, the
drivers were sent around it first at
slow speed. With each trial the power
was increased until, within the past
week, they travelled over the course at
lightning speed.
The nineteen machines are the best
that brains and money can put togeth-
er. The drivers have. time and again,
demonstrated their ability, and the
owners are men whose standing in
the sporting world is of the highest.
Altho the course has two dangerous
spots, the Hairpin turn and Westbury
bend, those who have driven over it
have pronounced it one Of the safest
in the country.
Below is the 'all American" star base
ball team, picked from the two major
leagues by an eastern base ball writer
Of repute 1t has been submitted to a
number of sports writer's in the east
and it is considered to contain the
very cream of the highest class players
of the two leagues. Only one serious
objection has been made and that is in
placing Lajoie on second instead of
Evers, of the Chicago Cubs. The fol-
lowing is the "all American team cho-
sen from both leagues:
Catchers-Kling, Chicago Nationals;
Bresnahan, New York Nationals.
Pitchers-Walsh, Chicago Americans;
MatheWson, New York Nationals;
Young, Boston Americans; Brown, Chi
cago Nationals; Rucker, Brooklyn Ma
tionals.
First Base-Chase, New York Ameri-
cans.
Second Base-Laioie, Cleveland AM
orleans.
Third gase-Devlin, New York Ma
tionals.
Observation-Disclosures. Pittsburg Ma
tionals.
Left Field-C1ark, Pittsburg Nation
ais.
Center F'ield-Donlin. New York Ma
tionals.
Right Field--Cobb. Detroit Ameri-
cans.
Two of the best fights that could pos
siblv be arranged are assured for the
Jeffries club at Los Angeles, Cal. The
first Will be fought Nov. 10 between
Champion Abe Attell. master of the
feather weights, and Al Wolgast Of
Milwaukee, The match has been made
and the lads will go twenty i've rounds
Il. !