Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-01
Many Racing Dates For Iowa
Associations Fixed For Com
ing Season
Usage AND BOWS IN CIRCUIT
Date. Assigned for Cedar Valley,
Northwestern Iowa, and Southeast
ern Iowa Associatons-New Foot
Bail Rules-AtteI and Neil Meet To-
niaht-Iowa Beats Missouri.


ing circuits and fair associations dur
ing the past week. One of the most
important Of these, the Cedar valley
Circuit reorganized and took in a
couple of new towns at it's recent an
nual meeting in Waterloo. Both Usage
and Bows was admitted to member
ship. Mason City was dropped for the
year. but it's membership will doubt
less be resumed in 1909, as it expects
to have track by that time.
The following are the dates for the
race meetings to be held in the towns
of the circuit: New Hampton, June
1918; DEBORAH, June 1925; Marion
July "a; La Porte City, July 10;
waverly, July 14-16: Usage, July IL
%; Albert Lea, Mimi, July $3.50; and
BOWS, Aug. As.
Racing dates were assigned for the
county fair associations of the North
western Iowa circuit, at meeting held
at Cherokee. Rockwell City was CIV
en- the opening date Of July 1881. Fon-
da follows with Aug. Al; and Alta
comes next with Aug. lila Sac City
was given the same dates as Alta, but
this may later be changed, or not &C
cepted by the Sac county association
Sheldon was given the dates Aug. 1921
and Rock Rapids Aug. 25-2S. The fol-
lowing uniform classes Were adopted
by the circuit: 2:30, 2:25. and 2:35
trotting and 2:17, 1922 and 1927 pac-
ing. The purses will range from $500
to $500 each.
At the, annual meeting of the South
eastern Iowa Fair Circuit. which was
held at Burlington, the date for hold
Ing fairs were arranged as follows:
Burlington, Aug. 81: Mt. Pleasant,
Aug. 1913; West Liberty and West
Point, Aug. 17-21; State fair, Des
Moines, Aug. 24-31: Columbus Junction
and Eldon, Sept. IA; Fairfield. Sept
S-11; Wilton Junction and Winfield,
Sept. 1918.
Important changes in the rule gov
erning the forward pass We're made
by the national foot ball rules COM
NEW L
new rule on the play Of the forward
pass covers particularly the illegal
touching Of the ball. When illegally
touched the side making the illegal
play loses the ball to it's opponents on
the spot from which the pass was
made. According to the new rule, only
the man Of the passer's side who first
legally touched the ball may there
after recover 1t until 1t has been
touched by an opponent II the for
ward pass is legally touched and then
free and is then touched by another
player Of the passer's side, the ball
goes to the opponents at the point
where touched.
The committee considered the ques-
ton Of defensive tactics in connection
with the forward pass, and it was de-
cided that while the forward pass is
in the air the players of the defensive
side may not use their hands or arms
on their opponents except to push
them out of the way to get at the
ball. In order to eliminate holding
and tackling, it is provided that the
players of the side making the forward
pass, who are eligible to receive the
pass, may use their hands and arms
Just the same way that players go
down under the kick. A new rule was
passed making the intermission be-
tween the halves of the game fifteen
yond that time gives the ball to the
team on the field which may then
place the ball on the thirty-yard line
Of the offending eleven.
Both Sioux City and Des Moines and
perhaps other Iowa cities will be rep
resented by teams or doubles at the
annual tournament of the American
Bowling association, which opens in
Cincinnati next Thursday. The en-
tries that are in already indicate that
the list will greatly exceed last years
To date the entries number 357 five
men teams, 1853 doubles and l,452 sin
giles. A grand total of s2s,705 has been
paid in entrance money. This gives
$2O,S35 available for prizes.
The featl1erweight fight tomorrow
night between Champion Abe Attel and
FRANKIE Neil at San Francisco, prom
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bad blood between the men. Neil is
heavier and stronger than he has been
in previous fights, and tho Owen Nor
an whipped him, his followers declare
he can beat Attel by rushing him and
mixing things.
The Northern league has abandoned
all idea of entering st. Paul and Min
neapolis on account of the delay ex-
perienced in getting a definite reply
from the American association. Six
teams will comprise the reorganized
Northern league. Brandon, Manitoba,
probably will be granted a franchise.
A meeting of those interested will be
held in that city soon. Winnipeg.
Duluth, Fargo, Superior. and either
Grand Forks or Crookston will COM
prise the rest Of the circuit. Ted Sulli-
van, the veteran base ball scout, will
get the Superior franchise.
Johnny Coulon of Chicago got the
decision over Kid Murphy of New
York in a. fast ten-round battle at Pc
oria last might. The little western ban
tam-weight rushed things all the time,
and his clever footwork and effective
blows earned him the verdict He had
his rival going at several stages!
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