Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-05

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any Of the classics OF the Lexington
harness meeting, Tommy Murphy
champion reinsman of the Grand
Circuit, will be present when the
Kentucky classics are staged. The
star driver Is now recovering
from an appendicitis operation at
Syracuse, but he expects TO go to
Lexington this week Murphy was
advised to abandon the venture on
the theory that it would not pay to
take a chance but he replied that it
was imperative that he visit Lex
ington because he usually arranged
much business for the next season,
/. at the fall Kentucky meeting. Muir
ply does not expect to be able to
dive in any more races this season,
altho he hopes to be able to get to
/ the business Of training about Nov.
rs.
| Jimmy Wilde. British flyweight
champion, is keenly disappointed. He
went to England early in the sum
mer. but before going left word with,
American promoters that he would
be glad to return In October. II he
was assured some matches on this
side. A letter from Wilde to an
| Ohio friend states that no offers
have been received. Jimmy express
ed great surprise that American fans
have not clamored for his return. He
declared he would not make the trip
over here this winter unless he was
guaranteed at least three battles.
Dame rumor say Lee Fohl, former
manager of the Cleveland Indians.
will be at the helm OF the st. Louis
Browns next season. Fohl joined
the Browns early this season In the
capacity OF trainer and ASSISTANT to
Jimmy Burke. Fohfs friends in
Pittsburgh declare the announcement
woul have been made by this time
had 1t not been for the baseball
scandal.
Failure to step out in to the open
| market and purchase promising ball
| players will never be charged against
the st. Louis Cardinals. according to
isiehe!' with the
is-o season Just ABOUT all In. the Car
ulhai poss says ne expects to take
the rubber off the bank roll several
times the coming winter. for the pur-
pose of bolstering an otherwise very
good ball club. Last winter. Hickey
paid out $4,000 for Pitcher Jesse
Haines. and Haines came thru in
fine shape. 1t was a battle to obtain
permission to dig into the reserve
Tor 5000 iron. men. says Hickey but
| the expenditure turned out to be such
gooa one some OF the club directors
| nave really begun TO believe that 1t is
necessary to spend some coin to get
the good talent. hickey is already
looking FOR materlal.
| reports rom no De 1ane Nr' Where
/ pranch I. w. =. a. was recently es-
! lapllsned, snow that the YOUNG
ladies OF south America are par
ticuiariy ADEPT at games suited to
their sex, such as tennis. basketball
and golf. Several North American
women, framed WORKERS In work.
| nave been trained insvarlous games.
1t is planned to have a golf course
''Y" idea scored great hit in Rio
De Janeiro from the first.
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Altho 1t will not be staged, until
next June. plans are already on foot
for the great English derby at EPSON
Downs. The classic is more than $50
years old, and each year 1t mas grown
In popularity until now the Famous
race course is scarceiy aole 70 accom-
modate the croWd. Inc movement
recently Launched makes Tor the
turning OF the day the derby IS heid
into q regular basket picnic day, and
the poorer class as well as the roy
atty and aristocrats will share In the
enjoyment. Nearly million people
were present at the famous race
course on the last derby day." but
boosters who are working in all quar-
tiers of England to make the event
O Noteworthy success, at least from
an attendance standpoint. The derby
is usually staged during the first
week of June, the exact date being
named by the jockey club officials,
usually several months in advance.
/
While the muck anent the 1919
worlds series is flying, and fans have
almost come to doubt even their pet
ball players, football, the great Am
erican college game, whose history
and traditions are clean, true and
free from blame, Is here. Quietly and
unobtrusively, amid the roar Of the
thousands mailing home run drives.
the game that is in play and tradi-
ton purely academic made it's bow.
In the cycle of the next ten weeks
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