The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-15


The showing made by the Spokane aggregation last
week. during it's series with Everett than pleas
ing to the management This makes the second winning
of series straight runing and President Dorsey is in high
spirits The fans, too glad for they always like to
the home team the winning side of the fence Prob
ably what is the most significant feature Of the playing
of the boys last week avs the fine stick work. While
most every team plays good ball in the field yet many ag
gregatons cannot WELD the stick effectively.
The majority of the victories of last week and in fact
the week before due to timely and hard hitting 1t
shows that the management Of the local club trying to
do the square thing by the FANS and that is the ticket ch
tends to make baseball successful in any city Keep up
the good work Bre Mac and get there enough
AS time goes pitchers are becoming and more
convinced that they cannot depend too much that spit
ball if they wish to keep their working in trim for
length Of time During the early part of the
many Of the pitchers believed the expectoraton sphere
would not harm the wirlers. For long time discussions
on the subject dropped but Bob Ewing
the crack twrer of the Cincinnati club with the assertion
that to the sobber ball will surely put the best of them
out Of business Bob says he would not advise any pitcher
who wants to his long depend solely the spit
ball.
There is fierce dope being handed out about
Young Corbet Some of his admirers claim he is in better
shape than That may be true enough for those who
wish to swallow it, but Cobett has to show up before the
general sporting public is going to believe any fairy tales
Corbett is trying mixture of gambling and training at
the present time. When not tracing he is holding up
Dick Canfeld's joint in Saratoga.
Things look pretty good for match between Tommy
Burns and Twin Sullivan for September Manager Nc
Carey says he would like to get "Philadepha Jack
OBren the slab to fight the winner Since O'Brine s
match with Sullivan hch to have been fought last
Tuesday, did not pull through and the fighters
their SOUTH it looks though there would be things
doing in that bunch of clever pugs There will be Sullivan
OBren and Burns three Of the fastest mdleweigts and
good fighters any could wish to see hanging
around the Southern California cities O'Brien has writ
ten McCarey for match and the latter says he will get
the best men in the country for him.
Q Q
The Voss Specials, who defeated by the O. r. T.
last Sunday, want revenge and this coming Sunday will
play another game with the teegraphers The game will
probably be played at Natatorium park At Recreation
park the Powel-Sanders and the Corbin Park teams will
play. The league team will play in Beingham.
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William Rdgeway defeated Wesley Brown in the state
pool championship last night at Psters by of 125
to 1O1 This places Ridgeway on par with AL Bunker
each having five games and lost none. The game
evenly played until toawrd the last when Ridgeway by
succession of spurs aawy from his opponent This
evening AL Bunker will play Al German.
Q
From San Francisco comes the that President
Burt Of the Pacific Coast league who attempted to commit
suicide time ago, is slowly recovering. The phys-
clans say however, that it will be long time before the
patient will be out
Rose Pitonoff, 10 years old, yesterday mile in
33 minutes in Dorchester bay. The feat of the girl
recorded by several reliable judges and is said to be the
most remarkable accomplished by amateur swim
mer in open water
William Larned Yesterday won the fifteenth annual ten
mis- of the Longwood Cricket club by defeating
Clarence Hobart $685. rs. The tournament for the
Longwood trophy cup.
The yachting world of America is saddened by the
that Skipper HANK Hatf, who prior to the debut of
Charles Barr sailed the cup defenders the Sandy Hook
and the English courses is lying very low and is feared
may not Captain Haffs wife is also very ILL., but
but neither is of the illness of the other The
aged skipper in his SO year Both at the home at