Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-03-31
BRIEF SPORTING NOTES.
Baseball Season at Hand-Butte and
Helena Not in League.

Helena Not in League.
The next good fight in San Fran
cisco is to be on the 28th, between
Jack Johnson and Marvin Hart, heavy.
weights.
j. Fl. Scott, San Francisco bicycle
enthusiast, has just completed a 200
mile bicycle trip from Fairbanks,
Alaska, en- route to the coast
Jack Monroe, the Butte miner who
went against Champion Jim Jeffries,
has been located at last in Birming-
ham, Ala. Monroe has taken up
wrestling as a side issue.
Baltimore.-After less than a
minutes fighting in the second round,
Young Peter Jackson knocked out
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, and lost
the decision by doing it on a foul
Four clubs will constitute the Pa
cific National league this season. This
was decided by the action of Butte
and Helena in withdrawing from the
field through a failure to raise the
necessary capital.
Ole Marsh, the Bellingham wrestler,
has signed an agreement to meet
Indian" Two Feathers in Spokane. in
stead of d. A. Mcmillan, who threw
the Indian at the Spokane recently.
The men are to go on for side bet
of $3.50 and the entire receipts of the
house
Richmond, Va-The six day BIZ
cycle contest here ended in victory
for Eddie Root of New York, Gus
Lawson second and Nat Butler third.
The last mile was made in 1853 The
total time of riding was 1917 hours.
The total distance was 235 miles II
laps. The distance made in two hours
of riding was 4S miles nine laps.
At the last meeting of the Pacific
National league, held at Salt Lake. a |
schedule was adopted for the coming
season. Two series of games will be |
played, the first series opening April |
rs. with Salt Lake at Spokane and
Ogden at Boise. The first series win
close July 8, and the second series
will open July 10, closing September
II. Five games a week will be played.
The winners of the two series will play
a post season series for the champion.
ship.
Billy Nolan, formerly of Butte, is
believed to have made few remarks
IN San Francisco last week that will
bring about a fight between Battling
Nelson, whom Nolan is managing, and
James Britt. Nolan is reputed to have
said that Willie Britt, manager for
James Britt, wanted Nelson to agree
% go on with Britt and lie down. Both
he Britts are branding Nolan as a
'aker, gambler and other bad things
Because Of the talk, Frisco sports say
he mill between Britt and Nelson will I
AXE place.
Mccarthy-MeIIody Go.
Honey" Melody and Jerry Nc
earthly have agreed to a 20 round fight
before the Spokane Amateur Athletic Z
Tub on April IS.
Following the announcement of Nc I
earthly on the day he returned to !
Spokane from the Butte fight with Mel |
ody that he wanted another chance ,
It the latter, il has been a foregone ,
that the two fighters would Z
gain come together I
Eddie Quinn and Sol Mayer of the
committee on sports were chiefly in
trumental in planning for the mill. [
The bout is to be pulled off in the {
Of the club. I
By agreement the men are to weigh 4
A pounds at o'clock on the day of
he bout. Marquis of Queensbury l
ules are to govern. The conditions. I
ven to the number of rounds. that S
overned the Butte mixup are to rule t
n Spokane. At Butte Mccarthy ]
asted well as long as he kept the y
rouching position in fighting tactics. b
ut when he came out of the crouch e
iellody put him to the bad. the count
eing taken in the 18th round. Non b
of Spokane can secure re- p
eryed seats for the fight by writing t
'ddie Quinn, care the athletic club. C