The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-26

Maybe the spokane fan isn't happy. Maybe life dOesn
look sweet to him. For he will be able to lean
that big long vanished bar stand with his legs apart
and big black cigar stuck in the side of his mouth at his
favorite cigar stand and tell em all how it happened.
And it's all because the professional baseball starts in
once more Out at the ball grounds this ae hoon
Spokane and Vancouver will start in a series /
Prior to today's gagme, the players have had along
rest and during this time President Dorsey has been busy
patching up his team i
According to Bre'r Dorsey Spokane has big chance
OF taking the best half of the pie this week He says the
reason for the poor showing of the bunch last week.
his having regular second baseman. Il
Today either Baer Cutter will play the second corner
and each of the men are fast in that territory. II
If that man Eastwood can only get his batting eye
down to real old swatfest STYLE Spokane will have avery
neat backstop addition Eastwood when he gets into the
game plays hard There is thing about his playing
that takes with the fans and that u.s. his ability to whip em
down to second He ams that old chunk of skate hide to
the different corners like streak of fabricated lightning
When Eastwood started out during the present season.
his throwing all there but he handicapped by
having to work with pitchers with whom he had never
played before With time and hard work Dash will be able
to go some.
The games in this series will be called at $3.50 o'clock
The grounds reached by the Washington street Trc-
ton cars running out Third Avenue either line landing
passengers within easy distance of the grounds
The pool tournament for the state championship which
is going at Pfsters is still attracting large crowds
OF enthusiasts. Last night after Of the most exciting
matches yet played in the contest, William Rdgeway de-
feaed Anderson by of 125 to 10.
Anderson started off in the lead taking everything for
the first 10 innings which ended with Anderson in the lead
by score of 10 to O. Ridgeway then up rife but
Anderson still held the lead and it not until the SO in
ming that Rdgeway finally took the lead which he kept
til the end.
From all indications it amose assured that Rufe
Turner, the champion lightweight of the Pacific coast will
agree to the terms of Barney Mun for swatfest to be
pulled off in this city during the month of August Mun
said last night that he would have to let Turner have his
way the matter, but he willing to do for the
good of the Muln says Turner wants clean break
Mulln says it's the straight rules for him. but will fight
any way. Lea Myers Mullins manager says he expects
to head from Turner day and appears confident
that the crack coored fighter will make good. 80
'Brookyn' Tommy Sullivan might more appropri-
atey be termed the 'en pin kid by of his being
Knocked to the floor sixteen times in six rounds by Kid
OF Havre last night In almost every occasion when he
went to the boards he took the for nine but finally
dozed off for ten proper The fight if may be pardoned
for using the term, cinch for Lee. All Sullivan
seemed capable Of doing to meet bunch of bones
drop knee then rise and another The Brook
ing but it is somewhat entertaining, that jumping jack
stunt when confined to the stic During the pre-
minary, Kid Frazier coored fighter of Havre knocked
out Kid Duncan, Of San Francisco in the fifth round.
Los Angeles defeated Oakland at that place yesterday
by of to 2. Costly lost the game for the
Commuters.
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Bobby Keefe was the Man of Mystery yesterday and
San Francisco went down for shuout by of to
TO- Keee struck out eight and allowed but three hits
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Angle owned by C. c. Morris, of Cleveland the $1O
600 Merchants and Manufacturers stake at Detroit yeser
day. The horse the first and third heats Time 212
and 2 IL respectively.
The "dope" leaked out on Huntington on the Brighton
Beach, n Y track yesterday and it is estimated that fully
$4,000 that horse The odds started to
but the money in fast the bangta that is was
showed down to to and when the bunch went to the
post people still busy pankng down their dough
him.