The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-19
...SPORTS...


time William Ridgeway last night defeated AL Bunker
in the state championship pool tournament at Pfsters
by of 1875 to 49, Both played excellent
game although Bunker made several costly mspays and
not steady his opponent. Winning last night S
game places Ridgeway in excellent position to win
the final game of the tournament. He has to play
AL German.
Germain has already lost four games and it is not
thought to be in good form Ridgeway If German
beats Ridgeway the latter and Bunker would be even
and another game between the two would have to be
played The contest between Ridgeway and Geain viii
take place Tuesday night.
There than 100 people at Pfsters last night
who witnessed the contest. Everyone was delighted
Sunday the striking telegraphers ball team will again
| play the Voss Specials and hot time is anticipated.
Last Sunday the teegraphers defeated the Specials and
this week the defeated ones say they will make things
warm for the tckety-tick aggregation.
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Fight fans are UP in the air in California over the talk
that the Britt Nelson fight scheduled for Sept. 9, may
be postponed. 1t the Native Sons of California
think the fight will interfere with Admission day and a
committee Of that body has called upon Jimmie Cofroth
to postponement Of the fray 1t is also rumored
that members Of the order threaten to prevail upon the
governor Of the state to stop the mill unless the swatest
| is held some other date.
During the meeting Coffroth said he didn't whether
the fight postponed He asked also to hold the
fight in Frisco Cofroth said he would pull off the fight
in Frisco providing he is guaranteed permit
1t looks as though there would be dongs ice this
winter The Spokane Recreation company considering
plans to flood the baseball grounds and turn it into
skating rink. This would be delight to hundreds OF
|Spokane's citizens and would benefit the grounds 1t is
the plan Of the company to bank up the field and fooo
it with four five inches of water By next spring wher
the grounds made ready for playing it is thought
the soaking of the winter would make the diamond much
faster than it is.
Go to it, Merritt!
Every game played by the Pacific Coast league was
la This is peculiar. Two were by the score OF
|3 to and one by to O. Los Angeles shut Seattle out
4O Portland shut out Frisco 3d. and Tacoma shut out
Oakland 80 In the entire three games but 81 hits
made 16 by the winning teams and IS by the losers
The winning pitchers were Baum Hendley and Brown
The score of the St. Louis Philadelphia game yesterday
certainly odd For 16 innings the teams
IpIayed and finally the game ended in tie by the score
of to g. There the number Of hits and errors
on both Sides the hits amounting to 49, with error fo
each team
Several hundred automobile enthusiasts have arrived
at Cape May N. j. to witness the attempt which Walter
Christie intends to make this afternoon to break the
worlds automobile speed record for one metre and one
mile. On July 80, Mr.. Christie, timed by Sam Butler
secretary of the Automobile Club Of America reduced
the American kimetre record by making it in his 12orse
power automobile in rs seconds flat. He confident OF
his ability lower this record and also that for the mile
The experiment will be watched with great interest
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Pitchers in these days who wish to have their names
before the public will please get crazy That is what
friend RUDE Waddell prescribes. RUDE will not admit
that he is crazy, but he certainly has his pecuarltles
which he himself admits Rube has turned many queer
stunt since he has been shmmering in the lime light OF
professional baseball, but here is that about caps
them all When RUDE was in New York he spied sgr
which read
''Ten Cents Carload for Cnders."
That made hit with Rube, and he is going to buy
soft coal and burn it, and sell the cnders. Where is
Jonathan Dee