Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-18
SPORTING NEWS.

The annual football game between
the state universities of washington
and Idaho, which for the past TWO
wears has practically decided the col
legiate championship OF the RACINE
northwest, will probably be played III
Spokane October 2S.
Colma. Col.-About 22OO sport en-
thusiasts came to Colma to witness
the scheduled 25 round go between
the two big fellows, Gus Ruhlln' tne
Akron giant, and Jim Mccormick the
protege of John L. Sullivan. McCor'
mick was knocked out in the lSth
round of one of the poorest contests
ever witnessed in this ring
The national baseball commission
has decided that players who Wll1ul-
ly break their agreements with CLUBS
which enter into contracts with them
in good faith shall be permanently
blacklisted.
The cycling world is promised a big
treat in the near future. Negotiations
are now being made to bring about
series of match races between Frank
Kramer, the sprinting champion OF
America, and liver Lawson, who mas
Just returned to this country after
defeating all of the greatest short dis
lance men in Europe and Australia.
1t is stated that Ralph Rose, the
phenomenal young Californian whose
record breaking performances at Mich
igan during the last two years were
brought to a close last spring by his
being deprived of his amateur stand
ing, will enter Stanford next fall
An effort is being made to form an
eastern Washington racing circuit.
The Wenatchee fair is the last week
in September. The Harrington race
meet will take place the first week
in October and the county fair is
scheduled for the third week. Wilbur
has an annual fair and racing tour
nament and an effort is being made to
have Wilbur choose the second week
in October. This arrangement would
duOIu COuI1uuOuS ldSAuS III a hOAIh
at places not widely separated.
Horsemen from all parts of the Pa
ciic coast have been attracted by the
six $1,000 stakes offered by the Mon
tana state fair October 81.
H. Chandler Egan successfully de-
Tended his title of national golf cham
pion in the 18th annual tourney at the
Chicago Golf clubs links Saturday at
Wheaton, defeating D. E. Sawyer of
Exmoor, up and to play in the
finals.
Rumors that baseball team will be
placed in Butte are utterly without
foundation.
One of the greatest horse races of
the year was run at Saratoga Satur-
day, when James R. Keene's Sysonby
fully justified his title of king of the
turf in winning the Great Republic
stake, worth $4,000 to his owner.
Cleveland, Ohio.-Earl Kiser of Day
ton, who first acquired national fame
as bicycle rider and recently as an
automobile racer, met with an acct
dent recently at the opening of the
Cleveland automobile clubs summer
meet that may prove fatal.
A. B. Bevan of Iowa state college
will train the footballers of the Spo-
kane high school this season.
The state. university of Washington
and the Washington state college will
play their sixth annual football game
in Pullman October 2S.
Vancouver and Bellingham broke all
previous records in the Northwest
league at Vancouver Saturday by play
ing a 10 inning game. Harmon and
Califf both pitched their game through.
Harry Green of Spokane announces
that it is his intention to go into base
ball next year. Mr.. Green will attend
the meeting of the Pacific Coast league
at Portland August "a, and it is un-
derstood that he has been requested
to represent Spokane by Henry Harris
OF the San Francisco team and nv
others well up in the management of
the coast league.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS,