Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-29
'ZV1LLE, WASHINGTON, MARCH 20, 1905.
BRIEF SPORTING NOTES.
Baseball Season at Hand-Butte and
Helena Not In League.

Baseball Season at Hand-Butte and
Helena Not in League.
The next good fight in San Fran
cisco is to be on the 2Sth, between
Jack johnson and Marvin Hart, heavy
weights.
J. H. Scott, a San Francisco bicycle
enthusiast, has just completed 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 side issue.
Baltimore.-After less than q
minutes fighting in the second round,
Young Peter Jackson knocked out
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. and lost
the decision by doing 1t on a foul.
Four clubs will constitute the Pa.
cifc National league this season. This
was decided by the action Of Butte
and Helena in withdrawing from the
field through 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 60 on for side bet
Of $3.50 and tie entire receipts OF the
house.
Richmond. Va.-The six day bi.
cycle contest here ended in a victory
for Eddie Root of, New York, Gus
Lawson second and Nat Butler third.
The last mile was made in 1859. The
total time OF riding was 10Y hours
The total distance was 235 miles II
laps. The distance made in two hours
Of riding was 43 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
26, with Salt Lake at Spokane and
Ogden at Boise. The first series will
close July Q. and the second series
will open July 13, 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
to go on with Britt and lie down. Both
the Britts are branding Nolan as a
faker. gambler and other bad things.
Because OF the talk, Frisco sports say
the mill between Britt and Nelson will
take place.
Mecarthy.MeIIody Go.
Honey" Melody and Jerry Nc
Carthy have agreed to a 20 round fight
before the Spokane Amateur Athletic
club on April 18.
Following the announcement Of Nc
Carthy on the day he returned to
Spokane from the Butte fight with Mel
lody that he wanted another chance
at the latter. il has been a foregone
conclusion that the two fighters would
again come together.
Eddie Quinn and Sol Mayer Of the
committee on sports were chiefly in.
strumental in planning for the mill.
The bout is to be pulled of in the
gymnasium OF the club.
BY agreement the men are to weigh
IA pounds at o'clock on the day Of
the bout. Marquis Of Queensbufy
rules are to govern. The conditions.
even to the number of rounds. that
governed the Butte mixup are to rule
In Spokane. At Butte Mccarthy
lasted well as long as he kept the
crouching position In fighting tactics,
but when he came out Of the crouch
Melody put him to the bad. the count
being taken in the 18th round. Non
residents of Spokane can secure re-
served seats for the fight by writing
Eddie Quinn, care the athletic club.