The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-04
SPORTING NOTES.

Two men. % By George Rouse anl
eigL- by Ray Marsdou. the senior 4
class won the i~Iterclass track meet OF
the Spokane high school.
President Lucas has issued an open
letter % the baseball players In the
Northwestern league asking them 10
refrain from rowdy conduct on the
ball field. and stating that the league
uupires Will see 10 the enforcement Of
a.. rules against such tactics.
Joe Pearson. for two years captain
of The : A. A. c. track team and the
champion Splinter Of the northwest.
has resigned his position as captain
# the club team and Will not run in
The p. y. s meet this coming June.
The Reach regulation baseball has
been adopted as official by the
Northwestern league and will be
used in all Of the games this season.
Matt j. Stanley. manager Of the
| Spokane Indians. is one Of the best
known ball players in this section Of
The country.
The continued success Of the Ameri-
can athletes in the Olympic games is
causing some i'll feeling among the
Greeks. although on the whole an ex-
~celleut temper has been displayed by
the competitors and spectators.
The championship rounds in the
covered courts tennis were played of
at the Queens club. London. Hugh
l.. DOherty the holder II the singles.
defeated A. ". Gore by 9 10 o. Doherty
thus retained the title. Miss D. K.
Douglass. as the challenger, beat Miss
Lane, the holder in the women's
singles. by 2 10 0.
Kid Parker and Indian Joe Gregg
have been matched to fight 20 rounds
before the Rossland. B. c.. Athletic
club about May IS. The weight limit
has been set at 135 pounds.
Frank GOtch. the wrestler. Satur
lay night won the international
heavy weight tournament which has
been held all winter in Canada. the
finals being contested at Buffalo. y.
Fifty wrestlers Of all n~ationalities
participated.
Ladies day at Recreation ball park
Spokane this year will be Friday.
when will be admitted to the
grounds and grandstand free Of
.
In the last game Of the Portland :
-os Angeles series at Los Angeles.
al, Sunday evening. the visitors lost
o the home team, 9 to 0. by rushing .
the field TO catch a train in the
half Of the eighth inning. when
he score stood 3 TO 4 in favor of T
Manager Morley announced >
hat the Los Angeles club stands dis =
anded for the season. J.
Spokane took the first game Of
le Northwestern league season Of y
200 from Butte at Recreation park .
ST Saturday afternoon. The count u
as 8 to 4, the suspicious starter TAX 4
g place in the presence Of a large a
ovid Of ball hungry fans. The wea- >
er was ideal. the a service good. 4
. crowd happy and the game fine. u
The dual track meet held in Mis- .
ula, Mont, Saturday afternoon. in "a
lich Washington State college Of %
.llman, Wash. and the University Of W
)ntana were the competitors. was
N by the Montana team. The final "
unit OF the points made by all -.
aletes winning places in the events VI
ows that Coach Schule's men won
II points over Washington. the
standing 50 to y. Fl
The first in~terscholastic track and -
Id meet ever held in Cheney took %
Saturday afternoon on the nor =
Il campus between Davenport high a.
lool. Medical Lake high school and m
eney state normal school. Daven- ~,
won the meet. with a total of IS ~,
-nts; Cheney took second place -
IN As points; and Medical Lake ois
10 points. The weather was nv
al, but the track was in poor con- -,
n fast time was out of the -,
{
}. Handy Of the Central Y. NJ. c e.
at Chicago has lowered the Ameri- -,
one mile indoor swimming mark -.
26:l3, in the Central Amateur -
lletic union swimming champion ,be
ps The former record was held 49,
c. N. Daniels Of New York. at no
10. ma
ne Yakima Valley Baseball league -.
started with six clubs three 49,
'hs ago and has played a series and
an OF games has been reduced to
clubs. Prosser and North Yakima ID
ing withdrawn their teams.
I'm Morley's word is good in Seat.
He has made the statement that
r May 20 there would be no
Coast league. and the managers
seattle are willing to help him
.e good his statement. F
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