The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-10-12
SPORTING NEWS.


Searchlight, New, is to vie with Cold
field In having a championship pugf
listic contest decided within its Dor.
ders. Preparations are under way for
matching either Burns and O'Brien or
Brit and Cans for a finish contest on
Railroad day, on which date will be
celebrated the completion of the rail
way to this place. Jack Linke of Los
Angeles will manage the fight, for
which Searchlight will pledge purse
OF $4,000.
The Spokane high school football
team won its first hard game Of the
season Saturday at Occur d'Alene, de-
feating the high school aggregation of
the lake city. to 0, in holly con-
tested game
An important question has sprung
|up at Berkeley. Cal. That is whether
or not the Rugby game will receive
the support of the students From the
present outlook the spirit Of the stu
dents IL l,.kewarm. The game has
progressed rapidly in point Of skill,
and the students have been given a
good idea Of the game which has been
odopted for this fall. But comment Is
varied as to the success of Rugby.
Mordecai Brown, the greatest, on
this seasons form, of all the Chicago
pitchers. has practically won the flag
for the Cubs by his matchless work.
His latest achievement was to take
two of the games won by Chicago
from New York in the recent series.
The football outlook at the Univer-
sity Of Washington is not so encourag-
ing this fall as IT was last, notwith-
standing the fact that there are over
30 in the practice squad every day.
The thing lacking Is old men who have
played on the varsity before. Up to
the present time there have been only
four Of last years men in the practice
squad.
The University OF Montana is to be
included in the big track and field
meet at Seattle next season.
Robert Cary, the great Spokane
Splinter who made Dan Kelly break
the worlds amateur record to beat
him in the 100-yard dash, is now at
Yale and is trying for the Yale fresh
man team. Cary played end on the
University of Montana team and is a
good man.
Jack Sullivan, who nas been match
maker for the Everett (Wash.) Ath-
letic club for the past eight months,
has left for San Francisco to make
arrangements for the meeting OF Per-
cy Cove and frankie Neill at the
Colma club.
The Long-Thompson boxing contest
will be held In the pavilion at Medical
Lake. October %. The men will, box
10 rounds with the privilege of con-
.inuing 1t to 20 IL no decision is reach
ID In the meanwhile. The weight will
,e 1873 pounds at o'clock.
Charles Allard of Poison, Mont, is
he winner of the $1,000 Interstate re-
ay race which was finished Saturday |
lfternoon at Spokane Interstate fair.
Allard's time for the 20 mile run, two
niles a day, was 47:06. H. G. Smith |
Il Endicott, WASH, was second, just |
our seconds behind Allard. Third |
money went to A. e. Stowell, also of |
sndicott, Wash, last years relay win
Ter, and fourth to Anasta Jim Of the
Indian reservation.
The baseball season OF both major |
eagues for 1906 ended Sunday with |
games at Chicago, st. Louis and Gin
,innati. For the first time since the
wo big leagues have been organized |
10Th championships have come to the
anne city. The Chicago National
eague team won the first honors Ia
hat organization easily. Taking the
cad early in June and holding it to
he end, it established new major
record for the number of games
Won. OF the 1853 games played by the
cam, 116 were victories the previous
,est record in this respect having
'een held by the New York club in the
anne league. s+ea
In the American league club the Chi
ago team upset all calculations by |
winning the pennant The contest was
lot decided until last week, the New
fork team being within striking dis
ance of the leaders until October 8,
vhen six inning defeat at Philadel-
'hia put them out of the running. An
qually hard struggle for second place
vas not decided until two days later
shen Chicago defeated Cleveland and
ook away the Ohio clubs last chance
o overhaul New York.
The fourth and fifth teams, Phila-
elphia and st, Louis, were within
lailing distance throughout the sea-
on, Philadelphia, in fact, leading the
eague on three separate occasions,