Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-05-04
SPORTING NOTES.

Skilful as was her work, Miss May
Sutton met defeat at the hands of n.
w Niles Saturday at New York.
At Berkeley, Cal, Saturday Nelson
the English runner and former holder
of the coast record in the five mile
lowered his own time and that of
Baird of the Olympia club. Time, 26
minutes % seconds.
The second annual interscholastic
track and field meet held under the
auspices of Whitman college at Walla
Walla Thursday and Friday nights of
this week, finds over % high schools
promising to send athletes and orators.
The detailed accounts of the Mel
lody-Sullivan fight at Los Angeles
last week give the Boston boy credit
for putting up a logged fight against
a more clever boxer. Melody, accord
ing to the accounts, never had a chance
after the real fighting began, spending
the time rushing Sullivan into clinches.
The third and deciding contest Of the
il tercollegiate baseball games between
Stanford university and the University
Of California was won by the Stanford
team, which already had taken a game.
Bill SQuires is foxy No rushing
into a fight right off the reel for him.
He has posted $4,000 to meet the win
ner of the Burns-O Brien go. That
means he will have time to pick up
some easy money by the exhibition
route.
Young John l.. Sullivan at least has
popular name. He is a weller
weight who will be managed by
Johnny Mack.
guy. In a recent game he sent up
three substitute batters in the ninth
and two Of them got hits.
Freddy Weeks lately defeated Grow
er Hays at Philadelphia in six rounds
Hays is the youngster who, until he
tangled up with Weeks, was whipping |
all the boys around the east
The lid is off in Chicago and three |
battles have been arranged there for |
Young Corgett, He will meet Maurice |
Sayers, Benny Yanger and another
rot yet matched. Corbett is a dead |
one, but he still puts up an interesting
fight
AT Pullman Friday the Washington
State college won the field meete from
the University of Montana by SO points
to q.
Nick Altrock was the first White
SoX twirler to get a shutout. He
turned the trick against st. Louis.
The strain of managing the Pitts
burg Pirates has made Fred Clark
20 pounds lighter than when he only 6
played ball, according to Fred him
self.
Unless several members of the Uni.
yersty of Washington baseball team ,
forsake the practice OF +
rules by staying up slate at ,
night needlessly, all of the games con-
tracted for by the manager will be
preventing special tours
around the sound and the tour in
Guiding the eastern part of this state
ant part of Idaho, all suits will be
cRled in and no more attepApts will
beAmade to put a varsity team in the
field, states a west side report.
In spite of contrary weather, snow
md high winds, the field meet of the
Whitman county high schools was
oulled off Saturday morning in a sue
,essful manner in Colfax.
Seattle-,won a II inning contest |
rom Butte Friday.
Only the fact that he was in superb |
condition enabled young Erne to get |
he better of young Corbett in a six |
'ound bout in Philadelphia Sunday |
light. TO many at the ringside it seem
ed that the cOnqueror of Terrible" |
Terry McGovern had come back into |
his own.