Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-01
SPORTING NOTES.

the points in the Washington Inter
scholastic Athletic association meet
held Friday and Saturday on the state
university campus, making II out OF
a possible 165.. Tacoma surprised
herself by getting second place in the
meet. Spokane was fifth.
| New York.-The first play of the
American challenging lawn tennis
team upon grass courts was held last
week at Ardsley- on Hudson. Beals C
Wright and Karl H. Behr met H. H
Hackett and F. B. Alexander and were
defeated 81, $40, 6-3, 6-2.
Annapolis.-The midshipmen of the
first eight won the two-mile boat race
here with the Columbia varsity crew
by length and half. Official time
Navy, 1898 As; Columbia, 1923 As.
Princeton, N. Y.-Princeton defeat
ed Columbia in dual track meet here
by the score of SO to "a.
st. Louis, Mo.-Frank Gotch won the
first two falls in his match with
Charles Olsen. 1t took Gotch 40 IL
minutes to win the first fall and 35
minutes to win the second
New Haven, Conn.-Much glory
came to Yale athletes Saturday after
noon to compensate for the loss to
Harvard Of the fifteenth annual dual
games which were held on the Yale
field, the final results in which were
55 IL points for the crimson to 48 IL
for the blue.
W. R. Dray of Yale broke the worlds
pole vault record made year ago by
Samse of the University of Indiana, by
clearing the bar at IL feet IL inches,
while Captain J. W. Marshall of the
Yale team, broke the dual high jump
record of feet So inch, made II years
ago, by clearing the bar at feet IL
inches.
Manager Coffroth of San Francisco
changed the date of the Burns-Squires
fight from May 80 to July A. Evidently
the San Francisco manager wants the
recent fiasco in Los Angeles to blow
over before he brings off his big event.
Jim Jeffries has been agreed upon as
the referee for the big fight.
Wardner, Idaho.-John Bell and DR..
Fred Harris are reported to have bond
ed the Brooklyn group of claims on
Pine Creek for $4,000. The present
owners are Thomas Jones and Thomas
Jenkins of Moscow. A 60-foot drift
tunnel shows some high-grade galena,
but in other respects comparatively
little development work has been done.
Parke Wilson has been fired. The
Vancouver management, tired of losing
game after game, and urged on by a
town full of very sore fans, decided
that the only thing to do was to put a
new man in charge, and Parke was
handed the blue envelope. Charley
McIntire was appointed to lead the
team
San Francisco.-E. D. Lee, a colored
horseman, and his horses, Signsworth
and Grace Marie, have been ruled on
the turf by the stewards of the New
California Jockey club, who allege that
they have positive evidence that he
has been tampering with jockeys.
Missoula, Mont.-Amid great cheer
ing the fourth annual state inter
scholastic meet came to an end, being
won by Flathead county, and Denny of
the same county winning the indi-
vidual cup. Mfssoula, with practically
but one man, won second place to the
great satisfaction of the majority of
The other schools Of the state. No less
han 1000 persons attended the days
events, all the stores and public Offices
closing for the,entire afternoon. Denny
If Flathead was a wonder. as was
Dinsmore for Missoula. Horn of Ana
conda, who has held the individual
cup for two years, showed up in very
poor form, winning but two points. The
inal results were as follows: Flat |
head 76, Missoula 70, Great Falls 16,
Fergus IA, Teton 10, Butte IL, Ana
fonda 8, Helena s, Gallatin 5, Broad |
water T.
The greatest athlete developed in
he last 10 years is undoubtedly Lee
7. Talbot, the young Mercersburg, Pa,
academy weight thrower, who, though
only 10 years Of age, has already shat
cred the worlds 12-pound hammer
'ecord with toss OF 205 feet 10 "a
inches, set new worlds scholastic fig |
Tres for the 12-pound shot at SO feet
"a inches, and defeated the best col
ege men of the east and west in
throwing the 16-pound hammer, the
standard for college and amateur COM
petition. His record in this event is
l53 feet IL inches. Talbot, lacking |
several years of legal age, stands 6
'eet IL inches in height and weighs
10 pounds. Mercersburg will send |
cam to Chicago to compete in Coach |
Stages meet June 8, and Talbot will
meet the best in the west