Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-31
SPORTING NOTES.

49,. ~ OIuaha sno-.s
man has put in a bid for, tb 'pU rs
go. 'V0o lot the
Con Struthers has resigned ..
agement of Vancouver to mons "e man,
y heefe' prize fighter Bill He ss JACK
at the head of the team, ufiey Is
1t is reported from Berlin 49,,
the American jockey. has hao Nelt,
gagged to ride for a promine5,O - en-
thurman at salary of $40 Ooo 1eflnan
Tommy Burns, who became ~
among the heavies by knockIn neaSy
BIZ Squires, is getting into sbaTo out
his coming battle with Jack Ios lot
Tommy Doyle, the young tn,
who has been with the Tigers " WI,
the opening of the season ba. I h
traded to Vancouver for p,, Oeel
Franklin. i"cner
Rossland and Trail. B. G o,,.,
teams played cricket at tbo "Ael
across the Columbia river from T TsrS
Saturday afternoon. The game al
won by Rossland by a score of 5s 'ts
10. % 70
Higginbotham, the tall Ahora,..
twirler, is the leagues leading tvi,l
er. Away up in the list, however !.
found the name of Harry Rush a..
Spokane schoolboy, with the Sest,ls
! team.
Jack Johnson, the negro giant WIN
whipped Bob Fitzsimmons, is nov
training for a Aground battle with
Tommy Burns for the championsbin
of the world. The negro is a nowor
1 full human engine.
BY riding the winners of six racas
the entire card at Churchill Down.
Louisville, June 5, 1907, James Loo
the negro rider under contract 10 Ia
rome B. Respess of Cincinnati, estah
lished worlds record.
Eddie Householder, the AberdaAn
right fielder, keeps up his terrific hit
ting streak, his great work at Butte
putting him far and away to the front
of the Northwestern league percent
age column. His figure is 1851 at this
date.
The Washington state trapshooting
| tournament to have been held in Wal
la Walla the last of this month has
been transferred to Spokane. and will
this year be one-day affair. follow
ing the big Pacific coast handicap
shoot. The date for it will be Friday
| September 13.
President Griffin of the Aberdeen
baseball club says the season prom
Uses to be a financial success, and there
is every reason tofbelieve that ball
team will be maintained in the North
west league for some time to come
| He says the management is entirely
satisfied with this seasons work Of
the team and its income.
Fielding averages of the Northwest.
ern league leave some clue as to why
the Aberdeen and Tacoma teams are
so far in the front. In batting these
two teams are not showing any better
on paper than the other teams of the
league but in fielding they are certain.
ly practically in class by themselves.
Aberdeen players lead in four differ
ent positions and Tacomans lead in
two. In almost every instance the
| Tacoma or Aberdeen player is far up
in the list as compared with the play
ers of other teams in his position.
Wild Bill Donovan, the leading
pitcher of the American league this
season, is much interested In the
work of Walter Johnson, the phenom'
email young pitcher now with the
Washington club During a recent
game in Washington Donovan
watched Johnson's every move and
then had this to say: at is no won
der to me that Johnson pitched IS ID
nings without allowing run ana
struck out 166 men in u games up IN
Idaho. 1t is only wonderful to me
that he did not strike out every one
Of those bushers up there, He mas
remarkable speed and a great sloo'
on his fast ball, and to tell you u'
truth, he Is the best raw pitcher
have ever seen. If nothing happens
to that fellow he will be greater pltcE
er in two years than Mathewson eva
dared to be. Mark that predlcuVa
Look at that build. His arms are
most twice as long as those Of an Y
binary man, and he is well built lron
head to foot. Nineteen years oir
Well, l guess that fellow won't iD
prove within a year or two"