Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-26
SPORTING NOTES

west End Y. M. G. A., Toron+o tae
Friday won the 18th annual No NJ. mt
race of the Boston Athlete ". asnoa
ton, in 2 hours "a minutes On @ssoca
ends, breaking the record for IL n sec
mile course by 5 minutes, "a, soa NV
made by ]. ]. Caffrey of H o,Sgl
Ont, in 1901, Robert Fowler u y
bridgeport, who came in second Oaa
beat Caffrey's record coveri,s ala
distance in 2:27:54 As. ] I ue
New York was third. The race w ass
greatest in point of the nunha
entries in the history of the ~
The entry list contained tbe III.
OF IL long distance runners from
sections of New England and NJ
York state and Canada were ~
scented. The day was chilly Ana IN u
roads were covered with dust NJ
chief interest centered in Ton,hs
the Indian runner. who was 4 =
critic. ~
The Inland Trolley league onor.,
its season Sunday. The four town. ~
the circuit, Moscow, Palouse col.a
and Rosalia, are thriving, busy Ma.
and the people there are entbnsi.ss.
over the outlook. Good players bss.
been signed in each town and anN.
siasm runs high.
Dad" Moulton, the veteran tra,Do.
will condition Stanford athletes n
four more years, according to an aoys.
ment with the associated studanb
Moulton's present contract expires
the end of the present track seaeo,
Secretary James Sullivan Of h,
American committee of the Olymp,
games to be held in London in 1O0g
has received from Andrew Carnaa
his consent to serve as an hoposT
vice president of the American cor
mittee of the Olympic games Of 1sa
Among the others who will serve
honorary vice presidents are Grow
Cleveland and ]. P. Morgan.
The P. N. A. is sending out IA
ter to every high school and priV
school in the northwest and to the
perintendents of city schools IN d
various cities, calling attention to d
necessity of enforcing amateur ruiz
among the students who are to emil
the colleges later, both in this Sc
ton and in the east.
Coach Harry Holmes of the Unys
sity of Southern California, is conads
that one of the men under his tuiH
will soon quality as one of the b
all-round athletes in the world, stat
a recent report. This man is Char
He is said to be a wt
der in the endurance he shows in lOl
drawn-out contests, such as the ID
vault and shot put, and though
came to college with little or no tra
ing, he already held figures in seYe
events which are still unbeaten.
The Spokane high school stude
are making preparations to attend
lrterscholastic track meet at Within
college, Walla Walla, May 2-S, in fOr
and may engage a special train to
their athletes.
The Olympic club of San FRANCS
wants to arrange a track and fl
meet with the University of Ores
,or May 8, the date on which
Stanford team was to have come
Eugene.
The biggest horseowners now in
fornia can be expected to bring th
strings to Spokane this summer at
lose of the racing at The Meadows
AXE part in the 80 days of rae
which is to be held in Spokane
Willie Cannon, the jockey has
ID for Russia. Cannon has been
aged to ride for Prince Liberinsh
Russian Poland, this seas
t salary Of $4,000, besides
sual additional fees for winn
lounts. The season over there
rom May till November ~.
Bernard ]. Wefers, the old Mere
DOT athlete, who holds the woT
20 yard record, and who was one
be greatest sprinters America t
reduced, has been engaged to co. J
ne Williams college track team. y c
lie" will be at Williamson until
9Th. c
Leo ]. Talbot of Mercersburg ac S
~, whose home is in Kansas o
roke the worlds interscholastic S
I'd in throwing the 12-pound ham, U
Princeton, N. j., in the 18th am
rinceton interscholastic track q y
-e made a throw of 100 feet 8 Incl 7
he previous record was 1877 fes d
lches, made by Thomas Shevlin
e was at Hill school, in 1900. Ia G
so broke the interscholastic re-
the 12-pound shot event VIII U
ut of 40 feet 8 inches, beating J. IL
ewitt's record of AZ feet inches
London-The international Ra
olf championship, won by Eng .,
70 years ago, will be abandoned N
EAR owing to lack of entries y
merica.
London-In the finals of the SLY Il,
the covered tennis court char .,
ines A. F. Wilding of New zss IN
,at G. A .Carida, 8 to 0. AS ? tr
liberty will not defend the title ii,
g decided to retire for at lea m
ar, W'ilding becomes champion
The intercollegiate meet ps. of
anford and the University Oh IT
'rnia was won by the latter DC
ore Of So to 81. M
Kerr, well known osS, pc