Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-13
SPORTING NOTES

with three winnings to his credit. all
made by one horse, the Derby winner.
Orby. Colonel w. Hall Walker. M. p.
leads the list of winners with l2l
firsts, made by seven horses, the total
winnings amounting to $SS,6O0. King
Edward won five firsts with four
horses, and won $14,720.
The Seattle Athletic club defeated
the Multnomah club of Portland Sat
urday afternoon at football, winning
by a score of 6 to 0.
Four stars of the 1907 team will be
lost to the Oregon Agricultural col
lege for the football season of 1908.
They are the retiring captain, Frank
Pendergrass; Emily, left end; Bennett
left tackle, and Rhinehart, right half
Carl Wolff has been elected captain
of the team for another year, and with
such stars as Barber, Jamison, Dunlap,
Kelly, Cany, Gagnon, Cooper and
Wolff to form a nucleus for the 1908
team, prospects are bright that o. A.
G. will retain her position at the front.
RUDE Waddell, the crack pitcher of
the Athletics, denies that he has been
released by the Philadelphia American
league team.
There will be no post-season game
this year between Oregon Agricultural
college and Washington State college.
Having still a well-preserved sup
ply of enthusiasm left over from the
showing made by the Whitman team
this last year and the fact that but
two men will leave, supporters of
Whitman college, both in that institu-
ton and on the street, are ready u
predict great things for 1908. That
Whitman will win the championship
next year is regarded as a conclusion
to be affected only by the whims OF
chance.
"Packy" Netherlands recent victory
over kid" Herman gained him q
> perch on the topmost rung of the
lightweight pugilistic ladder, and he
refuses to be removed from that percf
without battle.
Fight promoters and club managers
10 O'Brien-Jack Johnson limited rounC
: bout, and the chances are that thu
contest will fall through.
President Comiskey of the Whit
. Sox is planning to leave for Californi
i within the next week. The "Old Re
man" practically has decided that tn
y former worlds champions will go t
o the Coast for the spring training
While he is on the Coast 'Commy
will look over the ground and will 81
: lect a nice spot for the work.
+ Mike Donlin will be back in cente
q field for the New York Giants mex
o season. He wired from Champaign
= H., to a Chicago friend that he ha
J. just signed, Manager McGraw havin
u submitted a fancy contract whic
J. could not be turned down.
. Walter Miller. the most successfl
Jockey in America, this year, at leas
has received from James R. Keene
a check on the National City bank IL
>, $12,O9OSS, this being per cent
u the money the jockey won for Nj
le Keene this year. Miller has riddle
he so winners for Mr. Keene, and Il
n total amount of money won in the'
C. races was $245, 49775. including Il
lie fees from Mr.. Keene. this boy W
o. have earned before January l ne
rt not less than $4,000. He has riddle
a S52 races and won 224 since the col
as mencement of the season. Miller W
leave for California, there to resun
riding for Thomas H. Williams
X The National Baseball commissi'
has decided that the New York \
SIX tionals must pay the New Orlea
club $1,000 for damages sustained
n the latter through the refusal of t
70 Giants to finish their series with t
, =, Philadelphia Americans last spriI
w The commission again refused the
Nv plication of Jimmy Sebring for re
- statement, he being obliged to rems
-, in the Tri-State league for life
~, ~ The greatest fighter in the west
- day is Young Ketchel, the Butte
who knocked Joe Thomas out in
VI rounds at Colma two months al
w Billy Delaney, who saw the fight, So
he Ketchel is one of the toughest a
ie- best two handed fighters he has sc
in years.
co AII-Western 1907 Team.
ad The Minneapolis Journal picks
ce following all-western football team
At 1907:
,re Left end-Chestnut, Minnesota; s
he stitute, Page, Chicago.