The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
SPORTING NOTES.

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State league.
Young Ketchen Of Butte defeated
Joe Thomas at San Francisco Friday
for the third time in his career. He
Won on a decision at the end OF ~
rounds.
The Carlisle Indians have more
trick plays than any team In the eoun-
try. and they are always springing
new ones. Their latest trick to battle
an opponent is n against which q
rule will have TO be passed. Every
man on the team has a half football
sewed on his breast. By folding the
arms the players display his ball and
II is difficult to determine which man
has the oval. 1t takes an Indian to
try to get away with such z trick as
that.
Mike Kelly, an American association
player. has beer engaged to manage
| the Toronto baseball club.
Kid Carson of Newcastle, Penn,
knocked out Muggsy shoels of Chey-
enne, Wyo., at Pueblo, Col, recently
In an Is round DattIe.
A report comes from Helena that
Charley Shaffer has given up all eff
forts to include that city in the North
western league circuit for next season
and has signed a contract as manager
of the Roanoke club, in the Virginia
league.
Bert Kerrigan, one of the best
known athletes ever in the northwest
and for years captain of the track
team and football team at the Multno-
nah club at Portland, has been chosen
as athletic director of the Reliance
Athletic club of Oakland, Cal.
The Spokane high school has made
certain charges against the Butte
high school football team which from
their zone smack strangely of truth.
1t seems to be ~squarely up to Coach
Downer of Butte to refute these
charges with something else than gen.
eral statements and to come out with
specific facts.
Robert p. Brown, manager OF the
Aberdeen team, has been offered the
management of the Vancouver team.
Guy Haskins of the University OF
!, Pennsylvania recently defeated Mel
| vim Sheppard of the Irish-AmericaI
Athletic club of New York in a 1000
yard race. Haskins won by a yarC
= and a half in 2 minutes 25h seconds
/ The Washington State college bas
{ ket ball team has gone on its frs
( trip to the Coast, and already has {;
schedule of six games, with prospects
/ of two more before returning to Pull
man.
Jack O'Brien made his first appear
ance in the ring recently at Philadel
phia since his f1asco with Tomm.
Burns in California, and knocked GU
Bill Heveron, the English heavy
weight, in the opening round.
Two Of the Spokane Amateur Ath
e letic clubs crack performers figureI
on the short end of it in the third o
n Mike Buffers smokers in the clu'
arena Friday night. Eddie Johnston
e was knocked out by Gene Sullivan O
Butte in the third round of their cor
test, and Louis Orsie lost on a foul (
Pete Moe of Butte. Al Hammond wa
e given a well-earned decision over Ear
l. Ritchey of Portland.
& One of the largest exchanges c
players ever recorded in major leagu
baseball was effected at the conclusio
Of the National league meeting II
Gently between the New York an
Boston National league teams. Ne
York may part with Frank Bowermai
catcher; Cecil Ferguson, pitcher; Dal
- iel Mccain, first baseman; Geora
Browne, right fielder, and either Wi
:, liam Dahlen, shortstop, or John Hal
a milan, substitute. Boston gives in e.
change Fred Tenney, first baseman
Thomas Needham, catcher, and
A. Bridewell, shortstop, all of the 30
ton National league team. The e
change was effected by John j. NJ
Graw, manager of the New York clu
IL and Joseph Kelley, the new manag,
of the Boston club.
u At a recent meeting held in LondC
the stewards of the Henley regatta r
~ affirmed their previous decision not
allow foreign teams to contest fl
W 1908.
The Spokane Amateur Athletic eli
= ran up a score of 25 to 0 against Il
Wallace club team Saturday at Sp
IN, kane.
!, Multnomah won Saturday from S
attic by the decisive score of 21 to
Manager j. M. Lilligren OF Il
ne Washington State college footb;
team received a telegram from s
~ Louis announcing that the faculty
the st. Louis university team had Z
cided to allow a 5000-mile trip for
champion football team to the Paci
northwest, playing in Spokane again
w. S.. G.. Christmas day and agair