Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-17
SPORTING NOTES.

The Trolley league directors held a
short meeting recently. The four
clubs in the league, Rosalia, Palouse,
Moscow and Colfax, were all represent
ed and E. H. Rothrock, president of
the league, presided. The forfeit money
for each club, to bind it to finish the
season and obey the league rules, 500,
must be up by Tuesday, April 16. All
league umpires will be local men ap-
pointed by the local club. The umpire
may fine a player IS for refractory
conduct and the second offense puts
a player out of the game, for which
an additional fine of SIS must be i'm
posed by the president. Any club
proven guilty of paying its players
fines will be fined $25. The opening
OF the season will be postponed one
week, till April 81.
Berkeley-The University Of Calf
ornia field athletes won the meet re-
Gently from the University of South
ern California CLOS Angeles) by a
score of SO to 33. Richardson Of the
Southern California team was the in
dividual star of the day with total
of 1917 points.
Its up to Terry McGovern, having
been released from the sanitarium in
Connecticut, where he was sent last
December, to cut out the booze now.
Harry Lewis and Joe Cans have
finally signed. AS they only want the
Nurse to be $4,000, all that is likely to
come Of the affair is some free adver-
Using.
Jockey Hogg had his left leg frac-
tured by being damned against the
fence in the strech at the New Orleans
track. He pluckily kept on to the
finish. Then he tainted.
The Southern Gold association tour.
nament will be held at Atlanta, June
to s.
Harry Hillman, crack runner and
hurdler of the New York Athletic club,
sets a new worlds mark for the 22O
yard low hurdles, of 26 As seconds.
Jockey Tod Sloan, who once had an
income of 100000 year, now has to
skimp along on $50 week.
To develop future baseball players,
and incidentally to increase baseball
receipts, the Connecticut league clubs
will admit boys to the bleachers free
once each week.
Movement afoot to bar Muggsy Nc
Graw from all southern ball fields.
While preparing the can for John j., it
should be remembered he Is always
hustling to win, and you don't hear
of him doing anything dishonest
Barney Dreyfuss says the Pirates
have the best twirling staff in the Ma.
tional, possibly barring the Cubs.
Before the largest crowd that ever
saw an athletic contest of any kind
professional or amateur, at the Spo.
kane Amateur Athletic club, the Spo.
kane representatives captured two out
Of three events from the athletes of
Multnomah Athletic club, Portland,
Friday night.
Frederick Pabst. millionaire brew
er, and Mrs. Leon Barnickel, wife OF
a well known athletic instructor, were
seriously hurt recently in an automo
bile accident at Milwaukee.
At Los Angeles recently Jimmy
Burns beat Cyclone" Thompson in 20
rounds, gaining a decision on points
Burns proved the superior boxer.
Freddy Weeks, the speedy little pro.
tege of Marius Durand of Cripple
Creek, by his victory over Harry Ba
ker in the six-round bout at Philadel
phia, has sprung from a comparative
unknown to the front as a promising
young champion, and is now slated on
the books of eastern critics as the
next logical opponent of Abe Attell.
Unless the University of Michigan
athletic team conforms to the rules
of the conference of college athletics
that college will be debarred from par
ticipating in the events Of the old big
nine schools.
The first annual track meet between
the University Of Idaho freshmen and
the Washington State college fresh
men. which was held on the state col
lege athletic grounds Saturday after
noon, resulted in victory for Idaho
by the score Of 40 to u points. The
time caught in the 1O0.yard dash was
10 seconds fiat, Myers of Idaho win
ming.
Stanford university won the first
game of its intercollegiate series with
the University of California Saturday
by the score of 1 to 0.
The Olympic club track team of San
Francisco defeated Stanford university
track team Saturday by GO 1-3 to IS 2-3
Two Coast records were broken, Cheek
in the 220 yard hurdles, rs fat, and
Glarner in the half mile run. :58 3-5.
Fred Beell defeated William Demet
rial at the Chicago Athletic associa
ton Saturday night easily.
President Names Holidays.
President Roosevelt has promulgated
an order giving Saturday half holidays
during July, August and September
to all mechanics, laborers and Other
employees at the manufacturing ant