Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-30
SPORTING NOTES.

Jabez Cross, an Omaha sporting
man, has put in a bid for the Cans
Britt fight, offering $4,000 for the
go.
Con Struthers has resigned the man
agement of Vancouver to manage Jack
O'Keefe. prize fighter. Bill Hurley is
at the head of the team.
1t is reported from Berlin that Reiff,
the American jockey, has been en-
gagged to ride for prominent German
turfman at a salary of $4,000.
Tommy Burns, who became a heavy
among the heavies by knocking out
Bill Squires, is getting into shape for
his coming battle with Jack Johnson.
Tommy Doyle, the young twirler
who has been with the Tigers since
the opening of the season, has been
traded to Vancouver for Pitcher
Franklin.
Rossland and Trail, B. c., cricket
teams played cricket at the park
across the Columbia river from Trail
Saturday afternoon. The game was
won by Rossland by a score of Sc to
10.
Higginbotham, the tall Aberdeen
twirler, is the leagues leading twirl-
er. Away up in the list, however, is
found the name of Harry Rush, the
Spokane schoolboy, with the Seattle
team.
Jack Johnson, the negro giant who
whipped Bob Fitzsimmons, is now
training for a 45-round battle with
Tommy Burns for the championship
Of the world. The negro is power
full human engine.
By riding the winners of six races,
the entire card at Churchill Downs,
Louisville, June 5, 1907, James Lee,
= the negro rider under contract to Je-
rome B. Respess of Cincinnati, estab-
lished a worlds record.
Eddie Householder the Aberdeen
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.
a The Washington state trapshootine
, tournament to have been held in Wal
: la Walla the last of this month has
= been transferred to Spokane, and will
this year be a one-day affair, follow
O ing the bigt Pacific coast handicaI
!, shoot. The date for it will be Friday
. September 10.
e President Griffin of the, Aberdeen
J. baseball club says the season prom
e Uses to be financial success, and Their
2 is every reason to believe that bal
II team will be maintained in the North
e west league for some time to come
He says the management is entirel
d satisfied with this seasons work O
y the team and its income,
n Fielding averages of the Northwest
4 ern league leave some clue as to VIII
E. the Aberdeen and Tacoma teams ar
IS so far in the front. In batting thes
a. two teams are not showing any bette
IS on paper than the other teams of tn
p league but in fielding they are certain
Is ly practically in class by themselves
1t Aberdeen players lead in four diffel
D. ent positions and Tacomans lead i
k two. In almost every instance tn
Tacoma or Aberdeen player is far Il
in the list as compared with the pla!
r ers of other teams in his position.
lie Wild Bill Donovan, the leadin
ID pitcher of the American league thi
lie season, is much interested in tn
work of Walter Johnson, the phenon
ut email young pitcher now with tn
Re Washington club. During a recer
lie game in Washington Donova
III watched Johnsons every move, an
IL then had this to say: at is no wol
der to me that Johnson pitched 85 Il
e. nings without allowing a run an
at struck out 166 men in IL games up
xt Idaho. It is only wonderful to n
that he did not strike out every or
TX of those bushers up there. He hs
10 remarkable speed and a great sho'
n on his fast ball, and to tell you IL
ID truth, he is the best raw pitcher
have ever seen. If nothing harper
to that fellow he will be greater pitc
a. er in two years than Mathewson ev'
at dared to be- Mark that predictio
INV Look at that build. His arms are {
as most twice as long as those of an c
binary man, and he is well built fro
ed head to foot. Nineteen years oil
~ Well, l guess that fellow won't il
in prove within a year or two"
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