Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
SPORTING NOTES.

Cliff Blankenship has become
outlaw. He has signed a two vo.sa,
contract with Fresno, in the Californ.s
State league. 70
Kid Carson of Newcastle Pc
knocked out Muggsy shoels Of ch M.
enne, Wyo., at Pueblo, Col recsnt,
in an Is round battle.
Young Ketchell of Butte daro...,
Joe Thomas at San Francisco Fridas
for the third time in his career ~
won on decision at the end I, j.
rounds. q
The Carlisle Indians have ~.
trick plays than any team in the conn
try, and they are always snr,na'As
new ones. Their latest trick n Me-
an opponent is one against wnioh
rule will have to be passed Eva.
man on the team has half footha,
sewed on his breast BY foldin. ~
arms the players display this hail Ky NJ
it is difficult to determine which ~ Nv
has the oval. 1t takes an Indian
try to get away with such a trics
that. g
A report comes from Helena ~.
Charley Shaffer has given nm, a., 8
forts to include that city in the North
western league circuit for next sssao.
and has signed contract as mansgas
of the Roanoke club, in the virginia
league.
Bert Kerrigan, one Of the H.,
known athletes ever in the northwos.
and for years captain Of the ~,
team and football team at the NrItna
nah club at Portland, has been cbosan
as athletic director of the Relianca
Athletic club of Oakland, Cal
The Spokane high school has mado
certain charges against the Rutto
high school football team which from
their tone smack strangely OF tr1tb
1t seems to be squarely up to Coach
DowneT of Butte to refute tboso
charges with something else than gap-
eral statements and to come out with
specific facts.
Mike Kelly, an American association
player has been engaged to manage
the Toronto baseball club.
Robert P. Brown, manager Of tho
Aberdeen team, has been offered the
management of the Vancouver team
Guy Haskins of the University If
Pennsylvania recently defeated Mel
vim Sheppard of the Irish-Ameriean
Athletic club of New York in a 1000.
yard race Haskins won by a yard
and half in minutes 25h seconds
The Washington State college bas-
ket ball team has gone on its first
trip to the Coast, and already has a
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 fiasco with Tommy
Burns in California, and knocked out
Bill Heveron, the English heavy
weight, in the opening round
Two of the Spokane Amateur Ath-
letic clubs crack performers figured
on the short end of it in the third of
Mike Buffers smokers in the club
arena Friday night. Eddie tombstone
was knocked out by Gene Sullivan of
Butte in the third round of their con-
test, and Louis Orsie lost on a foul to
Pete Moe of Butte. AL Hammond was
given a well-earned decision over Earl
Ritchey of Portland.
One of the largest exchanges of
players ever recorded in major league
baseball was effected at the conclusion
of the National league meeting re-
Gently between the New York and
Boston National league teams. New
York may part with Frank Bowerman,
catcher; Cecil Ferguson, pitcher; Dan
| lei Mccain, first baseman; George
Browne, right fielder, and either Will
liam Dahlen, shortstop, or John Han
milan, substitute. Boston gives in ex-
change Fred Tenney, first baseman;
! Thomas Needham, catcher, and Al
Bridewell, shortstop, all Of the Bos
ton National league team. The ex
change was effected by John ]. Nc
Graw, manager of the New York club
and Joseph Kelley, the new manager
of the Boston club
At a recent meeting held in London
the stewards of the Henley regatta re
affirmed their previous decision not to
allow foreign teams to contest for
1908.
! The Spokane Amateur Athletic club
ran up a score of 25 to 0 against the
Wallace club team Saturday at spo-
kane.
MultnOmah won Saturday from Sc
attic by the decisive score of 81 to 0,
Manager j. M. Lilligren of the
Washington State college football
team received a telegram from St,
Louis announcing that the faculty OF
the ST. Louis university team had de-
cided to allow 5O00-mile trip for its
champion football team to the PACING
northwest, playing in Spokane against
w. S. c. Christmas day and against
Multnomah at Portland New Years
day.
At a recent meeting of the UniVer'
sity of Oregon Athletic council Ralph
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