Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-21
SPORTING NOTES.


professional, captured the grand Pa
cific coast handicap shoot at Spokane.
After 25 minutes actual wrestling,
Charles Delivuk defeated Ludwig Lief
son, a young miner from the Standard
mine. at Wallace recently. The match
was for 500 a side, and the condi-
tions we're that Delivuk was to throw
Lie6son twice in an hour at catch-as-
catch-can style.
Jack Johnson, the colored heavy
weight. fought Sailor Burke at Bridge
port, Conn. The fight was of six
rounds and the colored man, who out
weighed the sailor, landed some ter
rife blows. flooring his man several
times. Burke weighed 165 and John
son 1856.
London-Sir Thomas Upton will
send a challenge for Americas cup.
Sir Thomas admitted that the Royal
Irish Yacht club was challenging in
his behalf. It is learned that Fife
would be asked to design Sir Thomas
Lipton's challenger if he is, not al
ready at work on the model Of the
Shamrock w, for that is to be the
name of the new yacht.
Bill A. is dead. The old thorough
bred, who appeared on the tracks OF
New York as a 2 year old and was
later brought west and made the cir
cult of the Pacific northwest for
years.
A heart-breaking muff of fly ball
from Cartwright's bat by Left Fielder
Suess of Spokane, a clean steal of
third base by the Butte captain, and
a pretty single into right center field
by Sits gave Butte the first, last and
winning run of the most spectacular,
the longest, and perhaps the cleanest
game of professional league baseball
ever played in Spokane. 1t lasted 16
full innings.
During the st. Louis-Detroit Ameri-
can league baseball game Sunday UNI
pire Evans was struck on the head by
a soda water bottle in the hands Of
a spectator and was seriously in
jured. His recovery is doubtful.
Lew .Buchholz of North Yakima will
meet Joe Heinrich on the mat this fall
for a purse of from 500 to $500.
It will be a 70-footer with which Sir
Thomas Upton will try for the Ameri-
cas- cup next August
Russ Hall, the manager Of the Butte
team, says he will be back in the game
again next year.
Manager George Shredder of the Ia
coma team has signed George Engle,
pitcher who helped Portland win
the pennant in 1901, to finish the sea-
son for Tacoma.
Terry McKune, shortstop and Dave
Rowan. first base, of the Spokane
League team have been sold. McKune
l. goes to st. Paul and Rowan to St
Louis.
/. Big Meet at New York.
Many athletes who figured in the in
4 ternational track and field games al
! jamestown were among the competi
; tors in the fall games for the New
, York Athletic club at Travers Island
= Saturday.
Ralph Rose of the Olympic club
San Francisco, was the most promi
nent figure in the field events, as hi
e made several new worlds records il
2. throwing weights at jamestown.
e In the regular event with the 16
a pound shot, Rose sent the missile A.
!. feet 1-2 inches. His first record wa
n with the S-pound shot, which he sen
It out for 81 feet 7 inches, beating M. K
e Sheridan's world record by feet
e His other figures were 12-pound shot
IS feet II ga inches; 14-pound, 81 fee
n 3-S inches; 1S-pound, AZ feet l.
le inches; 28-pound shot, "a feet 5 inches
o. all new marks.
lie With the 24-pound shot he failed b
m quarter of an inch to equal his ow
is record of 3S feet 2 ga inches. Fores
IN Smithson of the Multnomah A. c. c
D. Oregon won the high hurdle race hanC
lg lily in 16 seconds from scratch but h
in was beaten over the low by Langdo
IT, of the Irish American Athletic clul
a to whom the western runner was col
IT. ceding 10 points.
es j. M. Simpson, manager of the I'm
Id versity of Idaho football team. ha
completed arrangements for practica
10 ly all the big games to be played b
n the university on the gridiron tn
nd fall. The big game Of the season
er to be played at Moscow November
en- when the state college comes over fl
at the annual contest.
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