The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-04-26
SPORTING NOTES.

BOSCOH-lnOIlldS lLCuSUOdI VI IAO
West End Y. NJ C. A., Toronto Ont.
Friday won the 18th annual Marathon
race of the Boston Athletic associa-
ton, in 2 hours "a minutes 20 As Sec
ends, breaking the record for the 25
mile course by minutes, pa seconds, !
made by J. ]. Caffrey Of Hamilton,
Ont, in 1901, Robert Fowler of Cam |
bridgeport, who came in second, also
beat Caffrey's record, covering the
distance in 2:27:54 As. ]. ]. Hays OF
New York was third. The race was the
greatest in point of the number of
entries in the history Of the event.
The entry list contained the names
Of IL long distance runners from all
sections of New England and New
York state and Canada were repre-
scented. The day was chilly and the
roads were covered with dust. The
chief interest centered in Longboat,
the Indian runner. who was fav-
critic.
The Inland Trolley league opened
it's season Sunday. The four towns in
the circuit, Moscow, Palouse, Colfax
and Rosalia, are thriving, busy places,
and the people there are enthusiastic
over the outlook. Good players have
been signed in each town and enthu-
siasm runs high.
Dad" Moulton, the veteran trainer,
will condition Stanford athletes for
four more years, according to an agree
ment with the associated students.
Moulton's present contract expires at
the end of the present track season.
Secretary James Sullivan of the
American committee Of the Olympic
games to be held in London in 1908,
has received from Andrew Carnegie
his consent to serve as an honorary
vice president of the American COM
mittee of the Olympic games of 1908.
Among the others who will serve as
honorary vice presidents are Grover
Cleveland and ]. p. Morgan.
} The P. N. A. is sending out let.
} ter to every high school and private
!, school in the northwest and to the SUI
, perintendents of city schools in the
various cities, calling attention to the
: necessity of enforcing amateur rules
among the students who are to entel
, the colleges later, both in this sec
ton and in the east.
Coach Harry Holmes of the Univer
sity of Southern California, is confiden
that one of the men under his tuition
will soon quality as one of the bes
all-round athletes in the world, states
recent report. This man Is Charles
e Richardson. He is said to be won
l der in the endurance he shows in long
}. drawn-out contests, such as the pol
+ vault and shot put, and though n
I came to college with little or no train
r ing, he already held figures in severa
L events which are still unbeaten.
The Olympic club of San Francisc
wants to arrange a track and feel
meet with the University of Orego
for May 8, the date on which tn
Stanford team was to have come
Eugene.
= The biggest horseowners now in ca
ifornia can be expected to bring the1
% strings to Spokane this summer at tn
close of the racing at The Meadows I
" take part in the 80 days of racin
~ which is to be held in Spokane.
| Wllll0 SduuOu, lhO JONhOy, heS Se~'
u ed for Russia. Cannon has been el
l. gagged to ride for Prince LiberinsA
WARSAW, Russian Poland, this seaso
u at a salary Of $4,000, besides tt
~ usual additional fees for winnir
u mounts. The season over there
20 from May till November II.
u Bernard J. Wefers, the old Mercul
Foot athlete, who holds the world
u 22O yard record, and who was one
% the greatest sprinters America eV
~ produced, has been engaged to coa'
" the Williams college track team. BE
80 ME" will be at Williamson until Nj
~ 25th.
10 Leo ], Talbot of Mercersburg acac
my, whose home is in Kansas Cl'
broke the worlds interscholastic RI
ord in throwing the 12-pound hamm
at Princeton, N. j., in the 18th annu
Princeton interscholastic track me
., He made throw of 100 feet inch'
az The previous record was 1877 feet
~ inches. made by Thomas Shevlin, VIII
he was at Hill school, in 1900. Tall
10 also broke the interscholastic reco
w. in the 12-pound shot event with
% put Of 40 feet inches, beating j.
81 Dewitt's record of 4S feet 4 inches.
London-The international ladi
~ golf championship, won by Engla
-, two years ago, will be abandoned t
40 year, owing to lack of entries IT.
~ America.
a, London-In the finals of the sing
w. of the covered tennis court champ
games A. F. Wilding Of New Zeals
beat G. A .Carida, 3 to 0. AS H.
Doherty will not defend the title, h
ing decided to retire for at leas1
all year, Wilding becomes champion.
'ar- Charles Kerr, well known over
ack Pacific coast as breeder and ra
OH of horses, is dead.
ny The Spokane high school stude
ap are making preparations to attend
NY irterscholastic track meet at Whitr
'N college, Walla Walla, May 2-3, in fo