The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 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.
8 It is reported from Berlin that Reiff,
the American jockey, has been en-
gagged to ride for a prominent German
turfman at salary of $4,000.
Tommy Burns, who became 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 score of 56 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 Aground battle with
Tommy Burns for the championship
of the world. The negro is a power
full human engine.
BY riding the winners of six races
| the entire card at Churchill Downs
Louisville, June s, 1907, James Lee
the negro rider under contract to Je
rome B. Respess of Cincinnati, estab
lished a worlds record. s
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 from
of the Northwestern league percent
age column. His figure Is 1851 at this
date.
The Washington state trapshootina
tournament to have been held in Wal
LA Walla the last of this month hal
heen transferred to Spokane, and will
this year be ,one-day affair, follow
ing the big Pacific coast handicap
} shoot. The date for it will be Friday
September 10.
President Griffin of the Aberdeen
baseball club says the season prom
Uses to be financial success, and Their
is every reason to believe that a bal
team will be maintained in the North
west league. for some time to come
He says the management is entirel
satisfied with this seasons work o
the team and its income.
Fielding averages Of the Northwest
ern league leave some clue as to VIII
the Aberdeen and Tacoma teams ar
:, so far in the front. In batting thes
two teams are not showing any bette
on paper than the other teams of tn
league but in fielding they are certain
ly practically in class by themselves
, Aberdeen players lead in four diffel
ent positions and Tacomans lead l
i. two. In almost every instance tn
,, Tacoma or Aberdeen player is far u
in the list as compared with the pla!
ers of other teams in his position.
Wild Bill Donovan, the leadin
. pitcher of the American league thi
: season, is much interested in tn
:. work of Walter Johnson, the phenon
. email young pitcher now with tn
!. Washington club. During recer
game in Washington Donova
watched Johnson's every move, an
then had this to say: ut is no wol
: der to me that johnson pitched IS i
. nings without allowing run an
struck out 166 men in IL games up
Idaho. It is only wonderful to n
!, that he did not strike out every or
= of those bushers up there. He hi
: remarkable speed and great sho
n on his fast ball, and to tell you tt
:. truth, he is the best raw pitcher
. have ever seen. If nothing harper
:. to that fellow he will be greater pitc
= er in two years than Mathewson ev
- dared to be. Mark that predictio
Look at that build. His arms are ;
- - most twice as long as those Of an
~ binary man, and he is well built fro
head to foot. Nineteen years Of
Well, guess that fellow won't i
- Droya within voar Or fWOn