Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-13
SPORTING NOTES.

WILL IIuee winnings TO his credit, al
made by one horse, the Derby winner
Orby, Colonel w. HallsWalker. M. p.
leads the list of winners with /,
firsts, made by seven horses. the tota
winnings amounting to S88,6OO. Kine
EDWARD won five flrsts with foul
horses, and won $14,72O.
The Seattle Athletic club defeated
the Multnomah club Of Portland Sat
urday afternoon at football, winning
by score of to 0.
Four stars of the 1907 team will he
lost to the Oregon Agricultural col
lege for the football season of 1908
Ihey are the retiring captain. Frank
Pendergrass; Emily, left end; Bennett
left tackle, and Rhinehart, right half
Carl Wolff has been elected captatn
of the team for another year, and with
SUCH stars as Barber, Jamison, Dunlap
Kelly, Cany, Gagnon, Cooper and
Woln to form nucleus for the 1908
team, prospects are bright that 0. A.
Y. Will retain her position at the front
RUDE Waddell, the crack pitcher of
the Athletics, denies that he has been
released by the Philadelphia American
league team
Ihere will be no post-season game
this year between Oregon Agricultural
college and Washington State college.
Having still well-preserved sup
ply OF enthusiasm left over from the
showing made by the Whitman team
this last year and the fact that but
two men will leave, supporters Of
Whitman college, both in that instftu-
ton and on the street, are ready to
predict great things for 1908. That
whitman will win the championship
next year is regarded as a conclusion
to be affected only by the whims of
chance
Packy" Netherlands recent victory
over kid" Herman gained him a
perch on the topmost rung of the
lightweight pugilistic ladder, and he
refuses to be removed from that perch
without battle.
Fight promoters and club managers
OF Philadelphia do not want the Jack
OBrien-Jack Johnson limited round
bout, and the chances are that the
contest will fall through.
President Comiskey of the White
Sox is planning to leave for California
within the next week. The "OId Ro-
man" practically has decided that the
former worlds champions will go to
the Coast for the spring training.
While he is on the Coast "Commy"
will look over the ground and will Sc
lect a nice spot for the work.
Manager j. ]. McGraw and Secretary
Fred Knowles of the New York Giants |
dropped into Cincinnati on their swing |
around the circle of middle west cities.
Manager McGraw emphatically set at
rest the report regarding his where
abouts next year by saying positively
in response to a direct question: 81
will be with the New Yorks; that is all
there is to that"
Mike Donlin will be back in center
field for the New York Giants next
He wired from Champaign.
ILL.,, to a Chicago friend that he had
Just signed, Manager McGraw having
submitted a fancy contract which
could not be turned down.
Walter Miller, the most successful,
Jockey in America, this year, at least
las received from James R. Keene a
check on the National City bank for
'l2,O9O.38, this being per cent of
he money the jockey won for Mr..
keene this year. Miller has ridden
20 winners for Mr.. Keene, and the
otal amount of money won in these
aces was $245,49775. Including the
ees from Mr. Keene. this boy will
AVE earned before January l next
lot less than $4,000. He has ridden
81 races and won 224 since the COM
nencement of the season. Miller will
cave for California, there to resume
1d1ng for Thomas H. Williams.
Inc National Baseball commission
las decided that the New York Ma
lonals must pay the New Orleans
Tub $1,000 for damages sustained by
ne latter through the refusal of the |
Tlants to finish their series with the
Philadelphia Americans last spring
he commission again refused the an ,
hcation of Jimmy Sebring for rein :
tatement, he being obliged to remain O.,
the Tri-State league for life. ;
The greatest fighter in the west to- ',
ay is Young Ketchel, the Butte lad +,
'ho knocked Joe Thomas out in 80 :
ounds at Colma two months ago.
lilly Delaney, who saw the fight, says
-etchel is one of the toughest and
est two handed fighters he has seen /
l years. I
All-Western 1907 Team. Q
The Minneapolis Journal picks the b
all-western football team for [
9O7:
Left end-Chestnut, Minnesota; sub a
-itute, Page, Chicago. v
Left tackle-Case, Minnesota; sub p
-itute, Boyle, Wisconsin. Il
Left guard-Graham, Michigan; sub
1tute, Chaloupka, Nebraska. b
Center-Schultz, Michigan substi- n
lie, Steihm, Wisconsin.
Right guard-Bandelin, Minnesota; C
lbtsitute, Eakins, North Dakota Ag- 3