The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-12-20
SPORTING NOTES.

State league.
Young sKetchell of Butte defeated
Joe Thomas at San Francisco Friday
for the third time in his career. He
won on a decision at the end Of 20
rounds.
The Carlisle indians have more
trick plays than any team in the coun-
try, and they are always springing
new ones. Their latest trick to battle
an opponent is one against which a
rule will have to be passed Every
man on the team has a half football
sewed on his breast. BY folding the
arms the players display this ball and
it is difficult to determine which man
has the oval. 1t takes an Indian to
try to get away with such a trick as
that
Mike Kelly, an American association
player, has been engaged to manage
the Toronto baseball club
Kid Carson of Newcastle, Penn,
knocked out Muggsy Shoels Of Chey-
enne, Wyo., at Pueblo, Col, recently
in an IS round battle.
A report comes from Helena that
Charley Shaffer has given up all eff
forts to include that city in the North
western league circuit for next season
and has signed a contract as manager
of the Roanoke club, in the Virginia
league.
Bert Kerrigan, one of the best
known athletes ever in the northwest
and for years captain of the track
team and football team at the Multno-
| nah club at Portland, has been chosen
| as athletic director of the Reliance
Athletic club Of Oakland, Cal.
The Spokane high school has made
certain charges against the Butte
high school football team which. from
| their tone smack strangely OF truth.
It seems to be squarely up to Coach
| DoWner Of Butte to refute these
charges with something else than gen
| era1 statements and to come out with
specific facts.
| Robert r. Brown, manager Of the
Aberdeen team, has been offered the
management Of the Vancouver team
Guy Haskins Of the University Of
Pennsylvania recently defeated Mel
vim Sheppard Of the Irish-American
Athletic club Of New York in a 1000.
yard race. Haskins won by a yard
and a half in minutes 251a seconds
The Washington State college has
ket ball team has gone on it's first
| trip to the Coast, and already has 9
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 fasco with Tommy
Burns in California, and knocked ou
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 1t in the third o
Mike Buffers smokers in the clu!
arena Friday night Eddie Johnston
was knocked out by Gene Sullivan o
Butte in the third round OF their con
. test, and Louis Orsie lost on a foul t
!. Pete Moe of Butte Al Hammond wa
given a well-earned decision over Ea1
Ritchey OF Portland.
One of the largest exchanges Q
players ever recorded in major leagu
baseball was effected at the conclusio
. Of the National league meeting *
1 Gently between the New York an
. Boston National league teams. Me-
catcher; Cecil Ferguson, pitcher; Dan
I lei Mccain, first baseman; Geore
o Browne, right fielder, and either Wi
= liam Dah1en, shortstOp, or John Hal
nifan, substitute Boston gives In G:
: change Fred Tenney, first baseman
Thomas Needlam, catcher, and I
;, Bridewell, shortstop, all of the 30
= ton National league team. The e
v change was effected by John J. NJ
4 Graw, manager of the New York clu
g and Joseph Kelley, the new manags
of the Boston club.
>, At recent meeting held in Londc
ID the stewards of the Henley regatta T
y affirmed their previous decision not
allow foreign teams to contest +
re 1908
AZ The Spokane Amateur Athletic eli
~ ran up a score of Is to Q against II
- Wallace club team Saturday at ST
kane
IN Multnomah won Saturday from S
e. attic by the decisive score of 81 to
49, Manager J.. M. Lilligyen of t
NC Washington State college footb
~ team received telegram from !
49, Louis announcing that the faculty
the st. Louis university team had 1
&c cided to allow 500O-mile trip for
as champion football team to the Paci
,r- northwest, playing in Spokane again
w, S. C. Christmas day and again
Multnomah at Portland New Yea
day.
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