The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-08-30
SPORTING NOTES.

- ' an Omaha sn
man has put in a bid for - sporting
Britt fight, offering $2O.Ooo' ne Cans
go. 0'0oV Tor Tho
Con Struthers has r~esiono
agement of Vancouver to NAME .ne man
okeefe, prize fighter. Bin I nag JACK
at the head of the team hurley Is
1t is reported from Berlin
the American jockey. has LAT Reif
gagged to ride for a prominou oeen en-
turfman at a salary of S5o ooo herman
Tommy Burns, who becamo
among the heavies by knoctineaV y
BIZ Squires, is getting into shnug out
his coming battle with .TacL 'Iape for
Tommy Doyle, the young 'Vnlsol
VINO has been with the Tigora 1Nifle'
The opening Of the seaso I since
traded to Vancouver for Oee0
Franklin. Fltcha
Rossland and Trail. B. C o-,
teams played cricket at tbo 'rlcke
across the Columbia river fror, PARK
Saturday afternoon. The Ifal
won by Rossland by a score of was
10. VI 56 to
Hlgginbotham, the tall Aho.,.
twirler, is the leagues leading 4ueen
er. Away up in the list. bowore WIFE
found the name of Harry p,ef' Is
Spokane s~choolboy, with the me
team. seattle
Jack Johnson, the negro gior.
whipped Bob Fitzsimmons T. VINO
training for a 45-round haiti now
Tommy Burns for the cbamniou "Il
of the world. The negro is > Unlp
full human engine. power
By riding the winners of siv
the entire card at Churchiu nos
Louisville, June 5, 1907. James T
the negro rider under contract 70
rome B. Respess Of Cincinnati os.o, -
lished a worlds record.
Eddie Householder, the Abor5o..
right fielder, keeps up his terrieo ~.
ting streak, his great work At p,.",
putting him far and away to the frou,
OF the Northwestern league nercont
age column. His figure is .961 ar mi.
date. oS
The Washington state transboot,,u
tournament to have been held in Wai
la Walla the last of this month hos
been transferred to Spokane. and will
this year be a one-day affair. follow,
ing the big Pacific coast hapdicsD
shoot. The date for it will be FridaT
September 10.
President Griffin of the Aberdeen
baseball club says the season nrom.
lses to be a financial success. and tbepa
is every reason to believe that q han
team will be maintained in the North.
west league for some time TO coma
says the management is entirely
satisfied with this seasons work Of
the team and its income.
Fielding averages of the Northwest.
ern league leave some clue as to whv
the Aberdeen and Tacoma teams are
far in the front. In batting these
two teams are not showing anv better
On paper than the other teams OF the
league but in fielding they are certain.
Iy practically in a class by themselves.
players lead in four differ.
positions and Tacomans lead in
-wo. In almost every instance the
Tacoma or Aberdeen player is far Nd
II the list as compared with the play.
ers of other teams in his position.
Wild Bill Donovan, the leading
pitcher of the American league this
season, is much interested in the
work of Walter Johnson, the phenom.
young pitcher now with the
club. During a recent
same in Washington Donovan
watched Johnson's every move, and
hen had this to say: at is no won.
Ter to me that Johnson pitched IS in
lings without allowing a run and
truck out 166 men in II games up in
1t is only wonderful to m e
hat he did not strike out every one
t those bushers up there. He has
charitable speed and a great shoot
n his fast ball, and to tell you the
ruth, he is the best raw pitcher |
ave ever e If nothing happens
that fellow he will be a greater pitch.
r in two years than Mathewson ever
AIRED to be. Mark that prediction,
'ook at that build. His arms are al
lost twice as long as those of an OF.
mary man, and he is well built from
cad to foot. Nineteen years old.
Veil, l guess that fellow won't i'm
rove within a year or two"