Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-03-22
SPORTING NOTES.

Frank Gotch recently defeated John
Rooney, Chicago's wrestling police
man, two straight falls in their match
at catch-as-catch-ca style.
Will Jordan, first baseman of the
Brooklyn National league baseball
club, who made a reputation last year
by making more home runs than any
player in either of the big leagues,
has finally signed to play in Brooklyn
again.
Mr.. Holzell of Spokane reports that
President James E. Sullivan of the A
A. U. will visit Spokane in about a
month on q trip through the north
west.
q. G. Holzell, president of the P. N
A., has been honored by the crown
prince Of Greece by an appointment
Oh the American committee for the
revival Of athletic games at Athens in
1910.
The biggest deal in connection with
sport was concluded recently when
the Vancouver, B. c., Baseball club de-
cided at a special meeting TO pay $780,
600 for the lease of the grounds con
trolled by the Recreation Park COM
pany
Kid Murphy of New York and Ed
die Greenwald of Milwaukee fought a
10 round bout recently before the Mil
waukee Boxing club, Murphy getting
the decision.
Hot Springs, Ark.-The recent fight
between Harry Hart and Harry
Rogers, scheduled for 20 rounds, was
terminated in the second by Hart
knocking Rogers out with a right
swing on the jaw.
Lewiston, IdahO-By the score of
Is to l the Cheney normal school
basketball team defeated Lewiston
state normal school girls here.
Louie Long has left Spokane for
Denver in search of matches with
some of the lightweights there.
W. F. Conner, president of the city
league in SDoakne, has rendered his
resignation as a member of the Spo-
kane Amateur Athletic club and &C.
companies it with a sharp criticism of
the attitude of the clubs athletic man
agement.
This season is likely to see none or
little ball playing in Occur d'AIene
city, as the ball grounds have been
sold in town lots.
Kid Harrison and Kid Scaler have
accepted the offer of the Palouse Ath-
letic club to box 20 rounds before that
organization March 20.
Yale won the intercollegiate indi-
vidual swimming championships Sat
urday night, scoring FL points. Penn
sylvania was second, with Is points,
and Princeton third, with six points.
Archie Hahn has been engaged as
coach for the University of Oregon.
Cambridge university with practical
ly the same crew as the one which
defeated Harvard last fall by two
lengths, Friday beat Oxford by Az
lengths over the same course from
Putney to Mortlake, a distance of
about Az miles. The time was 2O:26,
was somewhat slow, gusty wind and
rough water destroying all chances of
beating the record over the course.
New Baseball Rules.
If any player ether than the pitcher
soils new ball, either by moistening
l. or rubbing it in the soil, he will be
fined IS.
If pitched ball strikes the ground
before it crosses the plate it counts as
ball in every case.
The batsman will be declared out if
he changes from one box to the other
after the pitcher has taken the pitch
er's box.
In games where two umpires of.
ficiate it shall be agreed on and an,
nOunced before the game on which
particular plays each shall rule.
If a catcher interferes with a bats
man while striking at a pitched ball.
the batsman becomes a base runner
If there are two base runners and
one passes another in an endeavor to
make a run while the first base runner
is being tagged" the base runner
who passes shall be declared out.
The Standpoint Rod & Gun club is
exerting every effort to have the fish
commission stock the lakes and
streams in the vicinity of Standpoint
with trout this spring.