Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-06-22
SPORTING NOTES.

Here is a new baseball expression
from Brooklyn: Why, he couldn't hit
bunch of raindrops with an umbrella.
Oscar Graham has lost most of his
games after leading in the fifth inning.
He is accused of being careless at the
end of a game.
Griffith changed his pitchers in Is
of the first 26 games in which his
team engaged.
President Comisky of the White Sox
has faith in right-hand batters. He
says they hit harder and send in more
runs.
Steinfeldt, who was second in the
National batting averages last season,
has crept into the fourth place after
a poor start.
Unglaub's Boston boys are avoiding
the error column by being short-sightl
ed. If a few, releases are handed out
they will open their eyes.
Five times up and five hits. This
is the way that Wagner is connecting
just now.
The Cleveland fans think Lajoie's
Maps are doing a good deal too much
sacrificing. They claim that many
runs have been lost by the big hitters
failing to line the ball out.
The National league is at last out
of debt 1t took over eight years
with per cent of the state receipts
to pay up for reducing the league from
IL to s clubs,
The Weiser baseball club, a mem
Der of the Idaho State league, has de-
veloped a phenomenal pitcher. He
pitched 81 innings without a run being
made off his delivery. The world IS
record is 81 innings. His name is
Walter Johnson and he is a native of
California. He is 10 years of age ana
is tall and strong as an OK. He has
arms that for length would put Fitz-
simmons to the bush.
On a soft track at The Meadows re-
Gently Barney Oldfield drove an ex-
hibition two miles to demonstrate to
press representative that the track
could be negotiated under the minute.
He made the second mile in 571s sec
onds, clipping IA seconds off the north.
west record, and the two miles in 1 Sc
another record.
Beckenham, England.-In the semi
| finals for the Kent lawn tennis cham
pionship recently May Sutton of Cal
| ifornia beat Mrs. Lowther 81, ca
g.. In the finals Miss Sutton beat
Miss Eastlake Smith 6-1, 60. Miss
Sutton will meet Mrs. Lambert Cham
bers for the championship tomorrow.
Vancouver players are sore over
the announcement from Vancouver
that Con Struthers has been signed
to manage the team in place of Charlie
Mcintyre.
According to a New York dispatch
Muggsy McGraw will give up baseball
at the end of the season.
| Chicago-Chief Of Police Shippy
says that he would not permit horse
tracing in Chicago. Recently it was an
nounced that racing would be reestab
lished on three tracks here, giving al
together about three months continu
Gus racing. Shippy declares tina
none of the tracks will be reopened.
Raluph Frary, member of the 1904
Spokane team in the P. N. L., has
been signed by President w. H. Lu
cas- for his umpire staff to succeed
Red" Ehret, who was released Satur
day night.
The Northwestern league pennan
race appears to have settled down
for the present at least, into a three
cornered fight for second place be
tween Spokane, Tacoma and Seattle
This week Spokane meets the leaders
Aberdeen, on the home grounds, while
Tacoma gets the tailenders, Vancou
YER at Tacoma. Seattle and BUTT
are billed to clash in the Montana city
The league standing is: 4,