Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24
SPORTING NOTES.

Boston-Thomas Lcngboat of the
West End Y. M. G. A., Toronto, Ont.
Friday won the 18th annual Marathon
race of the Boston Athletic associa-
ton, in hours "a minutes 20 As Sec
ends, breaking the record for the Is
mile course by minutes, "a seconds,
made by j. j. Caffrey Of Hamilton,
Ont, in 1901, Robert Fowler of Cam.
bridgeport, who came in second, also
beat Caffrey's record, covering the
distance in 2:27:54 As. J. J. Hays of
New York was third. The race was the
greatest in point of the number of
entries in the history of the event.
The entry list contained the names
Of IL long distance runners from all
sections Of New England and New
York state and Canada were repre-
sented. The day was chilly and the
roads were covered with dust. The
chief interest centered in Longboat,
the Indian runner. who was a fav-
orite.
The Inland Trolley league opened
its season Sunday. The four towns in
the circuit, Moscow, Palouse, Colfax
and Rosalia, are thriving, busy places,
and the people there are enthusiastic
over the outlook. Good players have
been signed in each town and enthu-
siasm runs high.
dad" Moulton, the veteran trainer,
will condition Stanford athletes for
four more years, according to an agree.
ment with the associated students.
Moulton's present contract expires at
the end of the present track season
Secretary James Sullivan Of the
American committee of the Olympic
games to be held in London in 1905
has received from Andrew Carnegie
his consent to serve as an honorary
vice president of the American com.
mittee of the Olympic games of 1908
Among the others who will serve as
honorary vice presidents are Grover
Cleveland and ]. P. Morgan.
The P. N. A. is sending out let
ter to every high school and private
school in the northwest and to the su.
perintendents Of city schools in the
various cities, calling attention to the
necessity of enforcing amateur rules
among the students who are to enter
the colleges later, both in this. sec.
ton and in the east.
Coach Harry Holmes of the Univer.
sity of Southern California, is confident
that one of the men under his tuition
will soon quality as one of the best
all-round athletes in the world, states
a recent report. This man is Charles
Richardson. He is said to be a won.
der in the endurance he shows in long
drawn-out contests, such as the pole
vault and shot put, and though he
came to college with little or no train
ing, he already held figures in several
events which are still unbeaten.
The Olympic club of San Francisco
wants to arrange track and field
meet with the University of Oregon
for May 8, the date on which the
Stanford team was to have come to
Eugene.
The biggest horseowners now in Cal
ifornia can be expected to bring their
strings to Spokane this summer at the
close of the racing at The Meadows to
take part in the 30 days Of racing
which is to be held in Spokane.
Willie Cannon, the jockey, has sail
ed for Russia. Cannon has been en-
gagged to ride for Prince Liberinski of
Warsaw, Russian Poland, this season,
at a salary of $4,000, besides the
usual additional fees for winning
mounts. The season over there is
from May Z till November IL.
Bernard ]. Wefers, the old Mercury
Foot athlete, who holds the worlds
220 yard record, and who was one of
the greatest sprinters America ever
produced, has been engaged to coach
the Williams college track team. "Ber-
ME" will be at Williamson until May
25th.
Leo ]. Talbot of Mercersburg acade-
my, whose home is In Kansas City,
broke the worlds interscholastic rec
ord in throwing the 12-pound hammer
at Princeton, N. j., in the 18th annual
Princeton interscholastic track meet.
He made throw of 100 feet 8 inches.
The previous record was 1877 feet
inches, made by Thomas Shevlin, when
he was at Hill school, in 1900. Talbot
also broke the interscholastic record
in the 12-pound shot event with a
put of 40 feet inches, beating ]. R.
Dewitt's record of 48 feet inches.
London-The international ladies'
golf championship, won by England
two years ago, will be abandoned this
year, owing to lack of entries from
America.
London-In the finals Of the singles
of the covered tennis court champion
games A. F. Wilding Of New Zealand
beat G. A .Carida, 8 to 0. AS H. L.
Doherty will not defend the title, hav
ing decided to retire for at least a
year, Wilding becomes champion.
Charles Kerr, we'll known over the