The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-05-01
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.

The annual track and field meet be-
tween the University of Montana and
the Washington State college, at Mis-
soula, resulted in a victory for the
Washington school by the close mar
gin of 10 points, the totals being GO
to So.
Honey Melody has announced, &C
cording to eastern reports, that he is
through with the ring.
Joe Cans. the "cullud gent" from
Baltimore, is to start his training
Tuesday for his battle in San Fran
cisco with Boer Unholz on May a.
The athletes representing Whitman
college Saturday afternoon admins
tered an emphatic defeat to the Uni
track meet on the university campus.
The final count on points totaled IS
for Washington and 67 for the Mission
aries.
The shell of the University of Cali
fornia pulled through the smooth wat
ers of Sausalito bay by eight men, all
of them over six feet in height, was
two and One-half lengths ahead of the
shell of the Stanford crew at the fin
ish of the two and one-half mile race.
The time was 10 minutes IS seconds.
In the freshmen race over the same
course Stanford won by four lengths.
Time, 1928. The day was ideal, the
water perfect and the crowd large.
Philadelphia. character of the
performances of hundreds of athletes
at the annual relay races and field
sports at the University Of Pennsyl-
vania were of the highest order. One
worlds record, that for the pole vault,
was broken by w. R. Dray of Yale, IL
feet 61a inches, and another record
was equaled. The University of Penn
sylvania won the blue ribbon event
of the meet, the one-mile relay race
for the championship of the United
States. The Michigan four-mile team,
which was given the four-mile relay
event by default, entered the two-mile
national relay championship and won
| easily. Pennsylvania was second. The
one-mile championship, won by Penn
sylvania, was anybody's race from
was 1928 As. OF the eight special
events, Yale and Illinois university
each took two firsts, and Dartmouth,
Indiana university, Syracuse and
Cornell each captured one.
Aberdeen, Wash--"Duff" Millette,
a local high school lad, at the track
| meet this afternoon ran so yards in
is seconds, establishing a new
worlds amateur record. Millette also
ran 100 yards in 10 1-5. He is 16
years old and weighs about 10
pounds.
Speaking to members of the Prince
ton baseball team Saturday, President
| Roosevelt sharply criticised the ath-
letic policy of Harvard, his alma
mater, as represented by President
Eliot and others high in the councils
of the university.
| Berkeley won at baseball Saturday
| l..
Louie Long of Spokane and Eddie
oanteries Of Taft, Idaho, fought 80
fierce rounds to draw at Taft Satur-
day night. A big crowd saw the event.
many coming from Wallace on ,spe-
cial train.
| The result Of the fOur-eorned track
meet between the high schools of
North Yakima, Prosser, Ellensburg
and Sunnyside, held in North Yakima
Saturday, has not been decided, both
North Yakima and Prosser claiming
the victory The decision will depend
upon whether or not the winners of
the second and third places in the half
mile relay will be given points. If
three and one points are granted for
second and third places, respectively
Yakima will win with AZ points against
Frossers Az. II it is decided that only
the first place wins points, then Pros
ser Will win the meet with Al points
against Yakima 40.
surrounded by prison walls and in
the presence of 500 people Sunday
afternoon, Uncle Sans team from
fort Walla Walla went down and out
before the team of convicts. The peni.
Tertiary nine made two circuits of the
diamond, while the soldiers never
passed third. The game was clean
throughout.
with total Of seven points. the
Seattle Athletic club won the cham
plonsh1p boxing and wrestling meet at
Portland, which ended Saturday night
Multnomah was second with three
and Spokane and the Olympic club OF
San Francisco each won one event