Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-15
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.

NOW ludt the triangular meet at
Pullman is a thing of the past, all
energies of the coach and track team
Of the University of Idaho are being
directed toward the coming meet with
the University of Montana on May %.
In view OF, the great game played
last Wednesday at Aberdeen, when
Butte and Aberdeen battled for 20 inn
ings to tie, with the score 3-3, recalls
another one played between Tacoma
and Seattle May 16. 1891, lasting %
innings and won by Tacoma Z to 6.
Cranbrook, b. C-The track and
grounds for the open race meet of
the Western Canada Turf association.
to be held here May IS and 10, are now
assuming a condition of advanced
readiness.
An interesting event to harness
horsemen was the announcement of
the sale of Cresceus (2:O2 1-4), the
champion trotting stallion, to the Rus
SLAMS by M. w. Savage of Minneap-
oils, MINI.
Yale had no trouble In defeating
Princeton in the dual games on Yale
field Saturday afternoon, the final
score being: Yale 70, Princeton 81.
Stanley Ketchel of Montana knock
ed out Jack (Twin) Sullivan of Boston
in the twentieth round of their battle
at Colma Saturday. The battle was
scheduled to go 35 rounds, but ended
in the twentieth, after one of the
bloodiest ring contests seen here in
recent years.
For three hours the baseball teams
of the universities of Idaho and
Washington battled in a drenching
rain on field covered with six inches
of mud Saturday afternoon. Washing
ton won by 10 to II.
Annapolis, Md.-In the dual field
and track meet here Saturday after
noon the naval academy defeated Col
umbia university by a score of "a to
80 points. Three academy records
were broken.
Kid Scaler, the clever Spokane light
weight fighter, has been matched to
fight Harry Lombard at Calgary, AL
berta, on Tuesday, May 26.
Meet at Pullman.
Pullman, Wash.-Spokane Saturday
won the fourth interscholastic meet
participated in by more than $50 ath-
letes, representing 81 high schools.
New records were established in
hammer throwing by one foot; 22O-
yard dash by 10 second (breaking the
northwest college record; discus, Q
inches; 12O-yard hurdles, 3-5 second;
mile run, l 2-5 seconds; 220-yard hur-
dies, As second; half-mile relay. ITO
second.
Knapp of Oakesdale proved himself
the star of the meet, winning IS points
three firsts and one second. This
gives him the individual prize and
makes him captain of the eastern
Washington team, which goes to Sc
attic May % to meet the winners of
the western Washington meet, when
the championship of the state will be
decided.
The eastern Washington team will
consist of the following first-point
winners of this meet:
Conover, Waitsburg; Englehorn.
Spokane; l.. Means. Pendleton; Eek
ert, Lewiston; Johnson, Wenatchee;
Fanchier, Spokane; Slough, Spokane;
Jay, Pendleton; McCown, Prosser.
The expenses of these men will be
paid by the University of Washington.
Spokane takes the McCroskey cup
for the school winning the greatest
number of points; Oakesdale gets the
DR.. j. L. Harris cup for the Washing
ton high school of less than 200 win
ming the greatest number of points in
that class.
Every high school winning a first
got pennant.
Gold medals were the prizes for
frsts, silver for seconds, and bronze
for thirds.
The following is the final score: Spo-
kane, 40 points; Pendleton, 23. points;
Oakesdale, Is points; Lewiston. IS
points; Prosser, s points; Wenatchee.
s points; Walla Walla, points; DAY.
export, points; Waitsburg, 5 points;
North Yakima, points; Colfax, 4
points; Ellensburg, points; Clark
ston, 2 points; Palouse, 2 points; Gar
field, l point.
Olympic Tryouts.
Stanford University, Cal.-The lack
OF sufficient entries to make close COM
petition prevented the Olympic try
outs from furnishing close finishes.