The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-31
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

The Wilbur ball team beat the
Sprague team, 8 to 2, at Spokane last
Monday. A $500 bet was up from each
side. Sprague has challenged Wilbur
for another game under same condi'
tions.
The Scaler-Attell fight has been
transferred from Spokane to Salt Lake
city, for the last of this month.
Willie Holmes, sc years old, former
ly a well known jockey, committed
suicide at The Meadows racetrack,
Seattle, Sunday.
The pennant race in the NOrthWest
ern league is far more interesting just
now than it a three weeks ago. AT
that time Spokane seemed to be hav-
ing a runaway, while now the Canucks
are coming so fast that the Indians
are being sorely pressed and can not
afford to skip once.
Hans Wagner, the great shortstop,
owns Pittshurg almost. They don't
pay any attention to anyone there eX-
cept Wagner. Saturday was called
Wagner day" and he vas presented
with a watch costing 500, which zoo
of his admirers Clipped in and bought
Much interest was centered in the
horse race which took place at the
Cheney fair grounds Saturday between
Wheathauler, owned by DR.. Baker Of
Sprague. and Hattie Watts, owned by
Danny Shields of Ritzville. Hattie
Watts won, winning a bet of $500. The
race was in no way connected witt
the market day sales, which is an en-
terprise conducted by the Commercial
club.
Mrs. Charles L. Brown, champion
woman swimmer of Chicago, accom-
z panied by nine male swimmers, Wi
I ATTEMPT an eight-milc swim from tn
+ Seyenty-sixth street pier to the Hyd
| park crib and back. This trip ha
d never been made by a swimmer.
u One contestant, A. G. Freese, wa
t drowned, half a dozen were seize
with cramps and rescued with diff
II Guilty and two spectators were throw
{ into the river when a tug collided wit
8 their rowboat during the first annu'
Marathon swim of the New Illino
Athletic club in the Chicago river Sa
urday. The water proved far too co
for the swimmers and only II OF
x field of 60 or more managed to hni'
u the two-mile course.
d owen Moran, the featherweight
England, has sailed for New Yor
+ Moran will arrive in New York tn
week and Immediately on landing W
begin training for his fight with A
&c Attell on Labor day at Colma, Cal.
a. Bob FitzsimmOns, former heaV
II weight and middleweight champion
the world, the victor of 100 ring bi
le ties. was injured by a baby's nursi
bottle in the hands of e. Clarke wa
err. manager of the Pantages theat
~ in a go-as-you-please rough and tuml
nc scrap at Spokane Saturday.
The championship of the Greg
cd tennis tourney and the handsol
re- Fiske challenge cup was won by
A. McBurney of Spokane, who wrest
re this honor from Joe Tyler of the sal
he city, both being entered by the ,
va kane country Il
aC New Olympic Records.
ne Fifteen hundred meter run-i:O3.
5 Olympic record by NJ. w. Sheppa
ne Irish-American Athletic club, in fin
Oh and by n. f. Hallows, United III
dom, in trial heat.
eX- Throwing ~16-pound hammer
feet Az inches. New Olympic rec
bv John J. Flanagan, Irish-Ameri'
Athletic club.
ms Five-mile race-25:4G As. New Oh!
REQ pic record by John Shanberg.
Ten-miIe walk-l.l5.5tl-o. ,
at worlds record by G. Z. Larner, Uni
~ Kingdom.
tea one hundred kilometer bicycle
hours AZ minutes. BY Bartlett, I'M
Kingdom.