The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-11-06
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

Diamonds valued at more than $1,000,
and cash amounting to about SIS, were
taken from the person of Ralph l..
Dodd, the well known young Spokane
umpire, by two desperate young high
waymen.
Butte is going to hand the North
western league a little ultimatum. 1t
is to be "give us baseball without Russ
Hall or give US no baseball at all. -
The Western association sold the
baseball franchises of the Topeka and
Wichita clubs to the Western league for
the sum of $4,000 at their annual meet
| ing last week. The Western league will
now have eight clubs instead of six in
| it's circuit.
Ralph RAIDER, last years fullback on
the state college eleven, and one of the
best known football players in the
northwest, has been selected as as
sistant coach to help Coach Rheinschild
in turning out team this year
Manager William Murray of the Phil
delphia National league club has de-
MED the report that the Cleveland club
had offered him $4,000 to manage the
blues for five years.
Johnny Evers, the second baseman of
the worlds champion Chicago Ma
tionals, will be married this week at his
home in Troy, N. Y, to Miss Helen
Fitzgibbons of the same city.
Ty Cobb has about decided to listen
to pleas from Mrs. Cobb to spend their
winter in Georgia rather than on the
baseball tour to Japan with the barn
, stormers.
! Thirteen members Of the Cincinnati
| baseball club have gone to Cuba, where
, they will play the leading clubs of the
Cuban league.
Chicago took long step toward the
western football championship Satur
day, when the Maroon eleven played the
much touted Minnesota team off it's feet
!, and won, 20 to O.
, At Lexington, KY, Cadet G. Cooke
Ferbe of Norfolk, Va, died Saturday o.
conclusion of the brain, due to an in
jury in game of football between
g Virginia Military institute and Roanoke
, college played recently. The score a
, the end of the first half stood: Virgins
- Military institute 81, Roanoke colleg
u 0. The second half was not played
Saturdays game at Moscow betwee
= Idaho and Oregon is believed to set a
absolutely unique record in modern foot
= ball. 1t is not on record, for teams o
any prominence at least, that defeate
team should score 21 points in reguls
ton contest of two Commute halves
Several years ago Kansas defeated N,
braska SO to 20, Benedict, for Nebrask.
scoring four goals from the field, bl
it is believed that 81 is a new recol
,e for beaten team. Final score, Z
to 81.
w New Haven, Comply a score of a
20 to 0, Yale defeated the Massachuset
If Agricultural college.
10 Texas offers $4,000 for the intern
W tional balloon races, and the sout
western aeronauts and those interestt
fe in aerial navigation are hopeful
70 bringing the meeting to Texas.
ID Spokane.-Lincoln high school of s
q. attic, new factor in northwest int
al scholastic football, dashed the hopes
IT,. the Spokane South Central high scho
he eleven for the 1908 championship by
in 1O-to-5 victory.
o Nearly 1000 persons attended the I
70 ception rendered "Cy" Young by t
nv people of Tuscarawas county at Can
Dover, Ohio, the other day. A featu
ar was ball game, which was won
RS, oung's team, to l. A club of viii
"Cy" has been member for 1s yea
gave him solid silver cup with ebo
case, engraved with the names of me
We hers Of the club, picture of Young a
ay the date. A banquet was given by
nd fans.
his E. E. Smathers, former owner
nj runners and record breaking trottt
IRE and PAGERS, says that no inducemer
be could be offered him to reenter eitl
rs branch of the turf game.
". On the steamer Minneapolis, sail
from New York for London, seco
consignment of wellknown race hor
are being taken to England and
en- continent. At the head of the consi,
sta ment is Fair Play, owned by Aug
re- Belmont, and, with the exception
the Colin and colt, the best 3-year-old
nat the season. Mr.. Belmont 8 famous ST
ot- lion, Octagon, and II brood mare
also on the ship. Fair Play will st
ex- in a number Of important races in E
tb. land.