The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.

In the interclub boxing and wres-
Ting contest held recently in Seattle
between the Seattle and Spokane ath-
letic club, Seattle came out victorious,
winning three of the four matches
scheduled.
Whitman college was defeated by
w. 8. G. at basket ball recently.
Walter McCreedie, the Portland cap
tain and manager, will coach the Uni
versity Of Oregon baseball team until
the start Of the league season.
Frank Gotch defeated Albert Solo
mon Of Buffalo in two straight falls in
a wrestling contest at Utica, N. Y,
recently.
The Phoenix and Grand Forks. hook
ey teams played tie game at Grand
Forks recently, the score at the end
being to 2.
Down in Frisco they're having an
awful time getting Kid Scaler OF Spo-
kane fixed up for scrap. The latest
proposition is to match him and John
ny Murphy in preliminary to the Abe
AttelFrankie Neil fight.
There was much to the DIR. Roller
Farmer Burns wrestling match at Sc
attic recently which savored of the
fixed" affair. The ease with which
Roller secured two falls and the ap-
parent lack of effort on the part of
Burns showed plainly to the wise ones
that there had been something doing.
When Eddie Quinn, manager of the
Spokane league team, leaves for the
spring training season with his band
of Indians, he will take along with him
no less than Is seasoned old warriors
and young bucks, VINO will display
their talents on the ball field
Formation of the intercity baseball
league will begin in Walla Walla this
week. The league proposed is of class
D, to comprise Walla Walla, 'Pendleton,
La Grande and Baker City.
Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of the
American league and star player of
the Detroit team, has returned his
contract unsigned and asks for $4,000
year and a contract for three years,
with the stipulation that he will be
paid If injured or sick.
By raising subscriptions Vancouver,
B. c., has secured sufficient funds to
send a team of six bowlers to the
American bowling congress at Gin
cinnati next month and to the Cana
dian ten pin tournament at Toronto.
For the purpose of forming a Wash
ingtOn state automobile association
which will carry the legislative battles
to headquarters when measures are re-
ton Of all automobile owners is to be
called either for Spokane or Seattle
early the coming summer.
James J. Jeffries has been invited to
make the trip to Fairbanks, Alaska,
to referee series of boxing bouts on
the Fourth of July. Battling Nelson
is also in on the invitation, and If a
fitting opponent can be secured for
him, Fairbanks will be treated to some
real fighting
Joe Cans is a strong admirer of
Packey Mcfarland and says that if the
Chicago boy ever hooks up with Bat
ting Nelson he will wager $4,000 that
the Dane will be on the receiving end
of good beating. Cans says Nelson
is all in.
Francis Trevelyan, one Of the best
known writer's on racing in the coun-
try and for some years racing judge
at the western tracks and at New Or
leans, died recently.
A move is on foot to organize boat
club at Whitefsh, Mont, and it Is
probable that club will be organized,
as there are quite large number OF
boat owners and many more, who ex-
pect to get boats in the spring.
In the good time of 9 minues and so
seconds Cornell, the fast Lewiston
skater, circled the ring floor 60 times
Saturday night, winning the three-mile
race by three laps from Hensley.
The 10-game series at 1872 balk bill
lizards between George Sutton of Chi
cago and George F. Slosson Of New
York was finished Saturday night
Slosson won the final game by score
of 500 to 251, but as Sutton wen six
of the ten games played the honors Of
the match go to the Chicago man.
Slosson made high runs of SO, 80 and
80, with an average Of "a 1922.