Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
SPORTING NOTES.

AT recent meeting of the Univer-
sity of Oregon athletic council Presi-
dent P. l.. Campbell and Carl A. Nc
Lain, SO, were chosen delegates to the
northwest collegiate conference, called
by Whitman college, to convene in
Walla Walla February and g.
Hereafter at all the Spokane ANA
teur Athletic club bouts no person
will be permitted to take part in any
contest unless he is able to present
to the official announcer his amateur
card, properly signed and certified
thus proving beyond the remotest
shadow of doubt his right to be
called an amateur. And, incidentally,
proving the clubs bona fide stand for
all outside persons.
1t has been announced that Pitcher
Elmer Stricklett of the Brooklyn Ma
tional League club will take over the
new Santa Cruz state league fran
chise and manage the new team in
connection with H. R. Bradford, a
local capitalist. Harry VOTERS, with
the st. Louis National League club
last year, will also be a partner In
the venture
G. M. Daniels of the New York Ath.
letic club added another to his long
list of swimming victories by winning
the 100 yard Metropolitan Amateur
Athletic union championship. He GOV
cred the distance in So 3-5 seconds.
/ In the first hockey match of the
season the Nelson, B. c., team de
feated Rossland by a score of to 3
w. S. G. defeated the University o.
Idaho at basketball in fast game a
, Pullman by a score of % to Z. Cal
houn of w. S. c. was the star of the
:, game.
= Vancouver, B. c., will not have
professional baseball club this year
:, This was definitely decided after
long conference, which was attende
by the local directors and Presiden
w. H. Lucas and Bob Brown of Abel
deem.
n Eddie Quinn has signed a new pitcl
J. er for his 1908 Spokane baseball teal
in Sailor" Loucks, an old Spokan
Indian, who made wonderful recor
while pitching for Spokane about fou
years ago.
The death of Edward Hanlon at T.
ronto brings to mind the memorial
career of the famous oarsman, tt
greatest America has produced.
The clever little Jewish fighter, AL
Attell, is said to have squandered
fortune backing the ponies. Being Gle
er at his own game, he figured tn
y he could beat another.
r The coming season will probab
d. witness the disappearance of anoth
n bunch of stars from the big league
% Last year Monte Cross, Jake Beckle
Lave Cross and Kid Gleason stepp
Il aside to make room for new young
y talent, and now Willie Keller, B
ly Bradley, RUDE Waddell George Dav
s, Jesse Tannehill, Jack Chesbro, S
al Seybold Jake Powell, Jake O'Conn,
ly Bill Bernhard, Jake Warner and f
ut die Mcfarland are slated for early
m tirement.
The close of the 1907 season fin
20 performers IndI are 10 De CldSSeu
III the royal winners of the Americ
mt turf, inasmuch as these racing sta
by have won 100000 or over in stal
Ill and purses.
rs A. S. Goldsmith of the Seattle A
ba letic club, c. c. Holzell of the Spoka
:; Athletic club, and e. e. Morgan of I
- Multnomah Athletic club have be
~ appointed as a committee to rep
sent the northwest associations of
. Amateur Athletic union at a tryout
- be held in San Francisco in May,
give the athletes of the Pacific CO.
chance to win places on the Am
lean team that will take part in
Olympic games to be held in Lond
The basket ball games between
Sprague and Davenport high sch
teams resulted in score of 81 to II
favor of the Davenport boys, and
in favor of the Davenport girls.
A woman is certainly good look