The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-03-20
SPORTING NOTES.


New Orleans Saturday.
Jimmy Britt and Packy Mcfarland
have signed for fight to take place
in Frisco on April 81.
Johnny 'Coulon of Chicago clearly
outclassed Young Terry McGovern of
Los Angeles in their 10-round contest.
George Hackenschmidt, the Russion
lion, has arrived in America for his
championship match with Frank
Gotch
Ivy Cobb has signed a contract for
$4,000 with the Detroit club. He led
the American league in batting last
season.
Ed Green, the Troy wrestler, won
the second and last fall in hotly con-
tested match with Billy Bagley of Mos
COW, at Troy, recently.
Andy" Anderson, freshman at the
Washington State college, has been
elected captain of the basket ball team
for the season 10000.
The California women won the inter-
collegiate basket ball championship
Saturday, defeating Stanford the Sec
ond time. The score was, % to Ii.
Pitcher Higginbotham, who was the
star of the Northwestern league last
season, has been showing up we'll in
the early practice games at st. Louis
The Seattle Athletic club athletes
won three of the four contests from
last week, Venables, Speck
and Kelly winning from Frank, Dram
ga and West.
Arrangements are complete for a.
catch-as- catch-can wrestling match be-
tween Lou Bucholtz of North Yakima
and William Bagley of Moscow, to
take place Saturday night, March 81,
at Palouse.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson of Hi
nois knocked out Johnny Murphy of
Frisco in the eight round of what was
to have been a 20-round glove contest
at Frisco. The preliminary fight, be-
tween Jimmy Carroll and Monte Attell,
at 1l5 pounds, went Is rounds to al
draw. Billy Roche was the referee in
both events.
Calvin Demarest of Chicago Satur-
day night broke the worlds amateur
record for the high run in the opening
game of the national amateur 14.2l
billiard tournament at the Chicago
association, making 1853 in his
seventh inning. Demarest won the
game, beating Clarence Jackson of
Chicago 400 to 165. Demarest's aver
age was 81 liz.
Northwest League Notes.
lamp Osborne, the eccentric pitcher
of the Spokane Indians, has been pur-
chased by Tacoma from Eddie Quinn,
the purchase price being kept secret.
Russ Halls Butte team, which had
planned on training at Lewiston this
year after a successful training season
there last spring, will now go to Ever
EFT for a few weeks prior to the open
ing, in Seattle. The switch is caused
by the change in schedule, which takes
Butte to the Sound to open and brings
Aberdeen over on this side of the
The Tacoma, Seattle and
Vancouver teams will train at home.
Manager Quinn announces that he
has closed deal with H. C. Calhoun
of the Lewiston normal school for the
use of the normal baseball grounds
and that the Indians will be taken to
the Idaho city about March 49, They
will be ordered to report to Captain
Hulen at Spokane not later than Sat
urday, March 81. Manager Quinn has
also closed a deal for Manager Brown
of Aberdeen whereby the Black Cats
will report at Charleston, just across
the river from Lewiston, and train
there at the same time that Quinn's
men are working out on Normal hill.
The Lewiston and Charleston chambers
of commerce have been interested in
the thing for some time and are put
ting up handsome guarantee to cover
the training expenses of the two
teams.