Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-07-25
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

The Wilbur ball team beat the
Sprague team, 8 to Q, 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 theilast of this month.
Willie Holmes, SO 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 was 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 Pittsburg almost. They don't
pay any attention to anyone there ex-
cept Wagner. Saturday was called
Wagner day" and he was presented
with a watch costing $500, which 700
of his admirers Clipped in and bought.
Much interest was conferred 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
tfc xxrir, mi hot Of "a
race was in no way connected with
the market day sales, which is an en-
terprise conducted by the Commercial
club.
Mrs Charles l.. Brown, champion
woman swimmer of Chicago, accom-
panied by nine male swimmers, will
attempt an eight-mile swim from the
Seventy street pier to the Hyde
park crib and back. This trip has
never been made by a swimmer.
One contestant, A. G. Freese, was
drowned, half dozen were seized
with cramps and rescued with diff
Guilty and two spectators were thrown
into the river when a tug collided with
their rowboat during the first annual
Marathon swim of the New Illinois
Athletic club in the Chicago river Sat
urday The water proved far too cold
for the swimmers and only II of a
field of 60 or more managed to finish
the two-mile course.
Owen Moran, the featherweight OF
England, has sailed for New York
Moran will arrive in New York this
week and Immediately on landing will
begin training for his fight with Abe
Attell on Labor day at Colma, Cal.
Bob Fitzsimmons, former heavy
weight and middleweight champion Of
the world, the victor of 100 ring bat
ties, was injured by baby's nursing
bottle in the hands of E. Clarke Walk
er, manager of the Pantages theater
in a go-as-you-please rough and tumble
scrap at Spokane Saturday.
The championship of the Oregon
tennis tourney and the handsome
Fiske challenge cup was won by w
A. McBurney of Spokane, who wresteC
this honor from Joe Tyler of the same
city, both being entered by the Spo
kane country cluD.
New Olympic Records.
Fifteen hundred meter rum: 03 2-5
olympic record by M. w. Sheppard
Irish-American Athletic club, in final
and by N. F. Hallows, United King
dom, in trial heat
Throwing 16-pound hammer-17
i feet Az inches. New Olympic recor'
by John J. Flanagan, Irish-Americal
Athletic club.
Five-mile race-25: 46 AS. New Olym
pic record by John Shanberg.
II Ten-mile walk: 1857 1-5. Ney
worlds record by G. e. Larner, Unite
\ Kingdom.
One hundred kilometer bicycle
hours AZ minutes. BY Bartlett, Unite
i Kingdom.