Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-03-06
SPORTING NOTES.

the lookout for track coach.
Ralph Frary, Bob Caruthers and
Robert Black will umpire in the North
west league.
Jack Johnson, the colored heavy
weight, has agreed to meet Tommy
Burns in London.
Whitman college defeated the Uni
versity of Idaho in a basket ball game
recently, 26 to 16.
Packy Mcfarland is after a match
with Jimmie Britt or the winner of
the Britt-Nelson fight.
At Marysville, Cal, Frank Mantell
was given the decision over Kid
Farmer at the end of the goth round.
William Hulen, better known as
kid" nulen, will captain the Spokane
Northwestern league team this year.
Roy Shaw, the North Yakima base
ball player, has signed his contract
with the Pittsburg National league
team.
Portland golfers defeated the golf
ers from Tacoma Saturday afternoon
in out of the II individual matches
played.
DR.. Roller, the big Seattle wrist
/ Ter, has issued a statement that he is
ready and willing to take on Frank
Gotch at any time.
The University of Oregon promises
to have a fast set of distances, five
freshmen in a five-mile relay covering
the distance in 2436.
Joe Pearson, perhaps the greatest
athlete ever turned out by the state
of Washington, will return to athletics
this spring at Spokane.
Aurelio Herrera, the Mexican pugil
list, of Bakersfield, Cal, was accident
ally shot in the leg by his partner
Badly Wilson, recently.
John S. Boa, secretary-manager Of
the Western Boosters Trapshootine
association, announces that Butte is tC
have big trap tourney this year.
At the Park Square track, Boston
Saturday, Major Taylor beat Joe Fog
Ter in two straight heats of mattel
bicycle race. Distance one mile ant
one-half a mile.
With the arrival of Coach Kiesel a
, Pullman, track athletics at w. S. c
have taken on new life, and BIZ
bunch of students are out training 70
the various events.
Abe Attell, the featherweight chan
+ pion of America, Friday PRACTICAL
J., knocked out Ed Kelly, the "Buffal
:, newsboy," in the seventh round of
S scheduled 20-round bout at Frisco.
J. w. A. Hoagland of auburn, N. Y
; won the six-day walking match whic
:, ended in Kansas City Saturday, ha'
l. ing covered $50 miles in 62 hours. II
y thus retains the worlds championship
y Track Manager Ralph Easter of tn
T. University of Washington is conflder
that Washington will win the tire
d cornered track meet between Was
rs ington, Oregon and Idaho this sprin
u S. Metzger, chosen as head coach
the University of Pennsylvania foo
= ball team for the season OF 1908, IS
& the northwest on the lookout IL
available football material for II
University of Pennsylvania.
4 Forrest Smithson of Portland smas
B ed another worlds record in hurd
1 racing recently, running the 60 yar'
hurdles in 7 AS seconrs, rs secoI
II better than the old record. The RAJ
u was run at Trenton, N. j.
4 At the annual convention of the
II tercollegiate association of amate
4 athletics in New York recently 1t WI
n decided that Pennsylvania, as hold
j of the intercollegiate track-feld chal
\ pionships, was entitled to the ne
meet.
4 Louis Orsie, the crack 145-pou
boxer at the S. A. A. c., winner IN
long series of amateur contests at I
club. mostly by the knockout rou
II has been protested by the Multnom
~ club of Portland on the ground Oh
legged professionalism.
y The six-day roller race at Lewlst
came to a close Saturday night WI
out a victor, as Connell and Hensi
are tied for first place, with recc
of three heats each to their credit. L
tie will be decided by another ne
which will be arranged for next WEI