Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-31
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.

In the luIercluD DOAlnS anu Wito-
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.
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
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.
Whitman college was defeated by
w. S. c. at basket ball recently.
Down in Frisco they're having an
awful time getting Kid Scaler of Spo-
kane fixed up for a scrap. The latest
proposition is to match him and john
ny Murphy in preliminary to the Abe
Attel-Franl1ie Neil fight.
There was much to the DR.. Roller
Farmer Burns wrestling match at Sc
. attic recently which savored OF the
D fixed" affair. The ease with which
Roller secured two falls and the APP
parent lack of effort on the part oil
: Burns showed plainly to the wise ones
that there had been something doing
n When Eddie Quinn, manager of the
Spokane league team, leaves for the
t. spring training season with his banc
l. of Indians, he will take along with him
s. no less than % seasoned old warriors
" and young bucks, VINO Will dlspla!
Id their talents on the ball field.
in Formation of the intercity baseball
or league will begin in Walla Walla thu
h week. The league proposed is of elias
k II. to comprise Walla Walla, Pendletor
La Grande and Baker City.
ld Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of tn
an American league and star player {
he the Detroit team, has returned HI
contract unsigned and asks for $500
ok a year and a contract for three year
A with the stipulation that he will
ISL paid If injured or sick.
re BY raising subscriptions Vancouve
ist r. c.. has secured sufficient funds
IRE send a team of six bowiers to Il
ew American bowling congress at Ci
cinnati next month and to the Car
dian ten pin tournament at Toronto.
For the purpose of forming a Was
ington state automobile associate
'ci- which will carry the legislative battl
to headquarters when measures are
Ian auired to assure good roads, conv'
sell ton of all automobile OWNERS is to
lte- called either for Spokane or Seat
Vno early the coming summer.
lelr James ]. Jeffries has been invited
an make the trip to Fairbanks, Alas
ess to referee a series of boxing bouts
- the Fourth of July. Battling Nels
Ar is also in on the invitation, and il
lon fitting opponent can be secured
'eK- him. Fairbanks will be treated to so
,uA real fighting
zap Joe Cans is strong admirer
nun Packey Mcfarland and says that If
Chicago boy ever hooks up with 3
Ting Nelson he will wager $4,000 Il
the Dane will be on the receiving
llla' of good beating Cans says Nels
'inN is all in.
"A move is Oh lOOl W VI 5ohiAS q "
an club at Whitefish, Mont, and 1T
tate probable that a club will be organic
'eat as there are quite large number
gan boat owners and many more who
ress pect to get boats in the spring.
sell In the good time of minues and
OF seconds Cornell, the fast Lewist
EN- skater, circled the ring floor go tin
itch Saturday night, winning the three-n
in race by three laps from Hensley.
lich The 10-game series at 1872 balk
as lizards between George Sutton of {
ces- cago and George F. Slosson of N
lee York was finished Saturday mig
or Slosson won the final game by SC
fea- of 500 to 251, but as Sutton won
of the ten games played the honors
the match go to the Chicago m
Slosson made high runs of So, SO {
ono so, with an average of u 1922.
5a,- Montgomery Won.