Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
LATE SPORTING EvENTs9

To turn professional and that same
day to receive a terrific beating and
be knocked out cold in the fourth
round was the fate of Eddie Johnston,
the well known Spokane boxer. John |
ston was given the sleep producer at
Newport Saturday night and it was ad-
ministered by Louie Longs trusty
right.
At Chicago George Sutton of Chi
cago defeated Willie Hoppe, 500 to 1863,
in the first block of 1900 points at 1872
billiards.
Whitman won the triangular track
meet at Pullman, getting SO points to
81 for the w. S. G. and 80 for the u of
| l. 1t was a day full of surprises,
Washington not winning first, and
Whitman taking but two seconds and
one third. Idaho won the relay race,
Edmundson being the star in all run
ming events, while Philbrook of Whit
man took first in every event he en-
tered but one. The day was cold and
raw, but more than 1900 people, fully
400 being from Moscow, witnessed the
events
Earl Storer, the crack young ath-
lete who won honors for the Lewiston
high school, is member of this years
class and will therefore be lost to the
local school
Davenport carried off the honors in
dividually and collectively, Saturday
at the Lincoln county school athletic
meet at Harrington The track was in
poor condition and the record score
low throughout The attendance was
large, most of the towns in the county
being represented.
The first annual field meet and dec
lamation contest of the public schools
of Stevens county produced in the
field meet what is claimed to be 9
world record in the 50-yard dash. The
timers caught the time of Charles
Wright of Colville, who won the race
at five seconds. The same Charles
Wright was declared winner of the
| first prize in all field events, having
27 points. In the defamation confess
Miss Tina Stalder of Kettle Falls was
the winner Roy Schweitzer of Nortl
testants were Rachel Mcmillan ant
Grace Stewart of Colville, Viola Rosi
of Chewelah, and Edward Mckay o
, Daisy,
The Chelan county inter-high schoo
meet was pulled off at Wenatchee SAT
urday before a large crowd. Wenat
chez lost two of it's best men becaus
they we're not up in their school worl
: and Louis Wapato. the Indian Chelal
J counted so strongly on, was just recoy
} ering from two weeks sickness an,
J was unable to make his best showing
] IN the long distance races Wenatche
: won the meet with 50. Chelan got AZ
! Entiat 16 and Lakeside 2.
Displaying remarkable reserv
! strength at the finish of wearing rul
IF rs miles, Sidney r. Hatch of tn
First Regiment Athletic club of CHI
! cago Saturday, for the third time, wo
q the Missouri Athletic clubs Maratho
!, race and gained the right to represen
T America in the Olympic games at Lor
/ don this summer. Hatch made the
E miles in 2:29:00 3-5, official time
q breaking his own record of 2;S9:26 70
q the same course.
The Multnomah Amateur Athleti
club of Portland is Just now in
J rather precarious position as regard
: their boxing contests, the mayor {
) the city having made a statement
the effect that he would place a ba
"a all boxing contests in that cit!
Phether amateur or professional.
North Yakima has started a NOV
nent to assemble one of the tastes
G baseball aggregations in that section
/ 20 provide sport for the fans this yea
The formation of an aamteur leagu
nnder the name of the Whitman Coul
: ty Amateur league is proposed. TIL
!. will be a strictly amateur league.
n Spokane came near winning tn
eighth interscholastic meet at Wal
Walla yesterday, but fell down in th
telay race, which Lewiston won 8
4 we'll as the high score of the NEE
. Lewiston 40, Spokane 80, Pendleton 8
Waitsburg II, Prosser s, Walla Wal
u ), Ellensburg and North Yakima an
Island City l each.
The fourth annual interscholast
meet, to be held at the Washingtc
= state college May Z, s and 8, is excl
ing great deal of attention from Il
high schools of eastern Washington.
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