Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-14
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

taken from the person of Ralph Il
Dodd, the well known young Spokane
umpire, by two desperate young high
Iwaymen.
Butte is going to hand the North
western league a little ultimatum. II
is to be "give us baseball without Russ
Hall or give us no baseball at ALL
The Western association sold the
baseball franchises of the Topeka and
Wichita clubs to the Western league for
the sum of $4,000 at their annual meet
ing last week. The Western league will
now have eight clubs instead of six in
its circuit
Ralph RAIDER last year fullback on
the state college eleven, and one of the
best known football players in the
northwest, has been selected as as
sistant coach to help Coach Rheinschild
in turning out team this year.
Manager William Murray of the Phil
a delphia National league club has de-
MED the report that the Cleveland club
had offered him $4,000 to manage the
blues for five years.
Johnny Evers, the second baseman Of
the worlds champion Chicago Ma
tionals. will be married this week at his
home in Troy, n. Y, to Miss Helen
Fitzgibbons OF the same city.
Ty Cobb has about decided to listen
to pleas from Mrs. Cobb to spend their
winter in Georgia rather than on the
baseball tour to Japan with the barn
stormers.
Thirteen members of the Cincinnati
baseball club have gone to Cuba, where
they will play the leading clubs of the
Cuban league.
Chicago took long step toward the
western football championship Satur
day, when the Maroon eleven played the
much-touted Minnesota team off its feet
and won, 29 to o.
At Lexington, KY, Cadet G.. Cooke
Ferbe Of Norfolk, Va. died Saturday of
conclusion Of the brain. due to an in
jury in a game Of football between
Virginia Military institute and Roanoke
college played recently. The score at
the end Of the first half stood: Virginia
Military institute 81. Roanoke college
%. The second half was not played
Saturdays game at Moscow between
Idaho and Oregon is believed to set an
absolutely unique record IN modern foot
ball. il is not on record. for teams Of
any prominence at least, that q defeated
team should score p points in a regula-
ton contest Of two commute halves.
Several wears ago Kansas defeated Ne
braska &c to 20, Benedict, for Nebraska,
scoring four goals from the field but
II is believed that p is q new record
for beaten team. Final score, p
10 p.
New Haven, COnn.-By q score Of 40
10 o, Yale defeated the Massachusetts
Agricultural college.
Texas offers $4,000 for the interna
tional balloon races. and the south
western aerOnauts and those interested
in aerial navigation are hopeful Of
bringing the meeting 10 Texas.
spolane.-Lineoln high school Of Sc
attic, new factor in northwest inter.
scholastic football. dashed the hopes Of
the Spokane South Central high school
eleven for the 1908 championship by
iO-to-5 victory
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