Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-24
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The Wilbur ball team beat the
Sprague team, to 2, at Spokane last
Monday. A $500 bet was up from each
side. Sprague has challenged Wilbur
for another game under same condi-
lions.
The Scaler-Attell fight has been
transferred from Spokan to Salt Lake |
city, for the last of this month.
Willie Holmes, SO years old, former
ly 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-
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Wagner day" and he was presented
with watch costing $500, which 700
of his admirers Clipped in and bought.
Much interest was centered in the
horse race which took place at the
Cheney fair grounds Saturday between
Wheathauler, owned by DIR. Baker of
Sprague, and Hattie Watts, owned by
Danny Shields of Ritzville. Hattie
, Watts won, winning a bet of $500. The
race was in no way connected with
/ the market day sales, which is an en-
terprise conducted by the Commercial
: club.
J Mrs. Charles l.. Brown, champion
2 woman swimmer of Chicago, accom-
t panied by nine male swimmers, will
attempt an eight-mile swim from the
2 Seventy-sixth street pier to the Hyde
park crib and back. This trip hal
g never been made by a swimmer
e One contestant, A. G. Freese, wa
i drowned, half a dozen were seize'
S with cramps and rescued with did
d Guilty and two spectators were throw
|. into the river when tug collided wit
n their rowboat during the first annua
e Marathon swim" of the New Illinoi
r Athletic club in the Chicago river Sa
e urday. The water proved far too col
6 for the swimmers and only IL of
/ field of 60 or more managed to finis
% the two-mile course.
e Owen Moran, the featherweight {
60
u Moran will arrive in New York tn
d week and Immediately on landing wi
j. begin training for his fight with All
N Attell on Labor day at Colma, Cal.
lie Bob F'itzsimmons, former heav
at weight and middleweight champion I
b. the world, the victor of 100 ring ba
Of ties, was injured by a baby's nursiI
la bottle in the hands of E. Clarke Wal
in err, manager of the Pantages theate
re in a go-as-you-please rough and tumb
W scrap at Spokane Saturday.
or The championship of the Gregg
ne tennis tourney and the handson
lg Fiske challenge cup was won by Y
A. McBurney of Spokane, who wrest
this honor from Joe Tyler of the san
city, both being entered by the 81
kane country club.
ge New Olympic Records.
Fifteen hundred meter run-4:03 2
IT, Olympic record by M. w. Sheppal
ng Irish-American Athletic club, in fin
70 and by N. F. Hallows, United Xii
ed dom, in trial heat.
Throwing 16-pound hammer
in feet Az inches. New Olympic reco
a by John ]. Flanagan, Irish-Americ
or Athletic club.
Five-mile race-25: 46 As. New Oily
ed pic record by John Shanberg.
IN Ten-mile walk-1:15:57 1-5. N
in worlds record by G. E. Larner, Unit
Kingdom.
One hundred hlometer bicycle
hours AZ minutes. By Bartlett, Unit
in Kingdom.