Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-07
SPORTING NOTES.

league will begin March 3.
The University of Washington is on
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
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.
DIR. Roller, the big Seattle wrist
Ter, has issued 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 five-mile relay covering
the distance in 24:36
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 to
have a big trap tourney this year
At the Park Square track Boston
Saturday. Major Taylor beat Joe Fog
Ter in two straight heats of a match
bicycle race. Distance one mile anc
one-half a mile.
With the arrival of Coach Kiesel al
Pullman, track athletics at w. S. G
have taken on new life, and bis
bunch of students are out training FOL
the various events.
Abe Attell, the featherweight cham
pion of America, Friday practically
knocked out Ed Kelly, the Buffalo
newsboy," in the seventh round of ;
scheduled 20-round bout at Frisco.
w. A. Hoagland of auburn, N. Y.
won the six-day walking match which
ended in Kansas City Saturday, hav
ing covered $50 miles in 62 hours. HI
thus retains the worlds championship
Track Manager Ralph Easter of tn
University of Washington is confiden
that Washington will win the three
cornered track meet between Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho this spring
S. Metzger chosen as head coach o
the University of Pennsylvania foot
ball team for the season of 1908, is il
the northwest on the lookout 70
available football material for tn
University of Pennsylvania.
Forrest Smithson of Portland smash
ed another worlds record in hurdl
racing recently, running the 60 yard
hurdles in Z AS seconrs, 2-5 secon
better than the old record. The rae
was run at Trenton, n. j.
; At the annual convention of the il
tercollegiate association of amateu
. athletics in New York recently it wa
decided that Pennsylvania, as holde
of the intercollegiate track-field chan
D pionships, was entitled to the neg
g meet
Louis Orsie, the crack 145-poun
boxer at the s. A. A. c., winner in
= long series of amateur contests at II
. club, mostly by the knockout rout
has been protested by the Multnoma
= club of Portland on the ground of g
. legged professionalism.
= The six-day roller race at LewistC
: came to a close Saturday night wit
, out victor, as Connell and HensiC
are tied for first place, with recol
of three heats each to their credit TT
tie will be decided by another hef
which will be arranged for next wee