The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-31
LATE SPORTING EvENro

In the interclub BOXING
ting contest held recentlv auu Fres
between the Seattle and SnoL seattle
letic club, Seattle came out viz. ah-
winning three of the four SSo[lous
scheduled. matches
Walter McCreedie. the por.,
tain and manager, win coach cap
versity OF Oregon baseball tear, Uni
the start of the league season until
Frank Gotch defeated iii
mon of Buffalo in two straiebt Solo
a wrestling contest at Utica iSlIs IN
recently. ~. y
The Phoenix and Grand Fork. -
ey- teams. played a tie game az rocS'
Forks recently, the score ar ~ o'aad
being 2 to 2. Ne end
whitman college was defaot.,
w. s.. c. at basket ball receptI0 O1
Down in Frisco they're boniS
awful time getting Kid SeaIar al
kane fixed up for a scrap. Thu epe
proposition is to match him and f%
ny Murphy in preliminary to tbo 'V ~
Attel-Frankie Neil fight AOe
There was much to the IN n
Farmer Burns wrestling match ~
attic recently which sayored - %
fixed" affair. The ease with a, .I'
Roller secured two falls and tbo wOu
parent lack<of effort on the nor. ~
Burns showed plainly to the wise
that there had been something co,.a
When Eddie Quinn, manager Of 40
Spokane. league team, leaves for tL'
spring training season with bis hoy
of Indians, he will take along with Si~
no less than 25 seasoned old warrior.
and young bucks, VINO Will dienlas
their talents on the ball field.
Formation of the intercitv haso,,u
league. will begin in Walla WaIla tbi.
week. The league proposed is of class
d, to comprise Walla Walla, Pendleton
La Grande and Baker City.
Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of tbo
American league and star plaver ~
the Detroit team, has returned hi,
contract unsigned and asks for s5OM
a year and a contract for three years
with the stipulation that he win ba
paid If injured or sick.
By raising subscriptions Vancouvor
b. c., has secured sufficient funds to
send a team of six bowlers to .tba
American bowling congress at Gin.
cinnati next month and to the Cana.
dian ten pin tournament at Toronto.
For the purpose of forming a Wash.
ington state automobile association
which will carry the Legislative battles
to headquarters when measures are re-
quired to assure good roads. a conven.
ton Of all automobile owners is to be
called either for Spokane or Seattle
early the coming summer.
James J. Jeffries has been invited to
make the trip to Fairbanks, Alaska,
to referee a series of boxing bouts on
the Fourth of July. Battling Nelson
is also in on the invitation; and if a
fitting opponent can be secured for
him, Fairbanks will be treated to some
real fighting.
Joe Cans is a strong admirer Of
Packey Mcfarland aRd.says that if the
Chicago boy W. hooks up with Bat
Ting Nelson he will wager $4,000 that
the Dane will be on the receiving end
of a good beating. Cans says Nelson
is all in.
A move is on foot to organize a boat
club at Whitefsh, Mont, and it is
probable that a club will be organized,
as there are. quite a large number Of
boat owners and many more who eE
pect to get boats in the spring.
In the good time of 8 miBues and 20
seconds Connell, the fast Lewiston
skater, circled the ring floor GO times
Saturday night, winning the threemile
race by three laps from HensleR.
Francis Trevelyan, Il Of the best
known writer's on racing in the Goun'
try and for some wears racing Judge
AT the western tracks and a New VI
leans, died recently.
The 10-game series at 1872 ibak OIL
.Hards between George Sutton, OF Chf
cago and George F. S~losson~ot new
York was finished Saturday n.shl
Slossen- won the final. game by a score
of 500 to. POI, hut..as SuttoT won SIX
Of the ten games played the honoTs Oh
the match go TO the Chicago man,
Slosson made high, runs OF Sass ana
so, with an average of u 1922
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