Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-08
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.


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. C. and 80 for the u. of
/. 1t was a day full of surprises,
Washington not winning a 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
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
world record in the 5O-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
81 points. In the defamation contest
Miss Tina Stalder of Kettle Falls was
the winner Roy Schweitzer of North
Fork won the second prize. Other con-
testants were Rachel Mcmillan and
Grace Stewart of Colville, Viola Ross
of Chewelah, and Edward Mckay of
Daisy.
The Chelan county inter-high school
meet was pulled off at Wenatchee Sat
urday before a large crowd. Wenat-
chez lost two of it's best men because
they were not up in their school work
and Louis Wapato, the Indian Chelan
counted so strongly on, was just recov-
ering from two weeks sickness and
was unable to make his best showing
in the long distance races Wenatchee
won the meet with SO. Chelan got 40,
Entiat 16 and Lakeside 2.
Displaying remarkable reserve
strength at the finish of a wearing run
of 20 miles, Sidney r. Hatch of the
First Regiment Athletic club of Chi
cago Saturday, for the third time, won
the Missouri Athletic clubs Marathon
race and gained the right to represent
America in the Olympic games at Lon
don this summer Hatch made the 20
miles in 2:29:OO So, official time,
breaking his own record of 2:39:2 &c for
the same course.
The Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club of Portland is just now in al
rather precarious position as regards
their boxing contests, the mayor of
the city having made statement to
the effect that he would place a ban
on all boxing contests in that city,
whether amateur or professional.
North Yakima has started a move
ment to assemble one of the fastest
baseball aggregations in that section,
to provide sport for the fans this year
The formation of an aamteur league
under the name of the Whitman Coun-
ty Amateur league is proposed. This
will be a strictly amateur league.
Spokane came near winning the
eighth interscholastic meet at Walla
Walla yesterday, but fell down in the
relay race, which Lewiston won as
well as the high score of the meet.
Lewiston 40, Spokane 80, Pendleton 80,
Waitsburg IL, Prosser 8, Walla Walla
5, Ellensburg and North Yakima and
Island City each.
The fourth annual interscholastic
meet, to be held at the Washington
State college May Z, and 8, is excit-
ing a great deal of attention from the
high schools of eastern Washington.
Earl Storer, the crack young ath-
lete who won honors for the Lewiston
high school, is q member of this years
class and will therefore be lost to the
local school.