The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

The Wilbur ball team beat the
Sprague team, to Q, at Spokane last
Monday. A $500 bet was up from each
side. Sprague has challenged Wilbur
for another game under same condi-
tions.
The Scaler-Attell fight has been
transferred from Spokane 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 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-
cept Wagner. Saturday was called
Wagner day" and he was presented
with watch costing $500, which 700
of his admirers Clipped in and bought
| Much interest was conferred in the
horse race which took place at the
Cheney fair grounds Saturday between
Wheathauler, owned by DR.. Baker of
Sprague, and Hattie Watts, owned by
Danny Shields of Ritzville. Hattie
Watts won, winning 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.
| Mrs. Charles L. Brown, champion
woman swimmer of Chicago, accom-
panied by nine male swimmers, will
attempt an eight-mile swim from the
Seventy sixth street pier to the Hyde
park crib and back. This trip has
never been made by a swimmer.
One contestant, A. G. Freese, was
drowned, half a dozen were seized
with cramps and rescued with diff.
Guilty and two spectators were thrown
into the river when tug collided with
their rowboat during the first annual
Marathon swim" of the New Illinois
Athletic club in the Chicago river Sat
urday. The water proved far too cold
for the swimmers and only II of q
field of 60 or more managed to finish
the two-mile course.
Owen Moran, the featherWeight Of
England, has sailed for New York
Moran will arrive in New York this
week and Immediately on landing will
! begin training for his fight with Abe
Atteu on Labor day at Colma, Cal.
Bob Fitzsimmons, former heavy
weight and middleweight champion O.
the world, the victor of 100 ring bat
ties, was injured by a baby's nursing
bottle in the hands of E. Clarke Walk
err, manager of the Pantages theater
in a go-as-you-please rough and tumble
scrap at Spokane Saturday.
The championship Of the Oregon
tennis tourney and the handsome
Fiske challenge cup was won by W
A. McBurney of Spokane, who wreste'
this honor from Joe Tyler Of the SAM
city, both being entered by the Spo
kane country club.
\, New Olympic Records.
Fifteen hundred meter run-4:03 2-5
Olympic record by M. w. Sheppard
Irish American Athletic club, in final
, and by N. F. Hallows, United King
dom, in trial heat.
Throwing 16-pound hammer-17
, feet Az inches. New Olympic recor'
, by John ]. Flanagan, Irish-Americal
p Athletic club.
Five-mile race-25:46 As. New Olyn
pic record by John Shanberg.1
4 Ten-mile walk-1:15:57 Is. Nev
worlds record by G. E. Larner, Unite
Kingdom.
, One hundred kilometer bicycle
, hours AZ minutes. By Bartlett, Unite
Kingdom.