Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-30
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.


their proposed trip to Cuba.
The Northwestern league next season
may comprise eight teams. Portland,
Helena and Everett all want to get in.
l.. Nordyke, captain of the Vancouver
champions, and former first sacker for
the Indians, has been drafted by the
Oakland management
The only record broken in the annual
fall handicap games at Harvard Satur-
day was the pole vault. J. L. Barr
cleared the bar with ~ feet 4 rs inches.
New amateur world s motor cycle
records were made at Detroit by Fred
Huyck of Chicago Tor 10 miles and for
IS miles, the former 1928 2-5 and the
latter 14:19 3-5.
Arwtis Hoffman, star center fielder of
the world champion Cubs, is to be mar
ried to Miss Mae LOCKER, the pretty
Chicago girl to whom he has been en-
gagged for year.
Billy Papke, the Illinois "thunder-
bolt" and middleweight champion of
the world, is to have $4,000, win, lose or
draw, for meeting Stanley Ketchel a
third time, November 3d.
Walter McCredie is extremely sore be-
cause the Coast league did not 70 after
four cities in the northwest and I'M
doubtedly he represents his uncle IS
sentiments in the matter.
James r. Keene announces that he
will send the champion horse of
America, Colin,' years DID,. and un-
beaten winner of Is races in his two
years on the turf, to England.
Frank j. Kramer, the champion BIZ
cycle rider, recently broke his own
world s record for 25 miles unpaced in
competition at the Vailsburg track, rid
ing the distance in 57:36 3-5.
William Bradley of New York, by the
purchase of six trotters for $125,OOO
and the expenditure of about the same
amount in getting up a breeding stud,
is among tho foremost light harness
patrons.
Bobby Johnson, the clever little
featherweight who won decision on
foul from Kid Scaler in Spokane
about four years ago, lasted less than
two rounds against Abe Attten at Reno,
New.
George 7. Stallings, the man who is
booked by Farrell to succeed Elber-
leans, is considered a good selection by
most of those who are acquainted with
the man.
Miss Catherine G. Harley of the Fall
River (Mass.) Golf club Saturday won
the national championship at the Chevy
Chase tournament by defeating Mrs. T.
H. Polhemus of the Richmond Country
club of Brooklyn, N. Y, by score of
6 up, to play.
Abe Attell and AID Wolgast have been
matched to fight 20 rounds for the
featherweight championship of the
world before the Jeffries club of Los
Angeles on the night of November 10.
Attell, it is said, receives a guaranty
of $4,000, win or lose, or draw.
Dick Hart, an eastern wrestler, fell
an easy victim to the prowess of J. E.
o 'Connell, the new instructor of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club. Hart
won the first fall on a fluke in eight
minutes. and O'Connell took the second
and third falls in four and one minute,
respectively.
New York.-Before a crowd of 10000
speed-mad motor enthusiasts, most of
whom sat up the entire night in inter
mittent showers to be early on hand,
George r. Robertson, guiding 10
horsepower Locomobile, of American
make, won the Vanderbilt cup race
Saturday in 24O minutes As is seconds,
creating new American speed record
for road racing and for the first time
in the history of the race gaining a
victory for America. Herbert Lyttle, at
the wheel of a 50-horsepower Italian
Isotta car, finished second, minute
4S Is seconds behind the winner. Ow.
ing to the overlooking of the crowd upon
the road the race was called off without
any of the others being permitted Off
cially to complete the contest.
Robertson (driver) Locomobile-
Started at Gas, finished at 10:45:4s Is;
time 4:4S Is. Lyttle (driver) Izotta-
Started at 6:35, finished at 1887
SO 2-5; time 4:O2:36 2-5.
Distance, 25s.O6 miles.
Winners average speed, Ga 3-5 miles
per hour.