Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-01
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.

tween the University of Montana and
the Washington State college, at Mis-
soula, resulted in a victory for the
Washington school by the close mar
gin of 10 points, the totals being GO
to So.
Honey Melody has announced, &C.
cording to eastern reports, that he is
through with the ring.
Joe Cans, the "cullud gent" from
Baltimore, is to start his training
Tuesday for his battle in San Fran
cisco with Boer Unholz on May IA.
The athletes representing Whitman
college Saturday afternoon admins
tered an emphatic defeat to the Uni
versity of Washington men in the dual
track meet on the university campus
The final count on points totaled Sc
for Washington and 81 for the Mission
aries.
The shell of the University of Cali
fornia pulled through the smooth wat
ers of Sausalito bay by eight men, all
OF them over six feet in height, was
two and one-half lengths ahead of the
shell of the Stanford crew at the fin.
ish of the two and one-half mile race
The time was 13 minutes IS seconds.
| In the freshmen race over the same
course Stanford won by four lengths.
Time, 1928. The day was ideal the
water perfect and the crowd large
Philadelphia.-The characterof the
| performances of hundreds of athletes
at the annual relay races and field
sports at the University of Pennsyl-
Vania were of the highest order. One
worlds record, that for the pole vault.
was broken by w. r. Dray of Yale, -
feet 62 inches, and another record
was equaled. The University of Peen-
sylvania won the blue ribbon event
of the meet, the one-mile relay race
for the championship of the United
States. The Michigan four-mile team
which was given the four-mile relay
event by default entered the two-mile
national relay championship and won
easily. Pennsylvania was second. The
one-mile championship, won by Penn
sylyania, was anybodys race from
beginning to end. The official time
was 1928 As. OF the eight special
events, Yale and Illinois university
each took two firsts, and Dartmouth
Indiana university, Syracuse and
Cornell each captured one.
Aberdeen, Wash--"Duff'' Millette
a local high school lad, at the track
meet this afternoon ran so yards in
1-5 seconds, establishing a new
worlds amateur record. Millette also
ran 100 yards in 10 Is. He is 16
years old and weighs about ITO
pounds.
New York.-It required IA innings
for Yale to defeat Columbia by 7 to
Saturday. The blue practically had
the game at it's mercy until the local |
lads struck batting streak and tied
the score.
Berkeley won at baseball Saturday
over Stanford by to 1.
The result of the four-corned track
meet between the high schools of
North Yakima, Prosser, Ellensburg
and Sunnyside, held in North Yakima
Saturday, has not been decidtd, both
North Yakima and Prosser claiming
Inc victory. The decision will depend
upon whether or not the winners of
he second and third places in the half
nile relay will be given points. If
.hree and one points are granted for
second and third PLACES, -rGspectively |
Ia
akima Will VIII" with AZ points against
>>FFeSSssers 40. If it is decided that only
he first place wins points, then Pros
Ter will win the meet with Al points
against Yakima 40.
Speaking to members of the Prince
on baseball team Saturday, President
Roosevelt sharply criticised the ath- l
etc policy of Harvard, his alma
mater, as represented by President
eliot and others high in the councils
# the university.
Louie Long of Spokane and Eddie
of Taft, Idaho, fought 30
erce rounds to draw at Taft Satur-
ay night. A big crowd saw the event
lany coming from Wallace on a spe-
ldl tram.
Surrounded by prison walls and in
he presence of 500 people Sunday I
fternoon, Uncle Sans team from
'ort Walla Walla went down and out
cfore the team of convlcts. The peni
antiary nine made two circuits of the {
while the soldiers never
assed third. The game was clean ,
With a total of seven points, the 1
cattle Athletic club won the cham
lonship boxing and wrestling meet at c
ortland, which ended Saturday night.
-ultnomah was second with three, n
nd Spokane and the Olympic club of
an Francisco each won one event. Ii