Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
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soula, resulted in a victory for the
Washington school by the close mar
gin of 10 points, the totals being 6s
to So.
Honey Melody has announced, ac-
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 So
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 10 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 character of 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, II
feet 61s inches, and another record
was equaled. The University of Penn
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
sylvania, was anybody's race from
beginning to end. The official time
was 1928 As. OF the eight specia
events, Yale and Illinois university
: each took two firsts, and Dartmouth
Indiana university, Syracuse anC
? Cornell each captured one.
J Aberdeen, Wash-"Duff'' Millette
: a local high school lad, at the tract
t meet this afternoon ran so yards il
5 1-5 seconds, establishing a ney
= worlds amateur record Millette ais
}, ran 100 yards in 10 1-5. He is /
| old urnfOhc ohnrnf.
I pounds.
a Speaking to members of the Prince
g ton baseball team Saturday, Presiden
Roosevelt sharply criticised the att
letic policy of Harvard, his aim
Z mater, as represented by Presiden
Eliot and others high in the council
o of the university.
Berkeley won at baseball Saturda
over Stanford by to l.
/ Louie Long of Spokane and Eddi
S Santeries of Taft, Idaho, fought
t, fierce rounds to a draw at Taft Satu
e day night. A big crowd saw the even
many coming from Wallace on a sp
2 cial train.
r The result of the four-eorned trac
p meet between the high schools {
q North Yakima, Prosser, EllensbuI
+ and Sunnyside, held in North Yakin
d Saturday, has not been decided, bot
y North Yakima and Prosser claimir
e the victory. The decision will Deepen
upon whether or not the winners
the second and third places in the ha
mile relay will be given points.
n three and one points are granted fl
o. second and third places, respectivel
Yakima will win with AZ points again
d. Prosser's 40. If it is decided that on
S, the first place wins points, then Pro
ser will win the meet with Al poin
l., against Yakima 40.
Surrounded by prison walls and
" the presence of 500 people Sund;
afternoon, Uncle Sans team fro
n, Fort Walla Walla went down and o
before the team of convicts. The pei
n, Tertiary nine made two circuits of Il
diamond, while the soldiers new
n passed third. The game was cle'
throughout.
ly With total of seven points, Il
Seattle Athletic club won the chal
lie pionship boxing and wrestling meet
a. Portland, which ended Saturday nigl
Multnomah was second with thre
and Spokane and the Olympic club
San Francisco each won one event.