Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-24
SPORTING NOTES.

At a recent meeting OF the UnlVer-
sity of Oregon athletic council Presl-
dent P. IL. Campbell and Carl A. NC
Lain. SO, were chosen delegates to the
northwest collegiate conference, called
by Whitman college, to convene In
Walla Walla February and 8.
Hereafter at all the Spokane ANA
teur Athletic club bouts no person
will be permitted to take part in any
contest unless he is able to present
to the official announcer his amateur
card, properly signed and certified,
thus proving beyond the remotest
shadow of a doubt his right to be
called an amateur. And, incidentally,
proving the clubs bona f1de stand for
amateur sport to the satisfaction OF
all outside persons.
It has been announced that Pitcher
Elmer Stricklett Of the Brooklyn Ma
tional League club will take over the
new Santa Cruz state league fran
chise and manage the new team In
connection with H. R. Bradford, a
local capitalist Harry Wolters, with
the st. Louis National League club
last year, will also be partner in
the venture.
C. M. Daniels of the New York Ath-
letic club added another to his long
list of swimming victories by winning
the 100 yard Metropolitan Amateur
Athletic union championship He Gov
cred the distance in SO 3-5 seconds.
In the first hockey match of the
season the Nelson, B. c., team de-
feated Rossland by a score of z to 8.
w. S. c. defeated the University of
Idaho at basketball in fast game at
Pullman by a score of rs to Z. Cal
houn of w. S. C. was the star Of the
game.
Vancouver, B. c. will not have a
professional baseball club this year.
This was definitely decided after a
long conference, which was attended
by the local directors and President
w. H. Lucas and Bob Brown of Aber-
deem.
Eddie Quinn has signed a new pitch
er for his 1908 Spokane baseball team
in Sailor" Loucks, an old Spokane
Indian, who made wonderful record
while pitching for Spokane about four
years ago.
The death of Edward Hanlon at To
ronto brings to mind the memorabilia
career of the famous oarsman, the
greatest America has produced.
The clever little Jewish fighter, Abe
ic RI
fortune backing the ponies. Being clev-
er at his own game, he figured that
he could beat another
The coming season will probably
witness the disappearance of another
bunch of stars from the big leagues.
Last year Monte Cross, Jake Beckley,
Lave Cross and Kid Gleason stepped
aside to make room for new younger
talent and now Willie Keller, Bill
Bradley, RUDE Waddell, George Davis,
Jesse Tannehill, Jack Chesbro, Sox
Seybold, Jake Powell, Jake O'Connor,
Bill Bernhard, Jake Warner and Ed
die Mcfarland are slated for early re-
tirement.
The close of the 1907 season finds
70 performers that are to be classed as
the royal winners of the American
turf inasmuch as these racing stars
have won 100000 or over in stakes
and purses.
A. S. Goldsmith of the Seattle Ath-
letic club, G. c. Holzell of the Spokane
Athletic club, and E. E. Morgan of the
Multnomah Athletic club have been
appointed as committee to repre-
sent the northwest associations of the
Amateur Athletic union at tryout to
be held in San Francisco in Nav. to
give the athletes of the Pacific coast
a chance to win places on the Amer
lean team that will take part in the
olympic games to be held in London.
The basket ball games between the
Sprague and Davenport high school
teams resulted in a score of 81 to ~ in
favor of the Davenport boys, and 8 to
U In favor of the Davenport girls.