Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-03-27
SPORTING NOTES.

Meelick won the Crescent derbv az
New Orleans Saturday.
Jimmy Britt and Packy McFarla, =
have signed for fight to take Mace.
in Frisco on April 81.
Johnny Coulon of Chicago cIeanly-
outclassed Young Terry McGoyen of,
Los Angeles in their 1O-round contest
George Hackenschmidt, the Russion
lion, has arrived in America for bi,
championship match with Frank
Gotch.
"Ty' Cobb has signed a contract fo,.
$4,000 with the Detroit club. He led,
the American league in batting last
season.
Ed Green, the Troy wrestler won.
the second and last fall in a hotlv CON
tested match with Billy Bagley of Mos
COW, at Troy, recently.
ANDY Anderson, freshman at tba.
Washington State college, has baon
elected captain of the basket ball team,
Tor the season 1908-O9
The California women won the intar.
collegiate basket ball championships
0aturdaI, defeating Stanford the sec
ond time. The score was % to II
Pltcher Higginbotham, who was the
star of the Northwestern league last
season, has been showing I'D we'll in,
Ihe early practice games at st. Louis.
The Seattle Athletic club athletes
won three of the four contests from
Multnomah last week, Venables. SDecly
and Kelly winning from Frank. Dram
ga and West.
Arrangements are complete for .,
catch-as-catch-can wrestling match be-
tween Lou BuchOltz of North Yakima,
ana William Bagley of Moscow, to.
take place Saturday night, March 81
at Palouse.
cyclone Johnny Thompson of Hi
holS Knocked out Johnny Murphv of
frisco in the eight round of what was,
10 nave been a 2Oround glove contest
at Frisco. The preliminary fight be-
tween Jimmy Carroll and Monte Atteu
AZ 10 pounds, went Is rounds to a
draw. Billy Roche was the referee in
both events.
Gavin Demarest of Chicago Satur.
lay night broke the worlds amatarr
record for the high run in the opening-
same OF the national amateur 142s
JIIllard tournament at the Chicago,
association, making 1853 in his
'e'enth inning. Demarest won the
game, beating Clarence Jackson of
400 to 1865. Demarests aver
lge was p 1-19.
Northwest League Notes.
ramp Osborne, the eccentric pitcher
u the Spokane Indians, has been Dur-
nased by Tacoma from Eddie Quinn.
lie purchase price being kept secret.
russ Halls Butte team, which had
manned on training at Lewiston this.
ear AFTER successful training season.
mere last spring, will now 60 to Ever
u Ior few weeks prior to the open
ls IN Seattle. The switch is caused
me change in schedule which takes.
'uCIe TO the Sound to open and brings
'Derueen over on this side of the.
fountains The Tacoma. Seattle and
ancouVer teams will train at home.
Manager Quinn announces that he.
as closed deal with H. G. Calhoun
the Lewiston normal school for the.
Se OF the normal baseball grounds
III mat the Indians will be taken to.
ie Idaho city about March %. They
III De ordered to report to Captain
ulen at Spokane not later than Sat
'uay, March p. Manager Quinn has
so closed a deal for Manager Brown
aberdeen whereby the Black Cats
Ill report at Charleston, just across.
lie river from Lewiston, and train
ere at the same time that Quinn's-
en- are working out on Normal hill
ne Lewiston and Charleston chambers
commerce have been interested in
e thing for some time and are put
lg up handsome guarantee to cover
e. training expenses of the two.
ANS