Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-05-09
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.


To turn professional and that same
day to receive terrific beating and
be knocked out cold in the fourth
round was the fate of Eddie Johnston,
the well known Spokane boxer John
ston was given the sleep producer at
Newport Saturday night and it was adj
ministered by Louie Longs trusty
right.
At Chicago George Sutton of Chi
cago defeated Willie Hoppe, 500 to 1863,
in the first block of 1900 points at 1872
billiards.
Whitman won the triangular track
meet at Pullman, getting So points to
81 for the w. S. c. and SO for the u. of
l. 1t was a day full of surprises,
Washington not winning a first, and
Whitman taking but two seconds and
one third. Idaho won the relay race,
Edmundson being the star in all run
ming events, while Philbrook of Whit
man took first in every event he en-
tered but one. The day was cold and
raw, but more than 1900 people, fully
900 being from Moscow, witnessed the
events
Davenport carried off the honors in
dividually and collectively, Saturday,
at the Lincoln county school athletic
meet at Harrington. The track was in
poor condition and the record score
low throughout. The attendance was
large, most of the towns in the county
being represented.
The first annual field meet and dec
lamation contest of the public schools
of Stevens county produced in the
field meet what is claimed to be q
world record in the 50-yard dash The
timers caught the time of Charles
Wright of Colville, who won the race,
at five seconds. The same Charles
Wright was declared winner of the
first prize in all field events, having
81 points. In the defamation contest
Miss Tina Stalder of Kettle Falls was
the winner Roy Schweitzer of North
Fork won the second prize. Other con
testants were Rachel Mcmillan and
Grace Stewart of Colville, Viola Ross
of Chewelah, and Edward Mckay of
Daisy.
The Chelan county inter-high school
meet was pulled off at Wenatchee Sat
urday before a large crowd. Wenat
chez lost two of its best men because
they were not up in their school work
and Louis Wapato, the Indian Chelan
counted so strongly on, was just recov-
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was unable to make his best showing
in the long distance races Wenatchee
won the meet with SO. Chelan got 43,
Entiat 16 and Lakeside 2.
Displaying remarkable reserve
strength at the finish of a wearing run
First Regiment Athletic club of Chi
cago Saturday, for the third time, won
the Missouri Athletic clubs Marathon
race and gained the right to represent
America in the Olympic games at Lon
don this summer. Hatch made the 25
miles in 2:29:00 3-5, official time,
breaking his own record of 2:39:26 for
the same course.
The Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club of Portland is Just now in a
rather precarious position as regards
their boxing contests, the mayor of
the city having made a statement to
the effect that he would place a ban
on all boxing contests in that city,
whether amateur or professional.
North Yakima has started a move
ment to assemble one of the fastest
baseball aggregations in that section,
to provide sport for the fans this year.
The formation of an aamteur league
under the name of the Whitman Coun-
ty Amateur league is proposed. This
will be a strictly amateur league.
Spokane came near winning the
eighth interscholastic meet at Walla
Walla yesterday, but fell down in the
relay race, which Lewiston won as
well as the high score of the meet.
Lewiston 40, Spokane 80, Pendleton 80,
| Waitsburg IL, Prosser S, Walla Walla
5, Ellensburg and North Yakima and
Island City l each.
The fourth annual interscholastic
meet, to be held at the Washington
State college May Z, and 9, is excit-
ing a great deal of attention from the
high schools of eastern Washington.
Earl Storer, the crack young ath-
lete who won honors for the Lewiston
high school, is a member of this year S
class and viii therefore be lost to the
local school.