Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-29
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.

Philadelphia.-In the best regatta
ever held by the American Rowing as
five different Fights Satur
day afternoon beat the record for the
course of a mile and five-sixteenths on
the Schuylkill river in this city. The
best mark of the day was that of 6 |
26 seconds, which was made
by the University Of Pennsylvania
varsity eight and the New York Ath |
letic club, when they rowed a dead
heat for first place in the race for the
first eight New York crews carried
off the lions share of the honors, win
ming four firsts and tying one. Phila-
delphia was second, with S5ree firsts
and a tie for first.
Washington State college Saturday
won the second series of tennis. Whit
man was represented by Walter Felt
house and Orien Felthouse, brothers,
and Washington by Maybery Davis
and e. C. Galbraith.
The Olympic games court tennis
contests ended Saturday afternoon at
Queens club in a victory for Jay
Gould of New York, who defeated
Eustace H. Miles, the English player,
| in three straight sets.
Worcester, Mass. May 23.-By beat
| ing Yale this year, following their de-
feat of Dartmouth, the Holy Cross
baseball team is in a position to win
the eastern college championship.
Pullman, Wash.-The baseball sea
son for Washington State college
closed it's season on the Severn Sat
urday afternoon by losing a two-mile
race to the varsity eight of Syracuse
university.
Chicago.-The University of Wis
consin track team defeated the repre-
sentatives of the University of Chicago
Saturday GA to 62.
New Haven, Conn.-In the annual
shoot Saturday Yale defeated Harvard
by a score of 225 to 215.
The Westside succeeded in winning
from the Eastside at Seattle, where
the interscholastic track and field
661a points. The Lincoln school of
Seattle won with % points. Washing
ton of Seattle second, 20 points; SpO-
kane third, 1872 points; Oakesdale 10,
Tacoma 11R, Pendleton 8, Lewiston
8, Prosser 6, Walla Walla s., Everett
export l.
The University of Idaho defeated the
University of Montana Friday in their
annual track and field meet at Mos
COW by a score of 65 to 81. The sur
prise of the day came in the 100 yard
dash, which was won by Montgomery
of Idaho, who defeated Malcomson of
Montana, formerly the star athlete of
the Spokane A. A. c..
E. j. Chingren of Spokane won the
individual championship medal over
Fuller and Confar, all three making
rs straight, Chingren winning in the
shoOtoff at Walla Walla.
DR.. B. F. Roller of Seattle won
again from Fred Beell in two straight
falls Friday. The first bout lasted 46
minutes and seconds. The second
was won in 50 minutes and 80 seconds.
Oregon Agricultural college on Kin
caid field Saturday afternoon the ath-
letes of the University of Oregon won
a clear and undispuated title to the
crack championship of the northwest.
The score was 81 to 55. The stars
were Huston and Kuykendall of Ore
gOn, and Davolt, the distance runner,
for the visitors. Huston ran the 100
yards in 10 seconds fiat, according to
five watches.
The women's open golf champion
ship tournament of Great Britain has
been won by Miss Titterton, who beat
Miss Campbell at the 10Th hole.
Battling Nelson was timekeeper at
the Kid Grant-Guy Buckles fight at
Port Townsend recently. Krant won
the decision over the Omaha boy in
| 20 rounds.
Washington State college Is, Whit
man college IA, making three straight
defeats for Whitman by w. S. c. this
season in baseball