Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-03
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coma at Spokane; July 7-12, Aberdeen
at Spokane; July 1919, Tacoma at
Spokane; July 21-26, Spokane at
Butte; July 2S-August 2, Vancouver at
Spokane; August 40, Seattle at Spo-
kane; August 11-16. Vancouver at Spo-
kane; August 1928, Butte at Spokane;
August $3.50, Spokane at Tacoma;
September 1-6, Spokane at Seattle;
| September S-13, Spokane at Aberdeen;
September 1920, Spokane at Van
couver; September 22-27, Spokane at
Tacoma; September 29-October 4, Spo-
kane at Vancouver.
Eddie Quinn, manager of the Spo-
kane team, says he is going to
strengthen his team.
Pitcher Teddy Roosevelt has been
released by Manager Ed. Quinn Of the
Spokane team in the Northwestern
league.
Chicago leads National league with
percentage of .63S; St. Louis in Ameri-
can league with .61S; Portland in
Coast league with .551; Spokane in
Northwestern with 615, and Bradley
Engineering Co. in Spokane City
league with .693.
Norman Elberfeld of the New York
baseball club of the American league
was recently chosen manager of the
team to succeed Clark Griffith, who re.
signed.
George Hackenschmidt, the ex.cham-
pion wrestler whose death has been
reported, is alive and apparently well.
Manager Bob Brown of Aberdeen
has announced the purchase of Dave
Rowan. last year Spokane's first base
man, and bought by st. Paul at The
close of the season, and Eddie House
holder, the Northwestern hitting lead
er in 1907, and drafted by Omaha.
Dandy Frisco, the undefaated stall
lion of the northwest, time 2:11 IA.
died recently at Freewater from acute
gastric-intestinal catarrh, complicated
by fatulence.
Poughkeepsie, n. Y.-Swinging
their sweeps with powerful strokes
which carried theil slender she'll
through the water at all but a record
breaking speed, the Syracuse varsity
crew won the big four-mile race Sat |
urday for university eight-oared
crews. They headed Columbia by less
than one-third of length and Cornell
by bare length at the finish line. /
after one Of the most interesting and
most hotly contested regattas of the |
collegiate racing on the Hudson
course.
Incidentally, Syracuse took from
Cornell the trophy which is the token
of victory in this race-the VARSITY
challenge cup, presented in 1898 by |
Dr. Louis L. Seamon, Colnel to be
held by the winner for one year.
Cornell carried off the two.mile
race for freshmen eight-oared shells
for the stewards cup in handy fashion.
going over the course in minutes
20 3-5 seconds, three lengths of open
water ahead Of Syracuse. Columbia
was third, with Wisconsin fourth and
Pennsylvania fifth.
Barney Oldfeld, the greatest
character the auto world has ever
known, has returned to the track
wins oetiiIc.
In the quot pitching contest at Med
ical Lake recently between d. Keen.
the champion of Ireland, and F. B.
Iichenor Of Spokane, former world
the latter won.
The Bradley Engineering companv
team of the Spokane city league is
to repeat its trip Of last sea-
son to Kalispell, Mont, and Mapager
Kennedy has now scheduled a series
Oh games to be played by the Bradlevs
ut the Kalispell fair, which Will take
place late in July.
Harry Lombard, who is scheduled TO
meet Louie Long at Split Lake on
July 4, has been matched by his man. {
ager, R. L. Parker, to meet Billy Lau-
der at Calgary B. c., on July s.
Two members of the Olympic team
are so anxious to compete in London
mat they stand on their trip across
ne Atlantic as stokers. They do it for
raining purposes.
The Tri-City league in Portland is
having its troubles. Two of the clubs
lave dropped out Of the league al
'eady, these being Albina and O,sgon
Jlty' The teams dropped ort be-
cause they were losing money.
The third meeting of the Butte