Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-11-07
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

hnu casn amounting TO about SO, were
taken from the person of Ralph L.
Dodd, the well known young Spokane
umpire, by two desperate young high
waymen.
Butte is going to hand the North
western league a little ultimatum. 1t
is to be "give us baseball without Russ
Hall or give us no baseball at all. -
The Western association sold the
baseball franchises of the Topeka and
Wichita clubs to the Western league for
the sum of $4,000 at their annual meet
ing last week The Western league will
now have eight clubs instead of six in
its circuit.
Ralph RAIDER, last years fullback on
the state college eleven, and one of the
best known football players in the
northwest, has been selected as as
sistant coach to help Coach Rheinschild
in turning out team this year.
Manager William Murray of the Phil
a delphia National league club has de-
MED the report that the Cleveland club
had offered him $4,000 to manage the
blues for Eve years.
Johnny Evers, the second baseman of
the world champion Chicago Ma
tionals, will be married this week at his
home in Troy, N. Y, to Miss Helen
Fitzgibbons of the same city.
Ty Cobb has about decided to listen
-, I'll - -. -.
winter in Georgia rather than on the
baseball tour to Japan with the barn
stormers.
Thirteen members of the Cincinnati
baseball club have gone to Cuba, where
they will play the leading clubs of the
Cuban league.
Chicago took long step toward the
western football championship Satur-
day, when the Maroon eleven played the
much-touted Minnesota team off its feet
and won, 20 to 0.
At Lexington, KY, Cadet g. Cooke
Ferbe of Norfolk, Va, died Saturday of
conclusion of the brain, due to an in
jury in a game of football between
Virginia Military institute and Roanoke
college played recently. The score at
the end of the first half stood: Virginia
Military institute 81, Roanoke college
0. The second half was not played.
Saturdays game at Moscow between
Idaho and Oregon is believed to set an
absolutely unique record in modern foot
ball. 1t is not on record, for teams of
any prominence at least, that defeated
team should score 81 points in a regula
ton contest of two 30-minute halves
Several years ago Kansas defeated Ne
braska SO to 20, Benedict, for Nebraska
scoring four goals from the field, but
| it is believed that 81 is new record
for beaten team. Final score, q
to 81.
New Haven, Comply score of 4.
to 0, Yale defeated. the Massachusetts
Agricultural college.
Texas offers $4,000 for the interna
tional balloon races, and the south
western aeronauts and those intereste,
in aerial navigation are hopeful O.
bringing the meeting to Texas.
Spokane.-Lincoln high school of Sc
attic, new factor in northwest inter
scholastic football, dashed the hopes o
the Spokane South Central high schoo
eleven for the 1908 championship by
10-to-5 victory.
Nearly 1000 persons attended the re
eeption rendered "Cy' Young by tn
people of Tuscarawas county at Cana
Dover, Ohio, the other day. A featur
was ball game, which was won b,
oung's team, to l. A club of whic
"Cy' has been a member for IS year
gave him solid silver cup with ebon,
case, engraved with the names of mem
hers of the club, picture of Young an
the date. A banquet was given by tn
fans.
E. E. Smathers, former owner O
runners and record breaking trotter
and PAGERS, says that no inducement
could be offered him to reenter eithe
branch of the turf game.
On the steamer Minneapolis, sailin
from New York for London, a secon
consignment of well-known race horse
are being taken to England and tn
continent. At the head of the consigr
ment is Fair Play, owned by Angus
Belmont, and, with the exception 9
Colin and colt, the best 3-year-old Q
the season. Mr.. Belmont IS famous sta
lion, Octagon, and II brood mare ar
also on the ship. Fair Play will star
in number of important races in Ems
land.