Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-05-08
SPORTING NEWS NOTES.

York Americans, who has been laid UT
with varioloid in Augusta, Ga, has
reached New York.
Secretary M. d. Wisdom Of the North
Pacific fair circuit, embracing all the
| light harness towns of the Pacific
coast, says that never before has there
been so much money hung up for the
trotters and PAGERS in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho. Smaller racing points
are giving good money. Two $4,000
purses are offered at Salem.
One end of the grandstand and the
first base pavilion of the Chicago Amer
lean league park were destroyed by fire
Sunday. Loss $4,000.
Young Corbett won his match recent
ly from Bert Reyes in New York after
10 fast rounds.
Frank Fromm, president of the Spo-
kane Rifle and Revolver club, has been
announced as winner of the United
States Revolver association shoot which
was held in 25 cities of the United
States during the week of March 1920
The Spokane meet was given in the ar
mory March II.
Wesley Englehorn of the senior A
class at the South Central high school,
Spokane, won the all-round champion
ship medal offered by the High School
Athletic association to the man scoring
the most points in the recent field meet
in that city.
Mike Fisher is still talking about
Van Sickle, the reaper who moved down
his All-Americans in Manila. Mike SAYS
Van is so speedy that if he throws a
slow ball and follows it with a fast one
they hit the catcher's mitt together.
Ex-Captain Edmundson of the Uni
versity of Idaho track team, the con-
queror of the mighty Glarner, is to run
with Seattle in the A. A. U. meet at
Seattle this fall.
Arrangements are complete for the
biggest professional Marathon race yet
held in this country, the Grand Inter
Marathon, for a purse of $1O,-
600, In which a score of the leading
professional long distance racers from
all over the world have been invited to
over the course at the Polo
grounds on the afternoon of Nav 8 in
New York.
Washington State college defeated
Idaho in the freshman track meet at
Pullman Saturday.
Alfred Shrubb Of Horsham, England,
onee more proved himself to be the
greatest middle-distance runner in the
business by defeating Henri st. Yves of
France in their 15-mile race at the
American league grounds, New York,
DR.. B. f. Roller Of Seattle defeated
Karl Victor Of st. Louis in a wrestling
match in Chicago recently, downing him
vice in a short time.
Ike Butler Of the Tacoma team
achieved the first no-hit, nO-run feat Of
he Northwestern league season, Ia
'oma winning from Vancouver Satur-
lay, 2 to 0.
A new ball park for Seattle by the
'pening Of the 1910 season is regarded /
IS a strong probability.
III. A. Wright Of San Francisco IN |
he amateur billiard championship
ournament at New York defeated Dr. |
4. i. Mai Of New York Saturday, 400 |
o 1876. This made the third straight
'ictory for the westerner.
The Weiser (ldahO) Rod and Gun
hub has arranged for a big shooting
ournament May is and Is.
The University Of Washington track
cam showed Whitman under, 81 10 4O,
Z Seattle, Saturday. Martin Of Whit. /
nan was the individual star, with rs
0oints for bis team.
The Western Washington Fair asso-
iation Of Seattle has Announced that
viii conduct a harness race meeting
{ its track beginning July ] 10 last
NO weeks. Purses amounting Do $500
giil be hung up for the FIRST week.
Nov Haven, Conn.-ln % l5-mile run
.ere Saturday porand0 Pietri the Ifal
na ~ Marathon fame, defeated Matf
ialopey of hew York BIZ p lap and D
bird. Ihe italian led W tle start
lofnndo'f dino Nas 2 hour AZ minutes
nd 3o seconds.
philadelphia. Eastern athletes tool
No of tle flree naiIonal reIay cham
lopshlp races Saturday at fhe annual