The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
LATE SPORTING NEWS.


western league.
Pittsburg has the leading team in ma
tional league.
American league is now lead by the
Detroit Tigers.
San Francisco leadsr coast league by
two games.
Officials of the American Bowling
congress will hold the 1910 tournament
Of the congress in Detroit from Febru
airy &c to March IA, inclusive.
San Rafael, Calm the men s sim
giles tennis tourney Maurice McLaugh-
lin, champion of the coast, successfully
defended his title by defeating Carl
Gardner in two best sets out of three,
the score Of each being rs. Miss May
Sutton defeated her sister Florence for
the California state championship in
straight sets, the score of both being
60.
Weston, the tourist, rested at Ogden
Sunday.
In bloody, slashing battle that last
ed little more than II rounds, at Col
ma, Cal, Monte Attell retained the
116-pound championship by knocking
out frankie Neil, the former bantam
weight champion.
Manager Shredder of the Tacoma
baseball team has signed Pitcher Lane,
now with Oakland Coast leaguers,
Pitcher Hensling, with Vernon, and
Paul Schaeffer, University of Illinois
crack outfelder, recommended to Ia
coma by George Huff, scout Of the
Chicago Cubs.
1t is said that Battling Nelson is
sincere when he announces that he in
tends to retire from the ring next Sep
TENDER.
The fifteenth annual trap shooting
tournament of the Washington State
Sportsmen s association is on this week
at Tacoma.
With lead of over 40 points over
his nearest regular playing competitor
Buck Connors of Spokane is foremost
among the batters of the Northwestern
league.
Norman Elberfeld, third baseman of
the New York American league team,
was suspended recently for three days
for disputing Umpire O'Loughlin s de-
cision in play.
Crown Point, Ind.-One of the hard
est and most sensational automobile
races ever run was won over the
Crown Point Lowel course Saturday
by Louis Chevrolet, in a Buick car, in
which one cylinder had been put out of
commission He defeated Bouruue,
driving Knox, by the narrow margin
of one minute and five seconds, after a
race of 1856 miles. Time, S:O1:34.
Bourque, in a Knox, finished second,
and Robertson, in a Locomobile, third.
Crew, England.-R. E. Walker, the
South African Splinter, was victorious
over N. c. Cartmell of the University
of Pennsylvania in the 1OO-yard dash
here Saturday afternoon. Time, 10 sec
onds fat
c. A. Comiskey of the Chicago White
Sox and his friends are doing some
tall thinking these days over the re-
port made some days ago that Evelyn
Comiskey, daughter of the old Roman,
was to marry Harry Stone of Spokane.
Comiskey has no daughter.
George Dewey, president of the Bos-
ton National league baseball club, died
on Pennsylvania train between Cedar
vile and Xenia
President Brush of the New York
club is reported as having asked
we'll known firm of New York archi-
tects to draw plans for new triple
decked steel grand stand, to be built
at the Polo grounds before next sea-
son.
The Spokane team is to have a new
catcher. A dicker has been started for
a strong man from one of the eastern
clubs to join the Spokane team imme-
diately
1.-The Northwestern league is as fast
as any class 'B' league in the country
and faster than some of them," said
George Huff, the scout of the world 8
champions from Chicago, who is watch
ing the Northwestern league teams in
the hopes of picking up some good tim
Der.
R. E. Walker, the Olympic champion
in the sprints, will be on hand in Sc
attic for the A. A. U. Championships.
At Hammond, Ind, "Jimmy" Clab-
by knocked out "Dick" Fitzpatrick
in the eighth round of their scheduled
10-round bout recently.
James M. Neville of Oakland, Cal,
won the A.-Y.-P. golf championship at
the Seattle club links.
Eddie Marine and Kid Scaler fought
draw recently in Calgary, Alberta.
Bill Martin, Whitman s crack sprint
er, will lead the Missionary track ath-
letes during the season of 1910.
The P. N. A. annual track and field
meet has been called off.
Spokane City League, Sunday Next.
June 27-Dodd-Hazelwood, Brownlee
Zouaves, Hillyard-Varney.