Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-09-18
LATE SPORTING NEWS

William ID. Marsh of Winnipeg won
the Is mile 5000 Marathon race at
Butte Sunday IN l:35:3o over a muddy
course. Alexander Rowan OF Nanaimo,
Is. o., was second.
Spokane horsemen will send the best
horses IN the northwest to the horse
shows at Seattle and Portland.
Ham Hyatt, the ex-Vancouver star,
is again leading the National league
hitters.
The early controversy between w. S.
Q. and the University OF Washington
goes to show that the Seattle team is
not anxious to take the eastern bunch
on without having all the best of the
argument before the game begins. The
university has always held out for the
big end.
AS an indication of the interest be-
ing taken by the American public in
baseball this year, an. authority has
compiled the following list of the esti-
mated profits of the major league clubs,
basing the figures on the attendance in
the various cities to date:
Pittsburg, $175,00O; Chicago Ma
tional, $150,OO0; New York National,
$150,000; Cincinnati, $4,000; Philadel-
phia National, $55,000; st. Louis Ma
tional, $4,000; Brooklyn, $4,000; Bos-
ton National, $4,000; Detroit Amer
lean, 100000; Athletics, $4,000; Bos-
ton American, $25o,00O; New York
American, 100000; Cleveland, $4,000;
White Sox, $4,000; st. Louis Browns,
$4,000; Washington, $4,000.
Battling Nelson is said to be groom
ing younger brother for the ring.
Emilio Lunghi, the Italian short-dis-
lance running champion, who has been
making fast time in eastern meets,
claims he will lower Tom Burke Is 600
yard record of 1 minute IL seconds
and Charlie Fitzpatrick g 1853 2-5 for
the half mile before he returns to Italy.
Wanganu (Australia) sporting men
may offer Sculling Champion Ernest
Barry of England $4,000 expenses if he
will go to New Zealand and row
Richard Arnst for the championship
and $4,000 a side.
Secretary Abe l.. Langtry of the
American Bowling congress has put up
$50 gold medal, which will be award
ed annually to the bowler rolling the
highest total in nine games at the
congress yearly championships, be-
ginning at Detroit next year.
Robert E. Gardiner of Hinsdale, a
clean limbed, rosy checked lad of ~
years, won the amateur golf champion
ship of the United States at Chicago
Saturday from Chandler Egan of Ex-
moor, twice winner of the national hon
ors, ups and 2 to play.
Hans Wagner carries his own auto
with him swinging around the National
league circuit.
Cornell students will present Coach
John f. Moakley with a $1,000 dwelling
at Ithaca.
Walker, the South African sprinter,
is suffering from sprained ankle.
Tenpin Experts Jimmy Smith and
Aleck Dunbar of New York will go on
a tour of the west the latter part of
this month.
Pushball, with a ball six feet in
diameter and 300 or more on side,
has taken the place of the annual bow
and cane rushes between the freshmen
and sophomores at the University OF
California.
To stimulate interest in range shoot
ing a Pacific coast rifle and revolver
club is being organized. 1t will include
the clubs on the Coast that shoot both
rife and revolver and which use the
military rifle to some extent, at least.
Emil Frisk of the Seattle team is
now the leading batter of the North
western league.
A new world 8 record of % consecu-
tive bullseyes, followed by narrow
miss and 16 more consecutive bullseyes,
at slow fire on the 500 yard range in
the Shuman re-entry match, was the
feature of the opening day of the fifth
annual meeting of the New England
Military Rife association on the Wake
field range recently. The new record
was made by Private George w. Reed
of Company A, Sixth regiment, M. V.
NJ, of Wakefield. The best previous
record of the range was 20 consecutive
bullseyes made last year by Captain
Stuart w. Wise, ordnance department,
M. V. M.
frankie Neil, ex-champion bantam
weight boxer of the world, put Patsy
McKenna of Chicago away in one min
ute and 40 seconds of the first round
of their scheduled Is round bout at
North Vancouver, B. c., Saturday.
High school football in the north
west during the last few years has
reached high mark of development.