Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-08-07
LATE SPORTING NEWS.

At London Johnny Summers, the
best of English featherweights, won
his fight with Jimmy Britt, the Cali
fornia lightweight, Saturday afternoon
by a clean knockout in the ninth
round.
Vancouver, b. C.-Twenty-two inn
ings and no score until the last inning.
That is the record hung up by the
Portland Colts and Vancouver Beavers
in Saturdays closing game here, and
sets new record for length of play
for the Northwestern league. Score,
3 to 0, in favor of Portland.
Many enthusiasts for sporting events
are planning to be in Seattle the week
of August 9-15. This is big week at
the A.Y.-P. exposition with the A. A.
track meet in the exposition stadium
Friday and Saturday.
In the suicide of President Pulliam
of the National league there may be
seen the effect of "nagging" ON the
nerves Of high-strung, ambitious,
othoibANC DdotDdAi OAAACldis
Two great race horses have dropped
out this year-Roseben and Celt.
James j. Jeffries surprised lot of
doubtful ones by actually coming
through with his $4,000 forfeit to bind
him to a match with Jack johnson, for
the heavyweight championship of the
world
No university has yet found a means
Of making profit from rowing, OF
even beginning to pay expenses.
Jem Driscoll and owen Moran will
fight in London, 20 rounds, Septem
Der 10.
Rogers Field, the gymnasium, the
tennis courts, and all other grounds
and buildings used by the various ath
letic and physical culture teams of the
State college at Pullman are now un
dergoing a thorough overhauling, pre-
liminary to the athletic activities in
the fall.
Brighton Beach Race Track, N. y
George Robertson, driving Simple1
racing car, won the "a hour automo
bile race here, driving 1901 miles il
that time. The record for the "a hours
was 1177 miles, made last year,by Rob
erson in a Simplex car.
Lake Forest, Ill.-Melville II. Long
of California is now western tennis
champion, having defeated Nat Emer
son of Cincinnati, the title holder, il
straight sets recently on the courts OF
the Onwentsia club here.
The faculty tennis players of the
Idaho state normal school, at Lewis
ton, defeated the faculty players o.
the Washington state normal school a
Cheney Saturday in three straight
matches.
Victoria, B. C.-The American play
ers swept the boards in the champion
ships and finals at the tennis tourna
ment which came to slose Saturday
Joe Tyler, the Spokane player, wrest
ed the men s title from b. Schwenger
of Victoria after a struggle which wen
the full five sets, the score being Sc
Cd, &c, Ga, 6-3.
| MISS IldZtl i1OlCuhloS Ol DtIhtltN
Cal, had an easy victory over Mis-
Marion Pitts of Victoria, and retaine,
the British Columbia championship
The scores, Go, g..
The final of the men s doubles wa
won by Tyler of Spokane and Mac
Rae of Vancouver, who defeated B
Schwengers and Gowerd of Victorii
by GO, Go, GO, 7-5.
In the finals of the ladies' double
Miss Hotchkiss of Berkeley, Cal, wa
again triumphant when partnered b,
Miss Ryan of Santa Monica. They de
feated Mrs. Talbot and Miss Pitts o
Victoria, Sc, Cd.
The mixed doubles went to MI
Hopper and Miss Hotchkiss of Cali
fornia, who defeated MacRae and Mrs
Talbot, Victoria, 6-1, Sc.
Spokane City League. Sunday Next
August 8: Hillyard- Brownlee, Dodd
Varney, Zouaves Hazelwood.