The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-02-12
SPORTING NEWS NOTES.

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The Northwestern baseball league
season will open April II with Port.
land at Seattle; Vancouver at Tacoma,
and Aberdeen at Spokane. The first
games will be played at Portland the
week of May II. Until June 1 the
teams will all play seven games week
except at Vancouver, where there will
be no Sunday games, the Vancouver
Sunday games being transferred to Sc
attic or Tacoma.
A rule suggested by Dugdale was
adopted requiring that when there is
no one on bases the pitcher shall de-
liver the first two balls straight; that
| is, curves or spitballs are barred, al
| though the pitcher may use his judg-
ment whether to pitch balls or strikes.
| All transportation and mileage ex-
penses are to be polled.
1t was agreed that no sale or trans
| fer of players shall be made within
80 days of the end Of the season.
! At home all the teams will wear
white uniforms, and on the road col
ored ones.
Maintaining an even, swinging stride
that rarely varied throughout the race,
Tom Longboat, the Onondaga Indian
from Canada, wrested the laurels of
an indoor Marathon race Friday night
at. Madison Square Garden. Victory
seemed almost within the grasp of the
plucky Englishman Alfred Shrubb,
when he collapsed in the 25th mile,
leaving tie Indian to finish the race
of 26 miles and 3s5 yards alone.
Taking it for granted that Walter
johnson will pitch for the Washington
club in the opening game with the
New York Americans, Washington fans
have, at this early date, placed their
team at the head of the American
league percentage column, with 1000
on the night of April IL.
Oscar Gunderson, living at Spokane,
who, at the annual tournament at Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, January "a, became
the champion skier of the world by his
feat of jumping 1873 feet, came to this
country from Norway about eight
years ago.
Whitman colleges speedy basket ball
team, apparently beaten to in the
first half, ran rings around the state
college squad in the last half and
won, 16 to 10, last Saturday at Pull
man.
AT Indianapolis, Ind, Saturday, Do
rando Pietri, the noted Italian Mara
thon runner, defeated relay team of
four local men in race of 16 miles.
| Dorando's time was 1 hour 35 minutes
35 seconds. William Wright, Lester
Miller, Ray Bronson and Joseph Bar
clay were the Italian IS opponents.
Rossland, B. C.-Owing to the heavy,
slushy snow, it was impossible to make
anything like respectable record, and
the Jeldness trophy, emblematic Of the
skee-jumping championship of British
Columbia, went to Torgal Noren, for
three years holder of the title, by the
insignificant leap of 70 feet. Last
year Noren jumped 101 feet and was
doing even better than that in prac-
tice.
E. J. (Lucky') Baldwin, the noted
turfman, is still in a serious condition.
The discrimination of the big TRAN
gular track meet between Idaho, Pull
man and Whitman loses one of the In
teresting events of the year for the fol-
lowers of track athletics. The addi-
tion of the conference meet makes up
for it in way, but the triangular
would be great event any time.
Boomer Weeks of Spokane means to
get tryout to see what he can do in
the fighting game before he quits.
Manager John McGraw of the New
York Nationals has signed the once ia
nous player, Arlie Latham, particular
Fly famous for his humor, as a coach
for base runners. Latham's special
duty will be to say funny things on
the coaching line and to "kid' the
opposing team.
The Seattle A. G. won the interclub
meet from the Spokane A. A. G. Fri
day night by taking two bouts and
getting draw in the other.
Kansas City.-The six-day eight
hour-a-day bicycle race was won by
Root and Folger, who in the 4s hours
rode 1113 miles Z laps. Root finished
for his team. Kramer, Moran's part
ner, was a wheel Is length behind Root,
while Mitten, Bardegett s. partner, was
few feet behind Kramer, in an excit-
ing finish.
New Haven, Conn.-Before an enthu-
siastic crowd of 800 people James
Crowley of the rish-American A. G.
of New York won the amateur Mara
thon race here Saturday in 2 hours 50
minutes 4s seconds. Harold Braun of
Danbury was second and Tom Lilly of
Dorchester third. Tom Harris, the
negro "phenom," was fourth. Out of
the nine CONTESTANTS only the four men
toned covered the distance.