Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-30
SPORTING NEWS MOTIFS

Hal chase, nrst baseman of the N.~
York Americans, who has been IA sF
with varioloid in Augusta a. u Up
reached New York. - mas
Secretary M. D. Wisdom Of the ~,
Pacific fair circuit, embracing IN 'O =
light harness towns of the p.. .ae
coast, says that never before has An s.l'
been so much money hung up e. o -
trotters and PAGERS in Oregon. Wash;s sue
ton and Idaho Smaller racing no;1
are giving good money. Two ssoas
purses are Offered at Salem. @
One end of the grandstand and !,
first base pavilion of the Chicago my ~
lean league park were destroyed bv q.
Sunday. Loss $4,000.
Young Corbett won his match re.o..
ly from Bert Keyes in New York a..
10 fast rounds.
Frank Fromm, president of the q.
kane Rife and Revolver club, has NJ.
announced as winner of the IJn;taa
States Revolver association shoot Will
was held in 25 cities of the TTn;tas
States during the week of March 14.0o
The Spokane meet was given in the !,
mory March II.
Wesley Englehorn of the senior
class at the South Central high schooI
Spokane, won the all-round champ;or
ship medal offered by the High School
Athletic association to the man scoriuc
the most points in the recent field meat
in that city.
Mike Fisher is still talking abont
Van Sickle, the reaper who moved down
his All-Americans in Manila. Mike sav.
Van is so speedy that if he throws !
slow ball and follows it with fast ona
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.
national Marathon, for purse of $40.
600, in which score of the leading
professional long distance racers from
all over the world have been invited to
compete over the course at the Polo
grounds on the afternoon of Nav in
New York.
Washington State college defeated
Idaho in the freshman track meet at
Pullman Saturday.
Alfred Shrubb of Horsham, England.
once 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,
Saturday.
DR.. B. F. Roller of Seattle defeated
Karl Victor of st. Louis in wrestling
match in Chicago recently, downing him
twice in short time.
Ike Butler of the Tacoma team
achieved the first no-hit, no-run feat Of
the Northwestern league season, Ia.
coma winning from Vancouver Satur.
day, 2 to 0.
A new ball park for Seattle by the
opening of the 1910 season is regarded
as strong probability.
H. A. Wright of San Francisco in
the amateur billiard championship
tournament at New York defeated Dr.
L. L. Mail of New York Saturday, 400
to 335. This made the third straight
victory for the westerner.
The Weiser (Idaho) Rod and Gun
club has arranged for big shooting
tournament May IS and 16.
The University of Washington track
team showed Whitman under, 80 to 49,
at Seattle, Saturday. Martin of Whit.
man was the individual star, with IS
points for his team.
The Western Washington Fair asso-
citation of Seattle has announced that
it will conduct a harness race meeting
at its track beginning July 1 to last
two weeks. Purses amounting to $500
will be hung up for the first week.
New Haven, COMM a 15-mile run
here Saturday Dorando Pietri, the ltal'
ina of Marathon fame, defeated Matt
Maloney of New York by lap and
third. The italian led in the start
Dorando' IS time was / hour 40 minutes
and 30 seconds.
Philadelphia.-Eastern athletes took
two of the three national relay cham.
pionship races Saturday at the annual
carnival of sports on Franklin field.