Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-06-26
LATE SPORTING NEWS.


The Seattle team still leads the north
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 viii hold the 1910 tournament
of the congress in Detroit from Febru-
airy &c to March IA, inclusive
San Rafael, Calm the men s sin
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.
I'm 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, a University of Illinois
crack outfelder, recommended to Ia
/ oo nv Gaoroo I,,H e h.
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 a 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 IS de
cision in a play.
Crown Point, Ind.-One of the hard
est and most sensational automobile
races ever run was won over the
Crown .Point-Lowell course Saturday
by Louis Chevrolet, in a Buick car, in
which one cylinder had been put out of
commission He defeated Bourque
driving a Knox, by the narrow margin
of one minute and five seconds, after a
race of 1886 miles. Time, s:01:34.
Bourque, in a Knox, finished second,
and Robertson, in a Locomobile, third.
Crew, England.-R. E. Walker, the
South African sprinter, was victorious
over N. c. Cartmell of the University
of Pennsylvania in the 1O0-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.
Comisl1ey has no daughter.
George Dewey, president of the Bos-
ton National league baseball club, died
on a Pennsylvania train between Cedar
vile and Xenia.
President Brush of the New York
club is reported as having asked
well known firm of New York arehi-
: teets to draw plans for new triple
deeked steel grand stand, to be built
at the Polo grounds before next sea-
son.
The Spokane team is to have new
, catcher. A dicker has been started for
5 a strong man from one of the eastern
t clubs to join the Spokane team inme-
e diately.
"The Northwestern league is as fast
=. as any class 'B , league in the country
e and faster than some of them" said
George Huff, the scout of the world 3
j. champions from Chicago who is watch
a ing the Northwestern league teams in
the hopes of picking up some good tim
[ Der.
e R. f. Walker, the Olympic champion
in the sprints, will be on hand in Sc
!. attic for the A. A. u. chapionships
o At Hammond, Ind, "Jimmy" Clab-
! by knocked out "Dick" Fitzpatrick
n in the eighth round of their scheduled
;. 1O-round bout recently.
f James M. Neville of Oakland, Cal,
a won the A.-Y.-P. golf championship at
n the Seattle club links.
8 Eddie Marine and Kid Scaler fought
n a draw recently in Calgary, Alberta.
Bill Martin, Whitman IS crack sprint
er, will lead the Missionary track ath-
G letes during the season of 1910.
The P. N. A. annual track and field
10 meet has been called off
Spokane City League, Sunday Next.
June 27-Dodd-H azelwood, Brownlee-
e Zouaves, Hillyard-Varney.