The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
SUMMARY OF ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES
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Sportdom has witnessed busy
week in the seven days just closed.
Locally and in every section of the
Northwest as well as in the Eastern
states and middle western centers
sporss of eevry character coincident
with the arrival of spring, have taken
new life Warm weather has brought
out the sporting instincts of all
classes from the youngsters busy on
the vacant lot with lone old cat" to
the high school student, college ath-
lete and the professional Lacquer.
Clean sport, and plenty of it, is the
cry going up all over the land, and
thanks to the general "house- clean
ing that has been going on in sport
ing circles as we'll as in the walks of
business and professional life, the
present season promises to witness
less of the carping and insinuations of
graft on the part of athletes, schools
and clubs, than has been in the past
two years. The renovation has been
thorough and the popular mind these
days is not disposed to look with any
degree of federation on the athlete or
organization found "tairted"
Of. course interest Of all lovers of
CD hoe
eentered this week in the opening of
the baseball season in the Pacific
Coast league. The opening games are
being played in the South and natur-
ally the fans have had their eyes
turned in this direction eager for the
initial results Sympathies of the
local sports are much with the Rose
City aggregation in their struggle for
the pennant this year in the Coast
league. and though the first game wit
messed a defeat for the favorites,
+, Manager McCredie has a bunch OF
! material that promises not to disap-
! point the hopes if Northwestern fans.
In the Northwest league local In
terest is at present confined to watch
ing the Aberdeen contingent in their
preparatory training in this city. The
week just closed has witnessed reg
ular practice games between the
Black Cats and the Whitman college
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have not found the "sawdust city
men for anything like victory, they
! have made a good showing and gained
experience that will stand them in
| good stead when they go up against
the mines in the inter- collegiate
| schedule The Aberdeen men under
Manager Rowland in their workouts the
past week present the appearance OF
| men determined to do their best to
! win the pnnant and though their
| work is not up to league standard yet
| the earliness of the season with the
! soreness consequent to limbering uI
| after a winters rest accounts for much
! of it, With the present schedule OF
work mapped out for them by Man
ager Rowland, they ought to be in
fair shape by the commencement OF
the season.
Perhaps the biggest sensation in
Northwest baseball circles was the
appearance of Eddie Siever in the
Aberdeen camp. Siever, was the IA
| NOUS pitcher of the Detroit champ
ions in 1907 He is a 'southpaw" and
about 20 years old. With Siever ir
anything like form, Aberdeen ought tC
make a strong bid for the pennant
for the personnel of the rest of tho
pitching staff as well as the men fol
the remaining positions is the equa
of any in the Northwest league.
Wrestling is receiving it's share o.
attention in the Northwest. The event
of the week was the match between
DR.. Roller of the Seattle Athletic clut
and Hjalmar Londin, which occurred
Tuesday night in Seattle Roller won