The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-28
SPORTING NEWS NOTES.

Jack johnson, heavyweight cham
pion pugilist Of the world, will not de-
fend his title in America.
The University Of Washington base
ball team will start indoor practice in
the gymnasium this week.
Tommy Ryan, the former middle
weight champion, may be named to
succeed Joe Choynski as instructor OF
the illinois A. G. Of Chicago.
The salary list Of the New York
Giants, exclusive Of the $4,000 that
McGraw gets, viii foot up something
like $4,000 for the season Of 1909.
At Butte the Montana Agricultural
college defeated the University of Mon
tana at basket ball Saturday night,
100 to 4, the largest score in the his
tory Of the state.
Scoring the possibility of Jim JEFF
fries ever getting in condition to meet
Jack johnson, Battling Nelson turns
to Cortett as the logical white man to
challenge the negro.
M. W. Savage Of Minneapolis values
his two great PAGERS, Dan Patch, hold
er Of the world g record of 1855, and
Minor Heir, the green PAGER, with a
mark of 1891, at $245,o00.
Dan and Gene Sullivan, the Butte
boys who have recently turned profess
sional, have left Aberdeen for San
Francisco, where each have been Of
fered good matches by promoters.
Bill LANCE, whom President Harry
Pulliam is credited as saving was the
greatest player the golden state OF
California ever produced, happens to
be find from the state Of Washing
ton.
By a margin Of nearly seven minutes
Doran1o, the wine drinking italian,
won the 26 mile Marathon race from
Albert Cory at Chicago recently. He
made the long run in 2 hours Sc min
utes rs second.
Edward Payson Weston, veteran
long distance walker, has announced
his plans for walk across the CONT
nent from New York to San Francisco,
to be accomplished, according to his
schedule, in 100 days.
It is reported from California that
Frank Chance has lost $4,000 in his
bookmaking venture at Los Angeles.
It is said that Chance dropped $4,000
in one day. Chance has quit the book,
but is out at the track every day.
j. The match between the Spokane
Rifle and Revolver club and the Shell
Mound club of San Francisco is now
assured. The California club has &C.
copied the challenge of the Spokane
organization, and the date has been
set for February z.
According to the schedule that has
been completed by Manager Bishop of
the University Of Montana, the basket
ball team of that institution will make
a trip through the eastern part Of the
state of Washington the last part of
February, playing the Y. NJ. G. A. and
the Athletic club teams Of Spokane.
T The refusal of the University to meet
w. S. C. in dual track meet seems to
show that it is in earnest about break
ing off athletic relations with the Pull
man college. No football game has
been arranged. There will be no track
meet. The situation looks as though
the university means business, though
it is rather little business.-Chron
The choosing of training grounds for
the Spokane Indians is practically the
first move Of the year toward getting
started in 1909. Next it will be the
players reporting, and then the fans
will see the season on in full swing.
Most Of the Northwest teams seem to
be settled for this season and with
the schedule decided upon the prelim-
mary business will be settled. Bob
Brown has picked a great team for
Spokane.
In the last half minus Of play, with
the score a tie at 20 to 20, with foul
called on Idaho and free throw for
Pullman, with wildly excited crowd
almost breathless where a moment be-
fore the noisiest din imaginable
reigned, Ivan Putnam, the veteran for
ward of Washington state college,
skillfuliy dropped the ball through the
iron ring, and Washington State col
lege had won over her old-time rival,
the University of Idaho, 81 to 20, in
the second game of tho series. The
two teams are now tied, Idaho having
beaten Washington State college at
Moscow two weeks ago, 10 to Is.