The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-09
SPORTING NEWS NOTES

George Capron, the famous University
OF Minnesota quarterback, has been
purchased from the Mobile club by the
Seattle ball team for $4,000.
The University Of Oregon came out
of its indoor track meet at Portland
with flying colors. 1t secured 80 points.
The Seattle Athletic club and the Ore
gon Agricultural college each getting
10 points. Fort Stevens z points, Multi
nomah Athletic club 4, and Hill mill.
tary academy 2.
Few people are aware of the number
of amateur records that are held bv
Pacific coast athletes. At the present
time "a Of the world best are at
tached to the names Of athletes affiliated
with athletic organizations of California
and Oregon. Ten of these records stand
to the credit of Ralph Rose, the strong
man of the Olympic club.
A central Washington league of four
towns, Almira, Reardan, Wilson Creek
and Davenport, is being considered
The Washington State college will
have one of the best track teams to
represent it this spring that has ever
been turned out before in the history
of the school.
John King, world s champion catcher,
will be behind the bat for the Cubs this
season.
Atlanta, Ga.-Eddie Root of Boston
won the six-day bicycle race here from
Bobby Walthour of Atlanta. The three
teams that were on even terms at the
close of the long grind covered 995
miles and laps. The teams were: Root
and Fogler, Walthour and Collins, Cam.
eron and Mitten.
Simpson of Prescott has signed as
catcher with the Daytotf (Wash.) base.
ball team.
London.-In whirlwind finish Allie
Moore of America won the roller skat-
ing championship from Davidson of
England at Earlscourt Saturday. The
pair skated the entire distance practical
ly stride for stride, Moore finishing
scant yard in the lead.
Orc Morningstar of New York is the
new champion at 1872 billiards, having
won that title Saturday from George
Slosson in the final game of the inter-
national tourney. The winner gets $1,000
in cash and 40 per cent of the gate
receipts and entrance money. Sutton
was second and Cutler third.
Kid Scaler of Spokane won his fight
Friday night at Cranbrook, B. c., from
Eddie Merino in 10 rounds. Scaler had
the better of the argument all the way
and had his man in distress.
DR.. Roller of Seattle took a match
from John Berg recently in Portland in
straight falls. The first was gotten in
81 minutes, seconds, and the second in
40 minutes and 4 seconds Roller used
his legs to great advantage, and got
both falls by the use Of his powerful
limbs.
Putney, England.-The sixty-sixth
Oxford Cambridge eight-oared rowing
race was won on the Thames Saturday
by Oxford by three and one-half lengths
after a tussle which for three-quarters
of the course was one of the most stir
ring contests seen on the Thames for
many years.
Greatest Marathon Race.
New York.-Henry St. Yves of
France won the international Marathon
Derby for professional runners at the
National League Baseball park Satur.
day. Dorando Pietri of Italy was Sec
ond, John J. Hayes of New York third
and Mathew Maloney of Yonkers, N. Y,
fourth. Tom Longboat, the Canadian
Indian, quit the track in the twentieth
mile and Alfred Shrubb of England
gave up in the twenty-ffth mile. Both
were completely exhausted in trying to
keep the terrific pace set by the French
man. Shrubb made game struggle from
the twentieth to the twenty fifth mile,
but the pace was too fast and the dis
lance too far for him.
st. Yves, the almost unknown, COW
cred the distance of 26 miles and 3s5
yards in 2 hours and 40 minutes so 3-5
seconds, remarkable performance I'M
der the conditions, and finished with
fast sprint in good condition. Dorando
was 4 minutes At 3-5 seconds behind the
Frenchman, while Hayes followed the
Italian across the finish line 3 minutes
and SO seconds later. No time was
taken on Maloney, the fourth man.
st. Yves took $4,000 of the prize, Do
rando $4,000, Hayes $500 and Maloney
$1,000. Shrubb and Longboat go I'M
rewarded for their brave efforts.
These are the net results of the
greatest Marathon ever run in America,
and except in point of numbers of con-
testants, the greatest ever run anywhere.
Six of the best distance runners in the
world competed.