The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-07-16
LATH SPORTING NEWS.

LAT6 8PORTIN0 NEWS.
Seattle is in the lead in the North
western league.
San Francisco leads the Pacific Coast
league.
Detroit is ahead by per cent in the
American league.
The National league is topped by the
Pittsburg team.
Jim Jeffries will post aNforfeit for
his fight with Jack johnson on July II.
Fielding averages in the Northwest.
ern league are showing up far higher
grade Of work than last year.
President Lucas has released Umpire
Flynn because four clubs had combined
in protest Of his officiating.
Claflin, the tall pitcher on the Ia
coma team, has been released by Presi
dent George Shredder Of the Tigers.
John Flanagan, the world IS cham
pion hammer thrower, started in his
athletic career as a sprinter and
jumper.
Because his work was unsatisfactory
Umpire Cusack has been dismissed
from the ranks Of the National league
umpires.
The Spokane Rifle and Revolver club
will hold trials on the club range Sep
TENDER 4 for the revolver champion
ship of the United States.
Huston, the crack University of Ore.
gon Splinter, will run for the Multi
nomah club of Portland at the A. A. U.
games in Seattle in August.
Matt Stanley, who was released by
Vancouver, has been asked to sign
with either Ellensburg or Toppenish in
the Yakima Valley league.
"Jiggs" Donahue, now playing first
base for the Washington American
league baseball team, will succeed Joe
Cantillon as manager of that club.
81 think the greatest pitcher base.
ball ever has known is Walter John
son of Weiser, Idaho, now playing in
the Washington Nationals" says Kid
Elberfeld.
The sale Of southpaw Gregg of the
Spokane team to the Cleveland club
for $4,000 and two players is the great
est deal ever pulled off in the North
western league.
A large number of special cups will
be given as premiums at the bench
show held under the auspices of the
Spokane Kennel club club at the In.
terstate fair this fall.
Harry Pulliam, president Of the Ma
tional league, who was granted leave
Of absence last winter that he might
regain his health, resumed the duties
of his position Monday.
Out of town baseball games for the
Spokane amateur and semi-pro teams
are practically limited now to the
Occur d'Alene town teams, the Mon
tana teams and the town teams along
the s. +. & N.
The passing of the Intermountain
league and the organization Of the
Montana State league looks to be a
logical move. Montana is a good base
ball state and will back good ball
teams to the limit.
In the fastest time ever made in an
automobile race west of the Mississippi
the Apperson car won the road race in
California Saturday. The time for the
2:02 miles was 3:O7:47 is, or 64.2 miles
an hour for the whole course.
The Ketchel-Langford fight may
take place in San Francisco instead
of Nevada after all. The Mission club
Of Frisco posted forfeit of $4,000 to
get the match, while the promoters at
Ely, New, have yet to be heard from.
Los Angeles will do more than it's
share toward contributing to the ex-
element Of the nations in the fight
line in Elks' week, for the bugs who
will gather there will see two world g
champions in action in Bat Nelson and
Stanley Ketchel.
Vancouver, B. c., captured all but one
event in the recent races in the row.
ing regatta on Lake Washington at
Seattle. The only race that the British
Columbia CONTESTANTS failed to take was
the senior doubles, which was won by
Portland in 3:22 1-5, with a lead of
two lengths.
Spokane will get its first glimpse of
a real big Marathon race outdoors, with
men of international fame as competi-
tors, during the Irrigation Congress,
the second week in August. Such stars
as Tom Longboat, the Indian; Johnny
Hayes, Svanberg of Sweden and per-
haps two or three of the great Indian
runners will be there
Martin J. Sheridan, the giant New
York policeman and member of the
Irish-American Athletic club, the
worlds best all-around athlete, who
increased his famous point score of
713S to 1885 in the all-around cham.
pionship contest of the amateur ath.
letic union at Celtic park, Long Island
won nine of the 10 innings on the all