Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-05-01
SPORTING NEWS NOTES.


York Americans, who has been laid up
with variolod in Augusta, Ga, has
reached New York.
Secretary M. d. Wisdom of the North
Pacific fair circuit, embracing all the
light harness towns of the Pacific
coast, says that never before has there
been so much money hung up for the
trotters and PAGERS in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho. Smaller racing points
are giving good money. Two $4,000
purses are offered at Salem.
One end of the grandstand and the
first base pavilion of the Chicago Amer
lean league park were destroyed by fire
Sunday. Loss $4,000.
Ike Butler of the Tacoma team
achieved the first no-hit, no-run feat of
the Northwestern league season, Ia
coma winning from Vancouver Satur-
day, 2 to 0.
Frank Fromm, president of the Spo-
kane Rifle and Revolver club, has been
announced as winner of the United
States Revolver association shoot which
was held in rs cites of the United
States during the week of March 1920.
The Spokane meet was given in the ar
mory March II.
Wesley Englehorn of the senior A
class at the South Central high school,
Spokane, won the ali-round champion
ship medal offered by the High School
Athletic association to the man scoring
the most points in the recent field meet
in that city.
Mike Fisher is still talking about
Van Sickle, the reaper who moved down
his All-Americans in Manila. Mike says
Van is so speedy that if he throws a
slow ball and follows it with a fast one
they hit the catcher's mitt together.
Ex-Captain Edmundson of the Uni
versity of Idaho track team, the con-
queror of the mighty Glarner, is to run
with Seattle in the A. A. u. meet at
Seattle this fall.
Arrangements are complete for the
biggest professional Marathon race yet
held in this country, the Grand Inter
national Marathon, for purse of $10,-
900, in which score of the leading
professional long distance racers from
all over the world have been invited to
compete over the course at the Polo
grounds on the afternoon of May in
New York.
Washington State college defeated
Idaho in the freshman track meet al
Pullman Saturday.
Alfred Shrubb of Horsham, England
once more proved himself to be the
greatest middle-distance runner in the
business by defeating Henri st. Yves OF
France in their 15-mile race at the
American league grounds, New York
Saturday.
Young Corbett won his match recent
ly from Bert Keyes in New York after
10 fast rounds.
DIR. B. F. Roller of Seattle defeated
Karl Victor of st. Louis in a wrestling
match in Chicago recently, downing hin
twice in short time.
A new ball park for Seattle by the
opening of the 1910 season is regarded
as strong probability.
H. A. Wright of San Francisco il
the amateur billiard championship
L. l.. Mial of New York Saturday, 40'
to 335. This made the third straigh
victory for the westerner.
The Weiser (Idaho) Rod and Gui
club has arranged for a big shooting
tournament May IS and 16.
The University of Washington tract
team showed Whitman under, 50 to 4C
at Seattle, Saturday. Martin of Whit
man was the individual star, with
points for his team.
The Western Washington Fair asso
citation of Seattle has announced tina
lie will conduct harness race meetin
at its track beginning July 1 to las
} two weeks. Purses amounting to $3.50
will be hung up for the first week.
New Haven, COMM 15-mile ru
here Saturday Dorando Pietri, the tia
ina of Marathon fame, defeated Mat
Maloney of New York by a lap and
third. The Italian led in the star
Dorando S time was 1 hour 40 minute
and 80 seconds.
} ladelphia.-Eastern athletes too
l two of the three national relay chan
pionship races Saturday at the annu;
4 carnival of sports on Franklin field.