Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-02-25
SPORTING NEWS ITEMS.

San Francisco has captured the jeff
s-Johnson fight.
At Paris recently Harry Lewis and
Willie Lewis fought to draw
"Jake" Schaefer, the "wizard of bill
liards,' is dying at his home in Denver,
Weston, the veteran walker, is going
along fast ON his ocean to ocean trip.
Sam Langford has made arrange
ments to arrive in Paris, France, about
March l.
President Dreyfus of Pittsburg has
given Joe Nealon his unconditional re-
lease.
The University of Washington crew
may go to Poughkeepsie instead of to
Wisconsin.
i The University of Idaho Rifle club is
steadily improving it's scores, although
practice is not SO consistent as could
be desired.
The w. S. c. basket ball team took
a frmer hold on the northwest cham
pionship recently by defeating the Ore
gon Agricultural college, 29-1s.
Willie Hoppe, who plays George SUIT
ton for the 1871 balk line title in Chi
cago next month, intends to get all
of the championships, if he can.
}, When Ketchel meets Frank Klause
for six rounds in Pittsburg next month
it will be his first appearance in the
ring since Johnson knocked him out.
Entries to the international balloon
race which probably will be held il
st. Louis in October have been re
ceiyed from England, France, Germany
Switzerland.
: At a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Associated students
of Whitman college, w. E.. Crawford
was elected football manager for the
season of 1910.
Fritz Holland, who recently jumped
into the limelight by defeating KiC
Breen, well known Canadian fighter
may meet Mike (Twin) Sullivan in Tia
coma in April.
The Vancouver Athletic club and tn,
I, Multnomah club athletes divided hon
r ors in the international boxing ant
, wrestling meet held at Vancouver re
Gently, each winning two events.
There is movement on foot t,
perfect baseball league from town
along the G. N. railway, and Wenatchee
: Leavenworth, Ephrata and Wilson
Creek have expressed their willingness
to enter such league.
David Gautenbein, a veteran rive
fisherman of Diamond Bluff, Wis, nov
holds the championship for the larges
haul of trough" fish in the histor,
of the upper Mississippi, his nets hav
ing brought to the surface $4,000 il
marketable fish.
The 15-mile race at Spokane last Sat
f urday between Peter Terway, runnin,
' instructor at the Y. M. G. A. there
3 and C. N. Lockwood of Walla Walla
7 resulted in an easy victory for Ter
way, he finishing ~ laps ahead of Lock
r wood, in 1:27:5O, which is very clos
to the amateur record of 1861 70
this distance.
t All eyes in the bowling world ar
centered on Detroit, where the tent
, international tournament of the Ameri
can Bowling congress will be held iron
s February 20 to March Is. From pres
g emit indications, the tournament prom
n ises to be one of the most successful
ever conducted by that association, an,
e it is estimated that 400 teams from al
g over the United States and Canada will
: participate.
Following receipt of the news that hi
! son, George c. Robbins, an assaye1
: known throughout the Pacific coast min
ing regions, has been arrested in Mex
leo for bigamy alleged to have beel
committed in Los Angeles, Francis c
Robbins announces that he would stan,
by the young man. Mr.. Robbins is
: prominent mining engineer. He ha
retained attorneys to fight his son
. legal battles.
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