Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-02-26
SPORTING NEWS ITEMS.

San francisco mas captured inc JeH-
ries-Johnson fight.
At Paris recently Harry Lewis and
Willie Lewis fought to a draw.
Cake" 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 1.
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.
The University of Idaho Rifle club is
steadily improving its 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 Sut-
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
ceived from England, France, Germany
Switzerland.
At recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Associated students
of Whitman college, w. e. Crawford
was elected football manager for thu
season of 1910.
Fritz Holland who recently jumped
into the limelight by defeating KiC
Brcen, well known Canadian fighter
may meet Mike (Twin) Sullivan in Ia
coma in April.
The Vancouver Athletic club and tn
Multnomah club athletes divided hon
ors in the international boxing AM
wrestling meet held at Vancouver re
Gently, each winning two events.
There is a movement on foot t
perfect a baseball league from town
along the c. n. railway, and Wenatehe'
Leavenworth, Ephrata and Wilso
Creek have expressed their willingness
10 enter such a league.
David Gautenbein, a veteran rive
fisherman of Diamond Bluff, Wis, no.
holds the championship for the larges
haul of CROUCH" fish in the histor
of the upper Mississippi, his nets hay
ing brought to the surface $4,000
marketable fish.
The 15-mile race at Spokane last Sa
urday between Peter Terway, runnin
instructor at the Y. M. c. A. Their
and c. N. Lockwood of Walla Walls
resulted in an easy victory for TIE
way, he finishing 10 laps ahead of loci
wood, in 1880, which is very clos
to the amateur record of 1:25:57 fC
this distance.
All eyes in the bowling world al
centered on Detroit, where the tent
international tournament of the Amer
can Bowling congress will be held fro
February 26 to March IS. From pre-
emit indications, the tournament pror
ises to be one of the most successf
ever conducted by that association, al
it is estimated that 400 teams from q
over the United States and Canada WI
f participate.
Following receipt of the news that b
{ son, George C. Robbins, an assaye
+ known throughout the Pacific coast mi
: ing regions, has been arrested in Me
? leo for bigamy alleged to have be-
committed in Los Angeles, Francis
v Robbins announces that he would star
G by the young man. Mr. Robbins is
5 prominent mining engineer. He h
S retained attorneys to fight his son
n legal battles.
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