Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-11
SPORTING NEWS ITEMS

Wolgast got the decision over Rivers
in the 18th round in the recent fight at
Los Angeles.
"Chief" Meyers of the Giants
| swings the largest and heaviest bat in
the major leagues.
johnson won his recent fight with
Flynn in the ninth round The Pueblo
fireman had no show.
Danny Maher, the American rider,
stands second on the list of winning
jockeys on the fat in England this
year.
Only the most severe weather can
hinder the production of the biggest
corn crop that has ever been harvested
in the Lewiston section of Idaho.
Mike Donlin is hitting the ball harder
than ever as the season progresses, and
with his mark Of ago has comfortable
lead over his nearest rival, thinner
man, the demon slugger of the Cubs.
"Kid" scaler, the Spokane light
weight scrapper, has been matched to
meet Joe Bayley, the Canadian cham
pion, in bout of limited number
of rounds to be held at Edmonton in
August.
At Kellogg, Idaho, E. J. O'Connell,
the wrestling instructor at the Multi
nomah Athletic club of Portland, toyed
with Ed Arho, the husky Kellogg
wrestler in their recent bout, O'Con-
nell winning both falls in six and a
half minutes.
Joe Taylor, the Inland Empire tennis
champion, successfully defended his
title in the challenge round of the In
land Empire open championship tour
ney, which was played on the Spokane
Tennis club grounds Saturday, defeat
ing Phil Brain in three straight sets.
At Salt Lake City Miss Grace Cum
bingham, who was injured at the
Wandemere motordrome the Fourth,
when a motorcycle ridden by Harry
Davis plunged into the grandstand,
died Sunday. Arthur L. Campbell,
who also was injured, is not expected
to live.
The Henley regatta, England's fam
GUS water carnival, Saturday reached
the turning point in all big events and
for the first time since 1889 received
the patronage of the king. His males
ty, accompanied by the queen and
Princess Mary, came from London to
Henley by train. -...
Paris.-Gabriel Poulain recently won
prize Of 5000 in aviette competition.
The conditions of the contest were that
man should fly one meter at height
OF 10 centimeters by supplying his
own motive energy. Poulain made a
flight of three meters 60 centimeters
approximately II feet 10 inches)
Tommy Burns, former heavyweight
champion of the world, now promoting
business in Calgary, will reenter the
ring next month after three years alb
sence, with Bill Richards, a Chicago
boxer. Vancouver enthusiasts are
booming Richards as "white hope.n
Burns has negotiated $4,000 guaran-
teed purse from Saskatoon promoters
and the battle will be held there on
August 8.
Before a crowd of $4,000 persons,
worked almost into frenzy by the last
few exciting laps, Teddy Tetzlaff Sat.
urday added still another road race
victory to his list in the 25O-mile free.
for-all on the Tacoma course. Driving
12O-horsepower Fiat, he kept the lead
from the 10th lap, his strongest COM
petition coming from Erwin Bergdoll
in 110-horsepower Benz, and Devo.e,
driving National.
Thomas c. Bundy of Los Angeles and
Maurice E. Mclaughlin of San Fran.
cisco for the second successive year won
the tennis championship of the Pacific
coast in the mems doubles by defeat.
ing Ella Fottrell and William John.
ston of San Francisco in the final
round of the annual tournament. The
match went the full five games and
was the closest and most brilliantly
played contest ever seen on the Pacific
coast. The score was GA, 3-6, 4-6, Ga,
6-3
The 4-year-old son of John Lingren of
Hall, Mont, was found Sunday, lost
in the hills since the morning of july
4. The child strayed away from fam.
lily picnic and had been in the noun.
tains for three days and three nights.
Three hundred searchers, recruited from
Drummond, Hall and Philipsburg, found
the child. The little fellow had eaten
part of his straw hat. Most of his
clothes had been torn off by the under.
brush. The child was not in a serious
condition.
Stockholm.-American athletes got
off well in the lead in the opening
rack events Of the Olympic games
,ere Saturday. Thirty thousand spec.
ators, among them the Swedish royal
amily, cheered their respective favor.
ties to victory while United States
''ntries annexed large share of the
lrsts in the initial heats of the 100