Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-07
REAL SPORTING NEWS

Spokane City league was held MONDAY
night.
Frank Klaus and Jack Dillon have
been matched to meet at san Fran
cisco next month.
Pan. France.-Lieutenant Ducour-
neau was killed here Saturday IN an
aeroplane accident.
Mike Gibbons of st. Paul knocked
out Willie Lewis of New York IN the
second round of a scheduled 10round
bout recently.
While playing basket ball at Des
Moines, Iowa, Robert Findley, 23 years
old. whose home is in Boise, Idaho,
dropped dead.
Abe Attell, defeated featherweight
champion, denies that he ever told any
one that he had been robbed by Referee
Eyton in his fight with Johnny Kilbane.
Jimmy Clabby, the Wisconsin pugi-
list, Australian middleweight champion,
fought a 2O-round draw recently with
Dave Smith, the Australian boxer and
former middleweight champion.
The Spokane Rifle and Revolver club
team in the United States Revolver as
ISOLATION won the two final matches in
the championship competition, defeat
ing Chicago and Pittsburg by decisive
margins.
"Soldier' Mauser, one of the new
recruit pitchers for the 1912 Spokane
team, was the first arrival of the in
coming host of ball players that will
open training camp at Walla Walla
within the next week.
The Butte team in the Union asso-
citation will get the pick of the extra
men on the Spokane list this season
after the regular team has been picked
by Manager Joe COIN to play the North
western league games.
The school of mines basket ball team
defeated the team of the University of
Montana, 80 to IL. This victory puts
the school of mines in line for the
state championship. 1t will have to
play the university again and the agri-
cultural college.
The Oregon Wolf, nine-cylinder dis
placement craft, transformed into a
time, at Portland, today broke the
world IS motor boat records on a FIVE
mile course for all distances up to 80
miles. The Oregon Wolf IS time for the
80 miles was AZ minutes IA 2-5 seconds.
Fistic fandom of the country suf-
fered a triple shock February %. Three
surprises were sprung ON the fans, one
a big one, and the other minor shocks.
Attell was figured superior to Kilbane,
Klaus was expected to knock out Pc
troskey well within the 20 rounds and
Billy Papke was general favorite over
Frank Mantell.
| Mime. Cozette de Truise,' heralded
as the wonderful French aviatrice of
Pau, France dashed through the air
in fashionable sheath gown above
gaping crowd at the Oakland (Cal.)
aviation field Saturday, performing
thrilling aerial feats. After descend
ing rival aviatrice tore off "Mme.
de Truise IS" wig and veil, revealing the
painted face of Lincoln Beachy.
San Francisco.-John o. Miller of the
San Francisco Olympic club broke the
Pacific coast record for the sOOvard
run at the indoor athletic meet held
here. His time was one minute II
seconds.
A new indoor record for the 75-vard
low hurdles was established bv Smith.
son OF Los Angeles. The time was 9 IL
seconds, the world s outdoor record for
the distance.
Ralph Rose, the noted California ath.
lete, established new indoor record
when he hurled the 16-pound shot 80
feet 2 inches
Sam Bellah of Portland, Ore. made
a new indoor Coast record for tho nolo
vault when he cleared the bar at II
feet ~ inches.
The sixth annual western bowlinc
congress closed at Los Angeles. Sundav
with individual bowlers rolling their
last games. Burns of the Pacific Sash
and Door team, of Los Angeles. one
OF the last to roll, made high score in
the singles for the tournament with 600
winning the $3.50 prize. Thorpe and
Irwin of San Francisco, with 619 and
6l7 respectively, won the $3.50 and $50
prizes.
The big prize for the meet, $4,000 70,
tne pest hve-man team, was won by the
Grand Bowlers of Los Angeles. under
the colors of the Evening Herald iii