Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-08-01
SPORTING NEWS ITEMS

kid Mccoy is under arrest in
London, charged with being implicated
III an $4,000 robbery.
The Spokane Y. NJ. c. A. says an
open swimming meet will be held in
the association tank during the week
of August IS.
According to advices received from
officials at the Olympic games at Stock
holm, the Swedish olympiad will prove
to have been failure financially.
Miss May Sutton of Los Angeles won
the western woman s tennis champion
ship by defeating Miss Mary K.
Browne of the same city, 60, 6-3.
At a recent meeting of the racing
committee of the Spokane Motorcycle
club the date for the big race meet to
be held at the Interstate fair grounds
was set for August 10.
Leon Galore, rated as one of the best
pitchers in "bush' ball in the north
west, has signed with the Trenton team
in the Tri-State league and is credited
with being the best twirler on the staff.
Jack Johnson, champion heavyweight
pugilist of the world, announces that he
has fought his last fight. johnson has
saved his money. He says that he is
worth 100000, the greater part of
which is well invested.
Entrance fees will be refunded to all
horses actually starting in the harness
races at the coming Spokane Interstate
fair, which are not distanced in the
first two heats. There will be no deduc-
lions whatever from money winners.
The erection of a $4,000 country club
house at Lewiston Orchards, near Lew
iston, Idaho, and the extensive i'm
provement of large area to be given
to golf links, tennis courts and croquet
grounds is planned by prominent Lew
iston people.
When 1000 feet in the air the rope
attaching the trapeze bar to his para
chute broke and Thomas Heitfeld of
Springfield, ILL.,, fell to his death Satur-
day at Canton, Ohio. His body struck
head first in soft earth and was buried
to the knees.
In three tennis contest on the
Vancouver (B. CO. Tennis club courts,
Joseph c. Tyler won the British Column
bia mainland tennis title by defeating
Bernard P. Schwengers of Victoria by
scores of GA, 4-6, SO, 60, Ga. Next
day Schwenger won the Canadian cham
pionship from Tyler of Spokane.
J. E. Cody, who claims to be the
world s champion diver, Saturday per.
formed the remarkable feat of swim
ming down the Willamette river from
Oregon City, distance of 10 miles
Cody was in the water three hours and
two minutes. This is said to have beer
the longest swim ever accomplished in
the Pacific northwest, if not on the
Pacific coast.
Portland and Vancouver oarsmen di
vided honors in the championship races
at the North Pacific Oarsmen associa
ton regatta Saturday at Victoria, B
q. A. p. Faender of Portland won the
senior singles and J. Havely and F. R
Sewall of Portland won the senior dou
bles. In the senior tours the Vancou
yer crew crossed the line quarter of
a length ahead of Portland.
Brought face to face with the grade
crossing menace by the death of DR.
E. M. Rininger at Riverton, the Seat
tie Automobile club is arranging to
make formal demand, first on the board
of county commissioners and later on
the public service commission of the
state, for the elimination of all grade
crossings in this district where the least
possibility of loss of human life exists
The Montana state fish and game
commission, represented by E. J. Mat.
thewson of Anaconda, chairman, and
Major George E. Doll of Helena, secre-
tary and State Game and Fish Warden
Henry Aware, member ex-officio of the
board, last week selected the site for
Montana S second fish hatchery on Flat
head lake. The Cramer site, one mile
below Somers, was formally selected
as the best from every point of view.