Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-03-09
REAL SPORTING NEWS

Johnny Coulon, bantamweight cham
pion of the world, is % years old.
The crack tennis players of Califor-
mia will be seen in action in Spokane
this summer.
Packey Mcfarland of Chicago and
Kid Burns are matched to meet at
Kenosha, Wis, on March Is.
At Chicago, March 2, Theodore Hub
bell equaled the world s three-cushion
record by making so points in SO
innings.
President johnson of the American
league announces that Catcher Albert
Hart has been added to his staff of
umpires.
The Bankers baseball league of Spo-
kane will be reorganized again this
spring under the same arrangement that
was used three years age.
Jack Herrick of Chicago and Bert
Pagan of San Francisco fought 20 ter
rife rounds to draw IN the middle
weight elimination schedule at Les
Angeles.
Temple, who was one of the leading
pitchers ON the Springfield (Mass.)
baseball club last season, has been
purchased by Walter McCredie of
Portland.
The latest scheme proposed for secur-
ing the reopening of the race tracks in
New York state is through the appoint
ment of an executive investigating
committee.
Mike Donlin, veteran outfelder and
one time leading batter of the National
league, has been traded by Boston to
the Pittsburg Pirates for young Vim
cent Campbell.
Jack Dillon of indianapolis, who
knocked out Fritz Holland in six
rounds February 81, will meet Frank
Klaus for the middleweight champion
ship on March 30.
With more than 1000 bowlers entered
for competition, the 18th annual tour
nament of the American Bowling con-
gress opened in Chicago Saturday to
= continue for % days.
After prolonged investigation DR..
William G.. Anderson, director of the
Yale university gymnasium, says he is
convinced that athletes live longer than
persons who take no part in sports.
S Great as were the Olympic games at
/. London in 1908, far surprising any
e thing the world had seen in the ath-
/, letic line, the battle of the champions
B; in Stockholm, Sweden, in July, prom
= Uses to overshadow them completely.
l. Harry L. Cohn, brother of the Spo.
kane club president and secretary
treasurer of the new Outdoor Amuse
! ment company, will be the only assist
9 ant to President Cohn this year, taking
. the position held last year by George
y Bright.
# Louis Rees of Los Angeles was re
It Gently awarded the decision ovel
i Tommy Kilbane of Cleveland in tn,
18th round of a scheduled 2crounC
d bout, Kilbane being disqualified foi
il butting. The latter is no relation t,
y Johnny Kilbane, the featherweigh
If champion.
=, William A. Larned is, without ques
70 ton, the most commanding figure il
r the history of American lawn tennis
:. During the 10-year period from 1879
+. to 1901 he was the uncrowned kin.
&c of American tennis" although he wa
4 never quite able to capture the ma
- tional title during that time. He in
n. tends taking up golf.
IS Joe Coin of the Spokane leagu
re team says the transportation item
he not by any means the most importan
* one for him to consider. He says whe
the daily expense for the 80 player
during the training season of 80 day
at is considered, together with the in
IN provements on the grounds and grand
n stand, he will be out over $500 befor
MS the turnstile counts a single four-bi