Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-07-18
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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 fiat 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 .420 has a 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 a bout of limited number
of rounds to be held at Edmonton in
August.
At Kellogg, Idaho, E. j. o Cornell,
the wrestling instructor at the Multi
nomah Athletic club of Portland, toyed
with Ed Alho, 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
ningham, 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 IS 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 anC
Princess Mary, came from London t.
Henley by train.
Paris.-Gabriel Poulain recently wor
a prize of 5000 in aviette competition
The conditions of the contest were thai
man should fly one meter at a heigh
of 10 centimeters by supplying hi
own motive energy. Poulain made
flight of three meters 60 centimeter
approximately IL feet 10 inches).
: Tommy Burns, former heavyweight
t champion of the world, now promoting
) business in Calgary, will reenter tn
ring next month after three years alb
3 sence, with Bill Richards, a Chicag
boxer. Vancouver enthusiasts ar
: booming Richards as "white hope
Burns has negotiated a $4,000 guaran
= teed purse from Saskatoon promoter
9 and the battle will be held there O
p August 8.
: Before a crowd of $4,000 person,
t worked almost into a frenzy by the las
n few exciting laps, Teddy Tetzlaff Sal
urday added still another road rae
IS victory to his list in the 250-mile free
for-all on the Tacoma course. Drivin
# horsepower Fiat, he kept the lea
fhA 1o,a l.,
J. petition coming from Erwin Bergdo
y in a 110-horsepower Benz, and Devor,
D. driving a National.
Thomas G. Bundy of Los Angeles an
o Maurice E. Mclaughlin of San Fra1
cisco for the second successive year wo
q the tennis championship of the Pacif
>. coast in the men s doubles by defea
y ing Ella Fottrell and William Johl
ston of San Francisco in the fin;
round of the annual tournament. TIL
match went the full five games an
\ was the closest and most Brilliant
played contest ever seen on the Pacif
O. coast. The score was Ga, SO, 4-6, g.
" 6-3.
e, The 4-year-old son of John Lingren {
70 Hall, Mont, was found Sunday, lol
in in the hills since the morning of Jul
tie 4. The child strayed away. from a fan
ut lily picnic and had been in the moul
I'd tains for three days and three night
to Three hundred searchers, recruited fro
d. Drummond, Hall and Philipsburg, four
d, the child. The little fellow had cate
i'd part of his straw hat. Most of h
re clothes had been torn off by the unde
n, brush. The child was not in seriol
@ condition.