Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-20
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Saturday.
The Spokane team is home this week
for one series. They will meet the
Portland team.
The Northwestern league fielding
averages show Victoria player in the |
lead for most of the nine positions.
The National league still leads Ban
Johnson s organization in hitting with
81 players hitting over 300 to only 20
in the American league.
At Los Angeles Saturday Jack White
of Chicago was given the decision over
Harry Thomas of England at the end
of 20 rounds of fast fighting.
Vancouver leads the Northwestern
league, Chicago the American, New
York the National, Vernon the Pacific
Coast and Missoula the Union associa-
ton.
The tough shedding encountered by
hackers of the United States league
probably will convince promoters that
the public is not yet ready for third
major league.
"Always give the batter the best of
close decisions on balls and strikes, -
is the principle which governs Augie
Moran dealings with pitchers and
batters in Northwestern league con-
fiicts.
May Sutton, three times a national
woman IS tennis champion and the
greatest woman tennis player in the
world, will compete in the Pacific north
west championships in Tacoma August
s to II, inclusive.
= Clarence Edmundson, the former
star halfmiler of the University Of
national A. A. U. half-mile title tire,
> years ago, is in New York to compel,
' in the big Olympic trials.
e Harry Lewis, the Philadelphia mid
IS writes that George Carpenter, tn
l. French boxer, is classy fighter an
II that if he keeps on growing as he ha
II during the last year he will make
le warm for the heavyweights.
Fred ]. Wagner, the worlds mos
IL famous authority on races, will officiat
as starter in Tacoma g $4,000 autom'
le bile race July and 6. Wagner hs
o. officiated at every important race
y. the country. Tacoma's race promise
10 to be an event of unusual merit.
"A The American team to the six
Olympiad of modern times at Stockhol
will be materially strengthened by Il
10 eastern athletes who were WHINE
it, Saturday in the Harvard STADIUM
it where three worlds records were {
re- tablished, one equaled and sever
RS, others threatened.
AZ Latonia, Ky.-On a track that W
lightning fast, and before the large
e crowd that ever was within Latonis
- gates Free Lance, George J. Lor
80. ~ chestnut son of Imp. Alvescot- Mer
loi Heart, galloped home winner in
oi' goth renewal of the Latonia Derl
- Kentucky's classic, Saturday.
I'M. T. Morris Dunno, chairman of
lst, board of outdoor athletics of the MI
nomah Amateur Athletic club, unt
whose auspices the annual P. N.
track meet was to be held in Portla
IND on Saturday, June Is, announces Il
urt the meet will be postponed and v
not take place until some time in S
lou TENDER.
om 49, =, 80
leir maj INC i"0ins d. Soa.uio guy -"
for IL VIII oe 'uUoo'' 10 ~
orv number of replies made to the Seat
So. Blood Horse association since the en-
- blanks for the stake fixtures have b
49,. mailed to more than 500 horse OWL
in this and surrounding states
orc British Columbia, and it has surpri
NJ the association to see that horser
- will center on Seattle as a beginn
point for the season IS activity
harness racing.
cat this stage of the game
Flynn is a far higher class look
,een athlete than Jack johnson. The CHI
hlle pion can be relied upon training ia
mas fully to put himself into condition
,.eayS the contest on the Fourth of ]
i iI However, he is plainly fabby and :
mis-. overweight and he has got to W
en- hard in the five weeks in front of
rers, if he is to be as good a man physic
law, as he was in Reno the day he defe;
and. Jim Jeffries,' says Tommy Cannon
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