Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
SPORTING NEWS ITEMS

Marquard won his twelfth straight
victory of the season for New York
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
~ 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.
vancouveS 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 a third
major league.
Always give the batter the best of
close decisions on balls and strikes,'
is the principle which governs Augie
Moran's dealings with pitchers and
batters in Northwestern league con-
flicts.
May Sutton, three times 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 half-miler of the University of
Idaho track team and winner Of the
national A. A. U. half-mile title three
years ago, is in New York to compete
in the big Olympic trials.
Harry Lewis, the Philadelphia mid.
dleweight who is now in England.
writes that George Carpenter the
French boxer, is classy fighter and
that If he keeps on growing as he has
during the last year he will make it
warm for the heavyweights.
Fred J. Wagner, the worlds most
famous authority on races, will oficiate
as starter in Tacoma's $4,000 automo-
bile race July S and 6. Wagner has
ofhciated at every important race in
the country. Tacoma IS race promises
to be an event of unusual merit.
The American team to the sixth
Olympiad of modern times at Stockholm
will be materially strengthened by the
Is eastern athletes who were winners
Saturday in the Harvard stadium.
where three worlds records were es.
tablished, one equaled and several
others threatened.
Latonia, Ky.-On a track that was
lightning fast, and before the largest
crowd that ever was within Latonia's
gates Free Lance, George J. Ions
chestnut son of Imp. Alvescot- Merry
Heart, galloped home a winner in the
29th renewal of the Latonia Derby.
kentucky's classic, Saturday.
7. Morris Dunno, chairman of the
board of outdoor athletics of the Multi.
nomah Amateur Athletic club, under
whose auspices the annual P. N. A.
track meet was to be held in Portland
on Saturday, June IS, announces that
the meet will be postponed and will
not take place until some time in Sen.
TENDER.
Ihat the racing at Seattle July - to
10 VIII be success is evidenced by the
number of replies made to the Seattle
Blood Horse association since the entry
blanks for the stake fixtures have been
mailed to more than 500 horse owners
m this and surrounding states and
British Columbia, and it has surprised
me association to see that horsemen
vail center on Seattle as a beginning
point for the seasons activity in
harness racing.
=, AT this stage of the game Jim
flynn is far higher class looking
'thlete than Jack johnson. The cham.
'ion can be relied upon training faith.
uily to put himself into condition for
ne contest on the Fourth of july.
however, he is plainly fabby and way
and he has got to work
lard IN the five weeks in front of him
I ne is to be as good man physically
!. IS ne was in Reno the day he defeated
I'm Jeffries," says Tommy Cannon.