Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-06
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Idaho U opened baseball work this

Idaho U opened baseball work this
week
At Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, STAN
islaus Zbyszko the Polish wrestler, de-
feated Jess Reimer of Iowa in straight
falls.
At Sydney, N. s. W., Sunday Fanny
Durack established a new record for a
300-yard swim by woman. Her time
was four minutes IL seconds.
Frank Glahe was the only member
of the Spokane boxing and wrestling
team to win a point in the Seattle
meet, which was held in the Puget
sound city on Friday night.
Bob McAllister is the name of San
Francisco boy who has already distin-
guished himself to the extent of win
ming the Pacific Coast championships
in the middle and light heavyweight
divisions.
Jesse Willard, the big Kansan, was
told recently by Luther McCarty, the
white heavyweight champion, that il
he would defeat "Gunboat" Smith or
Bombardier Wells, he might have a
chance at the championship.
The Spokane Rifle and Revolver
club finished the schedule of the Ma
tional Revolver Association with a
victory over the Columbus, Ohio, team
and has a standing of % victories and
one defeat with a percentage of 958
for the season.
Jack Johnson has been denied en-
trance into Canada, the result of a
general order issued by the dominion
government to immigration inspectors
on all it's border points. He is branded
as undesirable" by the Canadian
authorities.
The Imperial Valley, Cal, road race
run Sunday under the sanction of the
recently organized Western Automo-
bile association, was won by Barney
Oldfield in a Fiat 40" who completed
the 203-mile run in four hours, Al min
utes and II seconds.
A right swing four times repeated
ended the scheduled 20-round bout at
Los Angeles, Cal, February %, be-
tween Knockout" Brown, the New
York lightweight, and Joe Rivers OF
Los Angeles with a victory for the
Mexican before the end of the tenth
round.
, If Billy Papke, erstwhile illinois
f Thunderbolt," wins two fights in Paris,
, against Frank Klaus on March and
, George Carpenter on April 5, he ex-
, poets to get a 20-round bout at San
, Francisco or Los Angeles against Ed
.. die McGoorty or Mike Gibbons on
:, July 4,
e A confession of spending $1,500,00C
n in trust funds on the Jaurez and Ca
q madam race tracks was made at New
Orleans, February %, by James WouA
fee prominent lawyer and clubmsn
Most of the money belonged to womeI
: and children. 1t is claimed his victims
= number 300.
|. An accident insurance policy fol
Il 100000 was taken out recently by th'
n New York National league baseball
=. club on the life of John McGraw, man
. ager of the Giants. The policy insgpei
- him against any sort of accident ex
- cept one that may occur on the base
" ball diamond McGraw is at Marlin
70 Texas, with the Giants squad
IS At San Francisco, Cal, Saturday, A,
If Wolgast, once lightweight champion o
n the world, literally fought himself t,
the point of collapse to gain a draw
, decision with Harlem" Tommy Mur
- ply at the DAILY City open-air aren;
- in grueling 20-round battle, at tn
IL conclusion of which Referee Jim Grit
IL fin was unable to raise the glove o
Is either man to denote a winner Mur
IS ply, too, was tottering about a blood
lie despatched arena as a result of hi
n unceasing aggressiveness.