Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-07-11
SPORTING COLUMN

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Krupp is Big Bend champion for
1918.
The Walla Walla Tri-Staters won
the 1913 first half season pennant.
c. Mcdonald, the Boston Nationals
star hitter, has raised his batting aver
age to .432.
Griffin and Strachan of San Fran
cisco won the Pacific coast doubles
championships Saturday.
The first open fly and weight cast
ing contest of the Eastern Washing
ton Fish and Game association has
been scheduled for Sunday. July q.
When his car collided with another
car in the five-mile automobile race
at Medford. Ore. Dan Holmes. 20 years
old. was killed as the machine turned
turtle.
1t is announced that George Brick
ley, younger brother Of the Harvard
football star, has signed a contract
with Connie Mack Of the Philadelphia
Americans.
Lord Charles Hope of england won
the amateur golf championship of
France recently. by beating e. A. Las
sen, former British amateur cham
pion, at the 37th hole.
The tennis tourne-' last week at Spo-
kane was the most successful ever
held there, not only in point of the
number of entries, but also in the
class of play and in attendance.
The Salt Palace bicycle track, which
has been running since 1899, is closed
because the riders refused to make an
appearance without increase of pay,
and no attempt to reopen the resort
will be made.
A hard right swing to the jaw that
left bud" Anderson unconscious for
four minutes gave Leach Cross of New
York victory In the 18th round OF
what was to have been 20-round bat
tie at Los Angeles, July 4.
Good Luck won the Golden Potlatch
trophy race Saturday at Tacoma, driv-
ing Stutz car for Earl Sooper Satur-
day at Tacoma, in the festo races.
The winners time for 2OO.S11 miles
was hours 40 minutes % seconds, an
average of I'll miles an hour.
Driving a repetition of his winning
race Saturday, Earl Cooper carried off
$500 in prizes and the Montamara-
thon road race trophy Monday at Ia
coma, when he drove his Stutz car
over the 250.811 miles Of the race in
3:32:08 1-5.
The leading teams in the respective
leagues follow:
Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast.
Vancouver in the Northwestern.
Philadelphia in the American.
New York in the National.
A. F. Wilding Of New Zealand, hold
er Of the title of all-England singles
lawn tennis champion since 1910, re-
tanned the championship July 4 by
beating Maurice E. Mclaughlin Of San
Francisco. national lawn tennis cham
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straight sets, SO, 6-3, 1913.
At San Francisco Duke Kahanmoku.
the Olympic champion, July s proved
that he is the greatest short distance
swimmer the world has even seen. He
broke all records in the 100 and Is
yard dashes. For the 100 his time
was "a 3-5 seconds. Daniels of New
York has the previous record o f54 As
for course with four turns.
Inland Empire tennis champions of
1918 are: Mems singles, Joseph C.
Tyler, Spokane; mems doubles, Jo-
seph c. Tyler and Phil Brain. Spo-
kane; ladies' singles, Miss Mabel An
derson, Lewiston; ladies' doubles, Miss
Fix and Miss Palmer, Lewiston; mixed
doubles, Joseph C. Tyler, Spokane, and
Miss Margaret Tyler. Seattle.
A right cross to the jaw. coupled
with a terrific left to the stomach,
spelled curtains" for Joe Rivers, the
Mexican lightweight from Los Angeles,