Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-06-27
SPORTING COLUMN

| plon or the Big Bend country.
Mcdonald, the Boston infielder, is
leading the National league batters.
Manager Evers of the Chicago Ma
tionals has suspended Heine thinner
man indefinitely
Grover, the North Yakima short
stop, leads all Tri-State batsmen who
are playing regularly.
Great interest is being taken by
tennis enthusiasts in this weeks state
tennis tournament in Lewiston.
w. 2. Burton has been chosen to
command the yacht Shamrock w., Sill
Thomas Lipton's challenger for the
Americas cup.
AT kenosha, Wis, Johnny Coulon
the bantamweight champion, got a
draw in his ten-round bout with
frankie Burns.
Hundreds of members of Turnvere
ms throughout the United States are
in Denver to attend the thirty-first
Bundles funniest this week.
Fritz Holland is once more Pacific
coast champion, having won the
welterweight title from Fighting Billy
Murphy at Taft. Cal. Saturday.
Billy Sunday, evangelist and former
professional baseball player, believes
the Maps and Giants will fight it out
for the worlds championship this fall.
Fritz Carlson Of the Illinois Athletic
club Saturday won the 15-mile cross
country run from Chicago to Evans.
ton in hour 20 minutes and sec
onds.
An appeal from the verdict which
sentenced him to a year in prison for
violation of the Mann white slave act
was granted Jack Johnson, the negro
pugilist.
Canada won the deciding match
from South Africa in the elimination
round in London for the selection OF
a challenger for the Dwight F. Davis
tennis trophy.
William Johnston of San francisco
won the tennis championship of the
Pacific coast recently, defeating John
Strachan, also of that city. ina thrill.
ing five set match.
Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsbure
Nationals has has bought for $4,000
Pitcher Duffy Of the Great Falls club
of the Union association. Duffy is to
be delivered at once.
The Kansas City Athletic club gath
cred more points than the five other
clubs entered combined and once again
won the annual western A. A. u. track
meet, held under the auspices of the
Missouri Athletic club.
Arthur Pelkey, the pugilist, was &C
quilted Monday of a manslaughter
charge which was placed against him
as result Of the death of Luther Nc
Carly, who died in the first round of a
scheduled 10-round bout at Calgary
Alberta, May "a last.
One of the prominent features OF
the coming regatta to be held in Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, July 3, 4 and will be
the several contests Of swimming, div
ing and water jumping to be partici.
pated in by any boys and girls of the
Inland Empire over Is years.
Massachusetts Agricultural college,
with record score Of 1875 out of the
possible 900, won the ninth annual
competition on outdoor ranges for the
intercollegiate rifle shooting champion
ship of the United States from the
other nine competing universities and
colleges.
H. p. Whitney's six-year-old chest
nut horse, Whisk Broom H., by Broom.
stick-Audience, won the revival of the
Brooklyn handicap over one mile and
a quarter of the Belmont Park track
Saturday in impressive style. The
winner was ridden by Joe Notter and
carried 1870 pounds.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-The national
character and caliber of rowing in the
United States were demonstrated here
Saturday in the four-mile feature race
of the annual intercollegiate regatta
After winning tie two preliminary
events Of the program Cornell, usually
conceded to be the leading university
of the country in rowing, was forced
to lower her colors to Syracuse and
just escaped being defeated by the
University of Wisconsin and Univer.
sity of Washington in driving and
spectacular finish such as has not
been seen on the Hudson river course
FOUR ARE LOST IN MISSOURI