Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
SPORTING COLUMN

Doty, Vancouver, and Coveleskie of
Spokane, are the leading pitchers in
the Northwestern league.
John U. Constant of New York, the
1913 amateur motorcycle champion,
captured the two-mile national profess
sional championship.
The champion Illinois Athletic
clubs swimming team will be
seen in Spokane Monday in dual
meet with a city all-star team at the
Natatorium park plunge.
With the various weaknesses which
developed in the tuning up races cor
rected the trio enter upon the second
stage of the Americas cup prelimin-
aries. Beginning this week off New
port will be held the first official
tests of the Resolute, Vanitie and De
fiance and the cup committee will base
it's final selection of a defender upon
the result of these and subsequent
races.
Welsh Gets Decision over Richie
London-Fred Welsh, lightweight
champion of England, Tuesday out
champion, and on the referees decis-
ion won the lightweight championship
of the world after a contest of 20
rounds.
The fight took place at Olympia and
5000 spectators Witnessed a fast and
clever bout. Rapid footwork and much
mitigating were pronounced features.
There was some dissatisfaction be-
cause neither man was bested at the
finish Although Welsh scored the
greater number of blows, those of the
American appeared to be more telling.
1t was a fine exhibition of boxing
throughout. Neither man went to the
floor and the struggle during the last
six rounds was of a hurricane char
acter.
July 4th Sports.
George S. Lyon of Toronto won the
amateur Canadian golf championship.
The Waverly, Portland. club polo
team won again, Spokane losing all
three contests.
Joe Mandot of New Orleans and
Johnny Dundee of New York fought a
10-round draw.
Jimmy Clabby of Hammond, Ind
won on a foul from Eddie McGoorty
of Oshkosh, Wis.
At the end of 20 rounds Leach Cross
the New York dentist, was given the
decision over RED" Watson of San
Diego, in a fast fight.
Cleveland, Ohio.-Billy NJ, called
the Indiana Thunderbolt, furnished g
sensation at the Rockport track in the
Lake Erie circuit races by Keeling of
three half-mile heats in the average
time of 1:O1A.
San Francisco.-George Chip of New
Castle, Pa, aspirant for the middle
weight championship, knocked ou
Fighting Billy Murray of Petaluma
Cal. in the fifteenth round of theii
scheduled 2O-round fight.
Vera Cruz.-The United States nav.
vanquished the army and marine corp!
in a long program of athletic sports
which marked their celebration of the
Fourth of July on Mexican soil. Hun
dreds of natives witnessed the events
London.-W. M. Oler Jr. and Homer
Baker carried the colors of the New
York Athletic club to victory in the
high jump and the half-mile flat race
respectively, at Stamford Bridge anC
wrested the championship titles from
their British holders.
ey-on-Thames.-The two lead
ing trophies contested for at the Hen
ley regatta were won by freighters
the grand challenge cup falling into
the hands of the Harvard second eight
and the diamond SOULS being taken tC
Italy by Giuseppe Sinigaglia.
San Francisco.-Duke Kahanamoku
worlds champion Hawaiian swimmer
carried off the honors in the champion
ship swimming matches here, estab
fishing a new Pacific coast record of Z
minutes, &c As seconds in the 220-yarC
dash, and retaining his title as worlds
champion in the 100-yard distance.
Tacoma.-Bert Dingley of Los An
Young of that city, was seriously, il
not mortally injured when his cal
turned turtle in the next to the las
lap of the 25O-mile Montamarathor
upon the Tacoma speedway. The &C
cident occurred when G. E. Ruckstal
and Dingley were fighting it out fol
second place. Earl Cooper had al
ready won the race.