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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28Wfl y ballUL THING»* J i ■gether—and like lightning—that’s catching a long fly. And maybe instinct—a trained, scientific, ball bearing instinct.A school professor would take about a day and a half to figure out on paper just where the ballwould light.And, of course, that would make him a little late in making the catch.The fielder had a tenth of a second.' rTENNIS TOURNAMENT• . » ___^ * ' *The annual summer tennis tournament of the Spokane Amateur Athletic club opens on the new club courts at Second avenue and Maple street this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. The final match will be held Sunday morning at 10. The semi-finals will be played Friday at 6 p. m. Dwight Henderson, chaampion in 1907, and Joe Bailey, who took the top honors in 1908, are not entered in the contest.chin*, is aboard the steamer Celtic, bound for Europe from New York. He made the 3000 mtle trip from Spokane to New York in fairlygood time. During his travels, he will advertise Spokane and give lectures. He is traveling under the [ auspices of the Spokane Motor club. 1vTHE INDIANSThe Indians wouldn’t care muchif it would rain about three days out of the week if they could be assured that a rain day rest for them would work ottt so profitably as that of yesterday. By Tacoma • slipping one over on the Seattle I team, Spokane is advanced a few. more points toward the top of thelineup and, of course Aberdeen is right along behind them.IRILEY ON THE OCEANWith but few accidents, aside from falling into a stream while going through Montana, and a few punctures to his motorcycle tires, T. E. Riley, the Spokane motorcyclist who started out this spring to encircle the globe with his main spite of the city’s regulation on bets at the base ball games, it begins to look as though the cops and the grandstand managers would have to get all their eyes to working to prevent t few of the fans taking financial chances on the prospects of the games during the present series between the home team and Aberdeen. The way the Black Cats have been clawing at the Spokane team’s heels for the last week or two has thrown a few of those oldtime five spot betting sports into another fit of desires to post up a few wagers.C77JPJT Di A V DAI ¥/*■ t a line nriu mi nuiiTo
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Spokane Press
Spokane, Washington, US
Wed, Jul 28, 1909
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