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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-24
A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Proposed Organization to Be Formed
by Consolidation.

While no definite steps have been taken toward
tho consolidation of the Pacific Northwest and
the California leagues, the idea seems to be
gaining ground among the hackers of the ma
tional sport. Both leagues, especially the Pa
ciic Northwest, are badly handicapped in ar
ranging their schedules by only having a circuit
of four clubs. The fact, too that the same clubs
come around so often tends TO lessen the inter-
est Reports from California indicate that the
baseball public there is growing tired of league
confined TO the state, and that it would hail
with pleasure the introduction of cities from
the northern coast. The same idea prevails to a
considerable extent in the Pacific Northwest
Cities particularly in Portland.
Without any certainty of such league being
formed, there has been great deal of figuring
on the makeup OF q circuit of eight cities. All
of these states, without exception, drop out
Spokane as being inaccessible. This being the
case. a circuit of more than six cubs seems out
of the question, unless a team could be placed
in one of the smaller Sound cities, which Is not
at all probable. One circuit proposed Is to keep
Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and San
Jose in the league, include Portland, Tacoma
and Seattle, and then take in Los Angeles in
place of Spokane. Oakland would then be
counted as a northern club. This plan, how
ever, is altogether impracticacle. The territory
of the proposed league having such great
extent il is necessary that the northern clubs
be TO a certain extent punched: likewise the
southern clubs There would be no trouble
about the clubs to the south, but there woald
be to the north. Only three towns, Portland.
Tacoma ana Seattle. are to be considered. Oak
land, from its situation, would not do at all rs
one of the northern division, as it is fully GOO
miles from Portland. so, too, Los Angeles is
barred out, since il is nearly 800 miles south of
San Francisco. By reason of the time lost in
travel, and the great cost of transportation. 1t
would be necessary Tor all OF the southern clubs
TO start north together and complete the circuit
before they return to play among themselves;
the Northern clubs would follow the same plan
concerning their southern trips,
Under these conditions nothing more than
six-club league seems practicable This would
include Portland, Tacoma and Seattle TO the
north and san Francisco, Oakland and Sacra-
mento 10 the south. The six cities would have
a combined population OF $4,000 TO draw from,
distributed as follows
San Francisco so, 200; Oakland, 5000; sacra-
mento, 5000; Portland, 10000: Tacoma, 5000;
seattle $1,000. In case of the organization of
such league the promoters of the scheme
n ght think IL advisable TO extend the circuit TO
eight cities, even If they were not all as large
as might be desired. This being aclub might
be placed at Victoria, or even Bellngham bay.
At the south there would be no trouble about
another member with san Jose and stockton 70
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-24
Grand Performance Tonight at cordray..

Novelists, at least the majority of the most
popular nowadays, delight TO dwell on
the history of love before marriage. Once
the altar is reached and the final benedic-
ton is pronounced, they have little else to
say about the angel and her happy mate.
except that the time honored custom of
throwing the slipper and scattering the
rice is duly observed. Such writer's are
far from fame, ana still farther from the
heart of the great humanity which bravely
fights the battle of life. long after the
glory of the morning and the briliiancy of
the noonday have faded into sweet memo
ries, For them the sacred halo around
the altar of home-the reflection of sancti-
fed love in hearts knit together by COM
mon SORROWS and by mutual joys, has less
attraction than the dewdrops pressed by
the foot of the lovesick maiden as she
trims among the roses. whispering to them
the secret of her JOY.
The writer of From Virginia" shows
his proficiency as a student of home life
He loves to dwell on the delights which
hover around the hearth OF those happily
mated. and with delicate and refined skill
he interweaves with the main features of
the story the thousand and one little sur
prises which love leads the happy and
loving wife and the loyal and devoted hus-
band 10 practice on each other. The tone
and moral of the play is infinitely refresh
ing. and the only thing one regrets is the
sad final, vet in truth this is in touch with
nractical life, when it is borne in mind
how often We are denied that which can
alone make existence worth the having.
Seattle theater-goers will be most agree
ahIv entertained tonight by the tirst rep
resentation of From Virginia" as Miss
isabel Morris and Mr. George Vessels will
appear in the leads. The house should be
thronged, as the Cordray management Is
under great expense by the engagement of
these high paid artists.
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ress the bulletins received continuous news ~
seattles second victory. Every inning posted
up was watched with great eagerness by the
Fortiand players, so much SO that Darrah forg 4
10 coach aud devoted his whole attention to the
black board.
Despite the great interest shown over the Go.
attic game, GleDalvin's men did not forget to
"a" WOOD about the bases. field and plate. They
$1,000 oy the game manfulIy and got three of
tneir I'VE hits in the last four innings This in
saying good deal for them, as France was in
tne oest OF trim and lost no time in putting his
. victory In his sack The left handlers, with
.ne exception OF Abbey, could do nothing with
MIN, Lyle striking out twice and Gienalyin
twice, while what hits they made were gobbled
up by the infeld In great shape
ra.ton work during the game was praise
worthy IN the extreme. Work began today to
Iatten MS average at the pitchers expense, as
TWO OF his hits nearly carried Jones paws of
MS arms. His two-bagger in the sixth was
huge swipe against the center field fence.
bumpus Jones was not in very good trim. As
long as there were no men on bases he would do
good head work. but so soon as a base on balls
would come along, then the coachers would
ma MIN easy and runs would result Before
PORTLAND gets out of town they viii have some
thing to remember Tacoma by, as the locals
promise them good basting
Tacoma failed to do ANYTHING for a connie of
innings IN today's game, but the third saw them
break through with something like riot Full
Ter, sippi and Cody took first on balls and
hutchinson and Sunday mingled in hits with
TINS wild pitching, and four scores came in.
Portland had hitherto had the lead by getting
1ienalvin around the bases in the first on
Marchs error, a steal and wild pitch, aud it
was not till the fourth that they hit the ball
safely. In the sixth, with two out GIeualvin
ana George took first on balls, Abbey was hit
with the ball, and the first two runners scored
on MOTIFS neat single, that being their first good
hit OF the game
Tacoma scored once in the sixth. Patton took
nrst on balls and Work, by singing two-baser,
brought him IN from third, where he had gone
on steal and wild throw
In the ninth Tacoma made their sixth run on
sundays base on balls, passed ball, and sippi's
sale hit Graft had an off day. his three passed
balls and two wild throws letting in several
runs. The score:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-24
REVISING NEW BILLS.
Mr.. Charles r. Fishback on Appeals t
the Supreme Court.

Mr.. Charles +. Fishback, referring to
the approaching convention of lawyers at
Tacoma and the suggestion of the Posi-
INTELLIGENcER as to a commission to re-
wise laws before final passage by the legis-
lature, says he heartily approves of it.
The need of some such revision is very
evident.
THE code, as prepared by Judge Lair
Hill, promises to be, so far as he can make
it, an admirable compilation, but he is
hampered by the failure of the legislature
to pass necessary bills to make it har-
monious. | fear the effect of piecemeal
legislation. The attention of the conven-
ton at Tacoma will no doubt be directed
to the matter and preparations made to
impress upon the next legislature the
necessity of completing the statutes even
before proceeding to the enactment of new
laws"
Mr.. Fishback also cordially approves of
the simplifying OF the method of carrying
cases TO the supreme court and will proba-
bly, be heard on the subject.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-24
SUCCESS OF THE KENT MEETING.
Close of q Good Week Of Horse Racing
Programme for Today.

The past weeks sport at Kent has success
fully demonstrated two or three things that peo-
pie have up to the present been unaware of. A
fast track is possibility in King county. II is
possible to attract good horses People will
patronize the combination when it 10 well man.
aged, and there is good timber in the judges
stand.
During the six days that ended Saturday even
Ing there were twenty-three races of more than
ordinary interest These were such favorites rs
Malcolm, Ceur d'Alene and two horses that
have the generally accepted reputation, at least,
OF having earned the greatest of pennants to
the horsemen, the worlds record. These
were the famous Montsna quarter horse, Jim
Miller, and Cyclone, whose record of :34l1,
made at Helena, Mont, August 20, 1889, was
lowered three-fifths of second by Eclipse, jr.,
July z, last on the same track. But Cyclone was
an aged horse when he made his best time, and
the wonder is that he should still continue to
be the favorite that he is, and that he should
even now continue to stay in the short dash as
well as he has done repeatedly.
Good horscmen are enthusiastic over the new
track. There commentator is enough to quote.
The fact that the average attendance at the last
six days meeting has been 1900, and that a reli-
able estimate of the last days attendance places
the figures at $500 is enough from the patrons
OF Northwestern horse racing
prominent Oregon breeder said, Saturday:
"The track at Kent is destined to be the fastest
OF any anywhere on the Coast. 1t is simply
wonder that so much has been done in SO short
a time
This observation is borne up by the great
smashing of state records for 4-year and 3-year-
olds that was carried on at the beginning of the
week.
The meeting may be considered a success
from financial standpoint. This means great
many things. Popular support Is everything to
sport like racing horses and prizefghting.
TIE unfinished pacing race begun Saturday
will be great contest. The deciding heats will
be run this AFTERNOON. Rosie C. IS still a good
favorite. The rest of the programme will be
filled by a match race between White Bros.'
roadster Kirkland and Angus MacCauley's
Travatta, who made good race for
second place in the race to wagons Friday. Both
horses will be hitched to sulkies. They are
pretty evenly matched. Green River Belle, q
local mare who is supposed to have some dash
about her, will run against Joe Wynne. The
last event arranged is five-eighths OF a mile
dash, in which Regal, Raindrop, Smoothwire
and Jim r. will run.
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THE FUTURITY STAKE.
Fine String OF Horses to Be Run at
SheepShead Bay.

NEW YORK, Aug 2S.--It is calculated that the
Futurity stake to be run next Saturday at
Sheepshead bay will be worth $4,000. The fol-
lowing colts and files have not been declared
out and are eligible to start: His Highness,
Merry Monarch, Yorkville Belle, Victory, Ted
Matthews, Tammany, Bashford, Georgia, Dagonet,
Bracelet, Absconder, Lamplighter, Pickpocket,
Arnold, Hamilton, Nettie B., Kalua colt, Lew
Wier, Colonel Clay, Transit, Rhoda COLT Mars,
The Peppers, Lord Motley, Anna R. Wah Jim,
Vestibule, Greenwich, Annie Queen, Salonica,
st. Argentine, La Danseuse, Zorling, fremont,
Fedilia, Count, Manhansent, Silver Fox,
Hapenny, Glauser, Maid of Athol, Lester, New
ton, Charade, 0utcraft and Lilly B. colt. st.
Florien's dam was not entered and hence the
colt is not eligible
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Anson by the second baseman as the proper
man. Having made a good find in Glenalvin
the Chicago captain thought that his judgment
about players might be equal TO his ability to
cover second base. so he too Lyle on trial.
In the very first game, with a man on second,
the batter cracked out single TO right field.
When Pap got hold of the ball instead of
throwing home to head of the runner who had
been on second he lined the ball to Glenalvin,
while the man scored without any trouble. Aft
erward, by way of explanation, Lyle said that
0lenaivin was the only man in the team that
ne knew so he threw the ball to him. "Psp'
lasted just one game with the Chicagos.
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Cameo I'm California.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 23.-Morning game: San
Francisco 4, Oakland g. Afternoon game: San
Francisco 9, Oakland g.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23.-First game: San Jose
II, Sacramento 2. Second game: San Jose 5,
Sacramento p
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-24

Nuns esrned-of Petty |.
IWc-base h3tS-irwln stencil, Turner.
ihfee-b base hlt-Po hUmua
9 ,bNuble plays-fetty 10 shea to Schoeneck
e,ea 10 fhe!an o. SChocueck.
Bases on called tal S-On Rorchers {.
nn'Faek out-By Petty 1, by Boreaers 5.
htd pl5ch-By Petty l.
lime of game-i:S0
lmp.re--"Con" Strnthers
seerer-Portus Baxter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-24

American Association Games.
DENVER, Aug. 23.-Denver 6, Kansas City 8.
SIOUX CITY, Aug. 23.-sioux City 5, Omaha 6.
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Dodees Defeat Olxmnic.
Western A,sociation q,

OLYMPIA, Aug. 23.-tSpeciaL lin the game of
baseball here today the Dodges won over Olympia
by a score of is toe
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ST. LOUIS, Aug 2.-St. Louis 6, Columbus 7.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 23-Louisville Milwaukee
game postponed on account of rain.
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The sunGay excursions on the steamer MIX
ana are growing "a popularity. LAKE the les
.sF aye.lge cara
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TACOMA 6. PORTLAND S.

'oethpaw France Pitches the Tailend-
ers to Victory.
.1ASosA, Aug. 2S.-tSpeeisL l-Glenalvin COW
80 - .ou19 game. 4 meant great deal 10 his
nsadips, ta. While lasxsae was in pges-
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Runs earned-Off Jones 2
Two-base hit-Work.
Hits made-Of France 5, of Jones 6.
Times at bat OF each pitchers opponent-31
each.
Double play-Patton, Sippi, March.
Bases on called balls-Of Jones 8, off Frances
Bases from being hit by pitched balls-By
France ..
Struck out-By France 5, by Jones s.
Passed balls-By Graf 3, by Cody 2.
Wild piteh-By France /.
Time of game-1:D.
Umpire-McDermott
Scorer-T. g. Kershaw.
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Twenty dollars ....ys> away at HIS Fr0as
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Standing of the Clubs.
Following is the standing of each OF the four
clubs OF the Pacific Northwest League to date:
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500 .Png.t sound Ezhiblt'' in ..Exhihit Box.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-11-07

Talk about the danger to life and
limb from the woman carrying para
sol, she isn't a circu instance to the man
with an umbrella. AS rule he car
ties that lethal weapon in one or two
ways. If he feels pretty good and de-
cides to take q brisk walk ON
crowded thoroughfare. he grasps his
nm oreiia firmly in such a way that
ms thumb is pressed on the end of the
handle. and then frantically swings il
so that it viii prod anyone who comes
within six feet of him behind. If he Is
not SO lively, or if he is climbing an
elevated stairway. he carefully tucks
his umbrella under his arm in such n
way that it viii almost certainly knock
IN eye out of anyone coming behind
him. Such men are dangerous and
ought to be put under restraiqt Y.
Tribune
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-11-07
a oooR-kNoB PROBLEM.

One That Puxxie-Solver Had to Civs
Up.
The other day man who is so fond
OF mathematics that he is never SO
happy as when setting himself hard
sums, tried to give some sort of an av-
erage OF the amount of work, and time.
and strength, and health, and patience
and good nature that could be saved II
every body opened and closed the doors
OF all the houses by means of the door
knobs. OF course he had to give it up.
But think of it one moment. Think
OF how many doors there are in one
house, and how much time it takes
every week to scrub off the dirt which
need not be there If the fingers closed
upon the door-knob instead of the door.
Watch yourself, and watch your
friends as they let themselves IN and
put. They turn the knob if there is NO
other way of entering, and then trans
Ter the hand to the door, feel of the
wood for awhile, and then push II to
with the fingers upon the paint instead
u the knob. "Show me human
aid the wife of Thomas CARLYLE, "who
;an open and close q door without
'lamming it and without leaving
mark upon it, and I will show Won
ome one whose acquaintance Won
would do well to cultivate"
Mrs. Carlyle evidently understood !
ne use OF door-knobs.-Harper's Young
'eople.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-11-07
A CIRCUIT OF AMERICA.
The Striking Tale Of Western Union n
graph Operator.

The Striking Tale OF Western Union Tale
graph Operator.
The going down of the Western Union
wires one night drove one of the nervous
gentlemen who taps an instrument in
that Office into a reminiscent mood.
The telegraph man found the gentle
man in question in the rear Office with
his feet resting upon the ssquad'' and
his pipe in his mouth waiting for the
re-establishment of electric communi.
cation with the outer world.
This wire going down tonight,
boys he said, reminds me of an ex.
perience that I had in Portland one
night three years ago last winter, which
Is perhaps the rarest ever had in my
twenty years at the instrument. 1t was
that OF working on probably the largest
circuit ever operated at one time in the
United States The weather was stormy.
and early in the evening the wires on
the Southern Pacific went down inst
east of Deming. N. M.
THAT was already bad enough, but
the situation grew alarming. when a
O'Clock, Omaha eeported All commu-
nication with the east shut of. Then
knew we were in for it, for not a line
OF tie night Associated Press was in
and we had only the wires on the
Northern Pacific to work on. Time was |
limited and we had to get the report !
through to every town in the west |
This is how it was worked: CHICAGO |
connected with St. Paul, and St Paul |
with Helena From the latter place
was made with Butte, OGDEN. |
omaha and Cheyenne, and from Ogden |,
% Deming way to the south.
From Helena connection was made
With Portland, from that poiut with
seattle, Tacoma and New Westminster
o the north, and San Francisco, Sacrar
nento and Los Angeles to the south.
)ne man rushed that report out of Chi Il
ago and we all took il from him. il II
vas repeated at relays automatically. +
don't know how far that business
raveled in miles, but l know it was
!ashed from the extreme north of the
)nited States to the extreme south and
rom the far east to the shores of the
'acific, besides chasing on 1T cat-a-
orners at dozen different points,
cattle Telegraph
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-11-07
MORAL MAGIC.

Think often of mems worthy ways,
Speak rarely Of their bad ones;
Sing freely of your happy days,
Keep silent Of your sad ones
1t Is not right to fret and sigh,
And when grief sleeps to wake it;
Pure happiness Is standing by
Our life Is what we make 1t.
Look on the nobler side OF each
Still trusting firmly in It;
"A prize there Is within your reach
II you but try TO win it.
Why let chain hold you in pain.
8 When you with ease can break III
See inyour hand the magic wand
This life is what we make it.
Lift up your eyes when you are sad.
Your lonesome heart strings aching;
Behold, the world at heart is glad.
In smiles at all points breaking.
Fresh streams Of bliss are ever flowing;
Deny your thirst or siake IT;
Both here and there where you are going,
Your life is what you make it.
The deeds we do or leave undope
Make sweet or nauseating
Both what we meet beneath the sun
And states beyond 1t waiting;
And let kind fates the soul compose
Or cruel fortune shake it,
Through all the way true insight shows
That life is what we make ii.
The strongest magic in the world
Consists OF shared cmotion;
Beneath this nag aloft unfurled 2s
AL sparkles like an ocean.
The heart may brood alone in blight
Till dead disgust doth cake IL;
A friend draws near with love and light
And life is what these make it.
Then pruise to those whose cheerful hearts
Shed hope and JOY about them;
At each dear name the courage starts
We had not known without them.
Our earth should be q happy spot
To all who may partalse It.:
The faults their own II 1t is not;
Tor life Is what we make it.
w. r. Alger. in Woman's Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-11-07

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