The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-05
SPORTS OF THE DAY.
How the Crowd Of Visitors En-
joyed Themselves
sAll oAaAe A. MADISON STREET.

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The search Lishss.
whsteyer direction one chose - 80
yesterday afternoon amussmsnts vers be
fore him. The people had their choice -
% What they uoaid zee and turned their
courss sccordingty. Al the Seattle theaier
The Dsslsl frohmsn Lyceum Theater
Cosnpasy gsvs Q splendid rendering Of
thai famous society dsama, The Wife"
The audience, While mot large, Vas most
sslecs and showed thorough appreciation
a the nseyis0rtous artists. Another audi
sucs vitnessed THE Count" 1t cordrsy's
sbsater. where the boxes had been reserved
for guests Of the city.
While thsstsscaIs held sway in the city
outdoor sport reignsd along the shores OF
Lake washIngson and the Lake Union
boulevard. Ths crowds that paused into
Leschi pssk over the Yesler avenue cable
sosd aud By boss from Madison stsess
park mads one think that Barnum's cir
Gus wss 10 town. IL was m indiscrimi-
nass min&iing Of the sporting man and the
merchant. the country couple with locked
arms or ciasped hands and the city bred
lovers. the old and the young, the rich
and the poor.
One vas on IN eqcal footing with the
other and what Vas TO Be seen or heard
boss the mark Of common property. Dur
ing the afteynooa fully 5000 people lis
bsnsd to'shs music Of Lueben 4 Langer's
hand and - many Of those - could get on
che steamer Kirkland made the excursion
around Mercer island. In. addition 70 the
pleasure Of the boat ride with Its passing
panorama Of scenery the excursionists en-
toyed sweet music by the First Regiment
band II Was between $50 ana O'Clock
that Nine. Leland made the balloon ascen-
sion and parachute jump from the side
bill 1t Lsschi park before the vast
crowd OF people. From the time
the balloon WAS inflated until the
plucky and even danger-invising lady
was picked up in the lake everything
worked 70 . charm. Not the slightest
hitch Was noticeable In one way or an
other. The same thing was true in other
respects The animals were admired, but
not one child lost IT. hat by approaching
too near the sharp claws. So far a. known
not . boat MAS overturned or any ad-
vsnturous youth fell into the lake.
Along tho lake shore to Madrona. and
from that beautiful rustic retreat to Msdi-
son street park there was constant travel
during the afternoon. The principal At
traction ct the latter place was the ball
game between the Maroons and the Bel
bingham Bay Clubs. Rain prevented .
large crowd and the 300 sightseers that oc-
eupied the grand stand came away with
the impression that they had wit
messed anything but brilliant
exhibition OF the national game.
Tho grounds wsre vet. slippery. and in
consequences the ball Was hard TO handle.
The Msroons won by . score Of 10 to S.
bat to point out brilliant features would
puxxis . Philadelphia lawyer. In fact
more attention was paid during the last
three innsngs to the mischievous pranks
OF small boys with Arecrackers than 10
the game itself. Horting. the Naroons'
pitcher, played well and tielded his position
with good judgment. while Blanford gave
him fair support behind the bat Simmons,
who started to pitch for the Bellingham
Bay team. retired after tho second inning,
20 be succeeded BY young Seattle player
named Wright, whose work Was &C.
ecptabls considering the circum-
stances. He showed good speed.
With an out curve that will be
effective when we'll controlled. In trying
20 throw in-curves ct Parks no invariably
mistook the baisman for the plate. Big
Bill Wilson. the old Spokane catcher, who
Il now with the Bellinghsm Bay boys. got
In his usual timely hit with men on bases.
Those who went to Laurel Shade to see
che swimming race between g. II. Hobart
and Prof Max Deemler were disappointed.
The latter was anxious to race bu, the
former deemed the water too cold. and
had the race postponed to next Sunday.
While such sports were going on At Lake
Washington, tho cyclists were having
some good races along the Fremont boule-
ward. In each Of the I'VE events good anna.
teur time was made. and. considering the
condition Of the track. together with the
lact that bicycling is in its infancy here,
there WAS much to be commended. The
Seattle Cycling Club. Tacoma Cycling
Club aud the Seattle Athletic Club were
represented. As was predicted. Potter, of
she Athletic Club. won the mile open race
and certainly would have had an easy time
AZ tttC utitt 11su puk tbE tue H1uufC
Of fifty yards. He made splendid effort.
however. and finished second TO Gaileny.
Of the Seattle Cycling Club. who won in
! minute Is seconds. Among those who
made a good showing were Holland, Ta-
coma Cycling Club: Me>eiley. Tacoma
Cycling Club; Hugh. Seattle Cycling Club
aud Andrews. Seattle Athletic Club. Fol-
lowing Is = summary OF the races:
One mile. uovice--wen by Hugh, s C. C..
Cecil Lsngssoa second. b. y. Foy, : 4. G. third
Time, minutes.
Quarter mile dash-woa by H. Z. Potter, a A
@. n. r. osseeny, & L. {. second Time. IS Sec
ends
Ons tnsle. open Won by II. +. Potter. s. A. c.
Oscar Heilend. I. {. C.. second. e N. Anarews
B. 4. e., tassd. Time, minutes ~ seeonas
uali-.sils municipalities. scratch. 6sssnsy,
oyaras. Hugh isagsEon. NJ yards. Oscar ass.
lend, ~ yarSis-~wos By osfncy. = {. e. Potter
q A. e.. seeond Ilne. minute - sscanda
Oasf;sf rails. sBvstatsou-wa by MeNe.iey,
g Z. e. Alien. r. q G.. second
Judges Charles Kelley aaa Mr.. nean
hetesse~~Nr. Seymour.
elarssf-i. r King
Timer - Charles HaicenA
Most effective ascprati On -JAnaes Rss<,y.
1snellssee~-H. V. Y. Bean.
Az On previous days during her STAY
oerr, the Monterey attracted thousands
o. people curious In inspect the powerful
engines Of destruction ~ith which she is
equipped. The dozen passenger steamers
which carried people TO the war vessel did
Q COED business. They piled constantly