The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-16
TIE OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CLUB.
Something About fts Home and New
Ball Team.

The Olympic Athletic Club, whose or
ganization Is OF comparative recent date,
has enrolled upon its list some of Seattle's
best Drawn and muscle and is rapidly
gaining a name in athletic circles. The
latest move of the management is the Sc
curing of one of the strongest ball clubs in
the Northwest.
Its present headquarters in the old
Presbyterian church, corner of Third and
Madison streets, afford capacious accom-
modations for n club of no mean proper
tons, and are finely lighted and ventilated,
the building being so situated that it az
fords cool, airy retreat during the warm
summer months. Since the arrival of the
gymnasium outfit the clubs membership
list has been greatly augmented and the
affairs OF the club placed on sound finan-
cial basis.
The club Is we'll equipped with billiard
and pool tables. hot and cold water baths,
lockers. etc. The gymnasium, occupying
the second floor of the building, has been
furnished with the latest improved appa-
ratus and ranks well with the best clubs
Of its kind on the Coast. The initiation
fee and dues are low, and the club thus
offers a strong inducement 10 many who
10 pay q high rate of entry and are thereby
deprived of the many great benefits of
athletic exercises. AT the same time the
character and habits of each applicant are
carefully considered and high standard
of membership assured.
Several of the most prominent general
athletes on the coast are numbered among
the Olympic clubs members, chief of
Inrs naff Al "A
the four Romano brothers, Larry, Ernest,
Eugene ana Hector. The Romano boys
are not only athletes of well known in
dividual ability, but represent the club in
the aquatic line and have won many
championship contests and over 100 medals
on foreign waters. The Romanos are
champions with the four oar, double and
SINGLE sculls and Venitian style; they
have, however, beea unable TO participate
in any contests this season on account OF
their time being fully occupied with bust
ness affairs. Spencer anu Delfel are ex-
ceedingly clever performers on the flying
trapeze. bars and rings. They have re-
fused several lucrative offers OF profes-
sional nature.
The management has placed strong
ball team in the field, no. only TO play out
will be ready 10 meet ali representative
athletic teams in the spring. To this end
the Olympic club has entered the Puget
Sound Amateur League, and will fill the
place recently made vacant by the dis
bandment Of the Ballard club. whose team
has Joined the Olympics in body. This
move will place the Olympic club in
possession of some of the finest ball talent
I a . H..
crimson anu blue 10 the front. blonde,
the steadiest pitcher OF the amateur league.
will be the standby, with the following 10
use as occasion may require: Wright,
Clancy and Richard. THE latter two are
left.handers and give promise Of turning
out we'll Hodel is doing the catching
at present. bat Rodgers can step ia
and finish out a game If called on. He
is also splendid ouifielder.. good short
stop and hard hitter. CANCEL, who may
be termed the Jake Stencil" OF the
the Amateur League. will cover first, in
which position he Is the peer of any one
on the Sound. Fowles anu Cummings
will attend TO second and short re-
spectively. while Snyder has been placed
on the undesirable third bag. Delfel the
sprinter. Burke and Rodgers wall form the
outheld. Among other good players the
club can draw from are Barre, Murphy
aud Challar. The club has i've leit-handed
batters.
The officers Of the club are: President.
t. NJ. Dauitou: vice president. George f
Storey; treasurer, Frank Atwood; seere-
tary. {. j. Challar; chairman OF executive
committee. Ii. r. Nadeau; instructor, Prof
q. III. Hammersley. formerly ofthe olym-
pic Cluo OF san Francisco.