The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-04
ANATHLETIC SUCCESS
60 C. WINS At BASKET BALL.
so~ne Lively Contests In Which Good
Time r. Made-Ties Among sprint
erS-One Entry Protested.

re indoor athletic meet given by the
80 Mems Christian Association at the
.,r1rv las night Was a 5ompiets Sue
= hotn from an athletic and a fnan-
- s,snduofnt IL drew a crowd which
<slsS the nall watched the events with
- tnterest and frequently cheered the
e.--stitors 10 the echo. close contests
essiriuz their attention. The managers
s,se Y. NJ G A. may Justly feel proud
- saying achieved such success IN this
$50 arst essay In public amateur ath-
,s.,e contests The games were open
tsnaseaps. under the rules OF the Pacific
s~rsbEest Association Of the Amateur
Athletic Union.
r Was handicapped 50 heavily IN the D.
ssra dash and the 44o-yard run that he
ss,,la not win. In The serni-ifnals OF the
.1varA dash. however. he came down the
strsteh like a race horse. and won In
az seconds which equals the worlds
r-sord for that distanc f.. Coke Hill.
-x,o IA acknowledged to be the best
teag-distance runner in the Pacific
xorthwest. and possibly on the Coast.
ssauA " impossible TO overcome the odds
aga,nst him I'm the haIf-mile run. and al
1aough he turned of the laps In grand
s-yie he could not get better than third.
/, is worthy Of note that ne secured a
AMI was beaten out by only Jennings, a
I. A. A. man. who had a handicap Of t.
Yards and Fisken a handicap OF =
yards jennings Won both the 4t0-yard
dash and the haIf-mfls run, showing I'm
Zach case that hc was a strong. swift
runner He was protested because he
ran under assumed name. his name
tsng Archie Jenner Mention should be
made Of the good work OF &. NJ. Larsen.
s.alx Tt.n fasta a.
pnmmer in the running high jump r.
II. Westlake. s. A. C.. and g. Andrews,
L. A. a. and 7. NJ, G. A. did some re-
fsarkably good running in the 90-yard
dash, and only after running off two ties
did Westlake win. Since his Last ap-
gearance his Improvement has been some
taing wonderful. and unless something
unexpected happens. the 3. A. c. has a
most promising athlete.
The triangular relay race between the
+ A. C., y. NJ. C. A. and n. A. A. was
one Of the most exciting events OF the
evening, and closed in a grand contest OF
fpsed between Common. =. A. g. and
Andrews. 4. a. A. Connor brought his
eolors out ahead. but ne had 10 let him
self out In a manner that tested MS great
est speed. and showed the people what he
can do under pressure. Inverarity. West
hke and Carter did strong running for
he s. a g. relay team. The interest in
ne basket han game was quite pro-
nagnced and although the 3. a. c. boys
vx by score OF goals TO :. they had
fher hands full Mt every turn In the road.
Owing TO the fact that no Y. NJ. q. \.
nan won In more than one event. the all
around medal viii not be given. The Y.
u. c. A. men. although NOT doing perhaps
as well az they expected. feel satisfied
with the meet.
Everything combined 10 make the occa-
sion one long 20 Se remembered by those
present, and taken as a whole great credit
Is due the managers for the painstaking
care shown In all the minor details that
are so necessary 10 make such an event
a success.
William ~. Lewis. captain OF the Y VI.
c A. basket hall team who had charge
az the floor arrangements. showed by his
work that he has had good training he
fore he tried his hand In this city. One
o. the innovations was tho exclusion or
spectators from the center OF tho hall.
Two rows OF seats We're run around tho
wall and then came the running track.
twenty laps constituting n mile. The
starting points were ON the west side ~
the hall. The short distance running
track extended from the northeast corner
Of the building diagonaliy 10 the south
seSt corner. being thirty yards IN length,
Mise provision was the establishments
Of sort of "back-stop'' with hig pads.
against which the runners could so as
hard as they chose with little danger OF
.hiafing themselves, In the center OF
tse hg hall on the floor lay all the por-
tssls apparatus necessary for the jump
Tx events.
The crowd began to come about TO
o'clock In the evening. and notwithstand-
ing the some what Indictment weather kept
On coming until the gallery was filled ana
there was a good crowd on the main floor.
II vas a splendid gathering. comprising
representative people from the social and
business life OF the city.
Tho Thirty Yard Race.
Al Tso o'clock Starter T. = Lippy, who
is the champion hose coupler OF the world.
and Clerk Of the Course +. {. Sharp nut
up lhe alyard running track ropes and
got the tape line at the end OF the course
n readiness 10 be touched by the breast
q the first victorious sprinteT. Al SO
o'clock the first heat In the 5o-yard dash
vas called. -. Bruce. Y. NJ &. A: II. c.
Aammer. y. N. &. \. X. @. Bashei y.
\. c. A.. and j. \. Whalley. y. NJ. &. a.
made the first run Frank u. iugersoll
All Tracy a. Robertson held the tape
'on The mark" yelled Starter Lippy, the
san sounded and away went the men
-flammcr. with a seven-foot handicap
took the lead and was never breasted by
any Of his competitors, although Busheh
gave him a pretty run. Mr.. Pope an
Bounced PMmmer the winner IN 80 Sec
ends.
The second neat brough, out Upper.
smith, FreeburScr and Andrews. An
crews, [, \. y and Y. N. &. 4, took the
lead, and NON easily, with Freeburgcr
good second.
When Connor made his appearance on
ne track for she third heat he was re
viewed With loud applause. Wesflake.
4ttA seventeen handicap took the lead