The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-05
land AND SEA SPORTS
,;..eer Place and the Harbor
Scenes of Hot Rivalry.
an oRs WIN THE TUG OF WAR.
-. struggle for Supremacy With
Recommendations War Ca
noes Have Fine Races.

s,cud despite the heavy rain and
pis s.terest was taken in all the events.
Fes-ssv in the tug-of-xar between the
- and the longshoremen and the
Ss,,ng contest. in which Champion
- suffered an ignominious defeat
CO.. - .reut was pulled off promptly. and
management was highly praised by
- PARTICIPANTS. Much annoyance was
80 nv the exploding of large fire.
osrsrs IN the crowd, and in one instance
u,s-r.--on. whose name could not be
.ssea vas severely burned on the face
: 1houeit the cracker was thrown
- are OF the windows in the Pioneer
| s.n5;nr Climbing the creased pole and
- endurance contest were postponed un-
| Z today and will take place at Lake
Washington.
No games began promptly at O'Clock
..a tug-of-war contest between two
..sms OF nine each from the Sewsboys'
r.sen. The teams were composed OF Col
az Burt. Higginbotham. Brennan. Dono-
- crandall, Pomroy, Harrison and
,sgis on one aide and May, Egan. o. Hig-
ssshotham. Eick, Pomeroy, Nicholas.
c,umitz Farmer and Alexander On the
<,a<r. The pull was limited to ten min
~ and at the end of that time the
an captained by Collins had pulled the
sssdkerchIef a couple of feet over the
ssnser and was declared the winner OF the
~ cash prize. The winning team was
rneh the heavier, but the losers made up
4 nluck for what they lacked in weight.
The rope climbing was next called, and
brought out large number of contest
sn;s The distance from the ground TO
- arm Of the telegraph pole on which
he rope was tied lgas about forty feet,
spd only two men out OF the host that
TIED reached anywhere near the top.
ADD they were Gordon Duncan and Z. p.
Kendall. who won first and second prize
yesDectiyely. Considerable amusement
szs furnished the crowd by several men
rho had more of a load 10 carry than
usual trying to reach the top. First
pspe would drop. then a hat and then
farm would shoot down. generally reach
Ing the ground in a dilapidated condi-
ton.
COMMANDERS In Their Glory.
The star event OF the day-the pie-eating
eon;est-was next announced. This was
tie signal for a burst of applause and
Champion Collins was the center of at
traction. He said he was in fine trim and
tod his friends 10 place their money on
hn as the long pull he had in the tug
of.war made him hungry enough to eat a
bakery. This was enough for the boys
and they hurriediy placed their shekels
On him. and many long face was the re-
suit. for the champion OF Champions was
beaten by boy with a much smaller
mouth. The story Is briefly told. The pies,
made Of raspberries. were placed on Ia
bic especially constructed, and nine boys
with mems appetites ranged along the
table. and at the word go" dived into the
pks with gusto that would do credit to
afam.shed knight OF the road. In couple
Of seconds there was raspberry pie every
where. Collins went to work with a rush,
and this Il what caused his defeat as he
fhccked considerable OF his pie on the
feo.. This, OF course, counted against him,
snd Mark Fisk a member OF the news
boys union, KEEP. up a slow but steady gait
al the time. and won the first prize. $3.50,
IN walk" w. Williams was second.
curley Brown third. and Collins nowhere.
From now on Fisk will carry the talents
money.
Sailors Win the Tug OF War.
The tug -of-war between the sailors and
icasshoremen. which had been postponed
from O'clock. was announced and the
crowd made rush for the arena In which
The sons Of Neptune and the hardy freight
vrsstiers were to pull for glory and $50.
The sailors were the first to climb through
the ropes and were given a hearty cheer
b. their admirers. They were followed
shortly by the iongshoremen. VINO were
also given round of cheering. Paddy
Gym. secretary of the sailors union. who
has cap.ained many team TO victory. was
IN charge OF the sailors. and j. Connolly
for the lengshoremen. Glynn won the toss
and chose the south eNd. which has
slight down grade. The men took their 20
siiicns and the word was given The
ianrshoremen Immediately gained a couple
Of inches. which advantage they held for
ten minutes when the better team work
az Gyms MEN began TO assert itself ana
The handkerchief began TO slowly move
the other way. Giynn would walk up and
dewn, waving his hands like a fan mill
and goading his men on to victory. Afte~
tagging for fifteen minutes the sailors
had gained about an inch. which they held
20 the finish. The winning team was be-
side itself with JOY and Glynn was lifted
70 the shoulders OF his men. Conneliy's
men made n gallant fight. but the supe-
TOR team work or the sailors was too
much for them. The pull was for twenty
minutes
The crowd expected TO have much
amusement over the next event, catching
The creased PIG. but they were doomed TO
disappointment. for the pig. which mas
evidently pct. refused TO run while there
vas any OF the pie dropped by Collins left
o. the floor OF the elevated stand. Edwin
Nichols caught him in IL seconds and
Willie Hagen I'm ; seconds.
The sack race and three-legged race
came in turn. T.. Z. Kendall winning the
fri and Slimmermish and BENSON the SEQ
ond. This wound UP the sports. and the
srowd made rush for the water front to
witness the Indian canoe races.
The games were in charge OF w. u.
GOODWIN. A. ]. Ballet. Prof. Van Der
ster, Fl. p. Nsdeau. II. r. Norton. y. n.
Hughes, with Bert Schoenfeld as time
keeper.
Summary OF the Results.
Following Is summary OF the results:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. team. headed by
Collins and May. Collins won by feet,
Prize, SIS
Rope climbing First. Gordon Duncan.
" second. T. =. Kendall. $3.50.
Treating contest-First. Mark Fisk.
80 second. W Williams. $50: third.
carsey Benson. 81 70
-, Fag-of-wsr. sailors vs.. longshoremen-
First. sailors, SO
catching CREASED pIg-First. Edwin
Nichols. ss5o: Second. Willie Hagen. SID.
sack race-First. +. =. Kendall s.. sec
eet' G. Sayre 81. third. August Delfei. .
iaree-legged race-First. Slimmermish
sai BENSON. s.: second. Seaman and
Smith. s..
Indian War Canoe Race.
When The sports in Pioneer place were
~ an end tho vast throng moved as IL
s1'eF common impulse 20 the water
a9a'r and shortly after O'Clock the
1888 And buildings from the Oregon I'M
s-sNenent coal hunkers 10 Scfrwabacher =
~lsFf were lined WITH thousands Intent
~sPn seeing the competition among the
s@ht Indian war canoes. All the while
VAS a steady and penetrating fail
Noisfea.
hailast islanf -vas a srent. OF nrfxontei