The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-31
SEATTLE NOT IN 1T.
Spirited Contests at Tacoma
Athletic Club Sports.
TACOMA WINS MOST EVENTS.
Mnitnomah Comes second. and Seattle
Gets Nothing. Through Bad Luck
Five Records Lowered.


Rad been Fassy all the morning. sz1ddez1-
~ changed al noon. ard before time for
the ffst event was called vas almost per-
fest The fasf5e~ were out 81 fl4gl fore be-
uecked with me cosors of fzssar favorste
teams. ard dsd Fhesr share towards esq
courvgfflg the cofee~ssazFs- The track WAS
sFsfe heavy. ard there Rzzs Aorne wind.
whk-h hothere-f the high jumpers a isttle.
buz these details were beyusld control OF
the officials. Everything esee tSsey had
arranged psdfes-fly. and are 20 be con-
gratailatef on rf4esr hansFI&nR of tire first
Us1tdoor meef held IN the state.
The Tacoma Athlete Club cane ont
es1ead, whining six frsfa. with the
efuIfn0rnah Amateur Athletic Club a
very close second. SECURING five
fuzts. The Po.rfasld Aasaletsc chib. the
Townsend Asfseesc Association and A.
torta e<2sh gof one first. ard Seattle got
nothing bsst that Is reflection on the
infringement. II Astoria and Townsend
have any more men good as the ore
apiece they se9ss over. they may look for
ward 10 Dividing things between them at
the next useet-
Mr. Hacker the referee, showed him
seif 70 f,e thoroughly Determined 10 ell
6yrre the rules ard 10 have she courage
OF his convictions. He disqualified West
lake after ne had won the quarter In
s,slesdid form, hat tlad 10 discretion 81
positively that wezsAake had violated rule
II in crossing 10 the irxside In front Of
competitor who was Ices than six fest be-
hind MIN. The TacoFnans made three dis
fIrscf protests agssEet him. bur ODDLY
err0ughly failed ~ notice fragrant foul
saiat one ~ ff1efr men had made against
him fHveavafa;y also Who ran tn remark
ably good form, Vas HsuTiy thrown from
ahe track By a Tacoma runner.
II wa a bad enoaiga day for Seattle,
bsa never heieee the MA jortty Of the l.5o9
psople on the grounds safd that the meet
vas Thoroughly enjoyable and Veaild do
sssuch to stimulate interest IN outdoor
enorts A. j. Brace. Of the Multnomah
Amateur A. hlss;ass Club. won first IN three
..ervta NOR. than the ilasf of any clubs
earned frsf~ Con1lor WAS badly oiit 1f
FORM cg~rg 10 hts having worked all
,saf,s and goaaen his digestion caFt of con
ssiion Decides.
The sao-yari run was the first event TO
come off and was exciting throughout
PnrvlS T. A. g. who had handicap or
~ Yards. held the lead for the first ESQ.
but then dropped behind. Tallant. Astoria
Football Club was scratch and did great
running covering the distance In 2.o'As
but did not get placed. A. J. Brace. NJ.
A A. c.: l.. Parsons, T. a c.. ana A. w.
whaliey. Y. NJ. c. A. very promising
runner. being the order in which the hrst
three crossed the line.
Next came the four preliminary heats
OF the l00-yard dash. in the first OF which
westlake war set hack for false start
and so lost all chance of winning against
McGregor The result WAS: II. Il. Sin
mott. +. A. A. g. II seconds. a. l.. Fuller.
NJ A. A. G.. II seconds Rnsheli. Y. NJ G.
A.. II seconds; McGregor. Il. A. G..
10 s-5 seconds.
While these events we're I'm progress
on the track eagle-eyed Flanagan was
on the field being instructed in the art
OF putting the shot and taught the DIFF
ference between putting II and throwing
it. AS soon as his mind had clearly
grasped the distinction he put IL 10 feet
% inches and took FIRST place
Taitant. of the A. +. A, was on scratch
again for the one-mile run and won s.
fly by something like eight yards. ON the
home stretch he looked over bis shoulder
saw where he was slowed 10 a walk.
and reaching the tape. tossed II over his
head. Purdon. OF the T. a. C.. with a.
yards. had the lead the first three-quar-
ters OF mile. but then fell back. Curtis.
T. a. G.. came In second badly used up,
and Fisken. S. A. G. third, running pref
thy. Had the Seattle runner Judged his
pace more accurately he would have GER
tainly made second.
The final heat of the i00-yard dash.
which MAS the next event WAS intensely
10 S-S. heating Fuller. VI 4. A. c.. I'm the
last ten yards only. Fuller ran Mp and
shock hands heartily with MacGregor
right after the finish.
The 4it-yard run was given 10 Martin
OF the i. A. C.. whom. IL vas claimed
Nestlake fouled. Wcstlake's time was
% A. and Martins % -. Rushell and =
]. BrRzee, both OF l.. a A c. tied for
second place. hat Brace having only 4
yards handicap while Bushcll had 10 he
was given the decision.
Next came three preliminary edward
heats which resulted as follows: r /.
Nonsou. OF the Port Townsend Athlete,
Association. "a % seconds. 4 /. FnI,er
NJ. \. A. G.. 3 seconds nat; and w. Hon
sNman, NJ. 4. a. c. a SIS seconds
me result OF the lfp0und hammer
throwing was here announced. First Z,
Y. Lee. +. 4. \ T.. al feet inches. ia
Flanagan scratch T. \ 4, = e.,
inches.
\. Van Booeklin. T. \. G. then bea, Y
Naistrem. also r. \. g, about Is inches
IN a mile bicycle race.
This was followed by the sen-yari bu--
die. close aiad pretty race. Won ~, fhN
most graceful OF runners. ". Ioneyrna,,
-. y, \. =. in y 20 seconds. \. &. Stew
art, T, A G, being second.
Then cam~ the 80 yard fanal class race
wen beautifully ny T l.. Mansor. =
\. y. in q 90 seconds. r II Ssnnoft >
A. c, who had led. being about six
snches behind him.
The next event was eso-yara dash FOR
I. \. G. Juniors. won by Edward pL~k-
second.
\ J. Brace. NJ. 4. \ c. wen the run
nins high Jump. clearing feet < inches.
+. r Atkins. y " = \. and IN p
MorEen. VI 4. \. G.. tied Fog se.enl At
ieei inches. COIN Was tossed ana