The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-10
THE GAMES SEPT. 10.
NEW RUNNING rRI
The 100 Yards Between Conner ang
Dickson to BE the Great Event
Tbs Com ml.-ce Ia Charge.

From nou or untii seD,enbsr e. xhen
lie r. ~ A. championship meet takes
Lc.acs In snls city az i. ii. L. 4. park. the
A. {, and I. VI. =. a. men .h0 hays
EAarge Of the meet viii do plsniy Of hard
work Entries .lll c.ose 5epAraoer g. snd
n: 10 urged that al ath5esss VINO Intend 70
Mfgmp-te vii send III their entries as soon
Is possible 10 J. s. Goldsmith. Seattle. TIE
krzeana Athletic cub has decided 20 send
large number Of men. and In addition
xehere rin - Al excursion OF L. A. (. cup
kroftegs.
Indications are that the crowd Hiii equal
Iaaat in attendance on the bicycle races ia -
I1fonday. rne yrand stand being nor COW
. Ell and IL plain sex OF the events. many
xeop.e VINO uaaer other conditions would
Hesitate about attending .ill 20 aud ehesr
tie feet runners and Jumpers.
OF course lie great event will BE- the
,DJ-ysra race between II. II. Coaaor i. NJ
3 r A., and Eddie Dickson. T. a. G. Last
spr1ng Dickson beat Common IN shls cltg.
| bit last Saturday Conner turned tAe tables
a. Tacoma The result is that the race at
the 7. u. G. a. park September II. when
Dickson and c0nnGT meet. wln be Ele De It
cunning race the Pseidc Northwest has
stnessed for Ave or SIX years. Al Ia
coma Connor thought he won without be
|.nz pressed hard. Dickson remarked.
. Seattle IL the championship games. and
. n yoa beat me IL VII be because you run
faAt@r."
Both Dickson and Conner desir. 10
smash the r. ~. A. record FOR 10 yards.
ard IN order 70 do 20 they Will have 10
sar ia IL is.
The contract WAS let yesterday By the
" e A. for the construe ton ~ a 220-
Yard circular track. 70 be finished Wedneg~
LAY. September ls. This viii give an OPP
portunity for every event to be handled
krrop~rly. aud II The tracks are In good con-
yoiti0n and TIE weather IL fayorabie some
records ought 10 suffer. The new track
will have ~ STINT directly tn front OF The
grand stand. Just inside the back stretch
OF the bicycle track. SIXTY yards from
the nnish 1t will run into the bicycle track.
thus making tha bicycle track itself the
home stretch ~ the 220-yard ran. People
| IN the grand stand Will ike thus. because
the finish will be tug where Tho bicycle
races are now started. The plans cali
fer track twenty feet Wide. with an z
per cent. bank. clay foundation. coated
wish clnders.
The games COMMITTEES IN charge Of tn.
championship meet is a follows
| g. Z Goldsmith chairman: II v v
Bean + @. Inyerarity. $ 4. c. ". n.
Lewis. pr G. a. Smith David Bruce. ~
". VI G. A. 4 r. Carlton, r A C.. a.
II. Nlilett First Regiment A. A Port
land. II. T.. Judge and 4. J. Goldsmith, of
| II. A. A Portland.
There II great deal Of speculation "a
| a. wh~tAer Portland Will send track and
l field team The oreganlan. however. has
stated that, no matter where the games
we're held, representatives would be sent
from the clubs a. Portland. II Was IN
fortunate that the =. A. G. accepted tho
games. reliuaaished them 10 Muitnouah
and WAS then ordered 20 proceed with
them. The Sound athletes would probably
~tn more prizes II the oregon men remain
|sl away. hu, they look 81 the question Ia
the light OF open games for all" AMI re-
ally desire the men who defeated the San
yFanclsea Olympus Clubs Representative
II come There IL not a man on Puget
keeund who can beat Pert keyrgan high.
jumping, and, while he would unaoubte3
| j. win II he came here. vet there are bun
6reds of reopls who would like to sec hlsn.