The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-17
VIC. A. Men Run, Jump and
Wrestle at the Armory.
ga BENEFIT FOR PROF. LiPPY.
Whit Hundred People. Many OF Them
uoruen, Witness Good Clean
sport The Winners.

~er..er sex The games we're all interest
- ana IN come cases holly contested.
g. the enthusiasm reached Its climax
zen Or. J. y. Eagieson presented Sir.
,sgv aith Z Winchester f3-csliber rife
erers The T. NJ c A athletes. and told
t,us that he might have occasion 10 shoot
h<sr while tramping around In Alaska
.ftsr the applause had subsidized Hr. Lip
~ announced that he was not a speech
rsker. hu: assured the audience and the
Iarors OF tile handsome outfit that " Re
at bear ne would salute him vsith the
sarullments Of the athletic members Of
ths =. d. e. a. IN the shape OF a bullet.
The programme was not too long Itself
tst time had to be given company u. -.
W. 10 go through the process OF an In
specti0n-
TIE thirty-yard dash was interesting,
bat wound up with disappointment
h~causc Frank atkins. who had won his
trial heat ard semi-fnAl with ease. was
lsff on the nagk Six heats had been run
ana the finals brought out Frank Atkins.
David Bruce. S. ST. Humes Bruce had a
handicap Of two feet. Every one was on
shs aptoe Of excitement. and one pretty
litle blue-eyed girl said she thought
Frank Atkins looked awfuily cute In his
rel running costume.
"r0e the mark said Starter Lewis. The
men all got ready. and leaning forward
touched their hands TO the floor. that be-
M the fagorite style among the Y. NJ. c.
A men. All three were or before the pis-
tol. 90 they were called hack for another
start Atkins was not ready, but the pis-
foi went. and 50 did Bruce and Humes,
IeaFing Atkins az the post. II was a pref
% race. but Humes won by a fair margin
10 ~ seconds. As matter % fact il
vas the fault Of the starter. not Atkins.
that be wss left. but there was no unpleas-
snsness. because II was a mishap.
IN the running high Jump Atkins gave a
pretty exhibition, clearing feet ! inch
HIS nearest competitor was Al Ewing. A
VERY tall and quite graceful jumper. who
cleared the bar at feet IN inches. As
usual. the relay race was holly contested
sst ths fact that there were four men run
n.nx In heat made II confusing. The
Reds" with Nhalley. win Meyers. Card
ncr and Upper. won. but as the saying
goes they had to saw wood pretty hard
In the first heat Whaliey. OF the Reds. and
II Gate, OF the Blues, ran four laps al
most neck and neck. The Judges gave the
beat 10 lie Gate, but the decision was on a
hairs breadth. The second heat was won
BY WIN Meyers. who did some pretty
sfinting. Gardner held the lead in the
thrt heat. and then came the final. Upper
for the Reds was collared by johnson Of
the Hlues and around they went. I'pper
despite the efforts Of Johnson managed 90
hold hts own. winning the heat ana thus
giying the Reds first honors In the last
heat Frank Atkins ran Tor the Whites bat
D. hal too much space TO cut down IN order
70 VA. As Il was. he made up fully forty
Isc'. but even that did not bring him "A
close rival 10 Upper
X was evident from the Interest taken IN
fhe gatch-as-catch can wrestling match
N.fr 4 -. -
III audience enjoyed the sport. lie Gate
wan the only fail made in the ten minutes
wrestling time by catching his opponent
around the body. or waist hold" and
dropping him on the mat Il was a clever
riece Of work. and ELECTED hearty ap-
pause. IL Gate weighed i1g pounds and
Sharp L. pounds Mr.. Leather refereed
the match. u was evident from the way
ths wrestle-s SPARED Tor an opening that
they were wary Of each other The mat
VS. TOO small for q hard ami long contest
The time announced for the fan vas ?
minutes and % seconds The last eight
minutes 81 the match saw some really
tn@r maneuVerns. but neither succeeded
n q, oring 2 fati.
The club swinging hy Prof IIppy and
class also the parable bar work. was very
h;gresiirE Nlekersnn and Humes 1it
some unusuahy clever aouhi" turus on tho
bars and Leather performed one or two
ytrs diTiculj feats-
TIE exhibition hc-so arm BY The Junior
cas- brought out q long string ~ little
fl'ows who Gii their work "a manner
;hst could rot fat 90 make th~fr Instructor
r tTlri fraialug a Juvenile class u
aaltsoBs Athi fes g. sob not 20 be en-
W.
~, n.w s,stcm ~ scoring was useI ~
n e-eNe. oQll game This caused Cont
pa d. y g W. to seafc two less points