The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-21
NTH THE ATHLETES.
What the Pacific Northwest
Men Have Accomplished.
eaeAr ADVANCEMENT SHOWN.
- Credit of Success Of Champ1o.-
ship Games Due 10 the Labors 81
Inver&rify and Lewis,

10 connection with the champion game.
/ - .Ie r. " \ Of the Amateur Athletic
r.,oo Of me United States. held N thls
nv yesterday. Il is interesting 10 note
- Improvement made since 1874, when
., FRS, annual champion ship contest
:oox place
- txa. n. " NcG-egor, T. A. G
ssa the hundred IN u seconds. while
rsass Dickson. T. a. G., won last
s.s.rcay in % - On a soft ,-a@x'
f~,artsaly judges say TIA, there
: no. a DOUBT bat that he would
Eve made - Gat IL The track had been
|. o-ocer condition. a. L. Fuller Vas
.se first chzu8Tgo1 IN tho 70 run. his tine
h<lar "A secon1s There ts no data a.
ssse to show what kind OF track he ran
:. or what other conditions material To
Is, tine were. ys. Eddie Dickson won
ts Q IS Saturday on q track ina. was
ssrT slow.
no frs. quarter mile champion was
RS. Farrell. u. - A. G. with - is sec-
srss 20 rs credit. Coyne. n a 4 G.
rsa this year on good track IN g Is.
Ii 1874 ". r. Tailant made the half IN
tH iG p. F. Burnett NOT Saturday By
s.x margin IN Eos %. j. he had been
,-ysnz for q record ne could have made
e. tine two seconds faster at least ",
TaIiant made the first record 81 tae
rslIs run AZ 44i s-5. He still holds the
sscord with 90 but 3. f. Burnett, 81 A.
A C.. made the distance in 4.42 SATURDAY.
ass no doubt could have beaten the reg
c-s a. be was not pushed az the finish
"a r Morgan was the champion hu--
Ger. 10 yards. in 1894 his tine being
g rs seconds Saturday he eq1aied MS
ssss record IL IS. and Il would no, have
Aees stretching a point 10 have given
Aln fifth better. because several watches
yere at Is Is The big interG3sieg!afa
CANE. held n New York May 81 OF the
,resen. year. ala not bring out better
hz-dI!ng than vas done here SATURDAY,
~ Morgan. on a soft track ar that r.
c Perkins. OF Yale. won the gntercol-
srsate IL Is Is. The FIRST time Morgan
~oh the - hurdle he did :; IN = as Sat
s-t4y, or a new track. without being
s<Asss1 he was a rfsh slower
II 1874 ". c. Korron won the mile walk.
tie s:s5- r. \. r. Young established a
rex record Saturday by walking IT IN
- The first champion two-fnl!e bicycle
rider sas II. p. Hewett r. a A. C.. In
u. tine of 81 IS. Bartholomew rods
Ainroay In sos 2-5. Bert Kerrigan. VI.
A. c. won the running high tunp in
~ with 5 feet "a inches. He Is sin
champion with Zee; ST. inches Satuv-
k1y both kerrigan and Frank Atkins Y.
san las made feet inches. bat not I'm
ssrlss that count IN the r. " A. record.
r 5. FarrEIl. NJ. y. A. G. was the
Champion broad jumper in 1884. with -
Zee; 10 inches. Tom Barrsger. It. A. &.
made :, feet Saturday. which IS siz inches
short az the l. y. a record. held Jointly
~ Rsrrager and Merl Johnson. OF Stan
fsFa ~. G. Brown. NJ A 4. c. won Tie
y5ae vaul, In i.'.s al 8 feet Don" Pal
a.
eTday. and probably could have done
slightly better The l. y n record IL
I'D By Bert kerTigan az - feet inches
Ktrrsgan was ID 70 Palnlsr-s form Sat
lriay
Az The first championship games 4. l..
sephers, NJ A 4 g. won the Is-pound
shei-patting contest. Nth "a feet IA inch
e. Ed Flanagan put only g feet inch
- saturday, bu: he was not feeling well,
snt moreover was not called upon to ex-
~; himself % win. The r y \ present
reeard Is not az band NJ NenaenhaiI
Won the is-pound hamner-fhroa!n event
= lsss with - feet 3 inches. Saturday I'd
flanagan stopped AZ - feet inches be-
cause ae did not geel well H. r Hayden.
E5wnsend A. A. threw III feet The first
the the S-pouna weigh, was thrown
casriss r. lee won with - feet s inches.
Fsnnigan tossed Is . feet IS. INCHES Sat
u7tsy. while Hayden made - feet 81
.Hcae.
The 5. A. g. srd 7 NJ C. A men were
fssset % think that the people % Seat
q and Tacoma turned out in numbers
ssTcient 20 pav expenses There vas
sarTias = about - Not lonx ego The
'Tsgonsan % Portland VAS under the i'm
weston that if would be unwIse TO hold
re enampions1ip games IN Seattle. ow-
~ % The poor patronage that might %
ts1eeted. Undoubtedly thia impression
~ nov be removed Tha success % the
s.faes 3 due "a thu untrinx energy -
NAlian II. Lewis Of the Y M G A. and
lanoAn q lnvcrarlty. ~ the : a =
.tseFs contributed toward the success.
sii see bulk ef me work vas done BY
Htse two
Fat Igltnomah athletes returned hon.
yssisFday morning on th~ early train.
"a very happy state % mind over their
no ess