The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05
AT Y. N. C. A. PARK.
Creased Pigs, Creased Poles
and Other Sports.
THE P.-l. BALL TEAM DEFEATED.
ssTood's Gets TO tia Top oT the foie,
and Duncan Drives HONE the
Slick Porksr.

climbing the creased pole 20 cassceA
game. and all OF them were more or less
entoysc BY the 500 people WHO sat tn the
grand stand or on the bleschers. The com
nifses OF the T. NJ c. A having the az
fair IN charge. aimed At making IL = dsversi-
fed afsernoor. and In this Il succeeded ad-
r1rably. The programme was 90 arrargec
thai an exciting event followed one az a
ludicroas nature, thus keeping the crowd
n good humor and ~ the sane time hold
Ing IL for the nnal feature. the baseball
game between the champion PTS ard
the 7. n c. A team Had the weather
bean ordered for thu occasion IL could rot
have beer better. TIE sun being partially
ooscured BY clouds. ard . refreshing breeze
keeping the atmosphere from oppressive
ness Young America was more than rep
resented the attraction being the games
arranged for the Newsboys' Union. for
which prizes were hung Up These games
furnished the fun. as they were hotly con-
tested for by de members 90 cs union"
Trffey Collins was there. but he was al
lowed 70 wander about almost unnotieed
and anheeded- IT'S hard 20 be treated
thusiy. but II Is the doom that awaits
every has been" and Trilby unfortunate
iy has Joined the ranks OF this army along
with JOAN Il Sullivan. James Owen O'Con-
nor and others TrfFby had one consola-
tfon. however. and even In his loneliness
"@7 s41ttt~ lOE Inc Pie H13A WAS on tD8
grounds with Q basket full Of goodies and
Trilby blew in the proceeds OF his morn
tng's sales OF P.-L'a
The games began az o'clock. with the
CREASED pig chase by members OF the
Newsooys' Union exclusively. The con-
tessants we're divided OF into teams OF
en- each. the Brownies taking the arst
wnack at the si.ppery porker. which un-
fortunately turned out to be q lazy crit
WITH n 70 Nef-
wifhstanding this. ne upset q number Of
the boys who attempted TO sit on him. and
persisted In running on the outside 81 the
confines Of the inclosura He was finally
driven back. and the boys given another
chance They ala better work this time
hy lining Up Ia football stvie, making a
lima that could not be penetrated Charlie
Hoegs finally got q fooehold. and held his
sq0eaiinG plxsets down for the required
thirty seconds. A short intermission was
taken while the second ten lined up. In
this bunch we're Champion Pie Eater jim
Duncan. Has Been Collins. Ed May,
John Burke and others The signal 10
start had no sooner been given than 'sTril-
by made nyinx leap into the air. but
instead OF landing on the pig. he 1t on
top Of Ed May. For this he was disquali-
nsd. and sent or the field amid tho jesrs
of his fellows and the bleachsrs. but his
heart was stonyf and he sought relief In
the little stand kept by the pie man. At
the next lineup Duncan made a fifteen
ward run around the right end and tackled
the pig hard. holding him down for thirty
seconds. The finals were postpone until
after the thrse-legged race. in order TO
give the pig chance to rest up. but be
was too tired TO wander from his own
fires.de. and quietly took seat In the
shade.
Three teams were entered In the three
legged race. Sam Humeo and William
Meyers. Arthur Whailey and e. Larsen
Blanck. and NJ r. Bruhst and A. l..
Bruhst- Az the men trctted down the field
TO the starting post, II was easy to see
that whalley and EIanck worked the best
together. and barring accident would win.
This opinion was justified few minutes
later. when they simply walked away
from their nearest com petitors, Humes
and Meyers The winners were presented
with gold scarf pins.
Following this came the finals In the
creased pig chase, which was won BY
Duncan. who broke through the line I'M
mediateiy after the lineup ana downed
the pig. which had been freshly oiled. by
q leg hold. thus winning the prize. thu
porker himself.
The contestants were By this time we'll
covered with oil and dirt and were in good
shape TO enter thu creased pole climbing
contest for Trump" watch Jim Dun
can. flushed with victory. was the first
TO shiny up the pole. but he didn't get
far before he came sliding down. AS no
landed at the bottom he gatherei him
self together. and surveying the psie
said: Say. gang, but dat Is slippery as
ell" With this he walked back 10 whers
his pals were standing. and Toad" Gran
dali. well named. took 4 flyer at the pole
He managed TO raise Duncan a few
inches before making his lightning de-
scent. Brick" Hogan succeeded in rails
ing CrandaH few inches he In turn
being raised ny Duncan and the Toad.
both OF whom had filed their pockets
with Dirt, which they placed on top OF
the soap with one hand while they held on
with the other. After Duncan had gone
about half way up the Toad. with his
pockets 6lied with sand, made the top,
amid the cheers OF de gang"
The T. NJ. G. A. relay race followed
and was won by the blues. consisting OF
Blanck. Whailsy. Lamon. ard Carroll.
rather handily. the whites second The
reds had hard luck IN being intersered
with in the last relay, but notwithstanding
this they were oaEciAssed by the blues,
Three heats were made IN three minutes
fat
Following this Was o baseball throwing
contest between members Of the p
team. for al in6elaer's NIT. Coats beas =
Ing Nelson foot While this -ras in
progress a relay race between boys under
IS was run between teams from the News
boys Union. The PaelfScs and Broadvays.
The first two relays were hotiy contested,
bat In the third the newxooys won easily.
Duncan. the star Of the day. running tina
last quarter.
The $4eNyard run for members OF ,hs Y.
NJ. G. A. brought out srch good r-len as
Ria1cks Whalsy. Meyers. ard I~<,ate
The first four were placed On tn. scratch.
Lesass end Lamont given fffe@r wards
and Knips twenty The men ell got awzy
web. Locate taxing the LEAD around m.
first turn. Meyers sgursei away from. the
other scratch men and trafie1 behind L.
Gate. who was going well. PIsnrk an:
whsl4ey leased aIonw the back stretch
which proved fatal 10 them. as Meyers
who IL q game runner. df1 rot come back
as they exsecte1. bat went RICH. On and
beat cut Locate By about a foot IN an
elegant snish- Meyers xent the quarter
IN - s@S a fair performance
TIE obstacle race was wen by ETuues
rather easily. W. 1fsyers. 81. second.
TIE people In the grand stand and bl.aeh-
ers had been cis-ncrtnx for ire ea.esaI II
match. ard when the ren took their Do
sftfoas IN the field IRE Y NJ A rr-
ing 20 BAT. they eheered Everyec-sv en-
pecte1 20 see q good rare a. ,he P-f =
PUT an an elegant article % bal with .he
orass and Pioneers and have he<r rr.e-
stcinx regularly. TIE T. NJ C As have
also been Staying good bah and felt cor
n.ens Of making arss Sass showing with
the champions They bad good csrse 20
feel corScen.. as ths s,cre Of - 70 4 IN
their ssvc- for seven innings vii show
The p rs were haeiy 90 their work.
teinx nrasSe 70 sesc or "a. IN fast they
apcea-ed 70 Be dead On their feet Goats
TIE pitcher. rss touched 10 for SIX ssnxsss
ara TWO <ozAies and xas Wild s-rsfsrr