The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-01

By stride.
Calhoun had the broad Jump well In
hand with his two feet handicap. and the
issue was never IN doubt. In the high
form. and the really piacky jumping Of
Gould and Atkins brought about tie for
FIRST place. which gave Gould nrst accord
ing to the rule OF the A. A. T.. which
declares that In . handicap event ia cage
Of tie nrst place shall 20 20 q scratch
man. or the man having the least ham
dicap.
. coming man. He has developed wonder
fully. and his conscientious work both In
the quarter-mfie run and the last lap OF
ths relay. were excellent performances.
His stride has heightened out ana be
moves strongly from start 10 hnish. Ar
thur whaiiey. while running with rather
poor Judgment In the half redeemed him.
81: :ss , y the brilliant fashion In = hap of
The medals and everything II conn.c-
ticn With the meeting, except the running
OF of the events on time. reflected great
credit on the Tacoma Athletic Club. The
inner ring. while being kept comparatively
free for the flrst half Of the programme.
soon filled up with outsiders. who had
no business there. and who fnferfered
greatly with the work Of the officials ana
tho view Of the spectators. This is such
. common fault IN al meets held in this
vicinity that u Is high time that . new
order OF Affairs WAS inaugarated In the
late intercollegiate meet. the most shame
ful neglect In this particular was notice
able. The marshal, or the referee. through
some onaciai. ought to have complete
charge OF the track, grounds. inner ring.
grand stand and oficiais, In order that,
from a police point OF view. such meetings
as yesterdays In Tacima would be run
with that decision and prompfnesx which
is absolutely essential to the proper and
satisfactory conduct OF athletic meetings
TWO giArfnr faults. one In the bicycle
races and the other In the field events
prolonged the order OF events TIL after
O'Clock In the evening. The referee in
the bicycle events. who lived up to the
letter OF the rule in disquaiifyinx winners
for looking around. failed to impose any
penalty for loafing or for failure to re-
port on scratch promptly and without de-
lay This matter OF time limit Is abso-
lutely necessary for the good conduct of
bicycle meets. and more particularly SO
In such q race meet Of mixed events as
took place Saturday at Tacoma. The ofYi-
Gals were not In close touch with either
the referee or clerk OF the course. and the
responsibility for delay should rest with
either one OF these latter officials
The track presented a very fair surface
but was essentially q bicycle track and
no longer a running track alone. the high
hank curve making IL hard for anybody
but the runner on the inside 10 keep his
stride.
The meet showed one particular point.
namely, that from a financial point of view
the Introduction OF four or more bicycle
races. open and handicap, was a great
success The bicycle races drew a large
attendance. hundreds of spectators rode
TO the meet on their wheels, and the
northeast end OF the grounds was q huge
bicycle stable. The interest in wheeling
In the City OF Destiny IL surprising, and
the out-of-town contestants and visitors
from Seattle. Olympia and whatcom
showed what hold bicycle racing has
on the Sound country.
Speaking Of the bicycle racing itself,
Dow. despite his two firsts, should have
done better. In the half-mile open he
failed to start his squirt and hold II out
while Bartholomew. T. A. C.. rode from
the end OF the back stretch on the last
lap all the way 10 the tape. thus landing
two frsts and n second on pure "gct-up-
and-get" racing
Following Is an interview with one Of
seat'ies best posted athletic men. who
witnessed the games:
"A large contingent of Seattle people ac-
COMMANDED the s. A. c. and Y NJ c. A.
athletes to Tacoma and they are unan.-
nous In their verdict that the meet was
the best yet held In the Northwest. The
weather was perfect and long before the
FIRST event took place every seat In the
grand stand was taken. and late corners
were forced to stand or sit In a fringe
around the outer edge OF the track. The
T. A., c. must have made big money and
Tacoma people deserve cnmmendsttcn for
overcoming the difficulties in the way o.
reaching the park. which rs almost mac
cessibie.
The track Was not In nrst class condi-
tlon. yet some good time was made. Bush
ell. OF the Seattle Y. N. G. A.. made re-
markedly strong run in the 4to-yard race
Running Ike a racehorse on the back
stretch. he took the lead and held Il TO the
ftnish sgs'rs, such fast men as Purvis.
Parsons and Gregg OF the r. A c.
In the 10 and ese-ysrd race. little Dick
son OF the I. A. c. showed his heels to all
corners IN magnificent style. Though given
but half yard over McGregor. Tacoma.
former uisinstsy. he won out. Andrews
OF the s. A c. made game nsht with
McGregor for second place and won.
The running high jump was a pretty
tussie between the two scratch men. Gould
Of the T. A. c. and Frank Akin. OF the
Seattle Y. VI. c. A. Gould finally cleared
5 feet u. inches Adding the hsadicaps
=. c. Sharpe inches and Scott Calhoun, 1
inches. reached the same height ard tho
rule giving the man with the s-rsIIes,
handicap trss place was invoked. giving
Gould first. Calhoun second and sharpe
third.
'QuackenhusA. the crack r A. c d.
lance mar. required all his handicap 10 60.
away with Morford. whalley ara Ffsken
IN the half mile run and from Gran IN the
mile.
"Don Palmer o. the university. ent.re,,
BY the s A. c. showed himself a conner
IN the pclH. though through the severe
handspring he won only second place.
The large number OF entries from
Tacoma gave " decided advantage in
winning second and third places, they
having eighty six entries. while the two
Seattle organizations had but rfty-ssven
The relay race was a hot struggle between
the two Seattle teams. AID was very close
In the anal heat Andrews, s. A. c. beat
RuSh.u OF and set him hot pace. be,
ps<hen again GOT in his strong work on
ths back stretch ard tock the lead, which
Andrews could not recover. thcagh he
made a strong Heryy srish ana won loud
applause so- his game work
In the S.cycie races Dow again shove.
his superiority over al other riders win
ming the quarter -lii@ ana ore-snIie epea
and second IN the hait-snile. He can ~
counted or 20 DO some strong riding at
the Y " (. \ park IN the races there
next "Wednesday. EsAry's hrxs Appearance
this year showed AIN IN excellent form
bat ~ vas unfortunate tn foeling twice
whsn he hae his race 1-o.. However. ne
wcn the twe-uaile sAndscsp In ans style
casa ana Carney were either pH, out by
fans Or 50; pocketsss 20 such ar sxfrat
as 70 prevent shsir doing their best, while
S.scae vas gnAAie 90 ride owing TO bis
racs2t fall II Victoria All tAree VIII
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