The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-31
VOTE Is PROTESTED.
NuIfnomah Nav Not Get P. \. A.
Championship Games.
Seattle Y. ~ e. a. Does Vet rropose
20 See ssap yadGmens Taken
by the Secretary.

There l. gcos-ssx.d row GA hard in
the =. y A. % ths A a T. over tSs SAiFi
e1nzsl cfamssosssAso zsnt@tac Eaznss. II
viii - recalled tAAk tAe = A g Vas
awarded these games az TIE meeting 1ssd
last Mara. ga1ses7s the = a =.
Fsi4naatsnef Is claim. Slncs sSsn tne -
sftle T. ~. g A. and Portland MslSnomsn
a a q have eaen been anxious 70 as
sumo the responsibility. A DAA vote ~As
taken o. tae gasNsi0n saa according - tae
statement given out ~ George =. NhSett'
secretary 81 thu r. y. A. A altnonlAh y on
fne day
The Seattle 7. II C. A has now pro
tested the vote. ". II. Lewis. Ok tie 7.
III. q. A.. and who was named As mem
Fser og the board 81 managers OF TIE i.
~ A.. said last night:
II have protested n. vote giving the
championship meet OF the r. y. A 70 the
Muisnouah A. A. G. for ire reason that
al the members % the board Of managers
OF the F. ~ A. were not given an Sppor-
tunity % vote.
the foIiowlng clubs only were given
votes. Tacoma A G. ard Isaasrande n
G.. both ~ which voted IN favor % Seattle,
fhe Astoria Football Club. FIRST Regiment
Athletic Association OF Portland. Mnlsno-
nah A. A. G. Port Townsend A. A G. and
the Seattle A. g. ali Of which voted Tor
Portland.
AT the meeting of The p. y. a. IN Ia
coma. March Ii last. ave new members
OF the board OF managers were elected
Among them were one each from the
Ballard A g.: the Portland A. g. and the
Seattle i. NJ. e. A As they we're not
given an opportunity 20 vote on this ducs-
ton. wrote before the vote closed 10 Mr..
NsIletf the secretary Of the r. y. a. At
Portland. asking that my vote as MEM
Der OF the board Of managers be recorded
IN favor OF Scafgle. and received a reply
from Mr. wEietf that the schedule meet
srx at Tacoma March hast was not author
tired % elect members OF the board OF
managers ard sach action Was therefore
Invalid What authority ne as secretary
OF the r. -. A. had 20 declare that cleo
ton void without notice nearly six months
after the election Is a problem too deep
for me. especially when j have been its-
formed by the president of the +. -. A
that the vote was q valid one.
ION q new vote. which ! hope viii De
ordered the Seattle y. NJ. c. A hopes 70
secure the vote OF the Portland A g. the
Ballard A &. ard one or two others. De-
side it's own vote. The Port Townseild
A A & vOsed against Us on this OCCASION
Ne presume. because ne voted for the ,.
A. G. in the Ben Donnelley protest al Ia
coma last March Mr. Goldsmith. or the
). A. C.. voted against Seattle. We are In
formed. because ne had practically prom
fsea his vote 10 Muifnonxlh. We feel thSlt
this IL unfair 10 Us. as his promise was
made when q was not believed possible
for either the s A. &. or ourselves TO
take the meet and We are hoping that ne
viii see the matter n thar 4lghI ~siesi -
new vote IS called
Programmes for the meet are already
out Following IS an extract:
Pacific Northwest Association OF the
Amateur Athletla Union tnifd amman
chamyioaship games, Saturday, Septein-
her ID 1905 Tire following evsass viii De
given: one hundred yards run, - yards
rus 40 yards run. one-m1le run, one
mile walk. two-mile safety bicycle lama
tsssr, pole vault Tor height, running high
jump. running broad jump. throwing 10
pound hammer. throwing ss-pound "eisht
FOR distance putting ie~pound shot 10
wards. hnrdle-l0 fights, feet inches
high - yards. hurdle-io flights. feet
inches high.
s.Au events governed by the rules or the
Amateur Athletic Union Of the United
States The Pacific Northwest Associa-
ton championship die medal VIII be
given for first and second prizes in each
event All contests from scratch. An
entrance fee OF 50 cents per man Tor each
event viii be charged. which Viii be re-
funded to contestants wslo contest In their
reSDe-tive events. Entries close a. 10 ?.
N, on September I2 fssS in Portland. and
r,,a,st ~ on the Pacific Northwest Associa-
ton entry blank, which will De supplied.
and addressed 10 the secretary at Port
faas