The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-30
THE OFFICIAL HANDICAPs.
Much Dissatisfaction Expressed With
the Games Today.

The Official handicaps for the P. n. A.
games. which take place at Tacoma to-
day. are causing no end of talk. Dr. r.
:. Lincoln. OF IaGrande. Or, who has
had this universally acknowledged d.sa-
greeable duty to perform. has done his
work very poorly In many Instances. The
result of this condition OF affairs will tend
to make the games less exciting than ex-
pecied. For several weeks unusual in
serest has been taken, not only in Taco
ma, hu; also in this city over the coming
contests. II can he said that of ali spring
games none were more on the tongues
OF athletes than these. Now all that Is
heard is a sarcastic reference TO what
the official Handicapped has done. II has
not been charged that Mr.. Lincoln acted
from any desire TO favor one club or an
other. The hsndicaps themselves would
cisprove such an allegation. However.
there seems 10 have been a decided lack
of system. In some cases a club has suf-
fercd in an unusual degree only TO be
favored unduly IN others. Take for IN
stance the running high jump. Gould and
Frank Atkins are placed on scratch
Scott Calhoun. of the : A. C.. is given
= handicap OF four inches. Calhoun has
a record Of feet irches while at Stan
ford university. At present he Is doing
feet regularly. SO IL is hard to see
where Atkins and Gould are going to get
->tiAtfE tfoIlI tlhAHS btaL
5 feet inches. and II viii be a surprise
indeed II Calhoun does not clear the bar
az feet inches. +. c. Sharpe, OF the
Y. NJ C. A. ought TO make feet
inches. and his handicap OF six inches
added 30 this VIII put Atkins and GoulI
In the shade. II Is hard to see how the
earalzstion law supposed to be shown IN
handlca piping has been followe! out
In NE lss-yerd dash II. II. Connor. Of
the Y NJ C A. a man who can probably
beat any man on the Pacific coast at fifty
yards has been given a handicap OF
eighteen inches, while McGregor. who has
been beaten by CounoT. rs placed on
scratch. connor VIII not take the hsn9i-
cap. but 30 en- scratch and Try 10 make a
rev record for the association. In the
same event George Andrews Is given I'VE
Yards. and HoicoFnh. :. a c. three. An
drews IS running In far better form than
Hoicomh.
great la5uS;ice has bsen done In the
nile rsn - J II Graf He Is ulnce1 on
scratch and an cls Vscer ike Quackeabush
- given twenty yards Graz is q bow.
abb has never aene any rtlnaing until tn.
Western Washington iutsr-coIfegs ate fed
aav sports. when he ran s mile IN : rrtagte.
and 7. seconds Now Re enters his first
big meet and Unexpectedly dnds himself
placed OF scratch
In the sSa-yara rua the hanaiears call
forth comment Norrore. the young run
nev, wae has been doing good work fnx the
past tAree weeks practically a novice as
compared with Quacke-bush. IL placed On
scratch In rh-s eveat QuaekeuhE1sh oats
five yaT3s. az1 Furvfs. a good runaer. gexs
twenty-five yards. Arthur Whallsx. Of the
Y " c A. Is given thirty Yards. an4
there e 30 more show for Morford 70 catch
N az ths; rating tssa there IS for Graz
e Saten SsSeksnoasn n the mile run.
Frank Atkins. captain 81 tAs NJ q
team. : zs9ch Sisg1sTes az tee hand'rans
arr has written letter 70 Gsula the h.xh