The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-14
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has demonstrated this season mis- ahiJffw
To De cAassed with them KIser mas realty
made much better showing 90 far .hza
Bald and Bald has done the same in re-
gard to Dis oli-ttrse rival. Cooper Ii is
Father early ia fae season 10 make ews5-
mates that are Of value yet tier. is GOO.
Reason - believe that Bald has met has
eaAa8 ia klser. and that II ne intends 10
hoja fifs position az the ktnzrsn OF the
county lac VIII have 10 give UP fun and
attend strictly 10 Business. Bald is a
wonderful racer, and when he does get
'hto CONDITION tie gives aIa opponents q
teff4oIc shaking Up. Last year he vas
earegsss. and did rot take proper care Of
haSisef en1l ne Saw that BE was losing
prestige and that Tom Cooper was going
ahead % airn- Toward the end Of the sea
son Bald settled down TO work and demon
s;fated tnat he ~As stiil the leader. Bald
h undoubtedly In better condition now
tnan he was al this time a rsar ago bat
he uiuzt improve still more IL he desires
ia prove his superiority over kiser Coop
er rs overtEained, and for the present is
not dangerous to either Bald or Kiser
The struggle for championship honors in
the public school league has narrowed
down to the Minor and South schools
Last week only one game OF bail was
played the others being forfeited, as fol
lows: Denny 10 Pacific. Queen Anne TO
Minors Denny To Columbia Mercer was
awarded the protested game with Column
tiA.
The Columbus defeated The Paciies In
fiYe~inning game By Il score OF q 10 s.
The features @ere The batting OF Barton
VINO made home run and two-nagger
and the fine work on first by Curtis.
Score by innings:
Columbia ............ 80 2-s5
Pacific - ..............1 O 0-s
Baaer3es-CoIumbia. Bartnn and Bron-
son; Pacific. ShGil and Andruss
The Two leaders. South and Minor. stand
as follows South, Won 8. lost /; Minors.
won !. lost !.
As yet Seattle has not had an, great BIZ
cycle Races this year but they viii be on
hand before long and the riders might az
Well know now as later that the Seattle
public wants good clean racing Seattle
crowds like TO see Seattle men win. bat
they always rise above thelr pretudices
and cheer 4 victorious visitor. especially
II Ms work Is free from Objectionable
methods. One of the reasons that Barth-
oioinew. Of Tacoma. is 80 we'll liked here>
Is that he wins his Faces on their merits
ar he does not want them at all The OBJ
jccilonable part Of racing crops out when
= close observer sees that there ~ a con-
spiracy between two men III race TO
down third man. Without discussing
many of the tricks employed attention
should be called 10 what Is known as the
pockctsng process, and the rider who
clingx 10 the leaders wheel until the home
stretch is reached and then wins out OF
the sprint. II is the belief OF the writer
that ihere was pocketing done at the last
professional race in Seattle. and II IL is to
he feature OF future races the sport will
suffer.
Despite what all self elected authori-
Ties may say to the contrary the practice
OF using the foot brake by placing IL
on the front tire behind the fork crown is
one which should be INDUCED in only with
great caution. Apart from the possibility
OF injury 10 the tire. she rider NAV get his
foot iammed In between the tire and fork
crown. the result being that the wheel is
stopped dead. and disastrous accident
follows. At the same time there are oc-
casiony when the Use OF the foot as a
brake may prove invaluable 10 those who
ride brakelcss and mudguardiess machines.
and to all such advice Is given 20 practice
this accomplishment little while riding
slowly. so tina, II reai need ever arises the
rider may know what he Is about and
have the necessary confidence 10 check his
speed In this manner The Wheel
A eyciist recently ief, his wheel in a rom,
resting reyersely. or on the saddle and
handiebars. says the New York Press \
pet kitten CHANGED TO wander into the
room. and. being attracted by the wheel
strofed IL with her paw. making the wheel
revoive. Another stroke sent /, revoiv-
Ing faster until the kitten and the heel
were having high Old time. The owner.
coming for his wheel later. found the tire
disinffated, hut could not account Tor IL
until repairer pointed out 10 him some
gifty or more punctures the size OF a pin
the result ~ the kittens playful paws
Result. new tire, price. 81
Lee Reilly. who holds the record for fast
work on the linotype machine. arrived in
Seattle yesterday morning His first
world record was made in New York
city While working on the Tribune At
that i.me hs set ~ go ems Nj NJ Baker.
Of the Seattle Post -IntellIgeucer. broke
this record by setting - SNo The next
EFFORT made by Reilly produced the new
record of los 2s ems of nonpareti copy
taken as il came from the hook. In seven
hours and ten minutes, Eugene ". Tay-
lnr. II Denver. is credited with setting
iaI ~ ems
The new roller fer the Scattie-Tacoma
bicycle boulevard has been finished. and
Manager Ames has utilized IL IN pressing
down the ctHdor Path that parallels the
county road In front Of the county hospi-
tat The rev park near the county hos
rttaI which - 10 Ice one If the features
81 the Seattle Tacoma path. is fast near
ing completion and viii BE- q delightful
acquisition 10 the gars3en spots ~ Seattle
II Il located on the banks or the Du-
vanish river. 8nd with its splendid shade
trees. delightful walks ard paths will be
sure 70 attract the attention Of clcycIists.
The recent success - Charles T. Xii
patrick ths American half mile cham
pioa ia running races 10 England is verx
gratifying ~ TIRE athletes 81 tbis country
AFTER the disastrous defeat sustained hv
Tommy Commit ar she hands OF Racon
ths English papers carried the idea that
American runners Rere uot ~ nstch &C.
count They Had forgotteu the fact that
shetT athletes were completely routed 40
the international n1est tD New Nork ard
fars pleasure IT. taking about our slcw
men When Fitzpatrick first appeared lu
England ARA vas defeated Pc was Spokeu
of n = sighting manner Perhaps the