The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-08

sh1 whitman were neck and neck, close
up behind Stzver. IL was q grand sight.
ard the finish was destined 20 be the most
exciting ever seen on the track.
Suddenly ZeiFier@s wheel was sesn 10
vabbie and shoot In toward ths fence on
The inside q the track he saw hts danger
and Ewerved out. bur II was too late. His
back wheel struck the narrow gutter and
tfen went against the fence. There was a
crash. and Zeigier went head first 90 TIRE
track. ciose 20 The fence. while bis wheel
siid cut into the track and struck Staver
who went down on MS head. In the mean
time. Shsrick. being clear. shot across tire
tape and won the race.
The moment staver struck shs track Re
lay i1sensibic Crawford attempted 20
AVOID Sfay~r BY huFRing close 20 t,sr out
SIDE % the track hut was unsuccessful.
and he went Gown bead foremost ploving
along ire ground with ms had bent under
him BE ended Ms rrecipttous Hight few
feet from the finish. and lag lnsens BE and
blessing
whitman ard Downing. being Close he-
hind Staver. also weut Gown Ia the grand
crash. huf we're fortunafe in rot being
completely dlsshied Keauxinr the situa-
ton they aroee - their feet a. s0on a.
possible and staEVsrea across TIRE ifne with
their Nheeis thus winning places As
nowuing gof over first ne got second
money snd Whitman third
CAIRNS for the Iniared.
All this happened IN q very short tina
and ne crowd had hardly recovered from
81 nrsf groau when the trainers and
friends 81 thc insensihie riders we're seen
90 rush Ga the TRACK and carry them
away. II VAS theaght Ia the judges
stand that Crawford who lay on The
other side o. the track mOtioniess. had
peen killed outright n seemed 20 those
who saw him pioW along on his head
that MS neck must have been broken.
Cal Harrison rushed over 20 him, and.
with the assistance OF others who ar
rsvsd a few seconds later. carried him
down 10 the dressing room. When Har-
ris0n returned his coat s.eeye was COW
cred with bloot.
Zesgler was picked up by c. y. Dow,
the Seattle crack rider. and with
help from Others. carried away. He
came % quickly bat was stiil In dazed
condition and asked that little be said
about the fan as he did not want his
people TO know that he had been in
5gred.
staver was carried of the track insen-
slbls 10 everything. He was picked up by
Wall Smith. formerly ground keeper at
the Y. NJ. c. A. and A. A. Johnson, the
terrible Swede"
Whitman and Downing llmped off the
track without much assistance. their in
iuries being comparatively slight. Doc
tors WothersDoof ana Gibson attended To
the injured men. To the surprise of ev-
e,ybody Crawford came around all right
In remarkably short time. Although he
was badly shaken up and bruised he did
rot apperr TO he seriously injured.
Staver regaincd consciousness a short
time after being taken TO the dressing
room.. and complained Of his stomach.
he soon iapsed into Inconsistencies and
was not brought around until an hour
and half later at Providence hospital
II war reported that he had suffered a
conclusion OF the brain. but this was de-
MED 81 the hospital late last night. where
II was said that he was getting along
nicely.
Zeigler WAS taken to his rooms at the
stevens hotel and two doctors COM
rneneed patching up his bruised and bat
tered face. AT the hotel II was said that
-yhile Zeigier was badly bruised and cut
he was not seriously injured.
IL is a remarkable thing that out of this
grand sma sh-np not one Of the men I'm I
had a limb fractured or received injur-
les that viii permanently disable him.
Other Races Finished Tn.
After the excitement died down the half
mile amateur race was run or The start
ers were as follows. j. T. Wing San
Francisco: Frank Coombs. Seattle; Percy
Mott Oakland. Frank Cotter. Tacoma:
Watt Ship. Salem. or. The finish was
close Wing won. with Cottor good sec
ond, and Mott third. Time. l.2l.
The one~mile professional was proauc-
tive Of some good work. ard a more excit-
Ing finish Is seldom seen. The first hest
brought out Bert Elford. Oakland. Jack
Sharick. Tacoma. and Davis. OF Everett
Eiford wen after close race with Shar-
lex, The second heat was contested by
George Sharlck Tacoma W. r. Barthoio-
new. Tacoma: \. a. johnson. Seattle. and
Ben Bcemer. Tacoma. Sharick made n
whiriwind nnisb and won easily. with
Bartholomew second and Johnson third
The third heat brought out Allen Jones,
San Francisco; Hardy Downing san Jose:
Danny Whitman, Los Angeles. and Jimmy
Jones, Tacoma. AAen Jones and Whit
man had great race. the former winning
BY I've inches. IL was a fine race and I'M
der different circumstances would have
caused great excitement. The FINAL heat
brought out Allen Jones. pole George
Sharck. Bert Elford and Danny Whitman
Whitman qualified. being second in the
fastest heat. Hardy Downing was ex-
cpsed from this race as some one stole
hts saddle Monday night.
Wayne Bartholomew WAS selected TO
pace The final heat. and be dld Il 10 a
nicely. AZ the start Allen Jones caught
the machine and away the riders went
They finished the quarter ia the following
order. Jones Shariek. whitman. Elford.
This order was not changed un.-. the last
lap when Sharlck and Jones pulled away
from tho crowd. closely followed rs Whit
man. Il was a hard fought race up to the
very sapc and II George Sharick had not
made one Il has remarkable finishes Jones
would have beaten him They came down
kHns. .esF4r. asrN4 s a
anybody race. bu1 some ow or other
Sharlc@ haa 4 in him aud forged slightly
ahead inst En- time To- win the race.
hlankes would have covered Sharlck. Jones
and Whitman.
The 1w0~ulae pursuit. race between Ship
and Coter. representing the Northwest.
and Wins ard Mott representing Csufor-
MIA. VAS won easily los the california pair.
Their iilne Was IS 90. AS ag1lns. f-t9 for
the Northwest gepreaentatIvcs The feat
uye ~ This rsec was the riding ~ WING
lie Is a wonder.
As 20 The question 81 who was ia the
lead. Isfgier or SharIck when Teleiar fell
The public wH have to forw !ts own opin-
ion. The writer Thought z <ler hal the
head but Sh1uck snys thst De- raesed
Ie,glgr ou Che iun ana vas length
ahe3d chris DOW was almost az ne
point where thc accident happened ana he
SAYS thst Eeiglrr Was easily GO thC front
George snow. formerly city elrctri-lan
was cn the outside 10 the track twelve
fert from Whore tha fan took place lie
saws Ee'gler Was ahead " H Baxter
was staudlug at tnc riders gate about
thirty feet from thr po.at cf she acri-
dent Re thought Sharck hsd tr.ae
ire Better 90 I-iEler. That IS ere way IL
goss
FetoNins IS summary OF ,he nights
races