The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-08

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ss.sr tt1W President ~ fks L A "a 90
Pasea a n@w e.Aass wat~n afr~sas =, 49,.
A~~S WIN Clashes bztwsaxa the two orx.~s
a.sSES az 70 amateurs ard gs-of@~vs .,,.s.
80 N~sFcfiornd meets Mr. Potter 49,
ing 70 W. y Curtis ire sporting a.
.l.y % tns Spirit - tie TsTnes. sxras.s
- - TIE new clause 70 Ire L. W
- ratiacatlon. He did rot DO -. ard o.
Feornary J the A. A T.. gave no,se. -
US "ftaarswa5 from the Alliance
thaer rule nine Of the general RUE. ~
the a A. Y. the sports over vvAf,v ~.
n A U. claims Jurisdiction are a. 70
49, ba@s baA. bowling. boxing. cricksx.
seeelns loot bal. golf, gymnastics. hssa
49, Asto-H racing, jumping. lacrosse ten
IFS pole ssaptng. putting the znot agolts
fse4aetk. rowing. running scuEtur .ka,-
sns swimming. throwing fhe hammer ard
ling. ana
~ VIII De observed that bicycling IL not
mentioned. ard row Il remains to Be sen
whether there Il any rule 70 prevent esfs-
hey competing a. ar amateur under the
Fuie@ OF the A. A. r. His standing was
defined exclusively by the L. A. W ara
now that the connecting link between the
A. a. y and the l.. A. " 9 broken IL
WI BE Interesting 20 know the rraasFss.
" there ara any, why the officials Of the
n A. q. look upon him as a professional.
There y little betting in this city on the
t9rbetf-Ftfzstrnmons fight n Is not dr.
fcust to discover the reas<n for this ard
!, opafz an Interesting subject foT Discus
s0n Perhaps the matter rnlght be stated
ci@arsy az follows: II yoR bet friend gfnsa
that torbett would get the decision over
httzstmnonz and IL turned out that Fftz-
simmons gos the decision over Corbett. all
'aat IL necessary 20 save your money Is 20
run 10 the stakeholder az Re has no, paid
the hei), and warn him not to turn over
the money. II he disobeys you the su-
perfoF court OF King county viii ho.d the
stake holder responsible. Sporting men
may cal you squealer. but II viii save
You big deficit IN your cash account.
Tisik II not a fairy story. II II founded
on facts and there has been more talk
during the past week IN this city over
sporting ethics than since the days when
a man could play faro In Seattle without
being compelled 10 go 10 Tscoma or tho
state capital Olympia. Before the las.
national election > man named RatcilfTe
and man named Johnson entered into a
bet. johnson bet Ratcliffe that Mckinley
would carry Kentucky. The amount OF the
wager was not large II was put In the
hands OF Louis Cohen. az stakeholder
Cohen decided that Mckinley carried Ken
lucky. bas.nR his decision on a decision
rendered BY the New York Clipper. He
paid the money to Johnson. Prior 10 pay
rnent Radcliffe went to Cohen and told
him that II he paid the money 20 johnson
he would hold him Responsible Cohen Is
said TO have told Ratcilffe that he would
decide the bet according 20 sporting rules.
Radcliffe claimed that as Mckinley only
had twelve out OF thirteen electors he had
not Lad KauffseLr hetno
20 make the bet good. that he should have
all the electors.
Radcliffe entered suit against Cohen. and
the case was heard BY Justice McE.wain.
who decided IN favor or Cohen. An APP
peal was taken. and when the case was
first presented 20 Judge Benson he In
quiFed tor reasons why he should not dis
mise the complaint Immediately. II Is
probable that no had In mind the reluct-
ance OF courts 10 have anything to do with
gambling questions.
John Hart. who represented Radcliffe.
talked two hours and the conrt decided 10
hear the case. lie decided I'm favor OF Rat
cline. Walter Fulton who represented
Cohen. said to a Post-Intellgencer re-
porter that as a matter Of fact the weight
az authority was against him. the Idea be-
ing that the court is doing right In step
ping In and preventing the contamination
OF an act which Is against public policy.
Sporting men are not criticlsing the de-
cision OF the court but they believe
that IL courts are going 20 take Up gam
bling propositions they should not over
look sporting ethics In this case the
plaintiff won considerable money on
the election. and showed no compunction
In receiving u from the hands OF the same
man he sued on the one bet he lost. Bet
ting In King county is rs dangerous as
plsying faro.
The Post-Intelligencer viii be represent
ed at the big Tsrizefght by a special and
wcli-qualiflcd correspondent. and no effort
viii be spared TO give all the news. and tn
as quick time as possible. The paper re-
alizes that II Is under a slight iissdvan-
tage. owing 20 the fact that the San Fran
cisco Exs miner and the New York Jour
mai have blanket mortgage or Corbctt
aud FitKsimmons for all the ideas that
enter their minds until after the fight hut
1, hopes to be able 70 learn something that
viii be OF interest 90 its readers. The
greater part Of the press gallery will prob
ably be reserved for tho Representatives
81 the great exponent OF yellow journal.
ssn bat q Is hoped that the reporters OF
other papers will De allowed 20 SIT on the
edges Of The chairs In addition 70 their
regular HtaH. the xamluer-Iourpal viii
have that celebrated writer" Tom
Sharkey. who once gave an exhibition A.
the oFphaum I'm this city. sfterwRrti
nearly Rugged Jim Corheft TO death. and
later was accused az doing FftEsimmons
out OF sic 40 purse. 20 paint pen pictures
81 the fEht The New York world will
have John l. sullivan It's representa-
tive. This recalls the press dispatch
printed yesterday morning about John l..
challenging che winner OF the flght. IL IL
really such = sad spectacle that the item
should Re printed in the obituary column
The prospectus az the Tacoma Sea tile
Boulevard Company. which proposes to
s,utla a Bicycle toli read between the two
elites. Is Get. It's p'an for raising funds
g unique. ana for she beBefit OF Seattle
people who are interested out have not
studied the matter. the following r. taken
from the oeficlaI document;
s.rha capital sock has been placed 80
ssaeso a. s. per share. which wEt ao1ut
secure the rlEht-of- way en3 complete TIE
rosa fa.iy equipped As hefetHa tEer de-
zerHara and thas leave EarEer earnings
qruportlonately. for stock aolsiers TIE
shates wtt ~ ieft 10 the subscribers o.
taking capital stock az pay or q ueok of
tickets or coupons. Ras8f& As g contssD-
Sag thi~tv-ssx ssstse ~ bic .eou pous Eaeh
eannen WHf re good Ter one passsge o.
xUssa the evo csfies- Tne holders ~ these
s,.s~kR NI1 d. eHtktlet - ore vote As "A
strek cider Cor f-fsss M every aNornken
h.1rk Sno8at shs sock ~ 6Cokcn. how
exef ere shara 81 stock representing ths
broken book Ws3l revert back tnfo TIE