The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-26
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Whenever ss haze AZ attraction. s,h5st.
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Iaars are May people sr Seattle. Ia
coma, portland and spokane VITO wiIl rs-
menat@r . KID FsS.z3win er.s OF tss great
est saEebaA casesz.rs that p&zvss "a IRA
cid Pacific &oxthwes. League. Kxnsf. TIA
seasae s4lt by tie board fsa.asstu wsS In
spssaabc form and n1ssy predicted rnaf he
would once more return 70 the &agssg1zef
League AID resume the fso~tts1r. na rad
forfeited, OWNS to nis tad aas.ieS IL vvax
visionary hope. E&ldwln's appetite ssss
been has undosng and Ee IL nov confined
Al tue LoEssasw asylum near Cincinnati
q sunatic. 2al players can le4lsi q good
Lesson from EAI4~sns career RE had a
brilliant career before nfna and ne ran
caly half its course. RE 'Houxsst. she same
as many Others think row that they can
Cuttfsass al intimate aeIusEnta @lfh
John Barieycorn ana gttil DO sosai work
They may for tfn1e. but saon~r or later
they VIII he cast aside worthless uIa-
Der.
Since the Ciondygs fever struck the city
there has been a noticeable decline in tg4a
interest Ia bicycling. XE4is. OF course -
Only temporary. bat IL shows to ~rhat ex-
tent the tinsa and nlinda % the ts@orss
have been taken Gp Win the wonderful
revelations form the far north Several
ads" have appeared In the Post Intelii-
sene@r from psopie " no are anxious 10
sell ~ wheels before they 80 to the cion-
dyke.
The st. Louis Sporting News says that
smoking and bicycle riding canos DC COM
sined with profit. THIS remark applies 20
many Seattle riders. III. order 10 smoke
at all while riding Il Is necessary 10 40
slow. and II IN undoubtedly true that more
enjoyment can be had from "a cigar IL the
rider viii take the time 10 disnaount and
rasi-
Some queer decisions are made at bicy-
Gle races even Ia the effete East A short
time as.o. AT the conclusion o. a race a
winner was disqualified and then given
third place. How "a rider could have any
place among the winners after being dis
qualified Is something that has not been
figured cut Iii the wild and wooliy West"
There = talk OF sending Pacific North
wesc athletic team east this fail 10 COM
pete IN Chicago. New York Boston aud
perhaps other places. After the big inter-
Slate meet at Portland Trainer Jack King
Mas quite enthusiastic over the propo-
sition, and said that he believed cur ath-
letss would make a good showing. The
idea would be In compete against teams
from differen. clubs. not from all the
asnintes vi the Middle West OF the At
iantle coast. In Chicago the games would
be with the track and field team OF tho
Chicago Athletic Club. and tn Boston
with the Boston Athietie Association
team. An effort would be made 10 ar
range games with Harvard. Yale Unlser-
slty of Pennsylvania and perhaps Prince
ton.
or course. there are many obstacles IN
the way of such an Undertaking but IL
II can be carried out II will be a great
tsains for athletics IN the Pacific North
vest, The fail championship games at
Portland would be used. probably. 70 de-
eide the two men which would represent
tisa team in different events.
MF. Raaiman. who acted as referee at
the tennis tournament Ia this city. has
h=sen Invited 70 AT In similar capacity
al the Pacific Northwest championship
tournament. which takes places about
August II at Tacoma lie has not decided
Whether he VIII accept the invitation
II would not surprise anyone If the T,rst
newspaper from the Clondy Ike contained
al account 81 the organization Of an All
American football team. with capt Hal.
iiet 81 center. James Potter WhIttren
riEht half~hack. Papa" Cobb quarter
back. and q few ether wall known seat-
tie men In the rush tine.
PEE BEE.