The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-23

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Superintendent shafer says visitors from
tbs Atlantis coAss ard those from yictcrfa
ars most profuSe IN fhslr praise OF the dr.
FsFenr features and the general appear
sncs q the club. California people srs
also loud in thefr praise OF the club. VS.
itoTs from the interior states seem 20 be
mostly astonsshea 70 fi1d the swimming
pool nised with salt water. and they can
no. fully understand II until they are
taken through the steam plant ard every
Thing explained how the club pumps rs
salt water from the bay into The tank
after heating Il % the proper temperature
S@Fensy-f5ve rs- cent Of tire visitors az
tAe club take a swim 81 the plunge. Dur
ing the luE1herrnen's visit 20 tne city a few
weeks ago over one hundred visiting cards
were Issued 70 them. nearly ali OF them
taking advantage a the invitation and sx-
pressing themselves as highly pleased.
The ;. A. G. has lost quite a number OF
members who have gone 10 the Kiondike
They are also receiving many appiica-
tons for membership, ten names being
posted now for election At the meeting 10
be held tonight
Mr.. ". Barrie. manager Of the Brock
lyn baseball club. has written TO the S. A.
9 management for a series 81 games be-
tween the champion Baltimore team and
a tea Of players picked from the entire
league II Is possible that LANCE and
Thornton viii be in the special team. The
;. \. {. are negotiating for three games
between these teams In Seattle They Will
come Immediately after the season closes
IN the East.
] learned from Mart Egan. an old Sc
attic newspaper man. and who has charge
Of the Oakland department Of the San
Francisco Chronicle. that W. f. Rock
well. president Of the old Pacific North
west League OF professional baseball play
ers. died two weeks ago in San Francisco
from acute stomach trouble. after an ILL
ness lasting only TWO days. H was buried
under the auspices Of the Elks. Rockwell
came 70 Seattle in the spring of 1890 from
Omaha. where he was engaged in the rail-
road business. His coming was brought
about by the late w. r. Thornen. one OF
the organizers of the baseball league and
al that time cashier OF the Boston Ma
tional bank. Rockwell took the manage
ment OF the Seattle club and held II until
succeeded by Abner Powell, who had been
playing left field for the Spokane club.
After this Rockwell went into the ice bust
ness, but still retained his interest in base
ball, being elected secretary OF the league
He was also president the third and last
year Of the leagues existence.
After leaving Seattle Mr.. Rockwell went
20 San Francisco. where he became inter
ested in baseball. and at the time OF his
death had succeeded in getting things so
organized that he had a good opportunity
70 make considerable money.
In his early days he was a great ball
player. and was known In ali the large
cities as a first-class pitcher While play
Ing with the Union Pacific of Omaha, he
shut out the celebrated Cincinnati Red
Stockings without hit and later cut
short a remarkable string OF victories by
the st. Louis Browns by letting them
down to 0.
Mr.. Rockwell was a personal friend OF
BID McPhee. the great second baseman.
and before McPhee decided to enter pro-
fessional baseball he sought RockwelFs
ADVICE. PEE BEE.