The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

aEeIsst was cautiously DISPLAYED A 17-
Isl E9as wss What vas ra1tez1 huE the
mayer. cSses 90 police ard ether city Of
ecsais se-. present. sa1 K ~. necessary
. wi r. general desire Er6s- the cloak
o. seeming regularity 70 xzfa tht. eci
HsrrT Mortr,. who acted a. referee an
rou-cs1 tsst the 7er ~-re 50 closely
matched ard their merits nad been 80
evenly cAsri-v.t that re w.s urzbie -
give G decision. Ee therefore cr1sret
them 20 frh; smother SIX rez-es
IRE ress5it was practically the same
E.gan continued On tire aggressive. but
Case showed great c5everTse~s II keeping
cut q his ~ay. Each round went with a
rsSs1. and Al tire eElE OF tia twelfth both
nea showed Signs Of their hard snE fast
work Each was bleeding slightly aoout
tire face. ara s. was deemed h4St 20 Oh
serve fhs pr0prieties BY calling the match
a draw. The Decision was not Altogether
satisfactory. az Il was generally thought
tsat Egar had shown bis superiority. but
since tire presence % EAe municipal dfgui-
taT5sS prevented a knock oat. nobody cared
very much about tire question OF science.
tn. Ficteria papers state that George
Greer. OF San Francisco, challenges either
man 70 fight for q rurz. % 500 TO s. TO
Ard deposited his n1cney sith the Post
intelligence. This II not tire case. Re-
turning or the steamer 20 Seattle. AZ ai-
mIrer OF Dick Cas-. whose name could not
- learned last night. offered 20 back his
favcrz,e for match with Prot. Jack
Green. OF TIRE Seattle Athletic Club Matt
Reese Immediately took up Tire propo-
sitlor. and a fcrfsst OF sc each was put up
81 the hands % 10. Scsiumpf. tire Sight 10
- for $500 side
The success % this scheme. however. s.
contingent upon the consent OF Green. he
knew nothing 81 the arrangement. and
may not be able 70 enter into the agree
- - -rfe Z "a
g A Q. prohibit Green frorr engaging IN
any fight OF contest involving a decision
Green could ret be seer last night. but
Il I. said that the 8. a. c. IL to allow him
q vacation som. tire this summer. during
which re would he free TO enter the ing
The fine weather last week jus, suited
the Y. NJ. c. A. park people. ard they took
advantage Of IL BY putting good force of
men 20 work on the park The baseball
field was narrowed. scrape6 ard rolled
early tR the week, and - IN excellent con-
6itrcn for so early In the Eesson. Work
rren also commenced on the tennis courts
The principal task. however. has been 10
set the track IN shape. This was found TO
De a more serious matter than was an
tscipsted. The water pipes being bursted
several days OF plumbing had 10 be put in
and "a has also taken all the week 70 rake
out the stones and work in 8 portion OF the
new coat OF GlHIFfS. AuAkS4GEEAbt- W.T.
ting. scra ping dwelling and rolling viii
stiil be necessary before any one viii be
allowed TO ride on the track.
The candidates for positions on the Y.
NJ c. A baseball team were called out for
preliminary practice last Friday evening
at the park and the results were more
than satisfactory to the management
Twenty-seven men were on the field prac-
ticlng. and more than twenty OF them are
candidates for positions. 4 short practice
game was played between two picked-up
teams. Darlington and simmons being in
the points for one team and Carroll and
Leith for the other. The game showed
some very strong material from which 10
choose a team. There will be another
practice tonight IL the weather permits.
and also on Wednesday and Friday even
ings Commencing with Wednesday even
ing two teams viii be organized and
played against each other until the final
selection by Captain Mckinstry of the
team that Will wear the red triangle in tae
games for the amateur championship Of
the Pacific Northwest.