The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-26
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and Coast records sn order "a nj, .-c-,
hHrnett- Time. zee Is. This Dos M.
come within b seconds Of the b~st re-
ora Tor the distance. bzt IL ~ getting
Gown 20 fast time Just the same IRE
Ensfeh and American worlds records ara
as follows. English. Is. IS. made By p
!. n Cross. Oxford March g. isss: Aneri-
can. l-Ss -. made by g H Eftoatrfrk
New York city. September q, iHS.
Ags2r IN the oTe-Tiis yrr Carroll beat
Burnett In ss7 rs. This Performance ss
not worth commenting upon. only "a !,
shows Burnett far below the form he sx-
hisitec In this city last fail. when he wen
this event in 4:sz. w. r. TaIlsnt, Of the
Aultnonsh Club, used 90 be, and perhaps
be Is now. the best rifle runner in the
Pactnc Northwest. having made a record
Of ssses-s.
Ell. f. Morgan. the old Multnomah
hurdler. Won the i3n-yard hurdles for
stanford IN u seconds. thus estahiishsr
the Coast record. and beating the r. -.
n. record, held by himself by two sec
oncA- Morgan Is stthin three-nfths OF
second OF the worlds record held By
stephen Chase. and made AT Fraker's ISL
and, ~. Y. September = fsas. When the
=. ~ A championship games were held in
80 @'s~ AoEA &AtA l1AEe& &f4f0&~1 n H<@Att-
fui FORM ard there was opportunity for
argument as TO whether he did not make
u IN Is Is. instead OF Is rs seconds.
The name % Bert KerriEan. who holds
the Pacific coast record for the running
high jump. feet. does not appear In the
summaries. II IS probable that NJ was not
allowed to enter. After he went 20 Stan
ford, there was some talk about his not
being allowed 10 compete. and this may 4
explain the absence Of his name. Dole. Of
Stanford. won with feet inches. IL
kerrigsn was in the competition and in
anything like hts old-time form be would
have won easily. Frank Atkins and Ker-
rtgan each made feet siz inches at the p.
~. A championship games here last fall
Atkins had nos been In training at all and
kerrigan was sick.
Our Pacific Northwest pole vaulters
must do some good work this spring and
summer or the Caiifornians will outclass
US. Don Palmer. Of the state university.
can do better than 10 feet. while kerrigsn.
as Mul'nonah man. did 10 feet inches.
These figures. however. do not show up
well against 10 feet 10 inches. credited TO
Dole. OF Stanford. in last Saturdays
games.
There will be an exhibition BY a select
Seattle theater May 8 The programme
will consist Of work on the parallel bars.
horizontal bar and horse. There viii also
be sumbline and club swinging. wand
drill and iong-horse work by Juniors one
of the novel features Of the evening viii
be an Illustration OF model business
mems class In speaking of the work by
the juniors IL will be noticed that the
words long horse are used. This simply
means that the performers work from the
end instead Of side of the horse
Unless there is change in the date
the annual inter-class athletic games OF
the state university students will take
place at University oval next Friday
afternoon The postponement from last
week was due TO the condition OF the
track but 10 the present perfect weather
continues and the proper work Is done 10
get the track into condition, there IL no
reason why tire natural conditions should
not favor excellent performances Slow
w. but surely. the university has oeen
walking TO the front In athletes. ana IL
only remains for them 20 hold the pace
set last winter IN order 20 take the lead
IN a majority of scratch events. success
in athletics. carrying as IL does. puohcity
and fattery. ofttimes has tendency TO
swell a boys head. He imsgtnes that he
Is the only athlete. and that the blue rto-
bon is always waiting for him. such
young men should pattern after George
Andrews who used To DC prominent IN
university athletes. No matter how
many successes he had or how eulosistic
his friends were he wore the same sized
hat the next day. Sweiled head Is
species of disease. and II cannot be con-
ccaied,
According 70 the Argus athletics had
something To do with the resignation OF
President Harrington. Of the state uni
yersits That paper states that Regent
Wiley desired to Go away with the physl-
cal instrEctoTship. and institute system
whereby Seoa would be devoted each year
&C .hs work. $40 Of which was 70 Be given
10 a --tal% student who would be II charge
Of IN. physical culture. - related 10 male
students and the remainder 10 female
student who would take charge OF the
physical culture for female students II
Is related that this proposition disguised
President Harrington. and that he cld
not conceal his true feelings behind
mast II such u the case Mr. Harrington
Is 10 DE congratulated. The system pro
r,axe,s e. ridiculous ard would mark
backward step IN an institution that Is
fast becoming tho pride Of the people q
Washington.
There Is a prospect that IN the dim
future IN. { a c rowing men win hrve
on opportunity - DO some rowing. For
the present however. they viii have 20 SO
down and wait upon the pleasure % Boat
puilser Water Of Troy. -. Y. A VIII -
recalled the new shell which vas received
a year or so ago proved 20 ee practically
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