The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-30

look ass-auce when told that professionals
arc 20 COMPETE Th~ professionals are re-
sEcnsipse Themselves for tie disrevute
brought upon this favorite sport Thev
are always locking for ~sure thsrv
and tire records OF professional races
fTo-a ono end Of the United States 20 the
other fairy tsers sith cases IN which rnrn
VIC have bct large BUTTS q money have
Been thrown down II professional
foot racers would throw ;obhsnz aside ard
work 10 win there would be heaisny re-
s1val Of public Interest In their cciags.
Unusual tr.tcrsxt j. zou -aarfsezsE7r a.
self In athgesIc circles ovsr hammer
throwing This condition o. xfTairs Is
Frac@8bie 20 the arrival n thts country
of Jo1n Flanagan. the Irish Hercules. who
claims 20 be tire worf5's champion. His
title, however. Is disputed b. several
Amer5cazz. Flanagan vii make his first
appearance 81 this country AZ the att
istsr games ~ the New Jersey Athlete
Club on Memorial day. The New York
Telegram says:
An Invitation has been sent 70 Eigre-
VINO u probably ore Of ire greatest weight
fhrowers oz America; also 70 Chadwick, OF
1ale. the ln<sTc0iicg tate champion. and 20
Woodruff. OF the University Of Peunsyi-
vas2Aa. fhe IDEA being IL bring together on
Memorial day ali tho worlds greatest
weight tarowErS II o1sc composition TO
settle. - possible. which j. the best man
Flanagan IL training hard for fhs event
and expects to easily create nor only new
American figure. but worlds record
Another important feature OF the games
will be the intercollegiate champion relay
race. which Is an invitation AFFAIR, Inyi-
fatfons have been sss7t 20 all The leading
colleges. Harvard University u Penn
syiyania and Yale have accepted and
agreed 20 send on teams"
The following criticism Is as seasoBabls
everywhere as Il is IN England. whence II
cnaanstcd:
IN IS quite delightful. IN the short spells
OF nice weather with which we have been
Dlsased. 20 see the number Of children
81 Is none rhe less sad 70 see how rarely
the, Hatcnine is properly adjusted 70 the
little rider. One knows % families where
ssss- machine Is made 10 carry two or tire
and blsla. Would parents only for one II
sfaflf think OF ths harm they are doissg
20 their childron By allowing sucA a prac-
ticc. surely the ons-cycle plan would be
stopped Better put an end 20 this form
~ exercise than let your children develop
various deKor1nlties and weaknesses for
he. We hid an exhaustive article on this
subject some Gire ago. bII the sudden
appearance 81 children OF tender age
mounted upon machines quite unsui,ec 20
taeir requirements and powers ooiiges one
20 again call attention 10 this evfl-which,
indeed, seems to be On the growth"
BOD FlfxStUtTnoNS mas declared III an
swer TO Corbctf's deposit of s., 600 for sec
ton 10 challenges from any pugilist for at
least a year. Corbett has been making
speeches in New York city TO the effect
that while he willingly acknowledges that
he was fairly beaten. he believes that Fitz-
simmons ought to give him an opportunity
TO retrieve his lost laurels. He thinks that
the battle Itself, taken as a whole. showed
MIA frtTx hat he yr4ffFh N aNf
dence, and that IL Is absurd for Fftzsim-
mons 10 tell him 10 go forth and make
reputation. Corbetl Is still in theatrical
life. and II he has hopes of being at the
head OF pugllism again IL would be well
for him to change his mode of life. A
year or so on a farm would do a lot 70
build him UP physically. Late hours. rich
dinners. champagne and strong cigars are
just the things 10 undermine the physical
man.
MacDougall e. Southwick yesterday do
mated a wheel TO the Queen City Good
Roads Club for the benefit OF the Lake
Washington bicycle path.
One Of the most daring exploits ever
performed by a faolhardy bicycle rider
was that of William Shields. of Woon-
socket, X. T.. who rode down the steps
leading to the west front OF the capitol at
Washington the other day. and lives 10
tell the tale. He also shows snapshot
photographs 20 prove that his tale Is true.
When Canary rode down the east steps
OF the capitol. more than n dozen years
ago, on high wheel. his achievement
was considered most remarkable. and
Washington folks have not yet ceased to
wonder at IT. But Shields feat of riding
down the western terrace was much mere
difficult than Canarys There are four
flights. separated by landings about ten
feet wide. There are seventy-four steps