The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-27
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pAage bad, the greatest short distance
-T<-xssouzl n4cycie racer IN the United
49, and Howard u. Freeman. os Port
80 re. r. :se mile open at Troy. ~. Y.
- -yerk, ard the champion 7sor 5y inch
~ the tape. IN q race oT the Fssnsst sen
-.sssusl character Eaton, hoShsy. STE
- and NeFseH&. ali riders Of the first
- we~e n t7e race IL fart. X Was one
- faraes> and fastest bodies 81 profess
- that haa r1et tlIly reason. As the
80 SWING into me home stretch Free
grFarland ard Stevens Jumped the
81 and ro1k tie lead from the outzsae
:, ...ses Ike a glorious victory for the Pa
Ia mas boz. ~. the great Bald made q
,-~.a~a.e Aaah. sid through on the pole
- -soyef Freeman AT the tape The wta
IL sxEes. tne finish grand. time 10.
go aro people in :as Pacific North
-. vrs,,Ia have opened their eyes ~ the
-. .. Freeman beating such men a. Jay
&C. xeytsrz Mcfarland and StsveIa.
So from tire l0-yAri mark. and MeFar
- from scratch oest freeman IN the
- ~ the mile handicap Bald. scratch.
- faurth Time was I'll.
~.. ssf~a. % Dial Hawkins. formerly
- Instructor ~ The Seattle Athletic
rtss hv SPIKE Sullivan ~ Boston. be-
-. ~. T.anox Athletic Club ~ New YORK
lac Iss. Friday Night II twenty rounds.
= s.oth.r example Of the nexpecfesi pro-
90 ,hs. ,.ordeas.ed report sent oiis Ia not
.sasesAfox r wss generally supposed
80 mat the fight was limited TO twenty
s.s,as under whicn conditions Hawkins
..ao,,a have been given the decision. be-
~.yse ne clearly utpcinted the clever BoS-
,o-ia, The report says, however. that
80. wera scheduled 10 fight twenty-five
,sgnas II VAS in the twenty-sscona round
-ef fresr 3yat
ssss bigw on the head. although he was
s~1iy weakened In the twentieth by a SIM
re-, hlow To to the twentieth the few
wsme.r sports present had given liberal
AS On Hawkins 81 5c appeared 10 have
sag. canning his way. Under these condl-
sssns the slldien change In tho tide OF af-
ais has naturally caused much apecsi,a-
tiens Did Hawkins. being over-conti6eaf.
~crne ur fszp Close and leave hsn9celf wide
aosr far a knock-down blow? IT he did
,,rh a thing II ia contrary 10 his ordinary
yf.Ie Of procedure. II viii be noted that the
repor, stated that Hawkins had abe better
~ ,hs contest for twenty rounds on points.
n NAV be- that the word points Is very
significant II might be that although Haw-
ktns aptpelnted Sullivan, the ia.te.'s blows
were more furnishing. If Il should develop
thai such Il state II affairs existed Ne have
eaaen into The mistake on the Pacific coast
AZ
Hawkins haa been looked upon as the hard
.r hitter for his weight In the United
states ard II he was beaten al this. then
,adeet Sullivan h a wonder. Hawkins wac
rsssssaTe IN his own mind tina, he could
shp sullivan. His friends shared this
snninH and when the Sullivan men offered
esis en- Sullivan their money was snapped
10 40 quickly that Hawkins became the
sagoh,e. The fight recalls To mind the de-
isat q Jack Dempsey by the Marine"
TAsy had met once and fought a terrific
A.ile. In which Dempsey proved the vic
~, slshoagh he thought. himself. on sew
IA occasions thaf ne had come TO the end
Il hs r8pe The next time they met Dersp.
ssy va the "Mariae's'' superior and had
fss aatte welt I'm hand. when Suddenly the
susriar" struck majly with "A piYo: bow
AID Knocked Dempsey out I have been
lasa By rnAn who saw the light that old
s9ts with hard lines Ia their faces sat in
tSss Hats like dummies when the knock
vi ure and actually shed tears This