The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-07
Sports ~pasfines


: % the ezSy chairs AZ the Multnomah elnb
house. surrounding with the records MAZE
~ giant Flanagan, formerly % the Taco
ma Athletic Club, and the afsidavits II
prominent members OF Hultnomah 20 the
eject that walls Others had sinned they
had Kept their wings white as tae un-
driven snow II Mr.. Whitney had said
that Agltnomah maintained the crack field
and track teams % the Pacific coast
among athletic clabs az an immense
expense / do cot think that any one
wculd have had the courage To gainsay
his. sE-a tssn.Egs.
Mr.. Whitney says. with the conviction
barn o. narrow mind and belief that
what he says IL Law absolute. ''ana what
IL more. It's athletics (Malnomah's) are
and have been the cleanest on the Coast
Ar. Wait1ey uses the superlailye without
I AiStiflcatio He gives an extensive read
! ing public a false basis by which TO Judge
81 the respective merits OF athletic clubs
IN this section II he had said that Mutt
fonah was ons Of the cleaneSt clubs or,
the Pacific coast no one would have cared
10 question the statement bat when IL
comes 10 the point OF putting MuItnouah
down ~ the only club with white wings
that Is going too far. Muitnomah has
always been in athletics TO win and she
mas plenty Of money TO back her II Is
ridiculous 10 assert that ner skirts ar.
any cieansF taan either the Seattle Attn
fetfc Club or the Tacorna Athletic Club
do not say that Tacoma and Seattle have
adhered strictly a. ali times to the rigid
lines Imposed by Mr.. Whitney, the mod
err Euripides OF athletics but I do say
that they are justified In their demands
10 be rated as occupying the same boat
with Multnomah. Mr.. Whitney is evil
IDENTITY superficial II is time that his
peer. Father Bill Curtis" OF the SpIri.
OF the Times. came 10 the Pacific North
W. st and looked into the situation.
There will be meeting OF the Queen
1tty 1ood Roads Club this evening at s:aa
clock in the municipal court room. No
special subject VIII come up for eonsid
Grafton. but all matters pertaining 10 the
welfare or the club will be considered I'm
general way II is probable the work
Tor the coming season win be outlined and
steps taken TO secure funds To be used In
continuing the Lake Washington bicycle
path. Considerable work viii be neces-
sary on certain portions of the path al
ready constructed. This is especially true
OF the portions that were not cindered.
Heavy rains have softened the roadhed
and made it too muddy for travel
Prof Jack Green. boxing instructor at
the Seattle Athletic Club has been placed
In charge temporarily OF the entire attn
the general class work this week and IL
would no. be a great surprise il he met
with unqualified success. IN the past he
has confined himself exclusively 10 IN
sructins the aspirants for knowledge, In
the art OF self-defensc. but at ,he same
lime his work proved conciuslvely that he
had thorough knowledge of the theory
OF hoay iui!d.ng. Green has the faculty OF
impartng bis knowledge TO others and
also or awake ming interest In those who
are working with him. The schedule for
class work is as follows: Mems classes
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday after
moons AZ 80 O'Clock; mems classes Mon
day and Thursday evenings at $50 O'Clock:
junior CLASSES. Wednesday afternoon from
: TO o'clock; Saturday morning from 10
TO L.
Interest In bowling at the Seattle Ath-
leiic club appears 10 be increasing. This
~ especially true OF Friday evenings
when the ladies are given the privilege of
the alleys They are already making good
scores. and IL the men are not careful they
VIII bee granted space on the blackboard
for high scOces. Mrs. West holds the
ladies' record for single game with a
score or u. Mrs. Douglass Young IL Mrs
Vests nearest rival with ~ Arrange
inenis viii be- completed this week for Z.
ladies' bowling tournament, but IL IL prob
able that they VIII be allowed week or
80 to pracst~e. The first ladies' bowling
tournament ever held I'm this city took
place at the =. 4. {. January y. ISIS and
was won by Mrs. =. Morgenstern She
BOWED ~ in four games. maintaining an
average Of q Miss sfoiiia Conboy won
second place with 81 score Of s.. Miss Con
hoy made the highest scsre in a single
came during the tournament. namely. q.
Now that the lnter-city bowling tourna-
ment is a thing Of the past. the T. 4. c.
aud 5. \. G VIII resume their contest
bowling the Attn sub-series of the forty
games scheduled on the local alleys Feb
'uary II. sixteen games have been howleti
50 far cat OF which Tacoma has won
nine and Seattle seven. The team which
VIII represent Seattle I'm the February
games viii be greatly changed from that
which was 50 badly beaten IN the inter-
city tournament Harrison, pope and
cole. three OF the steadiest bowlers in the
club. failed 20 qualify and their places
VIII be taken AN Jackson. Churchill ARA
Gazzan. Following Is the makeup of the
team. together with the percentages they
made dcrug the past month: Tom
Bowes. u a.. II. +. Jackson y ". r n
Warner. 1881, pr. IT, \ Churchill. n u:
W. l.. Canaan. p. .. This will b@ Jack
sons frs appearance in a tournament.
bUt II he does as well as he does under
ordinary circumstances. there is no ~eaSon
why n should NOT make q creditahle
showing. lie = accurate and especially
good on ccrnes pins. lie holds the alley
record for fCu~ games. practice wiki the
following score. -. ~ ~. ~. total. 2l5
The next handicap bowling tournament
oS the =, \. Z. VIII BE- held on the even
iGgs % February Is l. and Is Consider
Eng The Increased interest IN bowling the
entry I~t VIII probably be mucA larger
than usual Il viii AFFORD iho@, aho ave
a}WayS after records an opportunity 70
see what they can do 70 lower the caiors
~ +. 7. Pope. who RON holds the local
record in tournament play with a score
90 2l AZ average OF 5o.sS. Jackson e =
true. has race 2ld. but that was IN nrac-
t.ee. 50 it o2uEot oc counted against rCpe
understand that legislation was enact
"a at the rectut annual meeting Cf the
American Cooked hat Bowling ASSos,ia-
ti0n in Portland. which had fer sn object
the prevention % switching king pins"
The rula aGspttf reads 10 the effect thsr