The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-07

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wIniock, 25.B; wingats. .. Blakistone.
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Tonight there will be basket ball gam5
between the S. A. c. and the Y. ii. c. A.
teams at the association building. The
y. A c. won the game al its gymnasium
by a score OF IA TO II last Friday night.
IL was a closely contested game. the two
halves being Played with an even score,
but tire =. A. c. won by overtime play.
Beginning with last Friday night starts
q series OF three games between the s.
A. &. and the Y NJ. C. A. These games
viii be hotiy contested. as they wind up
basket ball for the season.
Capt A ". P,anca. champion light and
mfddisweighf tGg-of-war rlan OF the Pa
csfc coast, is now In Seattle. He will
meet any man in Washington a, any
weight as Planck has never been de-
feated. there Is good opportunity for
a strong man 10 win both money and a
reputation. Planck has met ninety-ihres
men. He belongs In the lightweight class.
bns by defeating the champion middle
weight, James A Cameron, better known
as the Cyclone of San Francisco, at
Mechanics pavilion In San Francisco, two
years ago. he became champion of that
. class Pianck's record 10 time Is
follows: Shortest pull. 8 seconds. with
Tom Dolan of Eureka. Cal: longest pull,
hour and 81 minutes. with James A.
Cameron. Of San Francisco. He defeated
William Murphy. OF Montana, in - min
utes. In single-handed iug-of-war P.anck
pulls under the Stars and Stripes. but IN
team tournaments he is captain Of the
famous Swedish team Of San Francisco,
which has held the championship OF Cali
ifornia for the past two years Pianck
was born In Sweden twenty-nine years
ago. He came 20 the United States when
a mere child He Is feet inches tail
and VIII weigh les pounds.
J. A. Peterson. Of Spokane. has kindly
furnished the following information con-
corning the wrestling tournament Of the
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and ath-
ietics i'm general in that city The wrest-
ling tournament Will be held on the even
ings of March to Il inclusive. at which
the following stars will participate:
Farmer" Martin Burns. champion OF
America: Frank s Lewis. middIeweight
champion OF America: w. A West, mid
dleweIsht champion of the Pacific North
west; j. +. Bonner. champion of Idaho,
ard j. c. oNel. champion Of Montana.
Police Gazette rules will govern the
contests. which will consist of best three
In five falls. catch-as-catch-ean.
ispNfAfE ms ANGuiNP j GFciNt1 craze IN
Spokane. contests being of almost a night
ly occurrence. Many society ladies are
taking an active part in the sport.
The executive committee OF the Spokane
Amateur Athletic Club at its next meet
Ing VIII take up and agitate the question
OF securing suitable grounds within the
city for bicycle track. a hall park and
for other field sports. a field day will be
given May 30. and II is the desire of the
club TO have the grouncs ready for use
at that time. Another effort will also
be made to induce the city council 20
pass an ordinance imposing a tax on BIZ
cycles, a portion OF the fund thus COL
iected 10 be used IN constructing cinder
path TO Liberty lake or some other at
tractive point out from the city
Wyatt carp. the snorting man who Is
known in every nook and corner of the
United States. - In Seattle and STAYING
at the Occidental hotel. carp refereed
the fight between Bob Fi;zsimmons and
Tom Sharkey in San Francisco. and IL is
not necessary to enter into u discussion
or the merits OF the ease as IL is dead
matter. No matter what one may think
OF carp personally IL must he admitted
that he has proved On numerous occa-
slons that he is a fearless. brave man.
Death has no terror TO HIM. but he IS
always prepared 10 protect himself
against death. He is a peculiar man in
many ways. People who simply know
him by reputation always connect his
name with the word sport" II is true
that he has been prominently identified
with that kind OF Efe, but on more than
one occasion he has forsaken II entirely
and worked for his living. He is now
on his way TO Alaska with the intention
OF operating sawmill
carp is the only man in the world who
he -. a..
pushed was knocked out IN one republic
and fel In another. Jack Thompson tells
the story. and there are several people
IN Seattle who can attest to lis truth.
sailor" Brown and n fellow named
Casey were matched 10 fight AT Tlruju-
ana, IN Mexico. just across the line from
California. provided the authorities
stopped them on the American side The
party started out from San Diego and
first tried 20 pun of the fight in Califor-
ma. but were stopped by deputy SheriTs
Then they crossed the line into Mexico
and tried To carry ont the programme in
place used for bull fights Mexican
soldiers were on hand and drove them
back
The crowd was determined to have the
fight cut. SO they went 10 work and con-
structed a twenty-foot board platform
which just filled cut the limits of the
boundary Ire and did not encroach on
sitf tStStktAe "a StAElE country. IN 0tnsT
words hey arranged things % that tho
fisht was 20 take place on what may be
termed the neutral line ten feet of
which was really IN the United States
and the remaining ten in Mexico. Earp
called time. and the fight went on. The
soldiers OF Mexico stood with drawn guns
ia Mexico. and the deputy sheriTs OF
California were OF the other side I'D 70
the ninth round Il was a pretty fast
fight Suddenly Casey hooked bis left on
70 sailor Browns Jaw n United States
territory ard the sailor was knocked
completely across the ring and ont IN
Mexico, Then the soldiers rushed in
ard grabbed sailors" body and the
gang had 20 put up go 10 set 1: back
Jimmy Barrager the champion run
ming broad jumper ~ the Pacific North
west. has dec.fed 20 give w athletics
He says that he finds IL impossible 20
combine business and pleasure. II he
sticks TO his resolve the s;hietsc world
~ the Pacific Northwest win lose a most
valuable member. RarrAge- IS not only
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