The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-25

Anaconda. Louis Green baum. ExrS-s
arotaers. Tony jacobson. Phil and San
Bernstein. trosfezs from tas head u Ire
AXE down with splendid success In
running IN size from one-ha1f 70 eight
POUNDS
.. A. Doolittss. Of Warren. O., has
caught the iarge=r ,roue a, Lake c-sscea1
80 far this year. u was ths-ty-,wo inches
long ami weighed thirteen pounds. The
catch was made 10 feet below water. win
drag troB. near Eagle point
Howard 3. Freeman. Of Portland. IS Ssiis
winning nsorey II the national bicycle cir-
cult He does DO. seem % pa able 70
reach the tape ahead 0. tie other national
csle5rtriea, bat ne stia manages 10 BE- Wet
Up 10 the front A. Philadelphia. July =
il the one-niie professional handicap ne
was third. racing from the s5-yard marx
o l. Stevens. OF Ot.unwa. e yards. WOE
first place. with MAJ. Tay.or. the ccioEes5
rider. - yards second. TIE time oi the
winner was 2:Ia. BaI3. from scratch, could
n0t overtaks Freeman.
Philip z. Kelley president OF the Seattle
Athletic Club, has just returned from
business trip in the East. He saw Crane
the athlete and trainer. whoTa the club has
been trying 10 secure for nearly year
Crane would not promise 70 make Seattle
his home. but decided 10 come ont this taIi
and look over the ground
Indications are that Everett. N-natcyyn
and Fairhaven, Port Townsend ard Sr3-
honish all re able 10 see some .as, base
bali during the remainder Of the season
There Is little hope OF getting things
Strengthened out n Portland 50 Manager
Dugdale, CT the Seattle team. will make
a trip 20 some OF tie Sound cities IN
week with view to placing the Portland
team. He Will also do what he can to
find a place for the Spokane team. II has
already been demonstrated that the ex-
pense OF trips 10 Spokane IS too much FOR
the patronage enjoyed The present trip
OF the local club 20 Spokane cost 500 more
than /; received. Arrangements have been
made for one more trip OF the Portland
team 10 Spokane. and It is hoped that n
the meantime a new home can be found
for its members. Manager Dugdale says
that Tacoma VIII come over tomorrow TO
play eff postponed game.
Jack Dowrey. Of Brooklyn. who fought
George Dixon twenty-nine rounds 10 a
draw and made a s.x-round set-to with
Bernstein, the conGGerer OF Eddie Santry.
cisco with Jack DAILY. q Chicago, 10 ge.
match with Jack Green. Downey IS
also negotiating with Portland men. and
Il is not out # possibilities that the fight
may lake place there.
Now that there - really come danger Of
Corbett and Mccoy meeting al Buffalo in
a twenty-round contest speculation is rife
as to the outcome. All agree that il will
be the most scientific fight on record, but
opinions OF the most able critics Of the
fst!c art differ as 70 the probable winner.
Some say that Corbett vii! wind up the
battle inside OF seven rounds, while 9th
ers think that Mccoy VIII be able 10 stand
him of until his strength gives out. IL
such a case they think that Mccoy VIII
win. 1t Is not generally known that Nc
Coy's reach - three Inches greater than
Corhetts. and his chest ueas1 4 only one
inch less. Coroet; IS feet l inch tail.
Some Eastern papers give McCoy's height
as feet Ios. inches. while others say TIA,
tie Is feet lis. inches.
Eddie Santry, who went to New York
from Chicago 10 win the championship
from George Dixon. is not having good
success Dixon beat him some time ago.
and last week Joe bernstein repeated The
operation. Even after the first fight in
New York L was generally conceded tina.
Santry VAS far from being > coming
champion.
Ben Jordan. the conqueror OF Dixon. mas
returned TO England. His conduct In and
on, Of the ring made him many friends
The New York Evening Sun thinks that
the day OF big purses for prizehghts IS
tnins Of the past. The Corbett- Mitchell
fight was loser and also the Corbett-
Fftzslmu0ns fight.
Charles McKeever. who was recently de-
feated in San Francisco by Mcconnell has
returned % PHILADELPHIA He is filing n
his time trying 70 explain how it hap
peued." A. last accounts he had decl2ed
that he was robbed % the decision"
When Eastern men come West and are
defeated, they 90 back home and tell hard
TX stories. while the Western men
who are defeated ia the East keep quiet
Al Herford. manager OF Joe Cans. the
cOsoced lightweight. says that Iavigne
D1ly. Hawkins Sullivan and Downey are
afraid - u1est his rrotege. He intends -
claim the championship unless some one
comes 10 he scratch.
II was a close race yesterday IN the Sc
at:le Rod and Gun Club handicap medal
saoot. III, ". A. Hardy. who is once more
on earth. Won o., by "a no<sa. NTH Spokane
W.csel Hood ana Ruppe tie tor second
place Hood beg, Hardy tor the Norton
medal while WEeg5l y algsei Rjee Hall. the
NeFT2otvc. There Was god crowd pres
ent and the scores as rule were good.
Club Hansiicap shoot. 80 singles.
H,rt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. t.trt -