The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-12

place OF honor at the engine house. Hand.
this engine house. A new court - Desnk
constructed. ard preparations are being
made for championship contest.
TACOMA will be represented IN the
coming team championship contest OF
the American Cooked Hat Bowling Asset
alton after al. The collapse Of the Tacoma
Athletic Club made II rather difficult 10 put
bowling back In SIS former position IN the
City of Destiny, but now everything Is II
running order, owing 20 tae action OF sns
Union Club. Tacoma viii probably be rep
old bowers, who were all first-ciass men.
but they viii represent the Union CUB.
In order &c give them time 10 practice. the
TIP Of The Puget sound , tIams 70 Po't as,sr
this tie Multnonah and Oregon Road CUB
teams VIII come north. bowling in Tacoma
and Seattle The night that Aulfnon1an Is
In Tacoma the Oregon Read Cub Will De
here. The next night the visiting teams
will change about
OAK HAREOR, on WILDLY Island. one
y OF the prett.est places lmaginso.a,. r :
ground In the great Puge, sound country.
Ned McCrohan. who has watched the PRO
gress OF things on WILDLY Island FOR forty
years, lives Al Oak Harbor. ! had the
pleasure OF spending several days with him
during the latter part OF November and the
first Of December We ramhied over the
bills. lodged through the fir forest. fought
and seek with deer and chased the willy
canvasback duck. There is not nook anc
corner that McCrohan does not know, and
ne never tires OF good days sport with
gun and dog. once in a while his neigh
bor. L. p. Byrne. joins him In the chase.
Then there is great sport. While was
there Mr.. Ryrne and Tom OLeary. THE
chicken king" and rnyseir went out for
deer hunt We failed, but il was never
definitely settled who was to blame. The
deer had the laugh on ns. and McCrohan
viii never recover from the shock.
THE New York Evening Sun says tha.
Corbett. In his fights with FItzsim-
mons and S.larkey, was poor example or
what training Will do for a man, and as
serts that incompetency can be placed at
the door Of his trainers, as he would hard
ly have lasted twelve rounds against Shar-
key. The sun ought to know better than
world knows that the blame does not lie
at the door OF Corbett's trainers. Corbett
himself is the one TO blame. He is nothing
more than shell. He looks well on the
but ms face shows the traces of dissipa-
ton. The truth OF the matter Is Corbett
has no stamina. His backbone is gone. En-
ergy is at discount with him. one fash
in the pan and all he has left is his SCI
ence. with nothing 10 back it up. Those
who know the history Of inside events al
were not responsible for his sudden coll
lapse. There is no reason to think that the
conditions in New York were different than
those at Carson City. Trainers have
enough 10 bear without being accused or
things that they cannot overcome. 1t Is
for the interest Of a trainer to have his
man win. One victory In big battle re-
fleets much credit on the man or men who
conducted the training The men wh3
were with Corbett knew their business. but
they did not handle Corbett as Muldoon
did Sullivan. when the latter tried to SNUG
gle whisky into his room. II might have
been better for Corbett IL he had been
treated 10 double Nelson. Corbett might
just as well understand now as year
hence that he has ruined himself physically
and put on the finishing touches by being
! mixed up in fake.
DILLY MADDEN an authority on things
u pugilfstic. says he has entered the
ring several times during his experience in
order 10 save his man from Knockout.
He says that the moment the second enters
the ring he. realizes that he abandons the
contest and expects the decision 10 be
against him. But when a man enters the
ring under such conditions" continues
Madden. II does not follow that all bets
must be called on That Is not an evidence
of fraud. The referee can order you out
of the ring. as have been ordered out in
Boston, San Francisco and Jersey City.
and continue the bout. All the trouble ex-
perienced in this country with bouts is
owing 10 the rules The Marquis OF Queens
berry rules are not interpreted correctly
here. and I know of no good substitute
rules. Many good boxers have never read
the rules. but they should be made TO do
so, and when they can't read they should
be read and explained TO them. I Ike this
country better than England. but anyone
who has seen glove contests in both coun-
tries must acknowledge that the methods
employed by foreign clubs are immensely
better than those in use at home"
y - xpf~yf
Wv Athletic Club expects to receive lis
new billiard and pool tables from Chicago.
They will be set up as soon as possible
and the opening night Will be celebrated
with a grand tournament. II is expected
that with the complete new outfit the list
| Of entries fer the coming tournaments viii
| be almost double the average OF last win
| ter.
| HAVING won the first series In the bill
| L Hard match with the Seattle Athletic
| Club players by score OF nine games TO
seven. tho Rainier Clubmen will now turn
Their attention 10 a tournament among
| their own members. IL VIII be held tomor-
| row evening at the club rooms.
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| T FRENCH TORRANCE has returned
-. from San Francisco. where, among
| ether things. he saw the I.ayigne-Tracey
| fight. Dorrance was highly entertained
| with the exhibition but failed to appreciate
| the decision of the referee in favor OF La
1
| that IL was an even thing, and unless the
| referee thought IL would not be right, ac-
| cQrdlng 10 the ethics Of the ring 10 allow
| Tracey the distinction of an even break,
l cannot see the business Of his ruling
| DYNAMITTEG ard netting trout are
| IL going on near Vancouver, y. G TIE
| matter will be taken up by the Forest and
| Stream Club with the intention Of enlisting
| the co-opera ton OF the authorities 10 bring
| the offenders 70 justice. Il is beyond my
| comprehension why men VIII resort 10 the
| use OF explosives 70 make a big killing OF
| trout. IL is barbarous practice. ana yet
| few communities escape. Only few years
| ago 81 host load of trout was killed IL
| Lake Washington by means of dynamite.
| The matter was REPORTED. bat luck favored
| the offenders and they went free.
| -! -
| n HE LEGAL sporting world Is deeply IN
| i ,srested in an event which viii Taxa
| PLACE IN New York city next Monday night.
| Il : The twenty-nve-ro round boxing bout be4-
! tween Ihoi Hawkins. formerly Instructor
| Of the = y. G. and Mcfarland Aside
| from the special interest Hawkins nav.
| uctQatiou arouses. the fact remains tina
/ Eastern sports anticipate one OF th. no.
| test s5f-Nfs an ~1stN-f y,.ay, eos -.