The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-20
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Howard b. Freeman, OF Portland is stin
an Important factor in the big Eastern hi
cycle races. AT buffalo. recently in the
oIie-niie professional, he beat Mai Tay-
lor, the cosorea wonder. and came very
near crossing ahead OF o. L. Stevens The
w.nners time Wa -.35 3-5. Last Saturday
Freeman won second In the two-xnit. han
d.eap al Hills Grove r. T.. beating Tom
Butter and being beaten by Earl Kiser. XII
scr rode from the 2-yaTd mark while both
Freeman and Butler were one yard nearer
the tape Tom Butler and Freeman are re-
ported as matched for specia! race next
month. Butler is one of the famous Butter
brothers. OF Boston
ne TACT that Wefers ran In the Toward
dasn at Chicago Saturday wnen the dual
games OF the New York Athletic Club ana
chicago Athletic Club were held proves
wreck were OF the yellow Journal charac-
Ter. The fact that Wefers was beaten by
Rush. May barry and Long also proves con-
cIusiFe.y that Wefers Is out og condition
or has seen mis- best days.
The League Of American wheeInnen has
succeeded in persuading the treasury de-
pari1nett TO grant important. concessions
to Canadian tourists who desire 10 enter
this country for limited period. Any
r'eInber o. the Canadian wheelmen's As
ISOLATION can now cross the lire without
further trouble with the customs officials
than to deposit their membership ticket.
Tourists wito are not members Of the as
sociat.on are required TO deposit IN amount
sufficient TO equal the duty on their wheels
Reciprocity on the part OF this govern
ment In the treatment Of Canadian cy-
clists has been agitated throughout the
border states for some time II was man
Iestiy unfair 10 have the Canadian gov
eminent grant American tourists conces-
slons while our government held back and
practically prohibited the Canadians from
taking pleasure trips through our coun-
try. Influence was brought 10 bear on
the treasury department, and then Isaac
b. Potter. president OF the l.. y. w.
made several arguments 10 show why Ca
nadians should be allowed 20 enter this
Country as freely as We are theirs. TIE
department saw the matter in a common.
sense light. and recently issued the order
so much desired Secretary Of the Treas
airy Gaze said that he was satisfied Cana
dian wis elmen could he granted the priv
ilsge asked without the revenue Of the
country being endangered. ~ first glance
one might think that such an order did
not mean much otherwise than from
sportsman's point OF view. AS matter
Of fact however, tradesmen and hotel
L.. ..st1 - al
The Sporting News. CO St. Louis. says
editorially tina, the new Pacific league op-
pears to be a success This statement ~
based 10 some extent upon the fact that he
number Of scheduled games WAS increas-
ed. The increase was not made because
the patronage demanded 1t. but because
il was thought the people would patron
ize more games as well as they would the
original number The Sporting News has
always looked kindly on tho efforts OF thS
Pacific Northwest tn get baseball on an
established basis. and given its doings con-
siderable srace II made a special fea-
ture OF parbys great shut-out, MONT
game AZ Tacoma recently. b..
Old baseball players laugh nowadays
when they think of the time that Chief
Eorchers. the great pitcher and batsman,
was hcraldcd from tho Pacific 10 the At
lantic a. the Roy Wonder" II requires
bit OF moral courage to call up an unpeIs-
ant Renaissance. but Rorchers can afford
II, when | SPOKE IN him yesterday about
these days. he laughed ana replied:
''Yea, WAS exploited in the newspapers
n, she 'h3s wonder and when The Louis
Vile team ran MP against me ia san Fran
cisco they exploded me- and almost pat me
out Of the business | think II @as in iSs6
that this huppened I was pitching for the
II IL.
par; ~ the winter the Louisville team came
out 10 San Franc.cc. They had 'Keidy'
Macs on second Tony Mulianc on first.
Hub Collins one ~ The greatest ball play
ers that ever lived At third Jim Mcdonald
at short, Paul Cook behind tho bat, Jimmy
Fogartv IN center ncd Fou:z in the box,
and. WILL ! forget how the others were
placed | remember that joe Wcrrick, who
ussd 10 play second for Spokane and DEN
yer was with them. ami also a pitcher
named Person.
Well "a game was arranged between our
team and fsouisvills. 80 ~ played In San
Francisco. / WAS Cil}e,; far ana wide as
the hoy wonder In facF had been pitch
ing good bali and was Supposed to he a
world hcater There was big crowd pres
eut a; ihe game ana ! started cut 10 pitch
with al the confidence Of Jimmy Calvin.
Tim - keefe or old ka3bourue. Il would
have been happy day for me 4 4 thunder
Storm had come along inst then Those
fellows JUST walked ~ 10 the plate 3nd
shook banda With no every time / p3trAed
q bail They goi nome rims. three baEecrs
and doubles until wondered II the sisush-
:er wou,t ,ser stop. | pitched fast 5a-=
s.30w balls. curve balls ana straight halls.
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