The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-29

1auRuAt1u& ~ ths OVERWHELMING 0eZezI
Of the Seattle High sc3oof athletes By
THAR Tacoma rivals II Saturdays games
vas. II may - . osed thing In the end.
Ina vsetoTs Are mot In my essimxfton, bet
ter men naturally. but they were In bet-
t@ condition and came up rather than
fsH back when put to the test
LAvtn9 the bicycle races out Of the
question. Seattle ought 10 have held Ia
conA even On posnsa whereas they feil
far short 81 this. They did nof. in several
1nssancss, come up TO practice form. A.
an illustration Of this. yogng Hin. who
- promising athlete, failed 70 reach
feet In the running high jump. II may
10 that fhe slight upgrade over which
~ had 10 run threw him OIL In his calcu-
1atsons. but II Is certain that he ala not
do himself justice. He was unfortunate
3n the f3-yard hurdles. failing al the last
obstacle. when hs haA second place well in
hand. He Is young and conscientious in
Dis work. Another time he will probably
do better. The Htll family In athletic,
and have been inclined To think that the
youngest Of fts three brothers who took
part in saturdays games had . brilliant
future In store
The unqualified defea. Of Frank par.
faxd In the 9Gyard run hy oyIer was not
much OF surprise TO me. II 10 true that
HARVARD showed great Improvement dur
snE the two weeks prior TO the ganses but
the Tacoma msn are fast runners and
finish better. Theu, again. they have had
tho advantage Of advice from EId.e Dick.
ron. who ha& newer been beaten 81 this
paTf of the country at that distance.
While am satisfied that Referee Lewis
was justihed In disauaiifying Gregory for
1euhng near the finish In attempting TO
push 70 the front. feet that am justi
ned In saying that II was entirely unin-
ssnfionaL Gregory was making fine nm
Skh. ard even X he was disqualified the
excellence 81 his werk remains. OyIer and
0rexory showed far better fern I'm my
estimation. than the Seattle men Bar
nard finishes In much the same way that
~. II. Common. the famous xprinter. did
Wnsn ne Was losing his strength BY
Watching bin CLOSELY you can SEQ him pull
ing himself up and backward
John 0eary did not do himself justice in
any OF thu eyents. except the pole whit
* y true that he WAS thrown out OF his
stride In the 10 yard hurdles when placed
back one yard for breaking over. but II
WAS evident along the last OF the course
shat he wus weary. He Aent over the
hurdles with effort. and his work lacked
oesn. When he took the scratch prior to
sns start he was all OF 4 trem-
ne. worry over the outcome Of an
annette event viii do much toward giving
the othee contestants a victory. An sth-
Sste should control himself as mach q.
possible and 80 into race with tbe idea
shai ne viii do his best, and IN he loses
lst u 20 at that. One OF the great fac
tors In the saeeess Of Edward Han,an. one
% the greatest earsmen that the world
nss ever sesn. was that ne could lie down
M taxs nap twenty minutes before an
Important race
Geary and G. James Elder ran a ,,o.or
race ~ the @o-yard dash. They sbovsd
pcor JuAgment and deserved 10 be tea.er
AadeF was himself In the half ana mia
especially the latter. where he clearly our
inquired Ferris. OF Tacoma Ferris 4.
kooo runner but he failed In following his
.ns.,uct'ons TO kiii on Elder before the
unish. Gardner won the running Mn
Jump and running broad jump for Seattle
nut ~ tell FAR below form In throwinv
NE discus. Read " Tacoma. out,II., him,
sstf IN this event. and alse In the shot
putting contest s"oe
inc large crowd at the games and N.
enthusiasm manifested IL good evidence OF
not recall an INSTANCE when a~stf,a 80, ~
sent between 30 and 80 enthusiasfs along
With Its track and field team a. T.cou,s
ola saturday II shows that when tbev
g Inie ceptest over in our rival city
Tscor" 1870 Nv su .ra,n.. believe mat the
they won. ''''ois
49,
Eddie Dickson. OF Tacoma. the mos,
srseSsul ans b~ss amateur sprinter that
the Pseine Northwest has developsd was
present at saturdays games. He is look
ing well and says that ne II stronger thar
eeny other time since he became m afh.
ser !. !. not sene,slly known tina, Dick
violin 10 his favoe4te instrument.
Ths fourth annual spring haailcap a.h-
lstic games % the Seattle Y. NJ C.
, WI - hsld q the =, n. G, A. park SAT-
, nrmy :, June Jun ; William H. Lewis. chair
tro following letter 10 the Tacoma NJ
g. A., seattle Athletic Club and 4. Of n
Athletic Association:
discus are handicap John 4. Whailsv
has been appointed haadicap.r FOR mis- s,e-
SAson. Tho rales O the Amateur Ath-
, sss. SaRr 6 sf' n's sa sas:: WI ss
athletes Win BE- allowed 60 enter Entr,e.
must b. upoa the accompAny.nx blanks
end the rs9ssration number q TIE athlete
should In each ease be given
All entrtee must be- received by the
undersigned net later than the morning q.
WEDNESDAY. June I. accompanied BY fee
medals will be given To frat ami s@e.,h
men respectively I'm each event The
gasncs viii commence promptly at = 30 u
m and contestants should be on hand
promptly a. that tina
Ev~rts~lso yard dash. .aa-yard dash
NAssard run. ore mile run fs,-
f~rd hurefss. running hsaA turrr. running
broad jump pole vault for height threw
Ing fs-pouni hammer. throwing the dis
Gus. one mile relay race"
80
The proposed dual athletic NEE. he
tween Washington and Oregon AT Portland
July 4 has net rescse<i a gsssnt v-sers 1,
can he ceY s5dsrea as an assured thing I
hepe the meet viii take place ARD thss
there viii not We any effort or sstr part -
either state 20 have ere performers Visit
relatives for tire sausgner az sudden
changes o. ressarree
Iigh scores 81 the Seattle Rowling Gina
alleys last WEEK were as follows. parvf-
son. =. s.. Darlington. 90 KELSEY. 81 *.
Hubbard, s.. 81, ssa sss ousssev. y; tsiustfe
Il: Hasey. 81. W. d. Wilson. s.
On the Seattle Athletic Cab alleys .ha
following sccrss were nssas .s*t week
jackson. "a IS. Hnsssns. 81, carnsan. s.;
Hyunn. 81, q
TIE present standing az ths, : A :, ~.