The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-23

IN the presence OF a crowd OF people
that filled the gallery and good por~
II tien II the floor space OF Arfnory
hall, Don II. Palmer gave an exhih.-
tion Of pele vauiting yesterday afternoon
at he big athletic meet under the auspices
of the Y. NJ C. \. that surpassed all his
previous efforts. and proved beyond CUES
t.ou Of doubt that he Is a wonder
without the slightest Indication OF I'M
usual effort he slid over the bar at 10 feet
-. Inches. thus equaling the Pacific
Northwest outdoor record. held By HIM
self. and establishing new indoor rec
ord seven and three quarter inches
greater than the old Ii Is probable
that he now holds the indoor record for
the Pacific coast. 49, there are no records
given 10 dispute the claim. In fact there
Il nothing. even in the most reliable ia
bles of past performances to show that
he is not the indoor champion OF the
Paimer's Wonderful Vault.
Dole % Stanford. holds the outdoor
Coast record with 10 feet iDt2 inches, but
only Tor an unstable standard his record
would have been beaten Indoors. at thac
~ Palmer YESTERDAY afternoon. II was
nu trouble for Palmer 10 20 over the bar
at the top Of the standards, 50 they were
raised up by means OF pieces Of planks
u or1tr 20 give him a chance at Doie's
record. The crowd did not fully under
stand the significance Of attempting a
vault - ~ feet IL. inches but the. height
~ the bay VAS sufficient TO cause an UNI
usual silence
Even the .rrepresSIhle boy Kept back and
gave tn" young athlete q clear run for tho
goal Carefully he measured MS ground
and retired 80 about tWtafy-eight yards
distance. Then he poised the pole and IA
moment later commenced the run of his
Isle With perfectly measured distance
the swing Of the pole Snot into the air
Up, Up and up lie went Gracefully his
body carved over the cr0sS-bar. and ~
he cast loose from the pole il seemed err
ta4u nrw coast record had been eStab-
ijse}ted, The crowd burst forth into wild
applause bat Ia falling ne touched the
lar slightly. Il trembicd bat gave no
signs of failing Then one Of the stand
ards typed slightly Slipped Of the sup
port and fhe record f-u with e.
tauitsins Is Conner.
o.. W CAulkBs. az the I. Of W. shared
the tonoT~ 81 the day with Palmer RI
showed ane form IN both The fhIrtt-y.irl
dash and running hjCh Jump winning
from g ueld th@t contained som. good
men t'orson and Chestnut also showed
~ vel IN the spirits
TIE absence az Palmer ard the with
VfHwal 0f Aurfarg from tho N~'-yard ran
Tea Stirling il-i au easy winner from the
forty -tiVc-Eard mark The uulE mad
work 30 had wa when Hawkins contest
"a his right 80 the lead. J. was 4 good
rate trom bat time on until The middle,
~ th. lA~t las When Hawkins collapsed
aud titN crossed th" Hire winner se.th
Morrison ara Elder "a she positions
earned t.ldsr was The last man in the
uuaeA Hntil the i2@t lap and Is locked ns
81 ha suatd roc possibly break through
Tbat he did gst - the front 81 r. narrow.
irtfk ~tN afstp curves va tribute "a
hfe Hhtttf"- f#V eia. n5eB fhat p. was
f.ai.d earlv IN the race. hstf Referee,
"A Bailey refused - con~.der g. foetH-r
SHEEN runners &re b'lnc6o.. ou Is p7ov track
cA~uot always 80 avoided
itsdig'> rtucLy Climb
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