The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-27
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10 the Paris exposition win be allowed TO
compete on the grounds cT the exsoxs ton
wtfhcsH impzsrInx their amateur Stunning.
7 AcK MINISTER'S. the well known
~ trainer. has been given full charge
q ,sa ~. ne HssssninS tables Of al depart
wise move on the part OF tae athletic COM
nrattse &C that Institution
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fTiHE following proposals for membership
have been received by the Seattle Ath-
l at.s.. Club: William { KiIsa. f. ypnn 4
X Wlnkier. J. A SURVIVAL W. Z.
Herr, ". II. Cowle. John p. Hausman, c.
W. Harper. Fred w Harper.
TN wO new inserschoIastsc records and
/ a worlds record sluaied twice were
made az the annual indoor championship
meet OF The New England Interschoiastsc
Athletic Ass1eil tsea which WAS recently
held under the auspices of the Boston
Athletic Association AZ Boston Arthur
Duly. ~ Worcester academy. eQualsd
the worlds record OF :s2s. for the io-yard
dash IN two OF his preliminary heats. W.
r. Moran. Worcester high school boy.
wsG the 0s3-yaFd run against q big field.
equaiing the intersenolastic record OF
Ia 2~s which was established by Tom
Burke, Of Harvard, some years ago. W.
w Toe, OF Er*ES z1EqGt, smashed the
tntezseholassic record By over three feet
in the snos-put. The old record was
81 feet inches. while Coe put the shot
a distance of Il feet 8 inches. The other
g. Gardner. of Worcester academy, clear
Ing the bar ar feet u is inches.
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a FIELD event new 10 athletes OF the
n Pacific Northwest will be introduced
by Prof Crane. of the Seattle Athletic
Club this sTmrner-that Of throwing the
discus. Il IS a recognized field event By the
A. A. Z. The game had its origin among
the Greeks, who always exceiied IN this
field event until three years ago. when
an American athlete, II. r. Garrett OF
Princeton. university. heat them at their
own game. The regulation weight OF
the discus Is AZ pounds. with outside
diameter Of 3 inches and 2 inches thick
al the center. The rules governing the
throwing OF the discus are similar TO the
shot-put All throws shall be made from
a i-foot circle. with 4-foot stop-board.
or. In other words. quarter circle, ana
similar in all respects to the circle for
putting the shot and throwing the ham,
mer; The manner In which such re-
Americans IL due TO the fact that instead
OF putting" the discus the same as
pitehng a quoit-whlch is the style lsed
by the Greeks-what Is commonly term
ed a "hammsr urn is used. thereby
giving much more speed and leverage to
the body. II requires much more skill
and practice than either the hammer or
shot. Prof Crane will teach the ath-
ietes of the s. A. G. the trick of ham,
mer turn" as he has had the advantage
OF training and Witnessing the best dis
adoption as field event By the Amateur
Athletic Union. A new regulation dis
Gus has been procured by the Seattle
Athletic Club.
THE Swedish movement system OF
aka. Has .-ntz s.as-
duced I'm this city by the Seattle Athletic
Club BY its present physical Instructor.
Prof. A. w. Crane. has also been taken
up by pr. Anderson: of the Yale gym
winter the doctor organized a class In
body building. He measured the strength
of his pupils before they began their
work aud then measured them the other
day. when they had completed their
course of training. The strength Of each
OF the first twenty men OF each trial vas
there was q marked increase In all the
measurements The Increase was sx-
tremeiy Interesting IN that they show
what systematic exercise can accomplish
In month or two.
A LII amateur billiard players must be-
~ COME registered In the Amateur Ath-
letlc Union before entering any open
amateur Billiard tournament in the fu-
ture This does net apply IN club
other clubs are invited 20 compete.
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A CALL for candidates will be issued
n this week for the track team OF the
Seattle Athletic Grub. The prospects
look very encouraging for good team.
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SOpYING the Eastern practice. limits
~ have been put 10 all the indoor
handican events BY the Central Assoeia-
one ' in the Wess The In limits ias1 nave b nsm
fyed as follows: Forty-yard dash 8 feet
+to-yard ran 10 yards, half-nile run. y
yards; mile run. 30 yards. haif-mile walk.
- yards. high jump, Inches: pole vault
inches. Is-pound shot-put. 5 feet
fT1HE Olympia correspondent Of the
l. Post-fnteil. gencer has discovered
that the new game law prohibits the
killing OF quail for t@o years lie SAYS
this will probably be- unpleasant news
to the King county sportsfuen who de-
sired 80 have the open season extended
Iucidentallv IL would appear that the
clause relative 10 guam crept into the
law accidentally IL - tao hate 10 cry
over the matter now bar L seems In me
as II someone had stolen a march on
sportsInsn IN general. They viii un-
dolhtedly he surprised tn learn that they
are prohibited from shooting quail The
outcome ot the matter will he that A
few viii abey tho law " bile the renain-
der will go on shooting a. usual ttn,l
paid wardens are appointed game laws
VIII not be respected
4 PETITION Will soon he presented "a
~ the county commissioners asking
them "a appoint q game warden al a
salary 81 So - month 7 may b. mis-
taken IN .te amount, bat IL is approx
naaisly cfrrve;. Sportssnen and business
rlen have sssne9 the petition. THE acton
ef thc commissioners Will BE wasehaes