The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28
TIeOML ATHLETES VcIORS.
En4hos1ast1s Crowd EnJsys1 tAe
oDoss-Dag .Delegatisn Present
TFs0 the City - Destiny with
Yellow 0treaaexs anA Fish Hosns,

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Seattle suffered q crushing defeat a the
the Z. Il c. A park in the third annual
intaguchOsasttc athletic meet OF the Puget
sound high schools- Out of = possible LIS
points the young men from the City OF
Destiny won 81, more than twice the
number credited 70 their rivals.
II was not an ideal day for athletics,
neither were the tracks In good condition
owing to the cold and rainy weather. yet
Taking d.sadvantages into consideration
the figures were good.
Between SO and 90 people were present,
evidence With their yellow ribbons ana
screeching tin horns Tacoma's athletes
expected TO defeat Seattle and brought
over 70 enthusiasts to see .he operation.
IL was performed In q most artistic man
ner. ana Seattle has no IFS or ands" to
offer IN explanation. Even IL the bicycle
races had been left out entirely, Seattle
would have met q Waterloo.
Out Of nftsen events Seattle was first In
only nve, c. James Elder. John Geary
and Gardner beng the lucky contestants.
Elder had the half1nile easily. and won
Geary carried or the honors in the pole
vault. while Gardner was FIRST in the run
ming high and broad jumps.
Cnidesters good sprinting gave Tacoma
the 100 yard dash and the relay race, while
Gregory came to the front in the quarter,
OYER IN the 00'yard dash. Hoska in the
hurdles and Read in the weights. Ferris
proved Q strong point winner.
Gregory deserves great credit for beat.
Ing Elder In the quarter. and the same
Is true OF Elder in his victory over Ferris
In the mile. Both were good races. the
mile. however. being . trifie more exciting.
Prof A. w. Crane, Of the 8. A. c.. Of
nctAted ~ starter. and gave unqualified
satisfaction. He penalized Geary, one OF
nis pupils; Tor breaking over In the LID
Eealow1ng 10 . summary Of events:
100-YarA Dash.
F1rst heat-Wen By Crook, 9. H. O.:
barnard. 3. H. g.. second. Time. liz secr
second heat-won b. Chilester. +. H.
D.: West. 8. H. g.. second. Time 10 IS
seconds.
Inird hs..-won By oylsr T. H. g.:
onds Judges decision va. disputed by 81
outaiders VINO claim that Robertson wen.
The decision in favor Of Oyler affected the
nnai heat decidedly to ssattls's disadvant.
Final heat-won b. 0idestsr. r. H.
g.. without being pushed to his utmost:
oyier. q H. g.. second: Crook. 8. II. g..
third. Time 10 IS secondA
Pole Vault.
Won By John Geary. s. H. g.. With Q
with . vault ID 5 feet ! inches: Miner. y.
II. O.. third. With . vault ct 8 fseG s
Won by Elder. s. Il. s. !; Ferris. T. H. s..
second: Davis. 8. II. g., third Time.
5:3l % 1t was the best race of the day
Elder won by splendid Judgment and q
magnificent squirt down the home stretch.
which carried him past Ferris. much to
the Iatier's disgust.
Running High Jump.
- .
Of feet inches. which broke the previ-
Gus record by l inch; Read 7. II. S..
was second, and Erchinger. T. II. s.,
third. There was only an inch difference
between the second ard third.
l2O-Yard Hurdles.
Won by Hoska, +. II. s., Chidester. r.
II. s.. second; Hill. S H. s.. third Time.
!! seconds Geary. who was Seattle's
back a yard. He ran the last halt as IL
tired. and fen at next to the last hurdle.
Hill would have been second. but he fell
ut the last hurdle. Hoska showed surpris-
fnyg good form.
22O-Yard Dash.
First heat-Won by Crook. s. II. s.:
barnard, s. II s.. second: Robertson. s.
H. s.. third. Time, % as II was a GOOD
hot race and approached very near to
Second heat--won by oyier, T. II. s.:
Gregory, T. II. s.. second: West. S. II.
g.. third. Time. d 20. At 10 lime was
OVERS right TO first place in danger.
Barnard. s. II. s.. second: Crook s n.
g., third. Time, rs Gregory crossed the
tape second. but was disqualified by Refe
rec Lewis who said that he committed a
tape. Oyier ran In good form and showed
unqucrtioned superiority to Barnard, who
was counted on 10 take first.
Hnlf-Miie Run.
Won by G. James Elder :. II s: Fer
ris. r. II. s.. second: wadsworth. T. II.
g.. third. Time Ale %. 1t was really an
easy victory for Elder because he could
have finished much faster II forced Fer
rts and Wadsworth made a close finish,
the former leading by n few inches.
Throwing the Discus.
Won ny Read T. II. s.. with throw of
~ feet: Raleigh r. II s. second with a
throw OF 81 fee; So inches: Gardner
II. g.. third. with a throw of 81 feet &
inches, Read surprised his friends BY his
excellent work. while Gardner did not
come UP 10 expectations Seattle was dis
appointed In this event.
Putting the I2-Pound shot.
Won by Read. T II 8. with put OF 70
feef lo'> inches. Campbell s II. s. sec
ond. with a pui Of q feet - inches: Gard
neT. $. III s. third. with put of Is feet
5 inches. Reads work was clean en-, and
deserved first place. although Campbell did
excellent work.
HaIf-Miie Walk.
Won ny r. Mattison 2. II s: Wiley
T II. 8, second, II. Martison r, II 8
third, Time. as 20. This event was con.
coded tc Tacoma Bebh was the only 81.
attic man who did eredttahIe work RE
kept we'll 10 The front until tho last Sgsrsnt
II looked like n good running finish
SSo-Nard Dash.
Wen by Gregory. r. II. s.: Elder 5 II
s, second. Armstrong r. III. s. third
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