The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-06
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r INDIGNATION = Openly expressed q.
the seattle Ath.s<te GLIB ev~- Ire
- alleged boF;ercus and snxersiSnAaly
conduct OF the erowi which Witnessed
tAe bowling contest Saturday evening he-
tween the s. A. G.. And Oregon EGA3 C-1o
teams on tire issser's nsl-ys ~ PorfEanc-
II was ur9e-ssaa. hg certain ne.n5e-s
or rae ioca, s1szo sometime agn that a
Visiting team casls net ger fair saox at
the Oregon Road Clubs hxn1e. bat nd on9
anticipates canesact sessA a. h reported TO
have actually taken place
r. O. Earssch. Gle sf sAa members Of
sha s. A. C. team returned from Portland
yesterday morning He said THAI IN ali
his life he VAS never before SO dssgSstsd
ard ind xn2at as during the match. Mr..
E7ritGs IA a very quiet. ss1ais man and
when his Indignation ii aroused there IL
something other than imaginary tr cause
Il. He sasa not hesitate tn say in CONVEX
cation with friends that the conduct OF the
crowd went far beyond the limit
According to reports whenever Seat
tie bowler stepped to the alleys ne was
greeted with jeeFfng ysils, and even re-
marks that bosderea closed Of insults
Some OF the ruerabsrs OF the team are re-
perted 10 have been In favor OF WITH
drawing from the match. leaving the case
to be settled at q general msessng OF the
understood that a meeting was called for
yesterday afternoon and that the question
OK conduct at the Oregon Road Clubs
alleys was to De discussed
A year ago the Eeattle Athletic Club
men complained bitterly Of the treatment
they received At the hands OF the crowd
that gathered at the Oregon Road Clubs
alleys AT that time / was inclined To
think that the complaint was exaggerated.
bat from what have heard recently, and
the charges regarding Saturday might
affair, / am forced 10 the conclusion that
bowling II not handled 81 the Oregon
Road Club as IL II al the Maitnomah, Ia
coma and Seattle alleys.
do not know Of any other cities be-
tween which there is greater rivalry
than Seattle and 4anosna. ysi during al
the many games that the D. A. &. and
Tacoma have Dowted there has never been
the slightest trouble. Fortune has been
first with on. ana then with the other.
0ut throughout 1T al the NEST kindly
feeling has prevailed. The players joke
one another after s!sa matches about good
or poor work and so home with the re-
mark. Well. just Wait aatli the nexs
meeting
I have never heard complaint about
ungentiemanly conduct at the siultuomah
alleys. IL Is always about the Oregon
Road Club crowd. SO far "a l can learn
the players that represent the Q. X. &.
do not say anything or do anything dur
ing match 10 reflect on Themselves. bal.
their supporters make ny In hundred
ways.
The same old trouble about switching
king pins" occurred at Saturday night
game. The change WAS discovered and the.
blame was thrown On the alley boy. \
year ago legislation was had on this very
point, and We. the 3. A. G. men say that
they had 10 call for the proper king pins
before they were produced
Bowling is supposed 10 be eminently
gentiemaa's game, The men who have
worked for its advancement In Portland.
Tacoma and Seattle are among the most
highly respected and II does seem shame
that a tournament cannot pass of with
certainly permissible and should be en-
ceuraged, but when Il comes To the point
OF yelling and ieering before the play Is
actually accom- p. tshed the case In entirely
different Seattle does not desire any fa-
vors. Ali her hewlegs ask is a fair chance
and Ii defeat cores Ii wil be accepted
In srortsmaniike spirit.
IL il true that the Oregon Road Club
team was very anxsous to beat the 5. A.
e. and thus secure the lead in the race
for .he championship. She accomplished
her end. taking four straight games. but
with the result that there is much hard
feeling ssfDa of the members at the club
said yesterday afternoon that they were
sorry their representatives did not refuse
ia play out the match II would have
walked out" eaid one man. 1T seems 10
be impossible for anyone to get a fair
deal AT that club"
II the q A. c. had its way the o r. c.
There n some talk Of refusing to allow the
o. X. G. men 10 bowl on the local alleys
hut thss will probably not amount To any
thing III the association passes over the
complaint OF Seattle.
The standing OF tho clubs IL as follows:
xf.xs. Isf a 4 II