The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-26

u. n. e. "A park Saturday afternoon III
many respects VAS the best seen In this
part OF the country for ten years TO my
certain knowledge.
It In true that some Of the spectators be-
came anxious along toward the end 10 put
In another event at the same time the pole
vault was In progress. II this idea had
been practical IL would have been followed
out without suggestion from outsiders.
The trouble lay In the fact that men were
comptt ting in the vault who were also In
the other events. Rights OF competitors
must De observed as wen as the desires
OF the crowd. As w. II. Lewis said: III
IL easier To handle the events from the
grand stand than from the feiG-" I have
seen men play imAginery perfect games Ut
baseball from their seats In the stand.
staining players for doing this and that.
and forgetting all the surrounding condi-
ttons.
Tho management deserves special men,
ton for the excellent way In which II kept
the crowd or the field There was not an
event which the people In the stands could
not see well with the exception Ut the
cunning broad jump. This event was too
tar away. and this accounts for the fact
that there was little appreciation. at the
time, of CAulkins' magnificent jump, u
feet inches. With James Barra&er out OF
condition. DO not know who there Ii In
better performance.
I must say, however, that II In not safe
20 leave Don Palmer out OF confederation
He cleared % feet ! inches Saturday. q
much better performance than WAS looked
for. II does not seem to make much dincr-
ence what kind of athletic event Palmer
takes up--he soon shows UP better than
tho average. II he were In the East II
would he an easy thing for him to go
through Harvard. Yale or the University
Of Pennsylvania
The Tacoma Y. N. c. A. has two fine
runners In Gregory and Chichester. The
latter labors under the same disadvantage
~ Eddie Dixon height and length OF leg.
II Is exceptional for little men To ever run
faster than 10 Is seconds In tho hundred.
I never saw an amateur that ran In bet
Ter form than Dixon In the hundred. and
hoped to see him surprise the country by
running In 10 seconds nat. He Is Inclined
60 drop out OF athletics now. and i am
afraid he will never change his mark from
10 Is. As DIXON says, Il am getting to
that age when must take life seriously,
and q 10 hard to be q sprinter and at the
Same time get down TO tho problems OF
business life"
In comparing Dixon and Paris It II easy
20 see where the latter has the advantage.
He In large and maxnifcently proper
TONED man. and has the ideal sprinting
leg from tho knee down. He has lived a
good life. aostaining from the use OF In
toxicants and tobacco His strength Is not
only unimpafred. but Il II a source OF
surprise TO even Prof. Crane. his trainer.
He 10 not a pretty 1Oi-yard runner. but he
can get over ground like Kansas cyclone.
reminds me Of perfectly regulated machin-
cry. To a person Interested In running II
- worth going miles to see him move
along tho back stretch OF quarter.
n n r.R t}~s.v II 4 A shs,x Faya
tho mile run Saturday. put MP splendid
race. Harvey Jordan. formerly an oregon
enthusiast on distance running. said that
no matter what Davis had done In the
that Il Elder had used good Judgment from
the start he wauld have beaten Davis.
but there the DIG ar comes In.
fortunate In the addition of young Mon
son the quarter miller. and Bader. the mile
runner. They are iina fellows. and 60
into sport with q determination to win
Monson ran third Of the quarter mile
race with only one shoe. winning second.
This may NOT appeal TO the ordinary Oh
server OF athletics. but 10 Prof Crane's
mind II was very significant Bader IL
pretty runner. but the handicaps were too
much for him.
Jay Humes IL improving AZ fast as any
Of Prot. Cranes young athletes; probably
faster. He II already commencing TO ex-
hihit what is called form. This was espe-
ctally noticeable In the running high Jump
and pole vault
I neglected TO mention yesterday Morn
ting I'm the account Of Saturdays athletic
games that Arthur Hall. Of the Y. NJ. &.
A.. 10 entitled to tho credit OF the Pacific
Northwest record for throwing the discus.
Until someone does better than VI feet
inches he viii hold the championship.
+>s-
Tho trophy offered by the Fourth Of July
sports committee for the ono mile amateur
open relay race is tho hantisomsst trophy
-
Az an extra indueement. each menrt,er Of
the winning team viii receive handsome
gold medal. II must De understood that
team, must be composed az members from
the club frem which they enter.
80
Entries for the Fourth of July field and
track games will positively close tomor-
row night, Mail entries will dc accepted
up Ia "Wednesday noon. The COMMITTEES
In charge has decided ~ enforce the rule
Of closing the entries advertised. and
no entry viii DO received after that time.
49,
Entries are beginning 10 pour IN from
all parts OF the Northwest for the amateur
A. c, Il. OF w. Tacoma Y. NJ. G. a, Seat
tia Y NJ O. A. p8yaifup Indian School,
4. A. c.. and unattached athletes from Ev
erett ana Port Townsend have already
been heard from.
Prof. A. w. Crane. OF the = A G, re-
csived letter from Hayry Cornish. Of the
knickerearker A. G., os New York, in
which s,urnish states that the record fer
throwing the discus. us feet inches.
which IL held by e. III. H.anemann. OF the
Chicago 4. G.. has never been beaten.
80
The Fourth Of Jaiy sports committee. es
which A. T. Ambrose ~ chairman. has
decided Ia add as windap ct the field
and track games AT Athletic park a CREASED
pig race. Anyone who catches aim can
have him Entries for this race should
lie Gent either 10 Mr.. Ambrose or Prof. A.
W. Crane.
BY special request a one-fnllc 0nea anna
teur running raea has been added TO the
esfriai programme al feid and yFA1,k
events for July L This will be handicap
race. Three prizes VIII he awarded
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Alvin kraenslsla, the American athlete
Will meet 4 ] kvlI. Irish champion sog
the al,@arouna championship al the knsek-
srhecker AtAlettc CsQa field July 4 Pres
isaent James +. sullivan, OF the hnicker-
ha,kcrs. las received positive assurances
10 sAi< effect. The mes ting az kraeus.etn
and Shelton, eE The New York Athleftc
Csisa and Kelly ia ,hiS annual contest
will he ore ~ the athlete treats OF lAa
season kraengissn Is working lske TFo-
aan under Mike MQsrAss direction at