The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-30
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the fight.
JenTIes, the present champion. is uatur-
ally me favoT;te IN the betting. ne % =
o@tng at present, 70 70 :. although early In
ne week =. t.H II strongly IN accoanr O:
81 in5ures elbow. II is announced now,
however rhzt the Jury vas sllght ana re
has rssalnea his lost ground.
Both men sfs confident S1arkey saws
he wi! WHIP his opponent in tsn rounds Or
less and has made b"ts accordingly. Jet-
fries says he WI. pa- his man oar wen
the proper time comes, bat VIII name 90
number o. roun1s-
This fight VIII settle the heavyweight
Championship for several years u come.
There are now il the ring no possible ehal-
leuger@ that have not been whipped by
either 6aarkey or JeTrles. and for that
reason ths challenger whsn ne does come,
VIII have u be a man now unknown
Saturdays game beJseen the Seattle and
Tacoma h!Sa acaoo. teams. While resulting
tn a glcr!3us victory Tor the local eleven.
al talent are 20 considerable extent
lacking In familiarity with the fire points
II tns game and even with some OF the
fundamental rules. In other Tespecx. how
ever. the teams are well made Gp and
creditabae 70 The institutions that they rep
resent. They play the game with a Vim
ard visor tn@t creates enthusiasm and dis
arms the Crs1icai observer who may not
admire their woTk III other ses1ects
John Gesry. among the Seattle boys. did
especially wel In defensive work at
seaNfe. He practically handled TIE team
a n-nr stages ~ M game Hainer did
splendid work al tackle and Humes at
Crooks made himself the hero OF the day
Is MS long eighty -nve-yard run without
Interference
20. " r Mckee one OF the best known
trsIshooters in Seattle. and formerly one
u The mighty ni.nToi~ OF Iowa waa highly
pleased 10 receive last week the following
letter from J, A. Kicker. manager = the
Western magazine, outdoor Life publish
Cd al Denver.
pear Sir Since seeing you last sum-
mer nav" often thought % writing 20 you
LIFE Yea know thht we are always look
ins for good material in this the, espe-
sally from our Western friends and II
YOU can furnish us with account Of ne
~ your trips an incident thereof or any
manuscript that would properly come an
der 'he subjects embraced hy outdoor
l-lfe We she'll esteem !, as a favor Hop
Ing 70 hear from you: remain. yonrs
Col. Mckee is considering whetaer 20
branch out as an author. His friends tell
him he IL a good hand 4. fan stories.
The men behind the shotgun have had
their innings during the last week In the
woods aud In the marshes about Seattle.
especially on The samish Aats, on Sam
mamish slough Mnrcer slough. a. Orii.ia
ana around the head II the bay. There
have been ~ driving storms and the
due ks have been Way, therefore no phe-
uomenal bag have been made but near
y every hunter who has gone out has
returned with something 10 show for his
trip
Good jacksnipe shooting has been found
during me past week in the marshes
about FntneH aud seFerai Of the best
trap shooters .n the els have h~eu out
20 Try thei~ skiu IN he field against the
puEziius "prkscTew curves 81 the birds.
Several snip" dinners have been the re
suit
The usual sunday trap shout At West
Seat'i@ was Tot held Yesterday The
trapmrn. as a rule were content to rest
NJ after nc tournament at Tacoma The
week. previous The wonderfully good
shooting done there = S,fll the subfec.
- comment wherever shotgun experts
stiher The fac' that u'0c contestants
;tef each with fffeen live birds straight.
toT he stare Championship - sufficient
- show that tha trap shooters Of Wash
ingtop pr~ NOT far behind thu~e Of any
othNr state n The Union in skill Ian
Ming 81 Tacoma Won especial Story by
missing hut ono bird during The shoot
ing and well merits me championship
Trap shooting IN the Tinted States is
fast approaching the Nmit uf perfection.
There X ~ place u"w fer he man who
lot~eo7 4 thH recent tournament IN
Nashville. Elliott VITO has The national
championships made la7 birds without a
miss. the rrost wonderful r~yogd since me
beginning OK trap shooting F.iltctt-s
'ecotd - e@pee'ats} n"'c7 orthy IN view
20 zee fact to&t 80 uscd what The al
shooters tenn pump gun" that IS go
say. magazine sur with single barrel
Although tre b...r.e season Is prac-
teeils over iu SEA N> There axe "a few
tu lhu*ta&t-r IS @erlf5l"u p hp Ate Is: fr.
Of