The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-11
SPORTS AND
PAHUiES

Asst week was not . buay enc IN
athletic c1rcte1. The commence
- ment Of high school ard university
This week viii psobabIy be the be-
ginning Of . revival IN track ard gymrA-
Stun athletics. but outside the Labor Day
exercises Aothfng of any fmportancs has
happened. Sporting people In genera! are
boxing forward with great interest 70
the tennis games which are To be played
Thursday and Friday between the cram
Dion men Of the East and local players
n good exhibition OF tennis playing -
looked for. because. although the iocai
men are not sure OF winning, they thinA
they can give their opponents nara raD.
Locai sporting people are Also taxing
much interest Ia the coming international
yacht races, and ..se good points Of the
two yachts are being eagerly discussed on
every hand Ths general opinion In bs-
attic u that there viii De very CLOSE
race between the two yachts. and a. yet
no one predicts victory for either tne
Columbia or the Shamrock. Inc recent
lacrosse games have been watched Win
satisfaction by those who have been
working 20 have the game nrmiy estaO-
Itshed In athletic circles In Seattle.
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Much interest II attached 10 the coming Of
flae crack Eastern tennis players, VINO ara
10 play IN Seattle <his week IL - expected
that whitman. the United States cham
pion in Singles. Davis and Ward. cham
pions In doubles and Bsais Wright. Unit
ed etases inser-EcaogAsfic champion, viii
be here next Thursday and Friday.
They have been playing In California
and Portland for several weeks. and ac-
cording to all accounts havs won all the
matches they have entered in. However.
when they reach Seattle they win have 90
NEST ~ good men - they have played.
Whitman has been playing for several Gays
In California. and he win have severai
good players against Elm here, among them
Foulkss, Hufd. Peiiy and Russell. All Of
these. although they DO not expect @ beat
Whitman. DO e1psot 70 1sve him IN n.
20 beat whitman, hu. y conndent thai be
can beat Wright, the int1e1choaAssic
champion. Hurd and rouikes are not car
tain yet whsthsr WhitM.n .iii sset sns mem
Tor some fims. At any rate, a. interest
Ing games as were ever played an the
Seattle courts will be shown this week.
The Hawthorne Club proposes 10 kiys
next Tuesday evening at GermafiiA hall.
From tho beginning this club hne been m
hustrlois In securing good boxing matches
for the seattle public. ana Tussday n,fhs
programrne includes = feur-ruund 20 be-
tween Tommy Buiisne and Art Burke q
six-round bout between Charles Washing
s0h ti ann m.ssS bstwssn az. feoS
ard; Of New York. and w. H. Jones. Of
Leonard has had some hard nights in
a. GEORGE Dixon, William Ernst. 0cqrFa
LAvinne, McKeever and Dial Hawkins With
out . Knockout Jones showed up well in
Ia.s snn ,wn w wn ss Hs p shfy
man in the ring. He outpointed HAWKING
give Leonard good match. OF coursA
attic. NJ. in his record and his exhibition
with INDIAN" Joe Gregg . week ago last
Saturday night ne showed that he was a
capable man with hts hands. Atogether,
one.
Eddie Allen. Of Spokane, Is extremely de-
siruus Of racing against Frank Cottsr. the
ming ON eli adas this season Mr. Alien.
ienGes CsSltf 70 bicycle race any dis
ttis 6 py q i s f gs s' eJss
He 1nciudee with hts race side bet Of
1100 lie % also wiiiinw 90 fnce Cotter ~
any place. either Seattle. 9roAanc or Ia
SIS WIZ any y ss pa aesay or party
q evidence al good faith. Both
Cotter ana Alien have had several eAcea
Any attsnps 10 bring them tcesthsr win
shs Northwestern ciiiss.
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Baseball enthusiasts In Seattle and e.se-
where on the Pacific coast are pleased TO
hear that a number Of Eastern players are
are among the best in the National League
ard ineiaae yach asen ~ Lans.. Msrtes
Chance. pvnsin. Van Hsi,ren and Irwin
With enough other players TO make mp =
matches With the csliforns s' .ssm n.'', ana
there u . prospect that they viii play In
Seattle, On their way our they win also
play thc best teams 20 be found en- route
a cpg e. best ssH is s aK Z n, O. iSsp
League. viii probably accompany the Ma
Coast.
0utia hss rren received. II dives a sood
outline ~ last years play amcng shs col
la9e clubs with GOOD acrouns AZ the per-
sormsnee Of Wsl.sr Camp, Robert wrrnn
Eastern colleges Several new rsites ara
introduced In the book for this year THE
principal seatstrN IA the advocacy OF n
Tore open kanc In opposition 10 she mass
pays % much In vogue last year.
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Don II Palmer. who has been prcsy,sneu,
IN athletics II the Seattle Ashietic Club and
the state university for several years.
leaves this week q attend the Rush Med cal
college In Chicago All ,h. time Palmer
was at the university he trained fastrfuily
ana a. the end ef his term there he hela
tire record for pole ssT,;ing IN sse Pacific
Ncrthwsst. Resides being thus proficient,
&c was good man IN tsa~yar3 sAEysrs.
ana other running races He aiso played
a fatr game or football He expects Ia keep
up his training white In chicago.
A the tire for schncls - ess-en .sraws
near large number Of Seattle Young r,~c
afe leaving the sty fer Easter, cogl.rra
Many of them have BEEN connected Win
athi.tics Ter several years aaa Gre exres.t-
ca 10 rNnsinne successful careers n thsr
hne In their nsw reiss
CROWDS SIZE raE LACROSSE.
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