The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-15

Young brotw che WORRIES walking secor1
Or ens-sighfh Of . mee at the Young
Meas Chrisfian Association games held IN
hat city easugaey. Yoang = credited Win
Going the distance in ~ Is seconds. - conn
pared sUfth - IS SECONDS. :h& record made
~ ". H. Parry. understood from ii.
Tacoaa psuDApeSs that Young had not
been 0p1ug much work. and frGD TsconA
people who were here yesterday that the
track was In very POOR condition ! have
olways looked upon Young - = remarkably
fAN walker. especially on Z short distance
sprint buf ] had no idea that he could
wipe out . worlds record under Such IN.
Gkw0Fabls circumstances q - . D5ty that
our records are not given more credeuce
IN the East ~ = = now. no matter how
oensAs1onal = performances enc OF eur Wea
makes. no matter how careful The timers
and measurers may y. the Eastern author :
The sdGuatlsn in regard to Pacific North
WMt records ia athletics b similar 10 that
- Caii{Ornaa IN pugflimm. They DO not count
either. Authorities ike Father Bill" Cur
tis. Of thu conservative Spirit Of the Times.
aIwAys Inquire - 20 the actual conditions.
Was there : wind ~ hsip he runner. was
proper kind os tape ussd - measure the
distance, waS the track perfoc3y leveif
These and other questions are invariably
onkAd BY the osd-biooded statssticians Who
We have been careless In Athletic mat
1osU out hsre In the far Northwest We
9ooeme enthusiastic At goed performances.
eral points Interfere with the acceptance
q the record. A. yet we have not startled
che world. but ! believe there u just -
found Ia the United States. and that when
10 attend to athlatic contests, encouraxing
and helping them along. noteworthy per-
and regulations. easy 10 comply with. are
observed. Il will be the same old story. I
have mentioned tbs natter Of timing races
IN other AsticlO ThEyreatest care should
Be exescised to select those who know what
they are doing and who have no interest
IN making the time fast or SLOW. Lack OF
confidence In our figures u shown - the
sxprsssions Of doubt that Eddie Dickson.
OF Tacoma. ran LOO yards In 10 seconds.
I am satisfied that Dickson made that
time In Seattle and In Portland Ths Port
! ever saw. and Dickson was in superb
pondttion. He has never been IT the same
nish notch Of perfectton since. Any one
Ehe says ;hs 4 n!cason 90 not have 70 run
ietio meet ever held In this part Of the
country. = talking from faiis premisea
he sseond man v w.s his ' s.s ITO" De-
no f'8CtHc sNo1UbWeDt ASSOCIATION Ata-
letic championship games will DO hsld in
fofaa ~ the location Prof. Crane. OF the
y. A. C.. II anxious 10 have the blue dia-
pond represented by a strong track and
4eld team II no il successful IL will real
" b. remarkable. He has already expend-
81 more energy In attempting to bring
athletics In the 3. A. G.. 70 proper sta
eus than those who simply look on can
Imagine. have never heard Mr. Crane
complain. but i am satisfied that tho
path OF physical director In an athletic
Club Is strewn with many stumbling
odocks.
II tho reports sent In OF games played
saturday afternoon In the public school
UnoGhAli league are correct, the losers had
hard time Of ". There ID . stock phrase
In baHebAll literature about furnishing the
outNeiders with horses. II would have
been especially applicable Saturday
The Rainiers beat the Queen Anne school
team by a score Of 81 to l. II was q verit-
ahae slaughter but IL may have the effect
- awakening the Queen Anne boys TO a
determination to DO better. Many team
pas been beaten only to play 70 per cent
o9etor the next game.
have received this concise account Of
enc gAm1: "IAtcnA ana Denfy-Denny
4frAid 10 play. Game given to L.. ao''
Thu Day school won from the Pacific BY
= score OF - tn 10 The last number was
written In such way that it was tmpos-
pnae to determine accurately what was
Intended.
According to data ut hand the STANDING
~ the clubs II A. foliows: