The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17

The impression exists in some quarters
yet that the Columbia university foot
ball team is coming to the Pacific coast.
do not know what ground there is for
such a belief. The New York Evening
Post, which is usually very reliable In Its
news columns, says in late issue that II
has been definitely settled that the CO.
lumbia team will not go to the Pacific
coast this season. The manager stated to
the Post reporter positively that the foot
ball season. so far as Columbia was con-
cerned, had ended If Columbia had come
to the Coast It would have necessitated a
second training season for all of her men
The lingering hope that Columbia would
come to Seattle from San Francisco must
die
novel entertainment in the nature Of
''gymkhana" will be given by members
Of the Ladies' Annex of the Seattle Ath-
Ietic Club on the morning OF January II.
commencing promptly at 10 O'Clock, TO
which only lady friends of the members
will be invited. The events to be given
have not as yet been definitely decided
upon, but at the next meeting of the an
mex a committee of three will be APP
pointed to take the matter in hand
All regular indoor classes at the Seattle
Athletic Club will be suspended from De-
cember "a to January ]. inclusive This
is customary at the club every year dur
ing the holidays. Prof. Crane contem-
plates at this time to make flying trip
to Chicago on business.
With an entry list of forty competitors
at the commencement Of the recent han
dlcap handball tournament at the Seattle
Athletic Club. there now remain but six
contestants to play out the finals. This
tournament has been the means Of weed
ing out the scrubs, and the entries for
the next tournament will be limited to
players of known ability. OF course any
member of the club will have the privi-
lege of challenging any tournament player
for a series of three games, and IL he sue
ceeds in defeating such tournament player
he will be allowed to take his place In the
tournament.
Prof. Crane. Of the Seattle Athletic Club,
says he is willing to offer handsome
gold medal emblematic of the amateur
handball championship of the Pacific
Northwest provided such players as Tenn
pie and Myers, of the local Y. M. c. A..
and Grisley and Thompson. of the James
Bay Athletic Club, of Victoria, would en-
ter. The athletic director says he will
pit DR.. McCulloch and Frank Pierce
against any handball players In the North
west, either In singles or doubles.
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There Is danger that the American
Cooked Hat Bowling Association tourna-
ment will not he held this year The Sc
attic Bowling Club Is no longer in exist
ence. and there seems to be some doubt
whether the Union Club. OF Tacoma, will
participate in the tournament. Unless Ia
coma can he persuaded to take an active
part In the championship contest II will
hardly be worth while for the Multnomah
and Commercial clubs, OF Portland. to
make trip to the Sound to play only the
Seattle Athletic Club.
Those interested I'm bowling are anx-
ious to have the tournament go through.
The kindlest feeling has always existed
between the different clubs. except In the
matter OF the insulting treatment given
the Seattle Athletic Club at the now de-
funct Oregon Road Club alleys. Follow
Ing this. the Seattle Athletic Club tender
However, the Oregon Road Club team did
not bowl at the last tournament.
DIR. r. A. Churchill wiped out A, b.
Nelson's four-game bowling record of 246
on the Seattle Athletic Club alleys last
week, with the following: 70. "a, "A, $3.50
II alley records were sustained in tourna-
ment play, the Seattle Athletic Club would
be hard to beat.
Edward Brady led In high single game
bowling scores at the Seattle Athletic
Club alleys last week, with rs D. N Bax-
ter. who is always one of the best bowl
ers in the club when In form knocked
down Y pins I'm one game and 81 I'm an
other. His second highest score beat
Brady's second by five pins. other good
scores were as follows. sauls, ss; Myers,
"a. Churchill, G..
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Terry McGovern's victory over Joe Cans.
the colored pugtlist. In Chicago last week.
may have been ne-sided fake but w
ever the situation was. there can be little
doubt but that Cans made no effort to
win. Cans Us convicted OF taking In the
minds Of the sporting fraternity. and while
McC;overn has not been dragged into the
trouble, his reputation will not be helped
Ivy the affair IL is not worth while to
consider tho hght as a fight The referee
did not think the knockout" blow had
steam enough To do the work II was
evident from his statement, Immediately
after the fight shat he thought something
was wrong.
Unless there Is a great change In the
conduct OF prixefghts all over the coun.
try. the sport will fall into utter disgrace.
IL seems as II nine-tenths OF the big lights
In the last year or so had n yellow look
The Corbett- Mccoy farce is still fresh in
4 ttA' hftA## 20 tAN FtNFttf anu yer Nhen
I Corhett went TO Chicago he was lauded 20
the skies. Now he Is In Cincinnati telling
the sports that he will put up a boxing
club and give them genuine fights All
the fighters are after money nowadays
and II does not seem 10 make much az
ference how they get H. The public pays
+ the BIN How LONG will II stand II? Not
much longer I think
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IL Is claimed thai the referee and umpire
Z ~ the Seattle high oi-spokane foot
ball game, which was played ia Spokane
saturday, bet 500 on spokane The aa-
sertion is made that Spokane WIFI not
claim the championship under the clrcum.
stances although the score Of the game
was Is 20 70 In her favor
The action ~ tho Spokane team ia as
highly 20 be commended as the action ~
the Teferce. providing the allegations uaads
are true, IL 20 be condemned The fact tina,
Seattle was nenallEed after a brilliant
play. which netted 10 yards aud gave 4
I touchdown, would naturally cause trouble
I In such case there are always two
{ sides to a story. and ia the present cas-,
/ that one decision took victory away from