The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-02

The sports committee ~ the Fourth 81
duly celebration consisting 81 Prot. A. W.
Crane. chairman. G. 4 Fowler. \. S.
ooidsmitb. Or. n. =. Martin Edward G.
hcMnnus and A. Buckingham. has ,cen
hard at work for three weeks and Seattle
f. prornised the best athletic programme
over given In ihe Northwest Prof. Crane.
the chairman. r. one % the most er.hus-
fas'fc ana earnest spor'rrnsn that the
city has known. lie r. not afraid Of hard
work and his personal efforts have been
the mhlnstay % the committee and have
made their work possible A. Cooking
ham. W w. Miller and G. A. Fowler
have hal charge and management ~ the
field and track championship games: a.
y. Goldsmith and Prof Crane. the street
games. Dr. r. y. Martin has iabored in
dustriousiy % brinE Together Seattle
lacrosse team and viii pick his nggrega-
ton % stick handlers against the Nanai-
mo giants: r. G. McMnnus has secured
Prof Frank Hamilton. the noted aeron-
nut, - mako balloon ascension snd
parachute leap AZ Athletic park July
and tho bicycle parade will 30 managed
by A. NJ. Franklin. with the assistance az
the committee
The best work OF the committee, aaist-
cd bv the resilient officers 81 the Paria
Northwest Association % the Amateur
Athletic Union Of the United States. was
fn securing for Seattle the annual cham
rionship field and track games ~ The
association which viii be held at Athletic
park July 7. These games form the great
est athletic event ~ the year and will be
given On n rcale never before attempted
Tho handsome gold and silver r1edals
20 he given IN each event and the slk
banner for tho club winning a majority
~ points are now on exhibition in Stew
art n Holmes window. They ARE the hes.
ever offered for meet ~ this Kind In
the city Each medal FOR first place ron
sists OF two bars % gold connected with
links. one bearing che words Seattle.
July e. and the other thu name ~ event
for which the medal 10 offered From the
lower bar IA suspended a round riece Of
chased gold with raised figure repro
sonting an athlete In n position emblem
attic - the event and surrounded nv
tho words ia handsome blue enamel
"P. n A championship games 1000 20
Tho whole r. surrounded by handsome
laurel wreath 81 tinted gold making a
c0mpiste and elegant design The silver
medals for second place have raised sold
figures and blue enameied letters ana
are ~ the sainc general pattern as tho
gold once
N~pr~sentatlons Of the clubs.
The membership % the y y \ In
ciudes tho Seattle Athletic club and
University ~ Washington Athletic Asso-
citation Of Seattle ana the Multonofnah
Amateur Athletic club and First Regi-
ment Athletic Association 81 Portland
but the only clubs represented IN the
meet will be- the Seattle Athletic C1ab
and the Multonomsh Athlete club. This
will make n particularly interesting ~
the rivalry between the two clubs IL a.
it, height.
Multnomnh viii send a strong team 90
eighteen men, including many athletes
well known IN the association. Tho cap-
tain 81 Muitnomah'= toam. ~ " k"r-
riran. holds the y y \. record Tor best
performance IN the high Jump. - fert
z inches Roy Heater has tied jaw Hume-'
vault r. NJ Murphy has lately returned
from doing good work at Stanford and
be will 10 closely watched In tho high
jump. pole vault ana hurdles
Tho Semitic Athletic club team ~ ono
of tho strongest ever gotten up In THIS
city ana John Gearv tho popular hiFh
school athlete who will captain the tcsm
aud look out for its interests is conn-
Dent OF victory There are many record
holders on the team George Paris. TIE
we'll known sprintor established y
A record az Astoria last year NJ M 20
seconds IN the tio.yard dash. The follow
ine are rome 30 his records ~ announced
IN the otucisl report ~ the canadian
amateur championships in the New York
ClppeT
1eAvard dAsh ~ seconds nat
geo-yard dash - IS seconds
a4e- gHrd rUn. 80 20 sccond-
NStsvar1 run. 3 minute 10 Is seconds
mile rtin . minutes 81 seconds
Itop step ana Jump. AZ feet ~ inches
Snow shoe rccoris iao Varda iits see
onds worlds record ~ yards I min
ME 3 seconds, Z mile. I minutes IS SEQ
onfa
Parts "a also ono o. the beet lacrosse
PLAY or5 ln thc Northwest having ple-ei
on several star Canadian teams
John ~ ra's' past performance ara
well known Ns All local lowers o. 1r1~'t
In isa, ho ran the mile ln the 3 8 G..
meet tn 4 minutes. e. 40 seconds with
nftt yard handicap Tho same year Do
took second place in the half 90 tho g.
tsrwats 70 eet prurA barrett winning IN
3 rniNutrs 2 seconds iu ieS ~ WON the
half nom scratch ia minutes ,seonds
sra e ts claimed ON Food sathor,ty that
be he's Tan The mile iu as havia is
auucrias from sore toet Nh.th has