Olympic Athletic Club
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- Mar 23, 1894The Great Olympic Club SchismA power struggle over prizefighting and instructor hiring tears Seattle’s athletic club in two.First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA
- Mar 26, 1894Olympic Athletic Club Internal SquabbleA committee meets to resolve deep fractures within a local sports club, where disagreements over prize fighting have cast members in an unfavorable light.Seattle, WA
- Mar 28, 1894Olympic Athletic Club Splits Over PrizefightingThe local sports club undergoes a schism, purging members who support the controversial sport of prizefighting.Seattle, WA
- Jul 16, 1894The Olympics Outlast Seattle in a One-Run Amateur ThrillerSeattle's amateur nine fought to the last man against the Olympic Athletic Club in a game full of spectacular catches and disputed calls.Seattle, WA
- Aug 29, 1894A City Rallies for Its Miners: The Franklin Disaster Relief FundSeattle workers, unions, and businesses dig deep for families of miners killed in the Franklin mine explosion, pushing the relief fund past $1,000.Seattle, WA
- Sep 13, 1894Seattle Sends Money and Flour to the Widows of Franklin's Dead MinersAfter a coal-mine disaster left families in Franklin without breadwinners, the Post-Intelligencer's relief fund and an Olympic Athletic Club benefit kept cash and flour moving to widows and orphans.Seattle, WA
- Sep 16, 1894A Seattle Stage Benefit for Franklin’s Mine Disaster FamiliesAn Olympic Athletic Club benefit at the Seattle Theater raised more than $2,000 for widows and orphans after a Washington coal-mine disaster.Seattle Theater, Seattle, WA
- Sep 16, 1894Seattle's Amateur Athletes Rally for the Franklin MinersMandolins, wrestling, slackwire and buck dancing packed the Seattle Theater to raise relief money for the families of the Franklin mine disaster — pushing the fund toward $2,000.Seattle Theater, Seattle, WA
- Feb 14, 1895Seattle's New Athletic PowerhouseThe Olympic Athletic Club and the Seattle Cycling Club merge to dominate the local sports scene, promising new facilities at Woodland Park.Woodland Park, Seattle, WA
- May 18, 1895The Woman Who Bet $20,000 She Could Walk Around the WorldChampion pedestrian Zoe Gayton stops in Seattle before a globe-circling wager—armed with walking shoes, two revolvers, and a cocker spaniel.Seattle, WA