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236 stories matching sport
- The Final Fight of a Local Sporting Legend
Once a celebrated middleweight who drew crowds, Patsy Carroll died in poverty at a Seattle mission, remembered by the city’s sporting fraternity.
- Winter Carnival Comes to Conconully
The county seat prepares for its first-ever winter sports festival, featuring ice races, skating, and the crowning of a carnival queen.
- Olympic Athletic Club Internal Squabble
A committee meets to resolve deep fractures within a local sports club, where disagreements over prize fighting have cast members in an unfavorable light.
- The Sad End of Sport the Fire Dog
The local firehouse dog, a beloved fixture of the Seattle south end, met a tragic end under the wheels of a patrol wagon.
- The Social Cost of the 'Sporting Fraternity'
A debate sparks over whether local businesses truly benefit from the money railroad men lose to gambling.
- The Lonely Death of 'Mike the Rooster'
A once-prominent figure in the city's sporting fraternity dies in a lodging house on Washington Street from a morphine collapse.
- Olympic Athletic Club Splits Over Prizefighting
The local sports club undergoes a schism, purging members who support the controversial sport of prizefighting.
- The Saloon Keepers' Political Machine
Local liquor interests meet at Eagles' Hall to strategize against a mayor who shuttered dance halls and cracked down on 'sporting women.'
- The Featherweight 'Blood' Match at South Prairie
A much-hyped prizefight between two heavyweights in a dance hall turned out to be less about violence and more about a bizarre, non-contact stalemate.
- Death Sentence for Charles Clarke
A judge in Olympia denies a new trial for a man convicted of murdering a 'sporting woman,' setting the date for his execution.
- The Embezzling 'Sport' Walks Free
A technical error in the wording of an indictment leads to the dismissal of charges against Elmer Mayberry, a well-known local gambler.
- The World-Famous 'Nonpareil' Comes to Fairhaven
Jack Dempsey, the legendary middleweight champion, brings a high-profile glove contest to the local Casino Theatre, electrifying the town.
- The Fishing Preserve That Would Not Be Shared
A landowner tired of trespassers chases two Spokane fishermen through the dark and hauls them out of a schoolhouse they broke into to sleep.
- A Frontier Settling of Scores on the Seattle Waterfront
A known 'tumble fighter' and gambler named Black guns down McKinney over a gambling debt, adding to the violent reputation of the regional sporting fraternity.
- Street Duel Leaves One Dead at the Challenge Saloon
A quarrel between two 'sports' on Main Street ends in the death of Reuben Highbarger.
- The Deadly Perils of Amateur Hunting
A satirical warning about the 'sporting' men of the Pacific Northwest who, in their eagerness to bag big game, frequently mistake their own relatives for deer.
- Seattle's New Athletic Powerhouse
The Olympic Athletic Club and the Seattle Cycling Club merge to dominate the local sports scene, promising new facilities at Woodland Park.
- An Aerial Bust at the Snohomish Ball Game
A much-anticipated airplane exhibition turns into a mud-caked failure, but the local baseball game saves the day for the fans.
- A Barbecue for Labor Day
A multi-ethnic celebration brings coal miners and their families together for a day of games, dancing, and community.
- The Shadow Cabinet of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company
A critical report on corporate influence over municipal government and the 'nose counting' of city officials.
- The City That Forgot Baseball
An anonymous local sports fan rails against the town’s apathy toward the diamond, fearing that Everett’s civic pride is being paved over.
- Newport Crowds a Boomtown Fourth at Spirit Lake
Hundreds of Newport people crossed to Spirit Lake for street sports, prize fights, and a log-rolling contest that sent Joe Cyr home with $25.
- The Great Puget Sound Footrace of 1883
A high-stakes match between two local runners in Olympia promises to shake up the sporting fraternity with $1,000 on the line.
- The Art of Being a Good Sports Fan
A local sports editor scolds Seattle fans for their 'modest' behavior and lack of school spirit during a recent football match against Tacoma.
- The Royal Society of Good Fellows Throws a Party
Athletic contests, fireworks, and a topical song about 'Ta-ra-boom-de-ay' mark a lively celebration in the mining town of Gilman.
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- The Football Defense: A 19th-Century Debate on Brutality
Readers spar in the pages of the Post-Intelligencer over whether American college football is a ‘scientific’ athletic endeavor or a barbaric ‘prized-fight’ masquerading as sport.
- The Brutal Arena: Is Prizefighting Dying Out?
An editorial reflection on whether America’s growing appetite for athletics is being corrupted by the 'tigerish' violence of professional boxing.