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Show Matthews Wants No Racing. Tribune Special Sporting Service. SEA.TTLIC, Sept. 11. The "goody-goods" "goody-goods" have begun war upon the Meadows Mea-dows rneo track. They arc headed by a preacher named Matthews. Prank Clancy, who runs the Meadows track bar, Is IiIh flivt "fall guy," but Clanry wants to bet that the bar won't shut down until tho scheduled meeting comes to an end. Matthews declares the closing of the bar in a niero Incident that ho will see to it that a law Is- passed aL'the next session of the Legislature stopping racing rac-ing altogether In the State of Washington. Washing-ton. Whether he will have the ability lo "make good" remains to be scon. President Van dc Vanlor was a State Senator for several terms, and Manager McLvlroy knows a few things about "practical polltica," That they will make a hard light to preserve their "good thing," goes without saying, but there aro many "goody-goods" up this way and not so many "lru sports" as 'there might be. hence the coming battle will be watched with much interest by the racing people on this coast. j I |