The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-15

Great Falls Well Represented Among the
GladiitOrs.

The faculty of great institutions of
learning all concur in the idea that there
is no better way to make their colleges
known than through the medium of sue
cessful baseball football, racing, or tennis
teams. Some cities have viewed the
matter in a similar light. Richmond.
Ind. derived a big advertisement from
her baseball team and indianapolis cap
~italists submitted calmly TO "A loss of sew
eral thousand dollars every year, one
than allow Glasscock, Denny, and other
spot but indianapolis.
Great benefits might seemingly also
accrue to Great Falls by a famous ath-
letic team. There is abundant material
and opportunity for this. all that is re-
CURED being encouragement.
In football the city is particularly
strong, only association, however, being
played. The early part of last summer a
club was organized. At present it con
tains thirty members with Frank Irwin
as captain. Several of its members
brought athletic records here. New
bould took a half mile dash for the
Sheffield Wednesday club, at Lancaster,
in 1:J9 2-5, very near professional time,
and Irwin has made a remarkable show
ing in Minneapolis. The only game
played thus far was the draw game with
Lethbridge. Sand Coulee has a team
which may play during the fair, and
eleven of the thirty will again face Leth-
BRIDGES eleven at the September races.
Another sport in which the city is more
than usually strong is its boating. Two
years ago the M~inneshosho boat club
was organized with ten members. A few
old boats were purchased worth about
| 800 and the club began to grow. Today
it has seventy members. Its possessions
includes shells, canoes, sail and canopy
boats elegantly upholstered and a siX-
cared barge, all told, worth not less than
$1,000. The trouble is that no enemy
can be found worthy their steel. Helena
and Butte have long since been van
pushed at Wilder lake. The Great
Falls boat house is also well fitted with
boats in charge of Captain Taylor. Nc
finer course than Broadwatcr bay coulo
be found anywhere.
In August of 1889 a tennis club was
organized with ten members. The game
was comparatively young in this part OF
the country. 1t suffered from Il prcva
lent idea that it was a game requiring
little skill or endurance. With the pass
ing away of this idea and the knowledge
that tennis is peculiarly IA game demand
ing the most delicate skill and unlimited
endurance, the club grew and now ha'
fifty members. Only two courts arr
used at present but in all p~robabilit,
four will be laid out next year an,
paved with asphalt or with Stag ant
cindcrs. The last tournament playe,
Lcthbridge proved a defeat, but grea
improvement has been made since then
Not less than twenty-five cyclists ar
in the city and any pleasant evening
numbers of them may be seen noiscless
ly spinning down the venue Lon:
runs have become quite the fad.
club is being organized and it is pro
posed to make il Il general athletic club
fully fitted and with bath room attach
mpnt.
The city baseball club is also shown!
stronger than ever. .Iudicious manage
mrnt will soon place it on a par will
any nine in the state. The only gam
pluycd thus far was with Lethbridg
and that was lost 10y a very close score