Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01
In The WORLD OF SPORT
Autumnal Sports Are Taking the Place oi
the Summer Games.
TIME FOR THE YACHT RACE APPROACHING
Interest in Sports seems TO Increase
from season TO Season and the
Modern Athlete Appears to lie
Superior TO His Ancestor.


Superior to His Ancestor.
The bowling season has hardly yet got
well under way, nevertheless active prepa-
rat.ons are already being made for the fifth
annual tour OF the Greater New York Bowl
ere. When this wonderful aggregation OF
pin knights closed their trip last season
with seven worlds records to their credit
and list OF 235 victories against fifty nine
defeats, plans we're laid to begin the coming
tour about october 10. This, however, was
found impossible, as the bowers in the far
west and northwest would not be in shape
10 meet the eastern cracks that early.
The team will again tour the country
under the auspices Of the Crawford, Nc
Gregor & Candy Co., Dayton, o., and Sam
Karpf will manage them. They will start
from New York about January s, and after
spending a few weeks in the leading eastern
and southern cities, will proceed westward
as far as Salt Lake City and north as far as
Minneapolis Captain Cordes is aiding Man
ager Karpf In selecting the players. So far
the list OF players comprises W. Cordes cap
tain; Otto Foege, individual champion OF
Greater New York, season OF 1899 1900; Sam
Holden, N. Thyme, N Jackson and Phil Wolf
who won the championship Of America while
bers will be selected soon. The team will
play in Omaha about six days and all the
players are beginning to practice IN antici
patton of the event. The dates for Omaha
were originally about November 1, but ir
view OF the fact that western and northwest
ern bowling clubs would not be organized
that early the dates have been postponed ant
will be announced later,
A great cycling carnival has been ar.
ranged for Kansas City, to be held in Con.
vention hall, from October II to 16. inclu.
sive. The fastest riders in the country viii
enter and the affair will rival the races tha
are held in Madison Square garden in New
York City. Among the women riders will
be: Tillie Anderson, Lizzie CLAW, May AL
Zen, the English champion, Ida Peterson ant
Dottie Farnsworth. The riders named hav,
been training at st. Joseph for the event
and will go to Kansas City October 8.
John S. Prince, formerly manager OF tn,
Valodrome track and the originator OF thu
Omaha Coliseum, has rented Convention hal
and will build a track in it. The curves
will slant at an angle OF so degrees. Th
Velodrome's seating capacity was re
garded as insufficient to accommo
date the crowds that will atten'
races where riders OF international reputa
grandstand had been large enough, it wa
deemed advisable to secure track tha
was protected from the elements. The ex
pense incurred in holding a series of race
in Convention hall will necessarily be YER
heavy. After the women's race is concludes
on October 16 Manager Prince will presen
to Kansas City tho first motor paced race
ever seen in the west. The best middle
distance riders in the country will enter
Among those who have signed contracts ar
Eddie McDuf1e and Tom Cooper.
Many wonder if the bicycle is not losn
its hold on the public and, therefore, is o.
the decline. Many times this question 1
propounded and, of course. there are man
answers. but the truth is, no matter wha
may be said to the cantrary, that ther
are more wheels being ridden today tha
ever.
The wheel is not dead nor is wheel ridin
defunct. The fad has simply busted" an
has been relegated to the rear, as all fad
must sooner or later be, and bicycling /
now on sure footing.
The boom which was given the bicycle
few years ago and kept up until recentl
would have forever killed weaker spor
1t has, in fact done the bicycle much harm
but the wheel was too much in favor wit
the real thinking lovers Of outdoor exercis
to be killed off. The bicycle craze or booI
caused people to buy wheels who had n
use for them at all, and who, when tn
first enthusiasm for them had died ava!
laid them aside or else, worse yet, returne
them to the dealer unpaid for and said th
bicycle was a failure. The real rider VIII
enjoys the sport for what there is In
continued through the craze years. ridin
as he had always done, not too much nc
too little, and plying. as he should, the poo
enthusiast who rode a century every Sur
day one year and let his wheel rust tn
next. These old-timers who knew enoug
to know a good thing when they saw |
and also knew enough not to run 1t int
the ground are riding yet, happy with tt
knowledge that the wheel is the create:
institution OF its kind. and that they al
enjoying it's full benefits. The business sid
of the case is even more satisfactory to tt
loyal wheelmen, There Is hardly a busins!
or an occupation which is not benefited /
the bicycle. and many make the wheel
necessary part OF the days work. An arm
OF laborers of all classes ride to their day
work. saving time and car fare, and in IL
case of office meg needed exercise Is fui
nlshed The wheel is here to stay and 4
influence Will be felt in years to come
Omaha the pleasure riding parties ha,
diminished in the last two years yeI
noticeably, but when the exposition is ol
or the way so they can have Twentiet
street and the pretty Miller park ride, ar