Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-11

the crews Of the other leading universities
Of the country.
The intercollegiate association Is In hopes
it win have foreign college crews to
compete TN 1900 or 1901. Il is reasonably
sure that the University Of toronto will be
represented tn the regatta OF 1900, and IL is
hoped that oxford and Cambridge, and prob
ably some OF the colleges OF the continent
Of Europe will be represented In the regatta
OF 1901. II this measure OF the I~ntercol-
legiate Rowing association is successful, the
future annual r%esattas will be in effect the
worlds intercollegiate regatta. II does seem
singular that with all the rapid strides that
have been made In amateur sport in the way
of the formation Of national associations 10
govern every form Of sport that the matter
OF the formation OF an intercollegiate row
ing association to encourage Intercollegiate
rowing should have been taken UP at such
a late day. But 1t would seem from present
indications that rowing is to be the college
fad, athletically speaking, Of the future.
The neutrality-suspicious. course is four
miles straight away. as the crow flies, with
a depth Of water ranging from forty-two to
seventy-siX feet, with an unobstructed view
OF the course on the west shore Of the Hud-
son for four miles, with splendid facilities
for an observation train to follow the race
from start to finish, with an average width
Of the river Of over half a mile. and as an
Illustration Of the facilities Of the course 1t
may be stated that there is sufficient avail
able space from start to finish to enable as
many as forty boats to start abreast in one
heat, and then there would be room for tho
private yachts, steamers and other water
craft on the east or Poughkeepsie side OF
the river to anchor and view the races.
There are several events for the near
future which are of interest to the local
lovers Of sport. In the first place the Turk,
Hadli Adali, the %sultan's lion, will be with
us again for a short time, as he has been
billed for another big wrestling contest.
Since his latest visit to Omaha the Turk
has been all over the country, even going
to the copper mine districts Of northern
Michigan, and meeting the miners in their
own style of wrestling, which is the Cornish.
lie has met some whom he has failed to
throw the required number of times in the
set time, but this has been due largely to
their sprinting qualities rather than to their
wrestling ability. Farmer Burns was one
OF these, and he managed to keep the Turk
from flooring him for over forty five min
uNtSi DuJ Auc Td1 lnGT is WITHOUT doubt the
best at this style of sport that this countr,
ever produced.
The interscholastic field day meet between
the representatives of the Omaha and Coun-
Gil Blulls high schools next Saturday prom
Uses to be a very interesting affair. The
games were to have taken place yesterday
at the Young Mems Christian Association
park, put the rain caused a postponement
of the park opening, so the High school
events had also to be postponed.
Heretofore foot ball and base ball games
have been annual fixtures between the two
schools, and a good healthy rivalry has been
worked up. and 1t is hoped that this meet
will be the first of a regular series which
will be arranged to be played every year.
The base ball games have been dropped this
spring largely because the Omaha boys are
lamentably weak. caused by the graduation
of most of their best base ball players. This
Is not the proper spirit. The team should
be reorganized and do the best it can. If
they cannot win games they can at least
develop players who next year might be the
nucleus for a winning team. The same spirit
was shown with the foot ball team last fall.
You can't win all the games, but you can
do the best you can.
Captain Earl Painter of the track team
has been taking advantage of the weeks
postponement, and has been working his men
hard every day and will continue to do so this
coming week.
Tarkio has invited the base ball team of the
High school to a game of ball at that place
on the 18th and the locals are organizing and
practicing daily for the contest. Tarkio is
a good example of the progressive spirit in
athletics. Formerly they were ranked in
all branches of athletics as good competitors
for high schools, but with true western
push they decided to get out Of the rut. They
began with foot ball and scraped up enough
money to hire a coach-Gordon Clarke-and
then Frank Crawford was secured, with the
result that Tarkio's team ranks next to those
Of the four state universities with whom
they played several games last season. Tar
kio has produced many excellent players
in the last few seasons-Kennedy, Chicago's
captain, Is an old Tarkio student. as was
also Erwin and Bailey of the famous Wes-
leyan team.
Jack Prince writes that he is about to put
In his appearance in Omaha again with an
other scheme. This time it Is a portable
bicycle track, ten laps to the mile, and it Is
Jacks scheme to organize a regular circuit.
He wishes to include Omaha in the list.
$500 i'NHN 80 '''NH " OAAiNp "ht ~ 10
said that he has captured the people OF
Kansas City with 1t, and that it is the talk
OF the town.
On June "a, at the Young Mems Christian
Association park an excellent program of
amateur and professional bicycle races will
be run off, at which the best Of prizes will
be given. Since the destruction of the old
fair grounds half mile track the racing con-
tingent of the wheelmen has had no place
to train. and the usual number of racers have
not been,developed. Now that the new track
is completed and the boys have a chance to
train interest in the racing game Is bound
to increase. The races on June "a are al
ready attracting much attention, as these are
the first races for several years where the
amateurs have had a chance to win good
and valuable prizes and tho professionals to
fill their pockets with the coin of the realm.
| Riders from out in the state Will compete
and the meet promises to. be the largest
affair in its line held in Omaha for a long
time.
MEN OF THE ROD AND GIN