Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
YACHT CLUB IS LAUNCHED
Organised in Connection with Rod and Gun
Club at Outfit.
FIVE HUNDRED MEMBERS At PRESENT
wasem-Burns wrestle Mt Auditorium
VIII he Preceded by Exhibi-
lions by Two of Farmers
Kids.

The annual election of the Omaha Rod
and Gun club will be held at the city hall
| Thursday. The club has a membership OF
800 members and considerable interest is
being worked up over the election of Of
| icers, as several parties have been formed
within the club for the honor OF naming
the officers A yacht club has been or
| ganized within the Omaha Rod and Gun
club The present members of the yacht
club areF DR.. II. b. Lemere, Sidney w.
Smith, NJ. E. Serat, c. c. Morgan, Pier
pont, H s. Daniel William ]. Coad, DR..
Jensen, Ward Palmer. II. w. Wood l. r..
Bostwick. r. Manley, J. A. Rine and
Charles d. Armstrong. The yachtsmen met
last night and elected officers as follows:
Commodore, o. F. Drefold; feet captain.
A. c. Hartman; secretary, A. F. Bloom;
treasurer. Frank Lundstrom.
| The inception of the Omaha Yacht club
| was a sail on a nice breezy afternoon last
summer on Cut-On lake in a fiat bottom,
center board skin which was generally
known as the Open Cat This boat was
| about fourteen feet long and four foot
beam, with a sail that was compromise
| between a spirit and lug. The Barrister,
the Doctor, the Buccaneer, Pierp and the
Philosopher were the crew and the day
was full OF such pleasing incidents that a
yacht club and a full fiedged yacht were
determined on forthwith. To the members
Of this original crew were added the Sport.
the Prosecutor, another Doctor, an Old
/ Salt from Bonnie Dundee and the Ice Man.
| These ten charter members launched and
fitted out the good yacht Patience on the
/ Fourth OF July of last year.
The races on Cut-On lake last year were
many and exciting and the Patience was
90 prominent in these events that the In
| terest in the sport grew to such degree
that this winter the club was materially
enlarged, new members added and is now
building two more yachts. One will be a
! large sloop designed after the lines OF the
winning yacht on the Great Lakes the
last two seasons, the other power boat
of handsome design and fittings
The club also has under discussion the
building Of a new club house when spring
opens Yachting on Cut-On lake prac-
tically had its birth the last season. The
need was felt and the response was i'm
| mediate and almost any day dozen or
| fifteen sails could be seen on the lake.
! Several new yachts will be added to the
| fleet the coming spring and the summer
| carnival should see twenty-five fine YES
sells In line and the interest in the sport
cannot help doubling under the influence
Of so fne a spectacle.
The Rod and Gun club, which took up
it's headquarters on the lake last summer.
has grown to such large proportions that
| Il will be compelled to build new club
house with dancing pavilion and float and
lockers for its yachting members this sea-
son. Cottages are going up all around the
lake and the park board has under con-
sideration parking a long strip on the north
shore Cut-Off. with the easy access af-
forded by the two car lines which reach
| Il, with the natural beauty OF It's sur
roundings, its grassy banks andforests OF
fine old trees and the vistas which open
I'D as one sails along its shores and around
the points which project out into the lake.
promises TO become the most popular In
land lake in the west Cut-Off in addition
10 all OF these attractions, is well stocked
with bass and crappy, and It is no un-
common thing 70 see a string OF half
dozen four or five-pounders as the fisher
men land after an afternoons sport.
All plans are ready for the wrestle be-
tween Farmer Burns end Oscar Wasem at
the Auditorium Wednesday night. This
match promises to be a veritable tpg-of-
war. Fans who know both men and have
seen them do their best assert they are rs
closely matched as any two men In the
west They are near the same size and
employ much the same tactics Each has
won a signal victory at the Auditorium
within the last few weeks, Burns throwing
Charles Hacloenschmidt two out of thret
and Wasem doing the same with Mat
Simmer. the Iowa giant, seventy pounds
heavier than himself.
Farmer Burns will have two OF his boys
Charley. II. and Raymond. 10 years of age
, with him Wednesday night. They will b
the whole show in the preliminaries. givini
Q exhibitions in boxing, wrestling and aero
, b6tic feats. They are finely trained littl
c athletes and do work that is attractin
/: great attention. Charley weighs sevent
pounds and Raymond ninety. They ar
q evenly matched In all their contests. Thei
< father is their trainer and works no harde
4 on himself than he does on them
V Backers of this event are counting o
the largest crowd OF any that has turne
u out since the wrestling matches begal
An element OF remarkable interest attacht
: to the Burns-Wasem match because OF II
n fact that the winner will wrestle Dan Nj
LeOd. the veteran who has been in II
ID front rank Of wrestlers for some year
II Mcleod has already laid down his cha
p lenge. Wasem has been doing his trainir
Al in Omaha and Burns at his home in low
oe Both are getting in fine form
c. Men don't grow old in base ball. Loo
through the list OF old-timers in the b
leagues and you'll find that those who a
OF still young in years are considered vete
III ans In the ball-tossing profession. For
~ an 'Al-Methuselah" team-a nine mat
Is up of men who are "old" in base ball
and you will have nine men who are ST
= to be looked upon as youthful. 50 far
age goes. The old gentleman with Il
scythe cuts them down before they get
! the stage where spectacles are require
and the oldest Of them are still youn
Two years ago there were at least for
veterans who had an undisputed right