Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
OMAHA LEADS SPORTS WORLT
City is Becoming Real Center for Al
Kinds of Sports.
BOWLING, GOLF AND TENNIS
National and Sectional Affairs OF Big
CaIiber select This Place for
Holding Their Annual
Journeys.

Omaha has during the last winter taken
prominent place in winter sports, and
viii in the coming suE,mer assume an even
more important position in the sporting
world. And the opportunity to put their
city to the fore as desirable place in
which to hold tournaments and sporting
events Of sectional and national Importance
win hardly be lost by the men and also
the women lovers OF sports here.
During the last winter various events
large enough to attract the clubs and or
ganizations from all over the middle west
have been held in Omaha, such as the
Middle-West Bowling tournament and the
big indoor Omaha meet just concluded.
But in the summer Omaha really comes
20 the front.
The month OF August promises 10 hold
its fun mead Of sports in Omaha The
national clay court tennis championship
tournament will start at the Omaha Field
club August 8, one OF the biggest athletic
events Of the country. The western handi-
cap shooting tournament. one OF the four
sectional tournaments of the United States,
is held the same week as the tennis tour
nament at the Omaha Gun club grounds,
and the Transmississippi golf tourney, In
which there will be more golfers entered
than in any such tournament anywhere in
the country, viii be held at the Omaha
Country club, starting August 10.
Balloon Races.
Omaha's first sight OF a balloon race
win also come in August, II the plans of
the Omaha Aero club are carried out. The
national balloon races, the elimination con-
test to decide the two American balloons
which shall compete in the big lnterna-
tional long-distance race for the Gordon
Bennett trophy, will be held in Omaha il
the Aero club and the business men Of the
city wish t. The Gordon Bennett race
will be held starting from Kansas City
October O. and the preliminaries can be
held any time in August that the city
where it is started desires.
A meeting OF the Omaha Aero club win
be held Tuesday 20 consider the holding of
the event here, and II Omaha decides to
take hold OF II the acceptance will be sent
to the national board OF control.
Altogether the month OF August this year
promises to be the biggest month in atb-
letics that Omaha has ever enjoyed but in
spite OF this the other summer months
must not be overlooked. July win be filled
with the various club events in golf and
I tennis, OF local interest. and the state golf
tournament will be held in July.
Tennis for All.
Tennis viii hold the boards with the
younger set all the warm DAYS. and the
women's tournament. the city tournament.
the junior event and club events will make
up fun program, starting with the school
events.
Swimming. boating fishing will be pop
ular at the lake clubs Z
Base ball, the grandest game Of them all
cannot be overlooked in reading the cal
endar for the summer. with a new hail
park and team that surely looks like a
pennant winner. the fans will hardly miss
a day when the Rourkes are cavortinR on
the field. Creighton Bellevue and the
Omaha amateurs Will also have some
speedy mines out for other championships
Track events viii come the latter par,
or April and early in May. when the Omaha
High school gets It's crack runners and
Jumpers In action. prepared 70 take tn,
state and Missouri Valley honors.