Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-31

tics employed by Lewis. The go went
FIVE hours before it was called draw
BY the referee. Despite the fact that
it was unsatisfactory, this match at
tracted more attention. han any other
wrestling event held during the year.
The Stecher-Lewis match was not
the only wrestling bout held in
Omaha. Stecher tangled with Joe
Rogers. here, easily disposing of the
Buffalo giant, and Charley Peters ex-
hibited his prowess in three
matches, defeating Martinson, Pies
tina and Demetral in bouts here last
spring. Earl Caddock and Mort Hen
derson also wrestled at Council
Bluffs.
A tug-of-war tournament. in which
six teams were entered, was held at
the Auditorium last January. The
Danish team won the tourney, but
afterwards lost the championship of
the city to the Swedes, captained by
AL Samuelson.
The state billiard tournament was
held in Omaha in February. The
dope was considerably upset in this
event when Harry Symes captured
the title, but Harry lost it shortly
afterwards in a match with Al Calm,
the former title holder.
The annual Young Mems Christian
association indoor athletic and gym
nastic tournament was held at the
Auditorium on March 81. 1t was the
largest and most successful tourney
the local "Y" ever held.
In June the Omaha Gun club en-
tertained the annual Western Handi-
cap trap shooting tournament. the
second largest registered trap shoot
in the country. Two hundred marks
men attended and gave Omaha an ex-
hibition Of fancy shotgun shooting for
four days.
The state golf tournament was held
in Omaha in July. Sam Reynolds of
Omaha won the title from large
field, including many from Omaha and
other Nebraska cities and towns.
Nineteen sixteen saw Creighton uni
versity, Omaha's largest college, begin
to assert itself in the field of athletics
The new 100000 gymnasium, one Of
the largest and most completely
equipped in the middle west. was
opened this fall, and with its opening
sport activities at the Blue and White
college Immediately began to pick up.
Creighton had good foot ball eleven
this year, defeating South Dakota for
the first time, and now. as a result of
the building OF the new gym. will be
represented for the first time by a
basket ball team. This fall, too, saw
Creighton's first attempt to enter into
athletic relations with some of the
biggest schools of the middle west.
Nineteen sixteen also saw the pass
ing of Jumbo Stiehm at the University
of Nebraska. Stehm, after FIVE years
of service with the Cornhusker in
stitution, went to Indiana and was
succeeded by DR.. f. J. Stewart, who
came from the Oregon Aggies. The
Cornhuskers did not have an overly
successful season, losing two games,
but they lost little of their prestige
because it was simply one OF those
off-years experienced BY every school.
Coli saw its biggest year in Omaha.
Another eighteen-holc course was
opened, the muny links at Elmwood
park, and new golf club, the Elm
wood Park Golf club, was organized.
More players than ever enlisted them
selves with the golfing fraternity of
this city.
The first annual women's state golf
championship tournament was held in
Omaha this year at the Omaha Field
club. Miss Louise Pound of Lincoln
captured the title from Mrs. J. T.
Stewart of Omaha.
Tennis, OF course, did not enjoy the
prosperity this year it did three or
four years ago, when big tournaments
were held each year at the Field club.
But it did very well. Ralph Powell,
an Omaha youngster still in his teens,
won the city title and also went up
to Wayne to the state tournament and
won the state championship.
Amateur base ball is another sport
which enjoyed big year. 1t is true
the Omaha cvhampions, the Armours,
did not get as far in the national
championship as did the Luxus a year
ago, but locally there were more
players than ever, and the interest
taken in the sandlot game was greater
than ever before.
Bowling. billiards, basket ball, foot
ball, soccer and all other sports had
big year and as far as Omaha is
concerned if 1917 equals the record
set up by 1916 it will have to travel
some,