Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-14
YOUNGSTERS HOLD
OWN WITH SENIORS
Lads and Lassies in Teens
Make Their Marks in
ALI Sports.
5IRLs HOLD UP THEIR END

& youth must be served may be
IN old wheeze, but il certainly ran
true to form in the athletic world in
1916. Never before did so many young
iters display such marked prowess in
The various lines of sport and ath-
Ietics. Ana should the youthful ath-
letes continue to improve, the coming
Eeason is likely to witness the down
jail Of more than one veteran.
OF the many juvenile athletes who
delivered in 1915. l2-year-old Bernar-
lin Currier, known as the rogue won
ier, Is perhaps the youngest AT the
Missouri Valley championship tourna-
haent held in Kansas City last fall,
Master Currier defeated some OF the
pest players lin the country, among
hem his grandfather. well known
Expert, who taught him the game. Any
Sid who can beat his grandfather's
3wn game is certainly there or there
Hbouts.
4 Golf also produced boy wonder
a the person Of Bobby Jones, the kid
marvel from Georgia. After cleaning
Up the golfers OF his home state
Bobby entered the national tourna-
'ptnt last year and succeeded in get
ing into the third round OF play be-
lore he was upset by Bob Gardner,
Me 1915 champion. The spectacle Of
a i4-year-old boy wading through the
ldrfimers in q national tournament
treated a full-grown sensation in golf
Slg circles. After watching him per-
}orm Chick Evans, the champion OF
}olf champions, uttered the biggest
sioost for Bobby when he declared
Pat the young Georgian had every
hing.
Reds Sign Kid Star.
+ Many base ball players have started
heir climb to fame and fortune at an
krly age, but Henry Fcbris Of Rip
~. o, is believed to be the first ~
ear-old boy to be signed up by a
bajor league. Fcbris, who is to be
iven . trial BY the Cincinnati Ma
onals next spring, pitched amateur
AL In his home town last season. and
BE big league scouts who gave him
&c up and down, declared him to be
urling wizard. In his last game OF
HE season he struck out nineteen
htsmen and It's said he could have
tnned . couple Of. dozen more had
IS catcher been able to hold his de-
Fery.
To another l7-year-old belongs the
ecord for high run at pool, the run
living been made recently by Louis
ireuter of New York. Kreuter pock-
led l3l balls. sweeping nine entire
James and part OF the tenth. Next
1 3onth the boy wonder Is to engage
4 contest for the national amateur
pcket billiard championship.
Another young man entitled 10
lace among the youngsters who
&SoWcd class in sports last year is
lyman Brusie. an l8-year-old driver
harness ravcrs. Young Brusie, who
son Of Henry Brusie, the veteran
/ FLYER, holds the distinction OF out
living Walter Cox, the grand circuit
III. IN 4 race at Woonsocket, r. l.,
ii October. In the z;23 pace Emma
was pilotcd BY Brusie, while Cox
kndIed Harland X. The boys clever
ork against the veteran brought the
owd to its feet. II was driving
hurry up in the stretch and In an
kelash finish BRUSHES mare got the
rdict.
#The girls likewise earned their share
1aurcls in athletic competition DUR
6 the year just ended. and in some
stances they even cxcellcd the
hicvements Of their youthful broth
Oh, the Dear Girls.
Foremost among the girl athletes
Ginning fame in 1916 was Miss Alexis
Stirling Of Atlanta, who now holds
3e womcn's national golf champion
nip. That's considerable title for an
B-year-old girl, but Miss Stirling won
without 1 flaw and what's more,
kcording to expert opinion. she's
Kelly to remain champion for some
line to come.
!i Trap-shooting is ably represented
nong the little folks by Miss Lucille
leusel OF Green Bay, Wis. Although
III fourteen years old this young lady
BIDS an average Of 90 out OF every
o targets in competition,
In Thelma Darby, a l3-yearaold
iermsid, Indianapolis boasts OF hav-
Hin the greatest girl swimmer in the
orid. In winning the 880-yard ma
4 onal title Miss Darby swan the
purse in sixteen minutes nine and
Aree-ffths seconds, or one and one
III minutes below the former Ameri-
Ia record.
The year 1916 was a banner year
5r the young athletes and sportsmen
id may 1917 prove to be still better