Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-23

The big leagues get under way
in full swing today, the American
league teams all starting together.
while the National loop had a spe-
cial opening at Boston last Satur-
day, Boston and Brooklyn playing
two games. The American asso-
citation will start today also.
Milwaukee boxing fans will see
two Of the best bantams in the
country tonight when Joe Burman
stacks up against Dick Loadman.
the Buffalo star, in a 10-round bout
at the Cream City Athletic club.
The probabilities are that the win
ner will be matched with Pete
Herman for title bout in the Mil
waukee club within the next 80
days.
The welterweight champion
wrestler of the world, Jack Rey-
nolds of Cedar Rapids, Ia, is in
Omaha for a stay of about two
weeks. In company with Farmer
Burns, he was a caller at the Bee
sport department and announced
that he would be willing to accept
the offer of Promoter Al Fiori Of
Council Bluffs to wrestle in the
Bluffs auditorium in six matches
providing he won each of them
Reynolds is one of the few mat NET
with no "tin ears" or other mark:
of the strenuous mat game.
A great bunch of ball fans showed
their faces out at Rourke park las
Sunday to see the Rourkes mingl'
with the Armours. The Oman;
club will play a series of thres
games with the Des Moines cluf
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
The same old 30-cent admission
price will prevail and it is expecte,
that there will be just as big crowd
in attendance at these games a
there was in the second Armou
game. Sundays game should at
tract an even better gate, while tn
Saturday and Monday games shoul'
draw about as we'll as last Sunday
show.
| There have been a number o
amateur notices sent in to the spor
desk in the past few days. William
o. Blozies will take care of all tn
amateur base ball for The Bee thi
summer, so kindly address all no
\ tees on this subject to Bill. Al
notices for publication on Sunda.
should reach this office not late
than Friday evening. After tina
time they may become lost in tn
busy weekend shuttle. so to b
sure that your stories are printe
on Sunday, get them into Blozie:
hands by Friday.
The train schedules got mixed II
little and the proposed meetir
of Jess Willard and Jack Dempse
at Chicago Monday evening did nc
materialize. The heavyweight char
pion and the challenger were t
meet and select a referee for ii
fourth of July mill, but Dempse
) had to catch a train west shortl
after Willard arrived in the wind
{ city and they did not get togethe
They will probably agree on II
third man by wire.
i The Sioux City wrestling pr
!. moters have been trying to land
!: match with John Pesek, the Nebra
ka farmer boy, as one of the pri
t. cipals for long time. Some tin
: ago, Steve Savage challenged for
| return match with Pesek with Il
toe hold barred. Slattery, Pesel
manager turned the bout down
! Omaha, but later was persuaded
take Savage on again for the Sio'
City fans under those condition
They will meet in another fini
! match on May s.
Fl Former Lightweight Champi
/ Willie Richie is putting in sor
strenuous work, getting in shape
his return bout with Benny Leona
at Jersey City. Not having any 70
work in the morning because of
rain. Willie stretched his gymns
ium endeavors over several hot
the other day. The promoter
J the bout is advertising the mill