Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-20
SUMNER SPORTS
Open UP IN FULL.
SWING IN May
Base Ball, Track Meets, Horse
Racing, Harness Trots,
Golf, Tennis and SWIM
ming Next Month.
BY KID GRAVES.


Denied the privilege of taking
in" boxing shows, the local sport
ing fans will have to content them
selves with the summer base ball
and the big wrestling shows in and
around Omaha, for at least another
two years.
The wrestling game has been in
bad, repute in Omaha for some time,
but through the efforts of Jack
Lewis, Gene Melady and other local
and nearby promoters, the fans are
learning that the Omaha bouts are
on the up and up" that according
to their agreements with the back
ers Of the shows, they must shoot
all the way; thus the attendance at
each succeeding show is an i'm
provement over the previous one.
} The "stalling" mat men are steer
ing clear of the Gate City, realiz-
ing that their brand of work will
not go down well in this city any
more.
Base Ball Here.
The greatest of summer games,
base bail, is once more in the fore
ground. Teams in all the leagues
are training for the championship
season but the interest of the Oma-
ha fans is naturally in the Western
league. All the clubs in this league
have smoothed away their diff
culties and have their players on
hand getting ready for the opening
of the regular season. The teams
in the northern end of the loop will
open the schedule in the southern
tier of towns. When the games n
the south have been played it is
expected that the weather up mere
will be such that they. can play
fast ball up this way.
Other summer games. perhaps not
so spopular among the large num-
bers, yet with a host of devotees
that are pleased when the warm
weather Is at hand, golf and tennis
are also with us now. The chill
breezes of late have prevented any
thing spectacular in either of these
games, but beginning about the mid
die of May, the golfers and racquet
wielders will get real busy. The
professionals at all the golf clubs
have been making Improvements in
their respective grounds, the tennis
players have been rolling the courts,
marking anew, and replacing the
worn nets. The glorious summer
season is at hand All outdoor
sports are booming.
Track Teams Training.
The high schools and colleges
have had their men out for the
track teams for some time past and
we can expect some thrilling cinder
path events before the cool weather
again strikes this section. Then we
must not forget the sport Of kings,
the jumpers and harness racing. The
saddle ponies get started on the
northern tracks next month and as
the weather warns up, the eastern
tracks will open. The cry They're
off" will resound in the north and
east while the warm season pre-
walls.
Omahans cannot see the bang
tails" without leaving home, but in
their place, we have the trotting
races, Just as exciting to some of us
as the riding races are to others.
Some OF the best trotting events in
the country have been held in Oma-
ha in the past and it is likely that
we will have some of them for this
year as we'll. A number of the great
est PAGERS in the world have shown
on the local tracks. Eastern horse
men often come to Omaha to buy
record making horses, taking them
to the bigger eastern tracks.
Old Swimmin' Hole.
Then. last but not least, the water
nymphs get their innings i'll the
summer time. OF course, the various
institutions with pools were well
patronized during the winter, but
what indoor pool can compare to
the delights of getting in the water,
when by floating on your back, you
look up and see the wonderful
etheric skyi What other time of
the year can bring back the memoir
les of the old swimmin' hole? No
matter what line of sports is your
favorite, when the races are over, or
you have finished the ball game, ten
mis- set, or round of golf, how you
wish you could fall into some out
door pool of water for swim. Al
ter all, swimming is the real favor
lite of the entire sport world and re-
ceives the least attention until the
others are all over.