The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-11
WINTER SPORTS
IN SUNDERLAND
Countries of the Tropics
Have Games and Fetes
Peculiarly Their Own.
BY T. A. KEAN

ChicagO.-While winter sports In
ghe North are confined largely to af-
fairs that are concerned with ice and
snow, the tropics and the West Indies
Beast winter sports some Of which are
PEE uliarly their own. Golf, to be
sure, is popular there as a year-round
sport Water sports, however, hold
chef place, but there are other ath-
&fic diversions strenuous enough to
Rppease the appetite for excitement.
IN the diving champions are not
GnHwn to the athletic world In the
Ra~bOr Of BridgetOn, Barbados, are
&orpe Of the most expert divers to be
EoGnd anywhere. On a recent visit of
Che Canadian Pacific steamship Mont
E0yal to that port some of the ma
give boys dived from the top of the
ship, 70 feet above the water, down
o. the bottom, got a handful of mud.
swan under the ship, about thirty-hve
Kaet and came up on the other side
thrOugh about forty or fifty feet OF
W.teF. Quite some feat, If you should
gSk u.s.. This is only n Of the many
equally thrilling water stunts per-
formed by the natives Of the Bahamas.
Unique Swimming Pool.
On the island Of Gaspares, Trinidad.
Is the most unique swimming pool in
Ar world IN a fairyland cave 200 feet
Ur foreground and As feet deep, but the
Ugafer is so clear that 1t appears to be
Rour or five feet deep. The cave is q
kevi ldering fantasy Of cOlOrs, spot
Sighted with sunshine from a break in
the roof far overhead.
IN Havana, there is horse racing in
Winter, and the visitor to this city
Ri,nuId not miss a jai alai (high low
game. This is the Spanish national
Esii game, handball, but our way Of
F'aving It is mild in comparison. It
T. played by twO-men teams on 4
Fsred cement court 30 feet in length
nv IS feet in width. In a sort Of
erooved and curved basket, strapped
g. their hands, the players catch and
shrnW the ball much like a boxer Civ
&ng a full arm swing blow. The play
Grs professionals most Of them, are on
asrtA LUCS oil Tic ItAuCf aAA II gO0
ah;nk OF any existent game to COM
pare with it, for strenuOsity Of action,
Be- me know of it. There are no In
ai7gS and time is only called by the
seferee who is in charge after about
1Isirty minutes of the fastest ~vOlleying
ever seen. The spectators around the
G@Urt shout and clamOr for their IA
Norites to win, and the wagers made
9Th "boOkmakers' almost rival those
shade at the race tracks in the United
States. Society attends In full force
Variety Of Sports.
The Bermudas are a cluster Of is
Sands lying in the path Of the Gull
stream, with an even temperatur,
Fa,ely descending below 60 degrees
'Frter polo and golf are the most pop
star sports.
Golf under smiling southern skie
b a most pleasant part Of a West In
63ir< cruise.
Soccer football, as we know 1t, 1
an autumn or winter game, too activ
Fnr summer Imagine getting of tn
Efaamship on a Sunday morning II
Eehruary or March, wearing summe
RJp'rts clothes, with the temperatur
81 veen 90 and 100 in the shade, an
Q" shade, and finding two teams 0
Vn'ored men playing soccer football
'ra's will greet you at Port au Prince
gIsiti. The whole town will seem o
g "Oliday and will be found on tn
side lines roofing for their team an
Swing as much fun as we do at
sd series baseball game.
Regular British sports, football
Gr;~ket, etc, are engaged in at j
sa?ica, but at Caracao, Dutch We
ERdies, if you inquire what the grea
e~f sport on the island is, the nativ,
Wal tell you with a smile, selling Il
forbidden" to visiting Americans.