The Omaha guide., 1934-05-26
7ODAY
SPORTS

NJ AvohS VI hianom City was
~ in town Monday. Noel Lyons Is
a big ice nan He freezes water far
pleasure purposes exclusively. b,,t
sells the pleasure for aprcfit. . his
business is just as commercial 4 that
OF the Metro Utilities, or the makers
OF the gas and eectric chill boxes.
Noel Lyons wants to put a hockey
team in Omaha. The team would be
a member of the American association,
which last season included Kansas
City, St Louis, Oklahoma City and
Tulsa. Next winter it will have six
maybe eight members.
Foreigner HometOwners
Noel Lyons talked with some Of Ak
Sar Ben's noblest knights. They were
interested. Presently they may an
nounce that there was a meeting Of
tn minds. as Prof. Bullock used to
say in c~omtnercial law class. the re-
suit of which will be the decent. come
December, of a covey OF hardy
French anucks on our town. These
Canucks would become, for roofing
purposes. just as simonpure. native
born hometowners as, say Julius Bel
ford, or Bob Koran.
Canada has pretty much f a corner
on the production of pro hockey play
ers. Is rider for hickey to be profit
able the old hometowners fight must
be nurtured and encouraged. The
customers must kid themselves into
believing that a lot Of Pierres and
Alphonses are born defenders Of the
municipl honor, just as in the summer
time they nut fool themselves into
seeing the outfielder from Racoon,
Gorgia and the third basemn from
Paw Paw, Michign, $ born defenders
Of the municipal hosor on the baseball
yard.
What's This Honor?
I've never been able to learn Just
what is this honor that's so habitually
challenged on the field of sport; nor to
dicover, no matter what it is, why it
IS SO continually in need of defense.
Being wared, cynical nature, I've
often suspected that it's a sort Of
straw sprite, set up by opportune
ballyhooists and promoters to be
knocked down by the enthusiastic
whoops of deluded paying customers
but I'm not going to twang any longer
on this theme and spoil a lot Of
trustful folks'ideas Besides we were
dealing with ice-ice and hockey
They Go Wild
Mr.. Noe Lyons feels that hockey
would go over big in Omaha, That's
just what he said-hockey would go
over big.
Its the fastest, INST thrilling. most
dangerous hair raising sport there is"
said Mr.. Lyons. "People 90 wild over
it."
MI. Lyons had a lot more adjectives
but this will give you a general idea
how he feels about the product he has
for sale. 1t might be appropriate to
note at this place that a good many
hardened old sports observers agree
with Mr.. Lyons Two notable ex-
ceptions do not.
Hockey. said D1mon Runyon, in
effect is hooey, tiresome, boring.
Hockey, said Westbrook Pegleg, in
effect, is hooey tiresome, boring.
Grantland Rice once wrote a poem
about it. He thought it the thrilling
est chillingest, most marvellous. won
derfullest sport. Mr.. Rice applies the
same description to other sports, in
seaon. Mr.. Rice doesn't want to be
called a knocker, or destructive critic.
Got IS Horses
1t would cost Ak-Sar Ben-or any
other corporation or individual around
35 horses to make the Coliseum ready
for hockey.
Approximately IS miles Of liz inch
pipe would have to be laid over the
present terrace floor, then another
terrace floor laid over the pipes The
pipes carry the stuff that makes the
water turn harder than a gangsters
moll.
Mr.. lyons mentioned only the Ak
Coliseum as a possible site what do
you think?
EDWARD l. LANE
Sports Writer