The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-03
GOLFERS ARE BOLD
Minneapolis Players May Enter
National Tournament.
MAY POSTPONE STATE CONTEST
Mtnilxahda and Bryn NIawr Clubs
Make Many improvements
on Their Links.

Increased interest has been aroused In
golf in Minneapolis this season by the
fact that both the western annual tour
nament and the national amateur tour
nament will be held in Chicago in July,
and the state tournament on the Mini
kahda club grounds in June.
1t is probable that for the first time on
record, Minneapolis golf clubs will be
represented in the national tournament.
A number of local players will enter the
western contest, and if a good showing is
made by them in this and the state tour
neys, a few, at least, will compete in the
national event.
1t all depends upon the way we show
up" said a prominent member of the
Bryn Mawr club to-day. "If the men unit
up a good article of golf and think their
form is strong enough to warrant it, they
will enter both the western and national
tournaments. There are half dozen men
in the Minikahda and Bryn Mawr clubs
who ought to show up we'll, and they will
probably enter for, the experience they
will get by playing against the cracks Of
the east and west, if for nothing more"
State Contest May Be Postponed.
There is a probability that the state
tournament will be postponed until a
| later date. There has been considerable
agitation for change in the time Of
| both the Western and National tourna-
| ments at Chicago, which are set for July.
II these are postponed, it is felt that
| it woulI be wise to set back the state
| contest as we'll, sinceemany players are
prevented by celd<weather in the spring
1 from reaching their best form before
ahoh a fsss
/ and It these are not postponed. no changs.
will be made In the date of the Minne-
| sofa tournament.
Improvements at Minikahda.
The Minikahda club has made many irn-
provements on its links this spring, and.
the putting greens when finished are ex-
pected to be as nearly perfect as it is :
possible to make them. So far the mem
bers Of the club have been using tenn:
porary greens, but the repairs will be
finished in time for the players to get ac-
customed to the permanent greens AGAIN
before the first outside match is played. g
The interest has been so great this
spring that even during the comparatively
cold weather Of the last two or three
weeks the links have been at times so
crowded as to delay the play. With the
players who have been added to the list,
Minikahda expects to make a better
showing than ever before In the outside
matches and tournaments.
Plans for the club and outside matches
are still Indefinite. It has been decided,
however, that team matches will be ar
| ranged between the members Of the CLUB
1Or May lU anu May IL. 1 ho l SouisS -
these matches will practically determine
| the first selection of the club team. and
the scores will be used as basis Tor
handicaps in the cup contests later In the
| season.
The Town and Country club will play
at Minikahda May "a, and the Minikah-
das will go to Winona to play the
Meadowbrook club of that city on Me
mortal Day A handicap Tournaments
against DOGGY will be played May 81.
! Later in the season it is hoped to secure
games with one of the Chicago or Mil
waukee clubs, and correspondence to that
end has been begun, although no dennite
/ arrangements have as yet been mace.
Repairs on Bryn Mavvr Links.
The Bryn Mawn club, also, has been ex-
lpending much labor upon its links. and
IN to date the players have been using
temporary putting greens. The perman-
ent greens will be smoothed and rolled,
and it is predicted that they will be as
| good as any in the state when the repairs
are completed.
No schedule of club or outside matches
has as yet been made by the Bryn MaWr
club. A match with the Town and Coun-
} try team for Memorial Day is a posi-
bility, and later matches will be arranged
with the Minikahda team. and with the
Faribault and Winona clubs.
A big delegation will enter the state
,, tournament from Bryn Mawr. and
probably at least four OF five men will
enter the western contest atiChicago. -.
) B. Cults, G.. G. Schroyer, Professor John
N. Greer and W. A. Lawhead, 1t Is said
nv their friends will probably be repre-
sented at the tournament In the WINDY
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