Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09

and the entire space occupied by the ole
alleys will be made into locker room. This
means that the supply of new lockers win
be simply inexhaustible, as there will be
enough room to put. in hundreds more II
there Is a demand for that many. AT the
same time. bathrooms will be enlarged.
and the women will. be. remembered with
private accommodations of comfortable ca
pacity. With all this done, the club feels
that 1t will have bowling alleys and ac-
cessories not to be surpassed anywhere, and
the additions for this purpose viii increase
the size of the clubhouse to a great ex-
tent. - $50
Another improvement Of considerable inn
portance and expense will be the new
fencing. The entire tract Of ground, in
GLIDING the new forty acres to the west
secured as. an addition to, the golf course,
will be enclosed with wire fence. Mean
while the base ball field will be surrounded
with a high picket fence.
A new arrangement Of the sports field
will accompany these changes. The cricket
field is TO be abandoned and the base ball
diamond moved to the extreme south end
Of the eiOunds. This, will allow the NOV
ing of the tennis courts. which are be
tween the clubhouse and the diamond,
twenty feet further south, giving more
room at the north end for a runback and
free play. At present the north line Of
the courts is uncomfortably close, to the
high terrace above which stands the club
house. When the base ball diamond is re-
located 1t will be turned around so that
the batting will be from the south toward
the clubhouse. "A. -
Great things are promised in tennis. az
the club has entered the United States
Tennis association, and will hold an in
terstate tennis tournament in August, In
which Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis-
souri, will participate. Six superb courts
kept up to the top of condition every day
will be ample for the racquet swingers.
1t is in the golfng line, however. tina
the club will show its greatest glory. Al
present there Is a nine-hole course or
about thirty-nve acres Of land. A forty
acre tract to the. west Of this win nov
be taken in. and this means an eighteen.
hole course Of standard size about JULY
/. Till then only the new part Of the
links will be used, nine holes being laid
out on II for a temporary course. In the
meantime the golfers WIN be kept on last
year'A course, which will be reseeded and
turfed up and improved in every way.
This viii take a few months on the early
I end OF the season, but when the presenl
1 tract is all in the best of shape It will bt
/ Joined on to the new forty, ana an eighteen
hole course laid out permanently TIT
ground is Of an ideal rolling topography
with a big railroad cut running through
the center OF It for a most hazardous hazart
and the course when completed will be al
good as any west OF Chicago.
Billy Sherwood. the golf instructor and
professional green keeper, who has beer
secured for the season. will have charge o
this work. He was with the Burlington
Qa.) Golf club last year and will be OF
hand at the Field club by March is. Hi
will get the new temporary course finished
by April /, SO that the early golfers will
have a place to play before the frost is on
of the ground. Then he will nurture thu
old courEe into good condition as regards
turf and greens In time to open 1t by jun
1 II possible. and in any event not late
than July 1.
A new building for the caddies will be
feature of the golf improvements. All tn
construction work is now planned, tn
architects having visited the scene OF tn
new structure last week for the final ar
ranRements.