Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
that while Booth Is at Lincoln Nebraska
will have a strong team"

that while Booth Is at Lincoln Nebraska
will have strong team"
Omaha golfers are showing greatly Inn
proved form over any previous year, and
some Of the new players are making the
old hands hustle to hold their place.
Among the new Corners sprague Abbott has
jumped into FIRST place and has been max
ing a fine record At the meeting OF the
TransmlsssHippi Golf association, recently
held at ST. Louis. he stayed to the semi
finals and was beaten by Warren Dick
inson, present champion, who had to lower
the course record to accomplish the feat.
Guy Thomas, the holder Of the Field club
cup for last season, is practlcing on new
strokes this year with the result that he
is not doing SO well, but when he gets
settled on one system the gallery may ex-
pect something. Abbott broke the record
for the course at the Country club in the
match week ago between the Field club
and the Country club.
The Davidson boys are among the corners
at the Field club and do not take a back
seat for any Lee spratlin made the
course in 81 on his twenty-irst trip around
and wrote the score on his cum, for he
well knew that he was not likely to do
- again. anu dlso lnhI lneIb are some
who have played for two years who could
not do as we'll. He is developing a golf
arm which on top Of the other athletic
muscles he has always possessed is win
ner. Captain Lysle Abbott borrowed
club from Christie and made his first round
last week in an hour, coming within two
strokes of the track record. He batted the
ball just as II he was attempting to put
| 1t over the fence at the old athletic field
at Michigan. Claire Baird has caught the
| fever and IL is goodby to all other games
| for him. He has taken Ed under his
\ tutelage, but Ed tries to make too many
base hits, which won't do on the links.
Jim Kennedy thinks that he is learning
fast, but some of the others think different
from the way they try to get him on for
match. Ed Nash and Jim scobie play
together all of the time so the handicap
ers cannot get line on their game by
finding out what their score is. Dan
Taylor has given up base ball for golf
and cannot be dragged on the diamond
| except for an occasional Saturday after
noon game. Jim Allen has given up every
thing else for, golf and 2561 is now his
telephone number.
Mr. Downs is in a class by himself since
/ he made the nine-hole course in 172. Judge
! Munger is one of the novices, but never
| theless takes on Ben White and other good
ones for a game and asks no odds from
/ them either. Johnny Kuhn and Nels Up
| dixie are about in the same class, each re-
| quiring two caddies apiece to watch the
| balls, because they drive them so far.
| Jimmy Ainscow plays golf just like some
of his men run a washing machine, and
John I.und has never been able to teach
| IL. - 81 INNA
learn the game faster If he did not have to
spend so much of his time In looking for
balls. His strong arm has a tendency to
drive them out OF the lot. Judge Shields
| with his one wing is the wonder of the
! links, and plays matches with some Of the
| best of them. Not being able to drive as
| far as If he had both club swingers he
makes up for II by his skill after reaching
the green. Billy Chambers would do bet
ter IL he did not try to hit so many curves
but these old ball players are sure to get
| the games mixed. Reynolds has the same
difficulty in another form. He tried to hit
the ball backward evidently thinking that
/ he is spending a week at the old game of
cricket. Tennis has the edge on cricket at
the Field club. for they can finish a cricket
game in a week, but tennis seems to have
no end.
Spalding's Officlal Foot Ball Guide for
1905 is out and In the hands OF the book
sellers. It is edited by Walter Camp and
contains the usual large number of pictures
| of the various teams of the country, as
well as individual pictures. The newly re-
vised foot ball rules are given in full, as
we'll as Mr.. Camps All-American team
and the selections Of the various news
papers Of All-American team. The
schedules of the college games for 1906 are
arranged in chronological order and the
names of the captains OF the 1905 teams are
also given, as we'll as the pictures OF about
$500 foot ball players 1t also contains rec
ords of all the leading teams, scores of the
games between prominent colleges since
Introduction of Rugby foot ball. review OF
special annual college matches in 1904, a
short description OF the game, special
chapters on the state of the game in the
following sections of the country Middle
west, by Charles Baird of the University
of Michigan middle states, by George
orion of Pennsylvania; New England. by
Joseph B. Pendleton; Colorado by A. w.
Risey; Pacific coast, by II. L. Baggeriy;
the south. by j. L. DeSaulles; the south
west by Martin A. Delaney; forecast for
season of 1906, by e. B. Moss of New York.
have more to do with the strict interpreta-
ton of the rules than with the changes OF
, the rules themselves. A distinction has
been made under rule 6, relating to a
scrimmage between the act OF the snapper
back and the act OF any other player OF
the side in possession of the ball. II the
| snapperback makes motion as II to snap
the ball. whether he wlthholds It OF not
the ball is regarded as in play and the
scrimmage begins. II another player OF
the side In possession Of the ball makes an
attempt by a false start to draw the OPP
ponents of side and the ball is then
snapped, II shall be brought back and not
be regarded as In play or the scrimmage
commenced Legislation has also been
directed at any players who are out OF
bounds at the time when the ball is put in
play and a rule has been made that nc
player shall be out OF bounds at the time
the ball has been put in play except the
man who is holding the ball for place
kick.
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