Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-04

holding meetings to decide on the stewards |
and other help" and 1t is proposed TO |
have everything in readiness for an early |
opening. To help out the golf committee |
the directors have decided to divide that
committee into two sections, the golf green |
committee, which will have charge Of the
links and all golf grounds and the golf
sport and pastmes committee which Will
have charge Of all plays, matches and
tournaments Frank Hoel win continue as
chairman of the golf green's committee, and
Clarke Colt will be chairman of the golf
sports and pastimes committee. Christie,
the Instructor, has developed the players
at the Field club until they are able to
hold their own with any in the country. ex-
cept the most expert, and has made
great advancement in the playing OF all
who have come under his tutelage. Ben
White was in Chicago last week comforting
with Mr.. Christie and the committee will
hold meeting this week. when he xiii
probably be asked to return again this
season.
Members of the Field club are most en-
thusiastic over the Transmississippi tour
nsment and are anxiously awaiting the
time when they may get on the green for
practice. Omaha should be able to make a
good showing at this meet, with all the ma
terial at hand to draw from. Omaha made
n good showing at st. Louis with the few
entries which went from here and should
be able to make some of the cracks go
some when they come to our own barn
yard. Gibson, the ground keeper. has left,
and this, of course, is a great loss, but the
club will have to bear It and try to get
another man who can superintend the
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made such extensive and permanent i'm
provements on the club house last season
that little money will have to be spent on
that this year, the only big outlay being
for the new grounds. The old forty will
be used until after the tournament,
although work will be resumed as early as
possible in the spring on the new grounds,
The goats have finished their share of the
work, and 1t is now up to the directors to
put on the finishing touches. Tennis in
terests are also actively at work preparing
for the Middle West tennis tournament,
which will also be held at the Omaha Field
club. This is an annual affair, always held
at the Field club courts and is becoming
more and more each year to be recognized
as a national event. Players come from
afar to play in the tournament and to en-
| Joy the weeks hospitality at the club.
! The golfers will also make strenuous ef-
forts to give all visitors the time of their
lives. and no effort will be spared to make
the meet the best in the history of that af-
fair. Crack tennis players of national repu-
tation have already signifed their intention
of being present in August, and the entry
list will be large.
Not in many years have the college row.
| ing authorities complained Of the absence
of funds as they are doing this season.
The great cry Isl Rowing crews cost so
much. 1t is a constant pay out of funds
with nothing coming in except from foot
| ball. athletics or private contribution"
Again we hear that II Wisconsin should go
| to Poughkeepsie in June II will be the
Badgers last visit in some time With an
idea of creating some means OF getting
revenue for the maintenance of crews, sew
eral old-time varsity men are studying
the business methods Of the National Asso-
citation OF Amateur Oarsmen, the chief
ruling body of the outside rowing clubs of
America. The National association practi-
cally sells the location of It's annual re-
gatta to the highest bidder Baltimore had
the call last season and st. Louis the year
before Some OF the college graduates ex-
press the opinion that it would be impos-
keepsie pay more literally than they do,
The tradesmen of these cities reap a golden
harvest through the annual aquatic exhibit
tons of the colleges, and the opinion is ad-
vanoed that the hotel men. flag makers,
cafes and the like should dig down in their
respective pockets and donate more. 1t is
proposed that the railroads may be in
duced to give up a fair proportion of their
receipts, not alone from the sale of seats
on the observation cars, but also from the
natural revenues of transporting the spec
tators to and from the scene of the sport.
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Grave fears are entertained that II foot
ball is abolished at the University of Wis
consin the whole athletic organization will
be disrupted by reason of the sudden cut
ting off of the only source of revenue
| which amounts to anything. Foot ball
supports not only itself. but every other
branch of athletics at Wisconsin except
basket ball. For that reason, It is be-
leved, basket ball will be the only game
to survive II the faculty sees ft to legis-
late against foot ball. There is a great
deal OF embarrassment at Wisconsin at
present because coaches refuse to begin
work unless they can be assured of their
salary. The base ball management fur
thermore hesitates to make out schedules
for fear that It cannot fulfll them
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The new Princeton university field house
is expected to be finished about April l.
The walls of the old building have, been
leveled TO the top Of the first story and
the brick work is nearly completed. The
carpenters have commenced on the interior
of the building and most OF the frame
work on the inside partition has been
erected. The cage for base ball practice,
which was only slightly damaged by the
FIRE which destroyed the building. has been
repaired and new skylights have been
put in the roof.
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Despite the fact that many new attrac-
tions have been offered TO candidates for