Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-12

will furnish anglers with plenty OF sport.
The popularity OF the Rod and Gun club
house and grounds is increasing and APP
plications for tent space have had to be
turned down from a lack of room. There
ere now a dozen or more tents pitched
under the trees and the campers are en-
joying the cool evenings immensely. The
social side Of camp life is cultivated And
bathing and fishing parties are held nightly.
| The old CORTLAND bathing beach lie full Of
swimmers every evening
Although the Rod and Gun club grounds
are practically full tract near there and
easy to reach from the beach car line is
being rented TO campers. Those who camp
on this tract will have the club house
privileges provided they become members
OF the club This is a great advantage to
them as they have the use of the telephone
and refrigerator at the club house.
Some OF the members who use the club
house in the evenings are agitating the
question of lighting the street from the
club house to the street car track.
Raymond d. Little and Beals c. Wright,
two OF the American lawn tennis players
! who went abroad to compete for the Davis
International trophy have been interviewed
since their return. Il am going to get into
trim as fast as can" said Wright, ''apd
defend my title here in the United States.
| 1t was a great disappointment to me not to
be able to play. 1 was 30 well treated on
the other side that 1t almost made up for
1t. Little played magnificent tennis In the
matches and he was ever so much better
than anyone had thought. His work was
great and we were much better or than
we had hoped at first"
Little repeated what Holcombe Ward said
when he came back to this country. I'VE
should challenge every year until we get
| the cup back. The difference in styles of
! play between this country and England is
| gradually growing less. over here we play
| with greater dash and vim and take more
chances than the English players. They
| play safe game and find holes in the
American defence all the time. In time,
however we will get UP nearer them and
! the matches will be all the more interesting
1 shall make an official report of the trip
| to the United States National Lawn Tennis
association and shall recommend that we
go back after the trophy again. The treat
ment that we received on the other side
was great and the English were very sym
pathetic indeed"
The intercollegiate socker players win get
! together early next fall and will plan for
| play Out compete Oh games
for the Mines cup, held now by Havcr-
ford. The sport will have thorough trial
this fall and the American colleglans will
| have a chance to see how they like It.
Many Of the native-born players are getting
very expert and as they improve In knowl-
edge they will like the game more and
more. 1t is the plan that socker will have
an even bigger spread than before. Cor
| nell, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania,
| Haverford, Columbia and Yale are expected
| to support the new game strongly. At any
| event 1t will help lot in the development
of good runners and will be pleasant re-
Taxation for those who fancy the harder
sport Of the American college game.
.
II do not know oi single real golf
links throughout the whole length and
breadth OF this country"
This is statement of Walter ]. Travis
in the current Country Life in America, in
an article on The Proper Laying Out of
Golf Courses" Here are some quotations
from Travis article:
Your true links are found principally on
the seaside of Great Britain and are formed
of stretches of sand dunes varying In heighl
and contour with occasional tracts of
interspersed with undulations of surface
al covered with short, compact growth
OF very Une grass, varied WITH patches OF
coarser growth, called bent
The putting green's are situated in hollows
or on small plateaus, usually. and are
for the larger part of an undulating char |
acter, more or less Observation-Disclosures
greens at Myopia.
The hazards are largely natural, con-
ssting of the breaking away by erosion OF
portions of the sand dunes, leaving pots |
natural hazards others have been artfcaiiy |
made from time to time. The result is that |
nearly every green is marked by the i'm
In many NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. careful
play. There is an entire absence OF BUNK
srs somRetsly across the fair
or the sandy faces of dunes, take their
place, while great variety OF elevation and
carry in the various strokes Is necessary, |
according TO the height and distance of
the intervening dunes. both from the toe |
and through the green The fairway Is
much narrower than on our courses; haz-
ards are far more numerous and the sides, |
off the course. offer every inducement for |
straight play. being literally provided with |
only possible, in many cases, TO merely get |
the ball on the nearest point of the fair
way with the aid Of niblick.
.
Charles E. Duryea, pioneer in the build |
ing OF automobiles says that alcohol was
used as fsr back as 1892 in one of his cars. |
1t then used for experimental work |
only. Now that the free alcohol bill has |
been passed. Mr.. Duryea. who is one OF the |
mechanical experts Of the American Motor |
Car Manufacturers association, believes
that there will be increasing use OF
alcohol in motor cars.
"Our experiments proved that alcohol
required either a little more heat or
little finer pulverization than the gasoline"
said Mr.. Duryea. I'VE tried to use It at the
New York automobile show, but they
wouldn't allow its use in the garden, al
though 1t wasn't as dangerous as gasoline.
I am inclined TO think that there is an
increase Of power obtainable from the use
Of alcohol. but just how much, can't say.
l think for aeronautic motors, II should be
excellent because of the increased power,
the freedom from SCOT, the lessened amount
OF heating, and the slightly lessened danger
from fire.
People generally consider alcohol much
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