Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
GOLF SEASON IS REALLY ON
Club Doors fwins Back and Players Flock
to the Greens.
WOMEN OPEN At COUNTRY MONDAY
AZ All Three of the BiE LinkA
Happy Hollow the New
One, Successful Year
IL Indicated.
,SEN OPEN At COUNTRY MONDAY

Inc golt season ts really on, one club
being formally opened. another is to be
opened in a week and the third soon after.
The players have been put through their
preliminary stunts. the handcaps are out
and all is I'm readiness for the long stretch
through the summer season. The handi-
caps for the opening month are consider.
able Of guess and will be adjusted after
the first MONTH when the players hit their
gait
The committees in charge OF the grounds
have worked strenuously to prepare every
thing for the opening, so the events may
be run of without hitch. The courses Of
the two older clubs have finally become
well established and the players all hops
will not have to be submitted 20 another
change It is not only expensive to keep
changing golf courses, but It is a nuisance
TO the players, Who have to trample over
the new ground and suffer all sorts OF in
conveniences. The more recent changes az
the Field club were, Of course necessary
because OF the change of the course TO the
new forty, but many minor changes would
not have been necessary had the grounds
been laid out in n proper manner at the
start. The new Happy Hollow club Is try
ing to avoid these experiences by bringing
an expert from Chicago at great expense
to lay out the course in the most prac-
tical manner at the start. so that when Il
settles 1t will be there for good and not
subject to the within of some committee.
Surprise was expressed on all sides that
the Happy Hollow club would be able to
install an 1s-hole course on the tract which
has been acquired.
Credit to &c. II. sprnEue.
Much credit is given e. II. sprague for
the manner in which he takes hold of golf
AFFAIRS at the Omaha Country club. Each
year this hustlng golfer swears It will be
his last, but when the season rolls around
and no one else shows inclination to
take the reins, the directors induce sprague
to stick in the harness another year, which
he reluctantly consents TO do with the
understanding that II will be his last year.
D. V. Sholes has had his hands full this
spring in preparing the grounds for the
golfers, but he has been ably assisted by
the new golf expert, who has been given
general supervision over the grounds. The
coming Of warmer weather is bringing out
the greens in fine shape and they should
be nearly perfect for the opening week
hence.
Vance Lane and Herman Peters have
been practicing faithfully each afternoon
during the last week in the hope of per-
fecting themselves for the Nebraska state
tournament When the caddie was asked
what they were able to do the journey in
he simply looked wise and said he had
been told not to give their scores away.
1t is said they are working I'D a surprise
for other members OF the club and also on
the handicap man. Peters is said TO have
done the 18th hole In three.
Laddie LaDouceuer is the hardest worker
on the greens and the cracks say they
would rather have any other man at the
club for an opponent, for he is able to get
up and trot quite heat when he takes the
notion. Jack Rahm is working at both
clubs. a little here and little there. He
and Sprague Abbott have beaten E. H.
sprague and Bob Simpson twice this year,
which shows he is apt to be a real con-
tender when It comes to the tournaments.