Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-07
ON THE GREEN GOLF LINKS
Various Champions Are Getting I'm
Trim to Renew Their RE-
spective TITLES.

Golf has not formally opened in Omaha,
but all the clubs are using their temporary
greens and hundreds Of golfers have been
taking advantage OF the splendid weather
to play a few holes. Both the larger clubs
Of Omaha are rejoicing in a new golf In
structor and each thinks It will be able
to land the city championship when the
inter club games are played. Sprague Alb
bolt is so busily engaged IN a business
which takes more time than he was ac-
customed to give to the raising Of chickens
and he says he will have to cut out all
but three tournaments this yesr-the Trans
mississippi the Western and Nebraska
State tournaments. James Allan is In
charge OF the golf games committee at the
Field club and he says he will have plenty
of contests arranged to keep up the in
terest all summer. Numerous cups are
now being talked up and the donors will
be getting busy before the spring is much
further advanced. Mike Thomas is start
out at his usual game with hope OF i'm
proving and Al Kinsler says II he doesn't
play better than he did last summer he is
going to quit. Buckingham says he is go
ing to run out to Hoidrege for couple
OF Sundays to practice up, unawares, with
his friend Cowgirl and will then spring
some new surprises In the shape OF strokes
with which he expects TO be able TO win
from the bunch. Nels Updike and Billy
Hynes will play nothing but the putting
game this summer and Albert Calm says
he has been doing so we'll at billiards this
winter he will simply continue his gait at
golf. AS soon as Joe Sykes gets rid Of his
pet on his neck he will take TO golf.
after few days with the nsh. and Bill
Murray is said to have read all the golf
books while serving on the jury and to
have taken lessons from Ernest Gibson,
who was on the same jury. Murray has
received a specially loaded club from an
eastern manufacturer which is warranted
not to slice the ball. Pres Dawson prac-
tices daily in his back yard, where he has
a putting green. and z. II. Sprague says
he will DO nothing but play golf this sum-
mer and let someone else try their hands
at running things. Stocky Heth has not
started yet. John Parish hopes to get his
game under 100 this season. and Lee Sprat-
len has promised TO coach him up so he
can do Il. The younger generations are
starting out with a vim and many new
golf players will be developed in Omaha
before the summer Is much farther along
Frank Colpetzer has been appointed a
special committee at the Omaha Country
club in charge of the women's golf de-
partment The golf committee is com
posed Of e. II. sprague. chairman; C. s.
Montgomery, Frank Colpetzer and Frank
H. Gaines. In order further to promote
golf among the women folk Frank Col
PETER was appointed a special committee
with power to arrange tournaments, solicit
prizes and arrange events, handicaps and
all other details for the womens golf de-
partment.
The date for the opening Of the Country
club has been set for April q, when a reg
ular match for a good and suficient prize
will be arranged. II has been decided not
TO permit boys under 81 to engage in the
regular events with their elders, but spe-
cial events will be arranged for these I'M
der the supervision OF c. 8. Montgomery
Of the golf committee.
Superintendent Adams will have charge
OF the public golf links at Miller park,
which were inaugurated last year. While
there has been no demand for the links
to date, the superintendent says the popu-
larity Of the course last year was SUM-
cient inducement for the park board to
fix the greens again this spring and to
keep them in shape all summer. Miller
park is admirably located for a golf course,
for It is adjacent to the Florence street
car line, with cars running every fifteen
minutes. While the course has not the
natural hazards which some Of the regular
club courses have, there are plenty to
make the sport interesting cricket
| field was also laid out last year and put
| to good use by the lovers of cricket in
Omaha. That sport will be revived with
the coming Of warm weather.