Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
Roues American Team League Season Opens April
SWAN NECK PUTTER is HERE
New Golf Club Being Tried by the Pill
Chasers in Omaha.
MILLER PARK IMPROVEMENTS
Course f. 60 He Changed at Two or
Three Holes and the Club House
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS oIfinE
News.

Golfers in Omaha are beginning to take
notice Of the coming of spring and q lively
scene may be viewed al any Of the golf
courses Of the city. The real golfing bug
will chase the ball in the coolest weather
without a murmur. but there are many Of
the near bugs who like warm weather bet
ter and stay their, hand until spring ar
rives.
Members Of the Miller Park Golf club
met last week and organized for the year
W. s. Wimoth being elected president
The Miller park course is to be improved
and probably two or three Of the holes
changed, and some changes in the club
house are also planned
Committees appointed for the season are
as follows:
Field-E NJ Tracy W. A. Ellis. A. T.
T'ennis-E. u. iiatcn, c. e. Fioodman. L.
House, W. Titterington, r. e Lang
Rules-C. j. Merriam, C.: o. Dooley. G.
r. Wright
Membership. Eurchmore, r. A.
stringer, r. 70. Langdon
The Miller Park club, the only public
golf club in Omaha. is the first step this
cts has taken toward introducing golf
into the parks Of the city. Its popularity
I'm other cities Of the United states would
fully justify the City Park board in en-
larging the facilities at the club and thus
the capability OF the park to become the
recreation spot of larger number Of PEG
pie.
state Tourney Plans.
Decision over the place Of the holding of
the Nebraska site golf tournament will be
taken some time this week. The Happy
Hollow club was given first choice OF the
event but the members Of that organiza-
ton decided that as their course was new
and not in as good shape this year as 1t
will be at some future time they would
rather that the Omaha Field club should
take the event this season.
Golfers at the Field club are enthusiastic
over the prospect of holding the meet
there and meeting will be held this week,
IL possible. In the last week the new
bunkers planned for the Field club we're
put up, the sandbeds refilled and rebuilt
and general renovation Of the whole
course was undertaken.
The result has been to very much beau
tfy the course and make the game much
better. Saturday afternoon saw drOves of
the stick wielders out chasing the ball.
At the Country club the players are fig
uring out plans for the big Transmissis-
SiPpl' NheH th@e Do"S " 6"iiSiS seNeiiSiN
here It will be the biggest entertainment
any such body ever received, II the plans
OF the omaha go right.
Among the new things In golf clubs for
the year that are said to be populr is the
"swn's neck" putter. II is putter with
a swan neck, built so that the blade fits
evenly with the ground on the stroke An
other popular innovation in the many tools
of the golfer is a short shaft approaching
cleek. constructed especially for use in a
rolling approach In windy weather. The
golfers may be seen using these on any OF
the links this year.
Part OF the old aluminium sets Of golf
clubs that were the craze seven years ago
are back. The aluminium maohe. the best
OF the aluminium set, has returned and
dealers are selling them fast