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Show . INDDOlmUBSE ! FOR GOLF FANS1 Links Will Open Monday; Innovation in Sport in Salt Lake. A iiUle tii in tr like a blanket of pnow or a. frost-ntpped crr-fiis i.-r.'t going to deprive Salt Lake golfers of their favorite favor-ite past I me. Indeed, golf in Salt Lake lids winter promises to su.-pa.-s even Koli" in Salt ),:tko last summer. Next Monday the indoor soil" "links" will (.pen, and ittdiralions are licit the innovation will be the greatest thing of its kiii'l ever attempted In this town. Tho Indoor "rourse" is heing installed in the basement of the Commercial club. Mud thither next week golfers will bend their steps, and, arrived, will also bend their backs. The promoters of the enterprise, all members of the Country club and -n-thusiastic golfers, have engaged the services ser-vices of M. L. Dickey, the Country club professional, to continue his summer course of instruction, and Dickey is busy vith the installation of the needed ;ip-fcFparatiia ;ip-fcFparatiia and paraphernalia, lie will have too "course" In shape for preliminary practice next week and it is hoped to arrange ar-range matches in regular competition by holiday time. The purpose nf the indoor game primarily pri-marily is to furnish a means of exercise lor the participants, but it also affords the golfer an opportunity of keeping to form during the long between-season period. The indoor game Is. played with regulation balls and clubs and is said to be unrivaled as an agency for the acquisition acqui-sition of "distance" and accuracy. An important consideration for the golfer in connection with winter practice is that it permits him to perfect himself in swing and in the "follow through" and fuch . like. U is the plan to open the "links" to the feminine devotees of the sport as soon as the enterprise gets under way, and there is reason to believe that one of the world's greatest outdoor sports will become one of the greatest indoor sports as well. Dickey has just returned from the Pacific Pa-cific coast, where he visited various golf clubs. He had offers to remain as professional pro-fessional at San Francisco. Santa Barbara Bar-bara and Los Angeles, but prefers Salt Lake. As the work of demobilization progresses, pro-gresses, golfers as well as others are returning. re-turning. Hal B. Lamb has already returned re-turned and it is expected that 11. W. Salisbury will be at home within ten clays or two weeks. Both are former state champions. |