Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-25
GOLF TOURNEY GETS START
Women Play Qualifying Round in the
Interstate Championship,
MEN WILL TEE OFF THIS MORNING
PairInEs and Time TO the
Entries Yesterday n Busy
session on Country Club
Links Today.

BULLS NNdNhNl bAAbhN ~ bAaNT
ing, greeted the crowds of guilty chssers
who assembled at the Country club
yesterday morning for the opening day Of
the transmississippi golf tournament.
The first day was given over to the
women and this morning the qualify
ing round Of the women's championship
was played. There were ten entries, the
eight lowest scores, medal play, to qualify.
The following qualified:
Mrs. George W. Roope, Denver, %; Miss
Belle Dewey, lis; Mrs. A. P. Guiou, 1877;
Mrs. c. T. Kouutze, 1928: Miss Ella McShanc,
1874; Mrs. u. II. Wheeler, 1874; Mrs. f. H..
S~prague, III; Mrs. D.. B. Ellis, Denver, 116.
The other two entries were Miss May
Shane, 1853, and Miss Caroline Mercer, 1875.
These failed to qualify. For this after
moons first round the eight who qualified
are matched as follows:
Mrs. Roope and Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs.
sprague and Mrs. Guiou, Miss Dewey and
Miss Ella McShane, Mrs. Ellis and Mrs.
Kountze.
Mrs. Ropes score Of 81 strokes was
easily the lowest for the morning, so to
her goes the silver flask as a trophy for
best qualifying score.
Women Play Today Again.
Later it was decided not to play the pre-
liminary round OF the women's champion
ship till Thursday, as the time was not
pressing. The fact that there remain but
eight qualifying players to play down neces-
states but three rounds more, while had
there been sixteen four rounds would have
been needed. Thus the eight will play
today at 1890, Just after the last pair OF
the men has started. The women's ~pairings
will remain as published.
Late in the afternoon the women's con-
tests in long driving and approaching and
putting were held. Mrs. Roope of Denver
took first honors in the driving contest,
laying her guilty a good 1877 yards distant
from the tee.
The approaching and putting contest wal
closely played, Miss Ella McShane Of
Omaha winning. Each woman played three
balls to the eighth hole from a point sew
enty-fve yards distant. They played over
the bunker and into the hole. The woman
making the lowest aggregate score on al
three balls took first. Miss McShane &C.
complished the feat Of boiling out all three
in but nine strokes, which is very credit
able work. That is an average Of but three
strokes to the bail.
In the evening social features held full
SWAY at the Country club. Though not al
Of the entries had yet arrived, there wa!
a considerable gathering of golfers there
and at 7 o'clock a table d'hote Dime wal
served to forty persons. At $50 music AM
dancing began, and by 9 o'clock the clul
was crowded with a great crush.
P~airings for Championship.
Pairings for the Transmississipi ANA
teur golf championship were made publ,
yesterday and show 102 men entered
for the qualifying round. Play on thi
round begins at 9 o'clock on Thursda!
morning, at which time the first pair
Elliott Marshall OF St, Joseph and H. G
Leavitt OF Omaha, will leave tee No. l
From that time on the pairs will star
at intervals of four minutes. So man.
and there that the last pair, J. Baldrig,
and E. W.. Dixon, will not get away til
1920 in the afternoon.
The sixteen lowest scores at medal pla,
will qualify and at 2 o'clock in the after
noon these sixteen will start in on tn,
first round. The second round comes Fri
day morning at 8 o'clock, the third roun'
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the semi
final round at 8 o'clock Saturday morn
Ing and the final round for the champion
ship at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Meanwhile the second sixteen best score
will qualify for the consolation cup an
the first round will occur Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, the second Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock, the semi-1nal rounl
Saturday morning at 9;15 and the fna
round at 2:15 in the afternoon. The pair
ings read:
s:OO-Elliott Marshall and II. G. Leavitt.
g:Q-C c. st. Clair and T. r.. Kimball.
GOSH. D.. Adams and w. y. Martin.