Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
ONAHANS VICTORS OF WEEK
oountry Club eSlfsrs Distance Competitors
in TranImiEsissippi Tourney,
WIN FOUR OF THE FIVE FIRST HosoRs
Only one C-hRmbionshiP Escapes the
Local Players and that, the wom-
ens' Contest, Goes 60 Mrs.
Hoope OF Denver.

With four Of the 1--WE first honors in the
second annual tournament in the Trans
Mississippi Golf association to their credit.
Omaha Country club golfers may we'll feel
proud Of their accomplishments on the
links during the past week. When the
last score card OF the tourney had been
turned in Saturday evening. IT was found
that only the woman championship had
been captured by an outsider. Mrs. Roope
OF Denver. Meanwhile X. r. Kimball won
the amateur championship, ]. B. Rahm the
consolation event. the Omaha Country club
team took the club competition, and Fred
Bartsch, the professional of the Country
club, completed the trophy shower by
bringing in first money in the match be-
tween the four professionals.
With that as its denouement the biggest
golf tournament ever held in the Trans
mississippi territory is now brought to a
close. and after a final elaborate dinner
and dance at the club last night, the vari-
Gus visiting competitors from five states
and a dozen cities have separated and
thinned out one by one, till only the old
regular Omahans and the familiar golf
course itself are left. Even the corner Of
the hall at the club which was yesterday
a glittering mass Of silver trophies is now
looted OF its treasures, but be It said with
all honor to the local guilty chasers, only
three Of the eight prizes left the city, and
Mrs. Roope took all Of them.
Event a VeritabIe Pageant.
The last day of the great golf event was
a veritable pageant. A rainstorm on Fri
day night had left the course in perfect
condition and when the sun came out
bright and strong for the days play an
ideal situation for championship matches
was rounded out to the last particular.
The, beautiful weather, added to the in
terest naturally attached to the finishing
OF the tourney, proved a magnet par ex-
cellence. Every previous day had seen a
host of men and women at the club. but
Saturday their name was legion. And the
galleries we're not only large, but brilliant,
for the women were not afraid to wear
their most dazzling hats and gowns in the
face Of such an Incompatible day.
The final struggles for the amateur cham
pionship Of course eclipsed other contests
OF the day, and when at s o'clock X. X.
KImball won from his opponent, Warren
Dickinson OF Des Moines, in the twentieth
hole of the final round, the enthusiasm
OF the great crowd that had followed the
play in breathless silence for hours burst
loose at last. Two holes past the regular
eighteen had these two men been COM
PEELED to 20 before the Omahan finally
sscn, and from the start Of the deciding
match till the end the strain had been
constant. Both were so evenly matched In
all departments Of the game that the vic
tory was at all times a tossup, even
though Kimball led his opponent much oil
the way. Taking the match as a whole
neither could be said to excel In driving
approaching or putting, and yet 1t was a
poor drive of Dickinson's at the seven
teenth hole that lost him a chance to win
the contest right there, while 1t was weak
putting on his part at the twentieth that
let Kimball win.
Close and Cautious Contest.
Though the medal scores were not re-
markedly low, both men being much over
DOGGY. yet the golf was of the closest pos
sible nature, and the very fact that eacf
man played always so safe and carefully
was responsible for the actual number o.
strokes running up into fairly high figures
Neither took any long chances at any sho'
whatever, and meanwhile both were OF
such a. tension that they missed some yer!
easy ones.
Dickinson won highest plaudits from
the gallery by the remarkable nerve h
displayed all through. He was simply in
domitable. From start TO finish It was al
uphill game for him, as he was never VI
but one hole and was twice down thre'
holes. Yet his courage never failed a min
ute, and on both occasions when the scor'
was SO threatening he pulled out by mar
velously steady work In the face OF tn
big odds. Particularly at the thirteenth
hole and thereafter did this characteristic
OF the man. show itself. With only 81
l. 80 khran Anuyn q taFFiN
lead to overcome. Right there he buckle
down. took the thirteenth hole and the
the fourteenth, both In most remarkabl
playing. Kimball played DOGGY for eac
hole. Ave strokes apiece. Nothing dauntet
Dickinson played one less than DOGGY 10
each. so he was then but one down. tn
fifteenth hole he halved at six strokes, an
the sixteenth he won by playing II !
DOGGY, four strokes.
Tension Draws Tighter.
So there they we're all even. and tn
terrific gait Dickinson had struck SCENE
to point to his victory. But when }
drove for the seventeenth hole he weT
into the first bunker, and that spoiled hi
for the hole. although he came out in on
stroke and holed In six. There was Kin
balls chance to win. he being one up
the eighteenth. but again Diekinsou's II
trepidIty. asserted itself. ktmball kne
he wanted that hole badly and played Il
Il hard. making 1t in DOGGY four. DickiI
son paid no more attention than II kimba
had taken twelve strokes, but simply score
a tweive-foot putt for three strokes to Il
hole. one below DOGGY.
Thus they were again all even, and
meant extra holes. They started on arouI
the course again. and the gallery wi
massed clear across the course behind theI
Both playing ~faultless golf, they haly'
the nineteenth hole, and went on to Il
twentieth. Dickinson had the best dri'
by twenty yards. but Kimball was We
With him on second shot, and both came
the green at a stand-on In three. Dicki
son missed an easy putt for the NTH strol
and then Kimball won by holing out safe
In hve. The score by holes:
A~344646356 G.
A'"0"" GstsSSSISS
Record of the linn
The winner of the championship has be
playing golf for three years at the Count
club. His opponent was a worthy one,