Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28


insOn won three up and two to play. the
medal scores being:
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sensation In Final Round.
The final round OF the consolation event
brought out the most sensational one-stroke
finish Of the day. with the score all even
at the end Of the seventeenth hole. J. b.
Rahm OF Omaha won the trophy from W.
L. Woodward Of Denver. at the eighteenth
green by boiling out a thirty-three foot putt.
making the hole in three. which is one I'M
der DOGGY. Woodward was there with the
DOGGY four, all right. but the phenomenal
putt beat him. Had Rahm taken two
strokes for the distance. as was expected.
the match would have required extra holes
for settlement. II was exceedingly close
all the way over the course. Neither was
ever more than two up. and Rahm had to
come In at a thirty-nine stroke clip to win.
which is DOGGY for the homeward bound
course.
One OF the final matches in the
consultations was also very close, Rahm
beating b. F. Guinand of Des Moines, only
one up in twenty holes. The visitor il q
youngster. but played great golf In the
other semi-fnal match Woodward beat J.
Powers of Hastings, three up and two TO
play and he had to work for all Of IL.
Thirteen holes was all it took Mrs.
George w. Roope Of Denver to win first
prize in the women's championship from
Mrs. ID. r. Ellis Of the same city. Six I'm
and five to play was the result. and the
match was the winners from the start
Mrs. Roope has always been the superior
Of Mrs. Ellis at their home club. as she has
had more experience. This fact caused the
sympathies of the gallery to lie mostIv
with the loser, who did the best she could.
There was a strong wind blowing in the
morning when this match was played. and
1t interfered much with the play of both.
especially Mrs. Ellis, who is not a strong
hitter.
Easy for Bartsch.
Fred Bartsch, the Country club profess
sional. found an easy thing in his match
against the other three professionals at
tending, Thomas O'Neill of the University
and Waveland Golf club at Des Moines. ].
w. Watson Of the Des Moines Golf and
Country club, and w. c. Sherwood of the
Omaha Field club. Sherwood took second
money, so it was a double victory for the
Omaha stars.
The match was medal play over thirty
six holes, eighteen being played in the
morning and eighteen in the afternoon.
The result Of the morning play showed
Bartsch in the lead with a score OF "A, five
below DOGGY, and Sherwood and O'Neill a
tie with 70 each, just DOGGY. Watson was
a hopeless SO, and dropped out there, act
ing as caddy for Dickinson in the play for
the championship during the afternoon.
O'Neill stayed in the afternoon play,
however, as he had an even chance with
Sherwood for second money. The race
between them was very pretty, Sherwood
making the course in 81, O'Neill in SO
strokes. Sherwood thus won second place
and money with a total Of 100, o'NeilI hav-
Ing 161. Bartsch made his second round in
DOGGY, 70, and thus took first with a total
OF 1853.
Pretty Race OF Teams.
The team championship proved = pretty
race beteween the representatives Of the
Omaha Country club and those Of the Des
Molnes Golf and Country club, but the
former won, SO down to DOGGY. This was
a thirty-six hole match against DOGGY,
medal play. Aggregate scores OF teams
counted. Eighteen holes we're played in
the morning, and at their conclusion the
Des Moines Golf and Country club team
was leading, being 30 down to DOGGY, while
the Omaha Country club men we're right
after them with a score Of sc down. The
other teams were struggling hopelessly be-
hind.
The afternoon play switched the two
leaders, and then some. The final scores
A.