Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-27
women's Final Round Today.

"Omen's Final Round Today.
Mrs. Roope and Mrs. Ellis will this morn
ing play the final round for the champion
ship, beginning at $3.50. Mrs. Roope should
easily win, as she has always outclassed
Mrs. Ellis at home, frequently giving her
a handicap Of sixteen strokes and beating
her. The summary of the semi-fnal round
reads:
Semi-hnal Round. Transmississippi Wo-
mems Championship-Mrs. Roope beat
beat Miss Dewey, l up in 20 holes.
In the amateur championship the days
play resulted somewhat in the discom-
future of Omaha golfers. The second
round, with sixteen entries, was played in
the morning, and nine OF the men were
Omahans. The round resulted with five
of the winners still Omaha golfers and
things looked bright for the local men.
But In the third round, which occurred in
the afternoon, hopes were dashed some
what. 1t left but one Omaha man, r. r.
Kimball, in the running, with the remain
ing three all from Des Moines. The four
play down to the finish today.
The second round brought out some great
golf and also some surprises. ]. Q. Ad-
ans OF the Omaha Field club beat C. C.
st. Clair two up. and this was unexpected.
Then Tom Kimball beat Billy Foye four
up and three to play, and Foye had been
picked as a sure winner. He was of his
game, but Kimball played good golf. The
closest match Of this round was that be-
tween Harry Lawrie and T. Hufford Of Hold
rege, Lawrie winning by one up in twenty
holes. This put out all the Holdrege men,
st. Clair and Hufford, the two stars, fall
ing in this round.
summary of Amateur Championship.
The summary:
Second Round, Transmississippi Amateur
Championship is Holes, Match Play-R. r.
Kimball beat ], r. Lemist. 5 up and TO
: up; r. Fl. Finkbine beat E. Marshall. 1
up and 3 to play; II. Lawrie beat r. HUI.
ford, l up in 20 holes; II. q. Leavitt beat
! a a. B errSRnn ir., beat ". D. BancEer,
2 up; T. r. Kimball beat W. ]. Foye; 4 up
and 3 to play; w, Dickinson beat f. M.
Fairfield. 4 up and 3 to play.
Next came the third round, and this de-
veloped three remarkably close contests
out Of the four. Warren Dickinson easily
disposed Of Tom Kimball. 6 up and 8 TO play,
but Dick Kimball beat J. Q. Adams only ]
up. Adams has been a surprise all the way
through. He beat st. Clair OF Holdrege very
Unexpectedly In the morning and then gave
Die Kimball, the leading Omaha golfer
a run for his life in the afternoon.
For the other two matches two Des
Moines players. r. H. Finkbine and J. G.
Berryhill, jr., both young fellows, beat two
Omahans, Lawrie and Leavitt, in sensa-
tional and long drawn out finishes. 1t took
Finkbine twenty holes to beat Lawrie l Up,
he winning finally by Lawrie's falling down
miserably on two easy puts. Lawrie had
him beat just a little much OF the way,
though they were all even at the ninth and
at the eighteenth holes conclusions.
Berryhll and Leavitt went even one
further, playing twenty-one holes before
the Iowan won by a medal score OF 4 to )
on the last hole. Leavitt lost by driving
along the fence, and II cost him two strokes
to get out Of the trouble. he having no
room to stand and swing. The summary:
summary of Amateur Championship.
Third Round. Amateur Championship, IS
Holes. Match Play-R. r. Kimban beat j.
q. Adams, l up; r. H. Fnkbine beat Harry
Lawrie, l up In 20 holes; J. @. Berryhhl,
tr., beat II O.. Leavitt. 1 up In n holes
W. Dickinson beat T.. r. Kimball' 6 up and
5 10 play.
The consultations also developed some in