Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-16
YOUNGSTERS BEAT VETERANS
Boy Golfers Put Up Good Game and Old
Players Fall BY WsyIids.
WEEKS STRUGGLE VIII Be INTERESTING
Contest for Championship HOnor ON
GIenview Course opens In an Ex-
citing Manner Amid
Many Surprises.

GLENvtEw GOLF COURSE, Ill, July Is.
The youngsters had the better of the
veterans IN the opening struggle for the
amateur golf championship honors, which
| took place over the Qlenview course today.
OF the sixty-f6ur who qualified In the medal
plax at eighteen holes. a large proportion
were mere, boys, lads who have learned the
ts9ie IN the last three or four years, ana
whose strength is. not yet upon them. Many
Of the veterans fell by the wayside. while
such .oid-timers as ]. 6. Thorp. Massachu-
sets state champion. and q prominent con-
~testant In several national championships,
and Herbert J. Tweedle of Belmont turned
In scores that barely entitled them to con-
test In the match play beginning tomorrow
morning. Scores well under qualifying ng-
pves were made by many young players
whose names are practically unknown to
followers of national championships, and
the 'steadiness Of their play over the long.
dinhcult course made 1t evident that the
weeks struggle for the coveted champion
ship honors will be replete with brilliant
golf.
ormiston Ties Travis,
The biggest surprise Of the day was fur
hished by @. A. ormiston Of Pittsburg. who
tied Champion Travis medal score Of sew
enty-nine, made earlier in the day, and In
doing so showed such splendid form that
his chances for championship honors are
considered exceedingly bright. Abram
Poole. jr., Of ontwentsia. with eighty; II.
Chandler Egan Of Exmoor, with eighty-tvo;
Walter Esau OF Lake Geneva. with eighty
four, and Allan Hubbard OF Milwaukee,, with
eighty-three, all played consistently and
are looked upon as formidable. competitors.
Nevertheless, close followers Of the game
are firm In their belief that Walter J.
Travis, present champion, will retain the
honors. His playing today was machine
like, His medal score Of seventy.nine was
golf that was almost nawless, and his proven
ability to go the distance in a thirty-six-
hole match confirms his friends in their
belief that he will reach the finals and win
In the last struggle.
Regret over HoIabird,s Illness.
Much regret was expressed today over the
Illness Of NANNY ,Holabird, the yount
Gfenview splayer. On the very eve OF the
championship struggle on his home course
Holabird was stricken with typhoid fever.
Ideal conditions prevailed. Last nights
rain had little effect on the rolling, well.
drained course and the southern breeze wal
too soft to materially affect the playing
Large galleries followed a number OF thu
more prominent players.
One popularity about the play was thu
tying at nlnety-four of thirteen men for tn,
last two places on the qualifying list
These will play of the tie at 10 a. m. to-
morrow, when the FIRST round at eighteen
holes match play In the championship
struggle win be called. The second rount
will be played off in the afternoon. TIVE
rounds at eighteen holes will also b,
Il 0lavad sThfersSaW I'm Friday In the aauai
finals, the play will be at thirty-six holes
as will the final struggle Saturday between
the two survivors. The tie for the gol'