Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

given for the player making the lowest !
score for any round OF eighteen holes dur
Ing the competition. II an amateur wins, /
plate will be awarded 70 the value OF the /
purse. The competition will be at seventy |
two holes and entries must be In by June IS
The tournaments arranged by the asso-
citation are:
June A-22 . Homewood Country club,
Flossmoor. Ill, western open champion /
ship; sevsnty-two holes. medal play; open
amateurs and professionals
August 6-Onwentsia club, Lake Forest,
III, Marshall Field cup; DOGGY oompeti-
ton, thirty-siN holes; open TO teams OF I'VE
from each club.
September s-Glen Echo Country club, st.
Louis, Mo, Olympic cup; open TO teams OF
four from any golf association mot clubs)
In the world. thirty-siN holes, medal play
total medal scores OF each team to count
ST. Louis Mo-, western Championship va
rious other competitions will also be played
Ia ter goR Wi rivs TGg psTt,cIars HH u''
The club tournaments which are open
to all players are as follows;
June 8-Edgewater Golf club Chicago.
One day tournament
June 1-2-Kent Country club. Grand
Rapids, Mich General tournament.
July 17-21-Glen View club. Golf, III.
General tournament
july 24-Midiothian Country club. Blue
Island, III. Pater-Filius cup; thrty-six
holes, two-ball handicap for father and
son.
moor, Ill. Homewood cup for teams OF
FIVE from each club thirty-siX holes, medal
play: total team scores to count.
August 1-4-Homewood Country CLUB
FlOssmoor, Ill. General tournament.
August 7-11-Onwentsia club, Lake For
est N. General tournament -,
Montclare, Ill General tournament.
September 0-22-calumet Country club
B oa,s ~ General dg 9aB Wheaton
Ill. Age limit handicap; open to players
80 years OF age and over
October 4-6-Chicago Golf club, wheaton,
Ill. General tournament.
Minnesoth's request for a foot ball game
with Chicago has been declined for the
same reason the conference games were
abolished. The Midway senate will not
tolerate any foot ball contest In which
local rivalry Is intense. The Gophers
wanted a two years contract, but Coach
stagg was forced TO reply that Chicago
would not consider the proposal The
Cornell game was allowed because II was
thought there would not be so much enmity
between eastern and western teams as be-
tween local eleYens.
Students feel confident that foot ball
men most interested in the question ex-
press their belief that the resumption of
the game next fall is out of the question,
but they reason that the student COM
mittee, seeing that there is no hope Of
having their recommendation accepted,
will vote in favor of the graduates commit
tees suggestion that the game be resumed
the year following. If these two commit
tees combine they will outvote the faculty
committee, and the graduates recon-
mendation viii then go to the president.
Further than this It is known that many
Of the members OF the faculty committee
are In favor OF reinstating foot ball II a
scheme can be evolved that will do away
with the tendency of specialization or the
acknowledgment of few men, and will
give a greater number of students an OPP
portunity OF playing the game. The recon-
mendation that the game be reinstated in
1907 IL It be found TO work satisfactorily
at other colleges In 1906 under the new rules
would bind no one, IL acquiesced in by the
authorities. The question as to whether
or not the new rules proved satisfactory
would be settled by the president alone.
and he would therefore be under no obliga-
ton to reinstate the game, even If he
should approve the graduate recommended
ton.
Miss May Sutton is again in England and
will meet the best tennis players in that
country She has been In a peculiar po-
sition as regards tennis in England When
she first went over there her chances were
considered small by the British experts
and she was accorded a great reception.
When she began to display her great abil-
ity and won the Welsh championship the
public seemed to cool toward her. BY the
time she beat Miss d. X. Douglass for
the English championship the English
were thoroughly arrayed on the other side.
Miss Sutton says she noticed the increas-
! ing coldness and she did not like It a bit
| The British were inclined to point out
when Miss Sutton won so often that after
all she was English. having been taken
| to California when very young. Miss 6ut-
| ton would rather stay at home this year
| and play against Miss Elizabeth II. Moore
| the Brooklyn girl who Is the holder OF
the American championship. But she has
heard that the British say that she can
not defeat Miss Douglass when the latter
is in her best trim. Last year Miss Doug.
lass was said to have sprained her right
wrist and IL true was an enormous handI.
cap.
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But Miss Sutton was popular N one way
on the other side, II not among the ten.
mis- players. Her feats with the racket be
came so we'll known that the music hal
singers began making up verses about her
Tennis is a stronger game In England
than here and makes a wider appeal. Tn,
whole country is interested In the inter
| national matches. Therefore 1t was no
unnatural that the topical song writers
should hit on her. In the opinion OF many
OF the experts Miss Sutton would ranl
with the men at the top OF the game a.
this country were she to be rated. In al
analysis OF players showings which wa
made last season by one OF the English Of
fcials Miss Sutton attained the highes
percentage and the list included the mem
bers of the English and American in
ternational cup teams. She played sixteel
matches. winning all. These comprised
thirty-two sets and 2N games. She los
only seventy-hve minor games in sets, he
average showing 81 per cent Upon tn
same basis H. l. Doherty. the famou
English champion. attained only 1874 pc
! cent IIa yyon ton rnatrhaa