Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-19
Four Men Left
in Denver Golf
Tournament
Harry Legg Continues to Defeat All
Who Oppose Him-Bromfield Con-
sidered Strongest Opponent.

DENVER, Aug 1s-Played in a drizzling
rain that drove the gallery to the club fire
place, the first and second rounds Of match
plays in the Transmississippi golf tourna-
ment has left but four men as real con-
testers for the title
Harry G. Legg of Minikahda, the title
holder, in spite of an infected foot that is
causing him much trouble, had an easy
time in the first and second rounds of
match play.
He experienced little difficulty in defeat
Ing r. Harrison of Des Moines, up and
to play, in the morning and ]. ]. Lindsey
OF Omaha In the afternoon, up and to
play.
His strongest opponent is Lawrence
Bromfield Of the Denver Country club. who
duplicated his 70 of the qualifying round
today in the first round OF match play
against A. w. Copp, the Colorado Golf club
mainstay, and followed this up by defeat
Ing H. J. Eaton of Kansas City, up and
to play.
Bromfield is paired with S. B. Young OF
Omaha, but is due to win from the Omaha
man II he can maintain the pace he has sci
in this tournament Bromfield is the last
OF the Denver men entered who has a
chance for the title, and the local golfers
Legg will play Grant Chamberlain OF
Hutchinson tomorrow and is expected to
win easily in the 36-hole round.
In the play for the consolation cup, for
which the sixteen men put out in the first
round of match play for the championship
are eligible, Harrison of Des Moines, won
from H. Carr Of Des Moines, l up.
j. A. Roberts beat F. w. Mccarthy, Den
yer, up and /.
g. 3. Whitehead, Denver, won from w
w. Maxwell, Denver, 2 up, and L
H. A. Fisher beat ]. w. Hughes OF
Omaha, up and /.
v. X. Hodge, Kansas City, won from l.
v. Graham. Kansas City, up in nineteen
w. ]. Foye, Omaha, won from l. Jacoby
Galveston, up and g.
DR.. G. L. Miller won from w. N. Cham
Young put Paul Hyde of Wichita out in
the afternoon round, up and to play
with little difficulty.
r. r. Moore of Galveston put Rev. Pau
Talbot of jefferson City out OF the running
this afternoon, 8 up and 8 to play.
f. H. Gaines Of Omaha who put Hughes
of Omaha out in the first round, won from
Walter Fairbanks OF Denver in the after
noon, l up, while Grant Chamberlain OF
Hutchinson, won easily from w. W. Nc
Of 4en ~ up and to play
rem Of st. Joseph. up in eighteen holes
and was closely followed by w. NJ Sheehar
Of Dss Moines, who had little difficulty ir
who figured strongly in the qualification
round.
The hardest fought match of the day wa.
between Fairbanks and Harold A. Fisher
both of The Denver Country club. 1t re
Quired twenty-one holes TO decide The
match, which was won by Fairbanks by
after hole, the two local men played stroke
for stroke and 1t was not until the1
reached the fourth tee, where Fisher drov'
out of bounds through a funeral procession
MOndAV match decided
Fisher again sliced into the road and Fair
banks playing straight down the course
won the deciding hole, to 8. The scores
of the first and second rounds of mattel
play, follow:
]. w. Hughes Of Omaha lost to F. B
Gaines also Of Omaha, l down
]. B. Lindsey of Omaha beat F. P. Carr!
of Des Moines / up and to play.
! L. d. Moore Of Galveston reached the sec
ond round by beating F. w. Maxwell o
Denver. / up in nineteen holes.
] s. B. Young of Omaha won from L. W
Graham Of Kansas City, 8 up and
John Rsdick of Omaha beat w. n
A. W. Warren Of st. Joseph put Dr. G
l. Miller Of Kansas City out up ant
G, 1. smith Of Douglas, Ariz., beat L
Jscoby of Galveston, up.
! It required nineteen holes 70 decide tn
match between w. M. Sheehan or De
Moines and w. ]. Foye Of Omaha SheehaI
The hardest fought match of the morning
| round was between Lawrence Bromfield
| the 19-year-old boy of the Denver Countr!
| club and A. w. Copp Of the Colorado Col
club. Bromfield won 3 up and to play
| after being down at the turns. He dupli
! Gated his medal score OF 70 made yesterday
coming in with a IS, one under par. Copp'
elimination has cleared the way for Brnm
! field up TO the semi-finals as he has lttl
/ to fear from the men he will meet thi
afternoon and tomorrow.
Wendell Hertlg Of Mnikahda, vice presi
| dent of the Trans-Mississippi association
! won a close match from ]. A. Roberts o
| Kansas City, l up. Roberts played true L
the form he has shown throughout the tour
! nament, but was eXcelled in the long game
Rev Paul Talbot OF the Evanston club
| Kansas City, won from c, b. Whitehead o
the Denver Country club, up and I
Paul Hyde Of the Wichita Country clu
won from r.. w. Hodge of Kansas City,
up. II. ]. Eaton Of Kansas City disposed 0
]. Austin OF Omaha, who startled the flel
by turning in a score OF 7S, last eightee
holes of the qualifying round. Eaton wo
! up and 10 play
| second round: II. G. Legg, Minikahd
won from j. B. Lindsey OF Omaha, up an
I.awrence Bromfield, Denver Countr
club, won from II. ]. Eaton OF Kansas City
( up and TO play.
s. b. Young Of Omaha won from Pau
| HYDE OF Wichita, up and TO play.
b. B. Moore OF Galveston won from Rev
Paul Talbot 5 up and TO play.
! Grant Chamberlain OF Hutchinson wo
from F. Mccartney OF Denver, up and
Ia play.