Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-30
STATE GOLF TOURNEY OPENS
Starters Number ITO Of the Leading
Players of Nebraska.
FoYE PLAYS THE COURSE IN rs
President of the Association Makes
Quite a Remarkable showing
I'm the Preliminary Round
of Play.


One hundred and ten golfers entered the
sixth annual golf tournament, which
started at the Omaha Country club
wednesday, morning. These entries IN
clude golfers from the Country club, Happy
Hollow club, Omaha Field club, Miller Park
Golf club, South Omaha Country club,
Council Bluffs Rowing association, Lincoln
Country club. Overland Country club OF
Nebraska City and Fremont Country club.
The qualifying rounds for the Nebraska
state Team championship was started
promptly at O'Clock in the morning, w.
Z. shafer and A. @. Ellick being the first
pair to tee off. Other pairs followed closely
aIter the starters and all the entrants had
ieft the first tee by IL O'Clock.
ShaIer and Ellick completed the course
shortIy after 10 O'clock Shafer made the
course IN Is, while Ellick made the round
~ ~ with this start, the members of the
Happy Hollow club are enthusiastic over
their chance to win.
The best scores that were in I'D 10 IL
O'Clock were Hal Brady OF the Country
ciub and June Abbott of the Field club
Doth OF whom made the course in "a. Joe
Weppner OF the South Omaha Country club
and James Allen of the Field club also
made "a each.
the program for Wednesday morning was
me qualifying round, SO to qualify in three
flights of thirty-two each.
Weather Perfect
Better weather conditions under which
the golfers started off could not have been
desired. The day was bright and clear
with enough warmth to put the players on
their mettls. Hardly a breath OF wind was
SURFING and the accuracy with which the
balls fell indicates one OF the hast ,ourna.
mehts that has ever been held in the
west E
ohe OF the noticeable features of the
tourney is the number of entries among the
younger members of the local clubs. The
country club, Field club, Happy Hollow
ana Miller Park clubs all have some
youngsters In the match who are looked
upon TO creditably represent their organ
izations.
some Of the veteran weilders of the
Drassie and putter who are entered in the
Ilsts are w. d. Bancker, Country club: d.
V. sholes, Field club; H. c. Summey. Field
oluOi H. c. Townsend, Field club; w. J.
Foye, Country club; f. H. Gaines, Coun-
Try club; e. II. Sprague Country club; A.
oahh' Fleld club, and A. A. Mcclure.
Happy Hollow.
Team Match Played.
In the team match today eight teams NJ
-FOUR players each. were entered, the oualI-
lyihs scores for the thirty-six holes of
each player counting in the team scores.
Two leans each were entered by the
omaha Field club and the Omaha Country
club and one each from hesHappy Hollow,
south Omaha Country, Lincoln Country |
CLUBS and the Council Bluffs Rowing as. |
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The members Of the teams are;
p on = "a Country Club No. Nv. j. Foye.
Omaha Country Club No. 2-H. M. RrsdS |
H. M Peters, Hay Low, 4. l.. Davis.
Slndna tleld. Club No LA. T., summary /
L y. Dunn, w. N. Chambers j, w. Huphss, |
omaha Field Club NO. 2-J. b. Lindsay
I nbd ~, LaDoueeur, James Allen, }. A.
Happy Hollow Club-F. w. Hale. w II |
9haIer, y. A. Nordstrom, A. A. Mcclure,
south Omaha Country Club-J i EItz-
gerald. J. Weppner r.. Sherwood, r. M. |
Lincoln Country Club-L. o. Paine.
10 Burnham' J. B. Meadows. G. H. Haw-
Council Bluffs Rowing Association-C. f.
49,
captain w. ]. Foye president OF the Me-
oraska Golf association led in the morn
ngs play by a score of rs. j. b. Lind
say OF the Field club was second with 50
Then came number who made the course
n 81.