Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-07
WESTERN GOLFERS COMING
Territory West of Mississippi Will ALI
Be Represented in Tournament.
VISITORS WILL BE ENTERTAINED
Lockers 1T Country Club WIN BE Fur
nIshed and other C1ubs and
Courses VIII he open with
Fine Hospitality.

! START lt6 auuual trek 10 the great Trans
missippi golf tournament the latter part of
this week. and this year the gathering of
the devotees for the annual fest will be in
Omaha. August 1918. Carrying their driv-
ers, brassies, putters, and anywhere from
six to seventeen more clubs, they will make
their pilgrimage 20 the Omaha Country
club from points over all the wide terri
tory west of the Mississippi, a really Trans
mississippi tournament.
There will be more golfers entered than
ever before This is certain from the re-
ports that they are coming" which are
being received in Omaha, each day by the
golfers Of this city. They will be coming
from more places in the west than ever
before, because since the last Transmits
sissippi tournament held In Denver last year
there have been number of new clubs
entered on the roll call of the association.
That nothing will be too good for the
visitor the week of the tournament has
been decided by the members OF the Omaha
Country club. the hosts to this big gather
ing, and the other organizations of Omaha
men have Joined in right good spirit and
have freely offered the use Of their courses
the use of the men coming.
1t has been practically decided with the
many men coming that it Will be neces-
sary to play the two days Of qualifying
rounds on both the Omaha Country \clup
and the Omaha Field club courses. The
plan is as originally outlined. half the men
play the first eighteen holes on the Country
Club Monday and the last eighteen on the
Field club. Tuesday. and the other half
play the first eighteen holes on the Field
club Monday and the second eighteen on
the Country. club. Tuesday.
The other days of the tournament II will
be possible to play all the matches on the
Country club course.
Lockers Turned over to visitors.
All the members of the Country club are
giving up their lockers In the club for the
use Of the visitors and other preparations
are being made on a similar scale to enter
tain them. A locker room on the second
floor No. / will be used for the Country
club men and men of Omaha.
Coupon books for the use OF visitors play.
ing in the tournament have been printed
and made good for all the clubs of Omaha,
The book stands as the card of admis-
sion of the member to any of these clubs.
a tourney and It is thought that it will
prove highly satisfactory.
Entries for the big tournament close Sat
urday, and by that time more than 400
players will have their names registered,
Secretary J. P. Magee and Assistant Secre-
tary Ralph Peters will make up the pairing
Saturday night and they will be announced
Sunday morning.
The method of obtaining entries for the
Transmississippi this year will bring many
who never attended the tournament before.
Each man in Omaha wrote to the friends
who played golf in other cities asking them
to come and attend the Omaha event and
bring as many friends as he could. All
who wrote felt sure they could make good
and personally guaranteed good time to
the visitors.
List of Clubs which Send Entrants.
Following IL a list Of the golf clubs of
the west who will have players entered
in the Transmississippi this season:
Burlington Qowa)i Country club, George
II. Knechtaum, secretary.
Cheyenne Mount Country club (Colorado
Springs), Butler williamson secretary.
Colorado Golf club tDenveT) Lem O. KEEL
colorado Springs Golf club, F. w. Gauss,
Dallas (Texas) Country club. F, D. coch-
ran, secretary.
Denver Country club. Charles L. Haugh-
f Des Moines Goif and Country club.
Douglas (Arizonal Country club, H. T.
Ell Paso CTexas) Country club, r, A. Nc
Evanston Golf club (Kansas City, MOI,
J. M, Harris secretary, ~
Farrar, secretary.
Grand View Golf club Des Moines1 c.
A. Nash, secretary.
Happy Hollow club (Omaha), w. l..
Selby, secretary.
Hutchinson Country club Kansas), Grant
Hyperion Field and Motor club (Des
Moines) John J. Kingston, secretary.
Kansas City Country club (Mo), b. II,
Lincoln Ii nee Country club (Neb.). Fred NJ.
Sanders, secretary.
Memphis Country club CTenn). H, X,
Minnekohda Country club (Minneapolis),
E. Fl. Brown, secretary
Miller Park Golf club (Omaha), w. Lucas.
secretary.
Muskogee Town and Country club (Okl).
Hal Bedford, secretary.
Normandie Golf club (st. Louis). o. A.
Immenheusen. secretary.
Northiand Country club DULUTH, C. S.
Wilson, secretary,
Lakeview club (Oklahoma City.
Omaha Country club, l.. Brinker' seore-
Omaha tNeb) Field club, ]. W. Hughes,
secretary.
ottumwa Ga) Country club. E. d. Fow-
Ter, secretary.
Rock Island Qll.) Arsenal Golf club, D.
NJ King, secretary.
ST. Joseph Mo) Country club. E. d.
Clifford, secretary.
St. Louis Country club.
Salt Lake city Country club, S. r. Neei.
secretary.
Topeka (Kan.) Country club, e. A. Tir-
Waveland Park Golf club (Des Moines),
w. r. Moore secretary.
Wichita (Kan.) Country club, NJ G.
Clapp, secretary,
swope Park Golf club Kansas city, B.
s. Brown. secuetary.
Elm Ridge Golf and Country club (Kan-
sas City), V. s. Ferguson, secretary.
Council Bluffs Ca) Rowing association,
Percy Badollet secretary.
Cedar Rapids Gs) Country club.
Galveston Country club.
Jnterlchen Country club (Minneapolis).
Town and Country club (St. Paul.
Glen Echo Country club est Louls)
Tulsa (Okl) Country club.