Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-23
TOURNAMENT PLANS MADE
Getting Ready for Trans. Mississippi
Golf Event in August.
WINNERS TO GET RICH PRIZES
Secretary jerome r. Magee Making
Schedule for Week of Play at
Omaha Country Club for
Contestants.

Jerome p. Magee, the new secretary OF
the Transmississippi Golf association Is
preparing the program for the eleventh
annual golf tournament to be held at the
Omaha Country club, August 10 to 10. The
tournament viii last six days, Monday TO
Saturday, and probably $50 golfers will
compete.
Many prizes are hung up for the golfers
Of the middle west and the flights are so
arranged that every stick wielder who en-
ters the tourney may play all through the
week Secretary Magee is following out
the general plan Of the Transmississippi
Of the last few years, but the great num-
Der of entries expected In this season s
tournament, will make it necessary to do
away with the usual flights prepared for
the professionals.
The amateur championship cup, now held
by Harry Legg of Minneapolis, is, of
course, the prize that all the golfers are
individually pursuing, and the Brock team
cup Is the big prize for team or club
championship. decided change in the
method of competition for the Brock cup
is to be made this season. Instead of
making the match play against DOGGY, the
basis of the winning of the cup. the high
total scores OF the four-men teams will
win the trophy.
A presidents cup, directors cup, a score
taries' cup and a consolation cup will also
be in the list of prizes, and there will be
special prize for the second sixteen in
the qualifying round for the championship
to compete for. For the lowest qualifying
scores there is medal offered. Runners
up in the championship and the runners
UP in the consolation, directors, presi-
dent and secretaries will also receive
prizes. Bronze medals will be given to
each of the team members winning the
Brock cup and the semi-fnalists.
All Amateurs Eligible.
Individual contestants are charged an
entry fee Of 81 each and teams IS each.
All amateurs who hold membership in any
of the forty clubs composing the Trans
mississippi association are eligible to en-
ter, and the entries will be received up to
the last day before the tournament,
August Is.
Pairings will be made at the first tee
as the players arrive. The program of
the tournament viii provide for the quail
| flying rounds to be played off in the first
two days. the round being an eighteen-hole
medal play contest on each day. Wednes-
day the first round OF the championship,
directors. presidents, special match and
consolation cup matches. and the second
round OF the presidents, directors and
| championship matches will be played.
! Thursday the third round OF the cham
pionship and the second round of the con-
ISOLATION. the third round of the president
and directors cup and the semi-finals OF
the presidents and directors will be
played The first and second round for
the secretary's cup, open to the first six
teen who were beaten In the president
cup round viii be played this day also.
Friday the selm-finals in the champion
ship cup series and the finals in the sec
retary's, directors. presidents and any
special matches will be played and the
semi-finals in the consolation round.
| Championship day will be Saturday. The
finals in the championship and the consola.
ton rounds will be played this day.
Officers of Association.
! ]. c. Fennell, president. Kansas city, Ne
Frank l. Woodward, vice president
Denver, Colo.
Jerome p. Magee. ga Brandeis building
Omaha, secretary.
/ Directors-Henry Comley, Wichita Coun.
try club; William ]. Foye, Omaha Country
club; w. NJ. sheean. Hyperion Field club
Des Moines; Wendell Hsrtig. Mime Rahds
club; rarleton Brown, Normandie Coli
club, st. Louis, Frank L Woodward, Zen
yer Country club; John C. Fennell, Evans.
ton Golf club. Kansas City; II. B. Davis
Colorado Springs Golf club; George Fred.
erickson. LakevieW club, Oklahoma City
]. B. Lindsey Omaha Field club; Frank J.
Hoel Omaha Country club; Jerome p
Magee, Omaha Country club.