Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-11
Young Loses
In Second Round
OF Golf Tourney
Nebraska State Champ Trims
Mckee in Morning and Is
Eliminated in After.
noon Play, l Up.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 10. - State
champions, former champions and
veterans went down in defeat before
comparative unknowns IN the first
and second rounds OF the annual
Trasmississippi Golf association
tournament on the course of the
Denver Country club here today.
The afternoon round saw the climi-
nation of Alexander Graham. Kan
sas state champion; Blaine Young,
Nebraska state champion, and Harry
6. Leeg, five times champion and
four times runnerup in transmits
sissippi tournaments.
Eight golfers from five states re-
manned in tht championship running
after the second round of the tour
nament tonight. They were: J. c.
Ward and ]. c. SHUTTLE of Kansas
City, NO.; George Won Elm of Salt
Lake City, Utah; j. A. Kennedy of
Tulsa, Okl.; T. B. Cochran of Wich-
ita Falls, Tex, and A. H. Warner,
J.. D. Bromfield and L. G.. Palmer
of Denver.
Two Upsets Occur.
Two distinct upsets occurred in
the second round. The first came
when A. II. Warner of Denver car
ried Alexander Graham of Yelling
ton, Kan, state champion, to the
18th green and defeated him one up.
The second surprise of the afternoon
was furnished by T. B. Cochran of
Wichita Falls, Tex, when lie de
feated the veteran Harry G. Legg of
Minneapolis. three up and two to
60. Both Legg and Graham had
been figured as almost certainties for
the semi-hnals.
The feature match of the day,
however, was that between L. D. |
Bromfield of Denver, Colorado state
champion, and Blaine Young. of
. Omaha, Nebraska state champion
and the conqueror in the morning
round OF Robert Mckee of Des
Moines, the Transmississippi cham
pion.
Other favorites came through
their matches with comparative ease,
J. A. Kennedy of Tulsa, the Okla
hona champion. defeating Fred Nc
Cartney OF Denver. 3 up and to
go, and George Won Elm of Salt
Lake City, Utah champion, defeat
ing H. A. Fisher of Denver, 4 up
and 8 to go.
Wins Match BY Good Playing.
Bromfield won his match by re-
niarkable playing in the second nine
holes of the round, after being four
down on the first nine. In the Sec
ond round he had only one hole over
par and that was the 18th. He had
three brides for "a on the last
nine, two under par.
Bromfield won the first five holes
on the second nine, making him one
up after the 14th hole and giving
him the lead for the first time dur
ing the match. The next two were
halved out. but Young won the
18th with birdie three and the
match was even at the start OF the
last hole.
Both drove their tee shots short
and into the rough. Neither was on
the green in two, but Bromfield
had the better lie. On his third
shot Bromfield was on the green
and Young was just off the green.
Both put their next shots within
four feet of the pin. Bromfield
sunk his putt for five. Young
missed his putt and lost the match.
aransmssissipp t1,d,. summaries second
j. c. Ward, Kansas City. defeated
Elmer Oberg, Denver and 5.
j. G. SHUTTLE. Kansas City. defeated c,
T. Brown. Denver, ! and 3.
ander Graham. Wellington, Kan. up.
George Won Elm, Salt Lake City. de-
feated II. A Fisher, Denver. and 3.
L. D. Bromfleld. Denver defeated Blaine
J. 4. Kennedy, Tulsa, okl. defeated
Fred Mccartney. Denver 3 and :.
l.. c. Palmer, Denver, defeated Emerson
Carey, sr. Hutchinson, Kan, and ,.
IT. B. Cochran. Wichita Falls. Tex, de-
f4ated Harry Legg, Minneapolis, and >.
Results:
c. T. Brown, Denver, defeated
Frank Jaffray, Minneapolis. 9 and ].
G.. L. Palmer, Denver, defeated n.
c. Morris, Denver. | up.
-. II. w dilCiy DSlNCiy 0CiSatSu J.
P. Frederickson. Oklahoma City, 2
and |.
L. D. Bromheld, Denver. defeated
De Golding, Wichita Falls, Tex,
3 and 2. T.
Elmer Oberg, Denver, defeated
Francis Gaines, Omaha, 3 and ?.
]. A. Kennedy, Tulsa, Okl., de-
feated H. E. Fecker, Kansas City, 2
and l.
H. A. Fisher, Denver, defeated w.
J. Foyem, Omaha, 2 and L.
George Won Elm. Salt Lake City,
defeated Ralph Peters, Omaha, :
and 4.
]. c. SHUTTLE, Kansas City, defeated
]. D. Cady, Rock Island. 5 and 4.
Blaine Young, Omaha, defeated
Robert Mckee, Des Moines, , and |.
- Harry Legg, Minneapolis, defeated
r. K. Procktor, Denver, 4 and 8.
Emerson Carey, sr., Hutchinson,
Kan., defeated Harley Hurley, To-
peka, Kan, 3 and 2.