Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-07
Will Attempt To
Bring 1922 Meet
ToCountry Club
Blaine Young Heads Local De-
legation-Sam Reynolds
Forced to Stay Home Be.
cause of Hay Fever.

Amid much noise and more fun
Omaha golfers, surrounded by golf
bags full of clubs and balls. boarded
the Golfers Special" Friday alter
noon for Denver, where the Trans
mississippi tourney is to be held this
week.
The Omahans arrived in Denver
yesterday morning and by noon
Blaine Young and a few OF the more
industrious and ambitious wielders
of the mashie were trodding over
the 1S-hole course at the Denver
Country club. The whole party ex-
poets to go over the l3 holes this
afternoon, so they will know some
of the course by tomorrow morning,
when they start on the first halt OF
the qualifying round.
Local golfers were disappointed to
learn that Sam Reynolds, former
transmississippi golf champion. is
suffering with hay fever. Sam
doesn't feel right, all propped at
home while the Transmississippi
tourney is in play. Something's
wrong, according to Sam. And. of
course, the darn old hay fever had
to come at this time.
Young Is Local Hope.
Blaine Young, who won the cham
pionship consultations in 1917 at St.
Joseph, is Omaha's hope in the
tourney. Blaine has been going
good this year, being medalist in the
state meet, besides winning the tour
ney. He has been playing some good
golf at the Field club during the last
season, and if the breaks are with
him-well, Omaha will probably
have another Transmississippi cham
pion.
! Denver Country club officials ex-
pect more than 100 entries from out
OF Colorado to enter the tourney.
Nearly every middle west state will
be represented by state champions
ard leading golfers of the states.
Robert Mckee, Des Moines, 0a)
golfer, won the title at last years
tourney at Rock Island. III. Mckee
has been playing an excellent brand
Of golf this year, but will be close
lv pressed for honors by Rudy
Knepper of Sioux City. Knepper
was runner-up in the western am
ateur championship at Chicago re-
Gently, losing to "Chick" Evans.
Knepper accompanied the Omahans
to Denver. He must be considered
very seriously.
Match Play Wednesday.
The match play will begin We'd
nesday, the qualifying round taking
up the first two days of the tour
nament The course is we'll trapped
and is in excellent condition. Early
estimates, assembled from reports of
invading golfers who have already
gone over the course, show that the
low score for the qualifying round
of SO holes will probably vary from
l42 to 14S.
If Young or some other promis-
ing local golfer fails to bring back
tie much coveted trophy, the Oma-
ha invaders want it understood that
they are going to bring the tourney
here next year. The Country club
is anxious to bring the meet here
in 1922, and the field club will grab
it. But whoever gets it here, all OF
the Omaha golfers are united in the
fact that it should be brought here
next year.
John Redick and Jack Hughes,
former state champions. were forced
to cancel their reservations at Den
yer at the last moment because OF
business here. But both golfers say
they will make up fer it by attend
ing the national amateur tourney to
be held in St. Louis during the first
part of September.
Ralph Peters Leaves.
The Country club is sending the
largest local contingent, headed by
Ralph Peters, 1920 state champ and
runner-up in the tourney this year.
Francis Gaines, state champ, Glen
Wharton, w. B. Millard, jr., w. J.
Foye, J. B. Rain, J. P. Magee, E. A.
Higgins, c. F. Paulson, Eddie
Creighton, F. P. Hamilton, and M.
G. Colpetzer are other Country club
men that made the trip.
Ten or more players from the
Field club have left by train while a
few are motoring to Denver. Blaine
Young is head of the Field club crew,
Joe Williams. who was in charge OF
the Golfers Special" is also Field
club man. Other members of the
club who left for Denver are; Dr. H.
c. Sumney. Cliff Calkins, A. B.
Whitten, T. w. Tilson. Claud Grit
fey, NJ. T. Swartz, NJ. J. Swartz, P.
r. friedman and Ernest Sweet.
The Happy Hollow players that
left were J. NJ, Gilchrist, Ralph Rus
sell, Harold Russell, w. L. Carey,
and r. H. Peters.
According to reports from Den
yer the following are expected 10
go into the final days of play:
Rudy" Knepper, Sioux City; Rob-
ert NJ Kee. Transmississippi
champ; DR.. L. d. Bromfield OF Den
yer, Colorado state champion:
George Vonnell of Salt Lake City.
Blaine Young OF Omaha. Nebraska
state champion; Z. A. Liebmann OF
Oklahoma City, runner-up in the
Kansas state tournament, and James
Kennedy of Tulsa, Oklahoma state
champion
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