Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-10
Missouri Youth
Is Medalist In
Denver Tourney
.Jimmy" Ward Shoots Isl
! For Low Score-McKee
Follows Ward--Young
And Peters Make 166.

N.Y. Ward, IU-year-old Kansas SHy'
(Mo.) golfer, today led the field in
the qualifying rounds of the Trans
mississippi Coli tournament on the
Denver Country club course with a
score of Isl for the 50 holes, and be-
came the associations medalist for
The year. Ward had II for the Il
holes Monday and today turned In
a card of "a, two above par. On
the first nine holes this morning he
shot "a, two under par,
Robert Mckee Of Des Moines,
Drake university student and pres
cnt champion Of the association, was
three strokes behind Ward and
George Won Elm OF Salt Lake City.
Utah, state champion. was third with
lS5. None OF the three leaders is
over Fl years old.
. Harry G. Legg of Minneapolis,
was the first veteran to rank, get
ting fourth place with score of $50.
Match Play Today.
Thirty-two players qualified for
the championship flight, which begins
tomorrow morning with elimination
match play. Eighteen holes will be
played until the semi-finals Friday
and the finals Saturday, when the
matches will 60 So holes.
None of the players considered
contenders for the championship
failed to qualify, although the play
today was below that of the open
ing round Monday. Frank G,d-
chaux, New Orleans youth, who led
the field Monday with score Of
73, was in trouble several times to-
day and his putting was bad. He
took 81 for the 18 holes today, be-
ing tied for fourteenth place with
total score of l64 for the SO holes.
All Champs Qualify.
, All of the state champions quail
fed with comparative ease. ]. A.
Kennedy of Tulsa, Okl, was in sixth
place with l58; Alexander Graham of
Wellington, Kan, followed him with
lS9; L. d. Bromfeld of Denver
scored 78 today for a total of 100;
Blaine Young of Omaha was in sew
enth place with loo.
In winning honors as low medal
ist. Ward repeated his feat of 1918
when he was medalist at the Trans
mississippi tournament at the age OF
II. In the 36 holes yesterday and
today he had par or better on rs
holes. His card showed six brides.
]. S. Brown of Denver, ]. P.
Frederickson OF Oklahoma City and
L. G. Palmer of Denver were tied
with scores of l73 and had to play
special match this evening to de-
termine which two would qualify
for the championship fight.
Young Ranks Seventh.
Those who qualified and their rank
follow:
]. c. Ward, Kansas City, ISL; Rob-
ert Mckee, Des Moines, 154; George
Won Elm, Salt Lake City, 155;
Harry G. Legg, Minneapolis, ls6; ].
c. SHUTTLE. Kansas City, lS7; ]. A.
Kennedy, Tulsa, 1853; Alexander Gra-
ham, Wellington, Kan, l59; Harley
Hurley, Topeka, lso: Francis Gaines,
Omaha. 100; L. D. Bromheld, Den
yer, l60; H. A. Fisher, Denver, l62;
T. B. Cochran, Wichita Falls, Tex,
l62; c. T. Brown, Denver, 1863; E.
R. McClelland, Kansas City, l63; A.
Fl. Warner, Denver, l64; N. c. Nor
ris, Denver, l64; Frank Godchaux,
New Orleans, l64; Blaine Young,
Omaha, 1866; Ralph Peters, Omaha,
1866; F. X. Procktor, Denver, 100; ].
D. Cady, Rock Island. I'LL, l67; En-
erson Carey, ST.. Hutchinson, Kan,
1853; Ben Harris, Denver, l68; H.
Decker, Kansas City, 1863; Elmer
Oberg, Denver, l69; w. J. Foye.
Omaha. 10; D. &. Golding, Wichita
Falls. Tex, 10; H. F. Bagby, Wich-
ita, Kan. III; Fred Mccartney,
Denver, l72; Frank Jaffray, Mime
apolis, 172.