THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: 'AUGUST 26, 1906.
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Golf and Tennis Tournaments and Omaha's Out - Door Clubs
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the map for the holding of a.ma.
teur SDortlns tournaments. Two
most successful meets have been held lit
Omaha during- that time and both wersj
pronounced by all the visitors as Just about
right One thing Is certain, and that la
that Omaha has two as fine outdoor clubs)
s can be found anywhere In the whola
country. Each of these has a full mem.
bershlp lint and there Is considerable talk J
or lorming a new club to take care of the,
overflow, for there Is a large waiting list
at each club. The Middle West tennla
tournament and the Nebraska Golf asso.
elation tournaments are things of the past
and the players are already beginning ta
talk of the tournaments for next year.
Hebraska Golf Tonraey.
The second annual tournament of the Ne
braska Golf association was held at the
Country club a week ago and was a pro
nounced success, although the real feature
of the meet was the hard pounding of the
sun's rays on the links. The first tourna
ment of this association was held last year
at the Omaha Field club, at which time the
organization was made permanent and of
ficers elected for this - year. . The associa
tion was fortunate In having F. J. Hoel of
this city for Its seoretary, for no one could
have performed the task set before him In
better shape than he did. Not satlsfled
with running the tournament on conven
tional lines, Mr. Hoel spent sleepless nights
In framing new forms of games and enter
tainments. His fertile brain alone was
responsible for the swatfest which made
such a hit. This was something new and
.was decidedly popular. It also had the
effect of forming a good plan of amuse
ment for those who were not fast enough
to get Into the leading flights. The plan,
carried all of these good fellows round
the links at the same time and was the
only game In which the gallery was al
lowed to speak above a whisper. None of
these players was too nervous to have the
gallery follow and the players themselves
made a fair slsed gallery.
The blind bogoy match also furnished
- plenty of amusement,' for none knew within
eighteen points what bogey was to be, for
bogey was drawn from a hat with numbers
from 80 to 98 to draw from. The blind
bogey match yyus won by Cornutt of Ne
braska City, while W. H. Cowglll of
Holdrege was the runner up. Mr. Cowglll
. prises the little silver knife he won as
one of his most valuable assets.". This
game was more of a guessing contest than
a golf match, and still It furnished plenty
of, fun. The players were allowed to name
the handicaps they wanted and the dis
tance some of these came from the flag
was amusing.
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BLATHERWICK SERVTNO IN A PRACTICE GAME OF DOUBLES
McConnel. Young. Wood. ' Kahn.
LOCAL COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THB MID-WEST, TENNIS TOURNEY.
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naadlcaplag Well Done.
The handicap event was also well handled
by Mr. Hoel, as be took this opportunity
to see that the visitors, who have lew
chance to practice than the Omaha, men,
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ONH OF THH CONTESTANTS AND THE CADDTES.
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OKAKA COUNTRY CLUB AND ITS LAWN.
COLLINS.
ware given sufficient handicaps that they,
took home the prises In this event. The
extreme heat kept the teams from out ot
the city, from staying over to the team
match which was scheduled for Saturday
afterttfon. By that time most of the
players were burned out of recognition.
The president himself was so burned up
from the first day's play that he had to
have, his arms done up In bandages during
the last part of the tournament. A
woman's putting contest was added as
something a little out. of the ordinary for
a man's tournament This was much bet
ter attended than was expected and the
fine course for putting was put to good use.
Although' all the wise ones picked Mrs.
Bprague as the winner, because she waa
the best golf player, she was put out In
the first round and Miss Bell Kimball won
the contest.
The Country club links were In perfect
condition for the tournament and no pains ,
had been spared to make these fast. They
were the talk of the tournament as well aa
the pride of the Country club. No expense
hod been spared to make these fast and to
have the greens smooth and level. The
blue grass had Just enough clover mixed In
to make a fine mat.
Abbott Wins on Form, '.
Bprague AJsbott won the state cha;n
plonshlp. Just as he had been touted to do
by the wise boys. . Magee gave him the
light of his life and looked for a time aa
if he might win from the big fellow, but
when the lost nine holes were on Abbott's
superiority at short work began to toll, and
he carried away the honors. Magee, a
thorough athlete, Is better than Abbott
on long play, but the deadly work which
Abbott always gets In on his approaches
and on the greens Is a hard handicap for
anyone to overcome. It looks as If Abbott
is able to approach near the oup from
almost any distance or from, almost any,
kind of difficulty. Both being farmers,
they were a little out of practice, although :
Magee came in with the low score in the
qualifying round and was the only player
at the tournament to take two prizes, that
for low medal score and as a runner-ua
in the championship. The winners and Uia
prises In the tournament were:
Amateur Championship Bprague Abbott.
Country club, winner; loving cup.
Amateur Championship Jerome Magee,
Country club, runner-up; cigar Jar.
' Consolation Match K. H. Sprague, Coun
try club, winner; blackjack stein.
consolation Match E. M. Martin, Coun
try club, runner-up: traveling roll.
Directors' Prlie W. A. Kedlck, Country,
elub, winner: set of rasors.
Llrectors' Prlxe E. M. Morsman, Coun,
try club, runner-up; me&rschaum pipe.
Low Score, Qualifying Round Jerome.
Magee, Country club, winner; medal.
Medal Handicap Tom Hufford, Holdrege,
winner: cut glass whlHky set.
Medal Handicap O. J, Schneider, Ne
braska City, runner-up; decanter.
Blind Bogey Handicap V. S. Cornutt,
Nebraska City, winner; flask.
Blind Bogey Handicap W. H. Cowglll
Holdrege, runner-up; silver knife.
Blind Bogey Handicap E. W. Arthur,
Field club, third; golf balls.
Swatfest, First Fllght-J. L; Turner, Llo
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A. L. REED AND JEROME MAO KB.
JSMTTH AND BEAUSANa '