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Show KNEPPER MEETS VON ELM IN FINALS Omaha EnthusiasU Will Se, Classic Battle in Big Match x OMAHA. Keb.. July II (By P Tha match thai all kolfdom l tha Father of Watera haa been watting watt-ing three year to ae bjan under bright aklea today when Rudolf Knap- , per of Bloux City. la., and Oeorga V on- , Kim of Bait 1-ake city drove off thj llrat tee of the Omaha Country club , courae In the finale of the II2I trana-MiealralPPl trana-MiealralPPl Solf tournament. ty far the largest gallery of a week of match play .warmed down tha fairway fair-way In the wake of the amlllng. aaay going Von Kim and the cold and ra-acrved ra-acrved Prlncetonlan. tiUfTJHA.TiniCAPPgTl Tha one carried In tha left Pleeva of hla white golfing ahlrt an abeceeaed arm which, deaplta peeelmlello pre-dlctlona pre-dlctlona early In the week, ha failed to take the edge off tha lll cham-plon'a cham-plon'a almoat perfect golf. Tha other, who came here alx daya ago only a few houra after a week of gruelling f olf at Iea Moanea where he won tha owa atata champlonahlp. waa ad. . mlttedly "overgolfed." yet had won hla way into the finale with Von Elm only after eliminating four golfers who rank with the Weet'e beat. Today a match la the flrat In wJilch theae two hai mat. Both hava prayed In tha finale of Weatern amateur tournamenta. Von Kim thla yaar loe-Ing loe-Ing to "Chick" Evan ijd Knepper preceding him ts tha aama fat a year ago. FAVORED IT DRAW. Throughout tha preaent tournament tha Bait Lke City e-caddle haa unquestionably un-questionably had tha eaalaat going, virtually all tha likely contendere for the champlonahlp were bracketed In th upper pairings with Knepper. while the only threat to Von F.lm'a chances reeled In Franrle B. trainee of Omaha, who upset the dope at Kanaaa City recently by eliminating Paul's ! amateur, Harrlaon Johnaton. In th ' Weatern amateur tournament. Oalneg ' waa eliminated In tha preaent tournament tourna-ment by W. E. Shepnrd. I and 2. and Hheperu was eaey for Von Elm. 1 to I. Von Elms victory yesterday over W. J. Foye. praaldent of th a- J soctstlon. brought htm Into the finals without having had to aiert hlmaelf. MANY TOUCH UBS. ; Knepper's psth, on the other hano? ' has been blocked br dangerous play- , era aver sine th qualifying round. whnh-was forced, to go nineteen hole to win from James Ward of Kanaaa City. Th collegian than won ( ma tehee from two Iowana. Tad Pay . , our and Robert MrKee, both of Da , Molnee, befor getting a chance la I the semifinals yestsrday at Alex Ora- 1 ham. tha Burlington apodal agent of Wellington, Kan., who holds ths champlonahlp cham-plonahlp la his horn ctata, VON BI.M FAVORED. Von Elm' tournmnt play thla week haa ahown him to hav a slight advantage In driving, hla te ahota ahowlng a greater yardage than thoa of Knepper. Hla Iron ahot hava bean uniformly brilliant and hla putting ha been far batter than that of th Slous City player. Kaepper, however, haa played eon- . latently rood golf, which Included a for th par 70 courae. |