Show OMAHA YOUTH YOTH VICTOR AT GOLF OOLF Surprise Given err Contest Contestants Contestants Contestants ants and Gallery at Broadmoor BROADMOOR Colo June 25 23 fly Dy By The Associated Press year Seventeen old Mr Johnny Good Good- Goodman Goodman Goodman man the Hereunto Omaha high school gradual won the trans- trans Mississippi Jolt golf championship here today after altor a a. strenuous 35 hole battle with the tenacious James Ward Vard ot of Kansas City three and one This was Vas Goodmans Goodman's third bid for tor the title titie since he graduated s from the ranks of ot tho the caddies of the Omaha field club In tn 1925 He lIe entered the ament an unknown to the gallery and to most of ot the golfers win win- winning winning In I ning his way to the finals with witha i a consistent brand hrand of golf The I tournament was replete witt up u. upsets u I sets from the opening day of or qualifying play and ended with dope running contrary as s Ward after arter disposing d of ot Eddie Held 1926 19 6 champion last Wednesday was a top-heavy top favorite EXCELLENT SCHOLAR TOO new is as brilliant with his golf golt sticks as he Is with his books The Tho links UnIts king the youngest to occupy the throne in inthe Inthe inthe the 27 21 years ears of ot the Trans pl 11 tournament history had Just won a a. scholarship for scholastic excellence before coming here to enter the tournament tournament- Goodman n however Is going to study golf In Instead in stead of ot books in the future but because of ot preference and not need Goodman never relinquished the lead after winning the first of the hole 36 match this morning and made the turn at nt tho the end of ot the first nine holes five Jive up shoot- shoot shootIng shootIng shooting Ing a 36 36 one over par He Hc held the same margin as the tho 18 holes were ended at noon His medal score was 72 two to strokes over par Ward scored a II 78 7 for tor the morning round Goodmans Goodman's lead an nn unusually large one for tor or a a. titular match saved d him from defeat in the after After- noon Ward ard won the initial hole holo i the the nineteenth with nineteenth with a birdie 3 3 and before the match was ended added four more birdies to his col cot lection Ward won eight of ot the seventeen afternoon holes the champion taking six Three were halved Ward ard went out in the afternoon par 35 Goodman was three strokes stroke over perfect figures Both Doth had twos thirty on the Inward trip before it tt was halted by Goodmans Goodman's a triumph on the thirty fifth green Goodman was three up as ho homade homade homade made the turn on the twenty twenty-sev completing three-quarters three of or orthe the match Ward had reduced Goodmans Goodman's lead two strokes during the tho first afternoon nine Ward Vard displayed a a. birdie three exhibition on the twenty eighth and was 5 only o ly two down Goodman duplicated Wards Ward's performance to win the twenty THEN Ward ard played par bolt bolf and won the thirtieth and Goodman was wai as only two up The thirty first was halved but the thirty-second thirty went l to Ward ard who became one one down Goodman Goolman shot a birdie three o othe on the thirty-third thirty to virtually wi am ln l withe the title The thirty fourth thirty fourth was wa halved leaving leading Goodman two ui up U The champion took the tho thirty thirty- fifth with another birdie Goodman won a huge silver low lov lovIng lowing Ing In cup which goes S-O S S into the keep keep- keepIng keeping Ing Ins of ot his club Lakewood club at Oma Oma- Omaha ha ha until somebody else wins It ItHe He was given glyen a Do sterling sliver silver tea set for his own and was told how I much he was admired The new champion Is a a. stocky cut clean-cut youth and a sportsman through and through Like Ilke Lind Lind- Lindbergh bergh he neither smokes nor drinks He is also an unusual golfer goiter in that he doesn't swear at athla athis athis his hla club when he IsO makes a 0 poor shot WINS UPHILL FIGHT OMAHA Neb June 25 Dy By ByTho The Tho Associated Press PreM When hen Johnny Goodman of ot Omaha won l golf goIt champ champ- championship champIonship over the tho Broadmoor course at Denver today It was a supreme victory for tor a n year old 17 ld boy whose life has half been an uphill fight all the tho way Johnny Johnn the oldest of ot a 1 family ta ot of five was tac d with he the he task of keeping the children together after aUer his mother died four years ears father worked only oc oc- occasionally oc- oc occasionally ago His Hla to to and it was up UP bread and but but- butter butter butter Johnny to provide ter for tor his brothers and sisters Ann tho the oldest girl h helped himin him In ot of the his task as mother little youthful The youthful played his 1113 winning match today toda with a set of ot clubs he won on two years ago abo In of ot caddying at the his ls final year Field club here Johnny was described as an ex cx ex extraordinary golfer s by Stanley Stanlcy Davies pro at the Field club Ills Hla success is 18 due to his own Ol efforts and his own OW ability to detect the finer qualities ot or the tho better golf golf- ers era rs Davies les said Young Youn Goodman at the Field l club In 1921 1121 Tak Tak- Taking TakIng ing lag advantage of ot tIns tIll clubs club's rules allowing caddies to play the Hie course at nt least once a a. week Johnny be be- began gan to work worle at his game He Ho bor bore borrowed borrowed rowed clubs dubs and people for whom he caddied gave gao him several sticks set of or After Arter winning a a. complete clubs Goodman at the age oge of ot lp 1 16 retired r as caddy to preserve his amateur standing That year he hewon hewon hewon won the city Rolf golf championship Last year Goodman and two bud bud- huddles buddies buddies dies Jack Pollard rollard and Frank Sled Sled- lilt Ilk all aU 17 at that time bummed a 11 ride to St. St Louis on a 1 freight tr train to enter the Trans pi meet They The all aU made mado remarkable showings and gained gal tho the title e the th the J box car cat trio trio Goodman reached tJ the tho In this meet as na oU as In the Nebraska state last lut ment year y nr ar This year ear the box car CST trl i imade I Imade made another bid for lor abe Aura three qualified d Pollard and Sl Sid d- d dIlk Ilk lik were each downed over however it tho the first round but b by b opponents Goodman was in Iho th h state tournament this year ear and was vaa put in the th onil ensI by b Foye A Porter who won the tho t o. o tUle O a j I Johnny graduated from frons high school s hoo hoo last las week with honors honori when he heas was as awarded a a. 2 0 scholarship I by b an Omaha news nea ne paper I ll |