Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-15 | Page 2 | Von Elm Up in Finals

11 ELI !JP INFIALS OMAHA, Neb. July 16 (By the Associated Press.) The match that all golfdom west of the Father of Waters has been waiting three years to see began under brlpht skies todny when Rudolf Rnepper of Sioux City. Ia., and George Von Elm of Salt Lake drove off the first tee of the Omaha Countrv club course in tho "1-nals "1-nals of the 1922 trans-M lslsslppl golf tournament Ry far the largest gal-! gal-! - of a woek of match plays swarmed swarm-ed down the fairway In the wake of the smiling, easy-golnp Von Kim and the cold 'iml reserved I 'rl neet on ia n. SLIGHT ADVANTAGF. Von Elm's tournament play this week has shown him to have a slight advantage In driving, his tee shots showing a greater yardage than those of Knepper. His orn shots hae been uniformly brilliant and his putting bas been far better than that of the Sioux City player. Knepper, however, has played consistently con-sistently good golf which Included a 6 for the par 70 course. oo