Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-19
ABBOTT is STATE CHAMPION
Wins in Golf Tournament With Jerome
kages His Rival
FINAL MATCH INTENSE WITH INTEREST
w. A. Redick wins Directors Prise
By DefeatinE f. NJ. Morsmsn, Jr.,
aud Splendid series nt
Country Oiub f. over.


Of the associatioh by defeating Jerome Ma
gee. also OF the Country club IL the finals
OF the tournament at the Country club
Saturday afternoon. up and to play.
E II. Sprague won the consolation prize
by winning from h NJ. Martin and w. A.
Redick won the directors prize by winning
from e. M Morsman, jr., bringing most
successful tournament to close
The meet was Noticeable for some fine
golf but the extreme heat really was the
feature. rs IL was severe on the players
and has kept the gallery down.
Interest Saturday morning was all
conferred yhin the Magee-Abbott match
for the state championship. These
two had won all the way down
the tournament, and the two cracks
from the Country club were to play
of for the cup. Both were keyed to
point which made good golf almost Inn
possible, and. Sprague Abbott put 1t,
zone was afraid and the other dassen't."
Both had buck fever and played poor golf.
Abbott kept in the rough almost all the
way around for the first nine holes, while
Magee sliced two drives into the road and
handed Abbott couple of holes after they
were on the green Magee made the out
side in &C. white Abbott took A. They
haved each hole to sixth. which Magee
won, but Abbott took the seventh by light
ing in the circus ring near the hole on his
drive. Magee won the eighth and they
hslved the ninth. which left Magee one UP
at the ninth.
Large Gallery Follows.
Each had a fore and rear caddle and the
largo gallery which followed was kept to
the rear by President McConaughey of the
state association. ~
Abbott sliced his drive to the left into
ten feet on his second and was green
In 3 Magee green in 2 but missed
a chance to win hole by missing his putt
They halved.
Magee was visibly nervous and sliced his
drive out of bounds but his second was
q beauty. Abbott drove into tall grass
was still in grass on 2. but made green in
g. Magee missed long putt and they
halved.
They drove alike for the third and
Abbott dubbed his second with the heel of
his club. Magee sliced his second out of
bounds and dubbed his third. Abbott over
approached with Magee on green Abbotts
approach putt shot was good. but Magee
laid stymie which Abbott could not
pass and they halved the hole.
Abbott dubbed into rough on his drive
for the fourth and was still in the rough
on three. Magee over-putt and missed a
chance to wln-virtually handing Abbott
a half.
They drove alike for the fifth and were
alike on their second. Both approached
bad. Abbotts second approach was bad
and Magee missed his putt-halving the
hole. ~tt
Masee Gets the Hole.
Both drove to the edge of the ditch on
the sixth, Magee's ball stopping within
six inches of the bridge. Both seconds
were near the green and both approached
well, but MAgee had laid the BAH almost
stymie and forced Abbott to miss twelve
foot putt. giving the hole to Magee.
Abbott drove In to the circus ring and
got three. just missing a two, while II
took Magee, who drove short. four.
Both made good drives and good second
shots for the eighth hole. Abbott was in the
rough to the left on his third while Magee
was In rough to right. Abbott dubbed his
next and then approached near the hole,
but miss of an easy putt cost him the
hole, making Magee one up.
Both men were alike for the ninth after
the second shot and both missed nine-foo
putts, halving the hole.
At thei close of the ninth hole the two
cracks. keyed up to a forty-horse power
nervous tension, buckled up their belts and
started in on a nine-hole stretch of phe-
nomenal golf. Two down at the tenth,
Abbott succeeded in overcoming his dis
advantage. finishing the eighteenth all
even. The nine holes were played by Ma
gee in 81, beating bogey by 2, while Abbott
was four strokes better than bogey with
B5
Abbott Misses.
Passing Magee regularly on his true
drive and Sperfect approach Abbott missed
taking at least three holes by losing out
on Sthe putt. Magee on the other hand
played a brilliant putting game. holing or
long puts of from five to ten feet
Msgee's score against bogey suffered al
the twelfth hole where he lost stroke
by .fying twice into a tangle of grass and
running up six strokes to make the hole
The two opponents halved the tenth and
eleyenth holes with the bogey SCORE. but
Ahbott's superior approaches would have
won him the holes had he not rolled to ths
hole and stopped At the eleventh hi,
baH just touered on the rim, but failed tC
drop into the cup. 80
Magee dropped his first drive on In,
twelfth tee into a tuft of grass just of
the course. He recovered well, but hiC
In the grass again on his approach. LOSING
the hole by two. Abbott was on the greer
in sthree with two l50-yard drives ant
dropped la rTrs- hole with an easy putt
beating bogey by one.
Abbott drove into trouble on the thir
teehth, but pulled himself out. gettin,
ONTO the green and halving the hole will
. M9Eee. In approaching the fourteenth
green Abbott made allowance for the brisl
east wind. which dropped as he lifted hi
bail The sphere fell into weedy tang
offsthe course. MnEee put his on the green
slroke settsz aEd divided honors on III
puF whipping the hole by one.
Both drove out OF the course at tn
nfteenth, hut gOt out well. Abbott game,
oncthe approach, but fell down with hi
puee They halved the hole.
me sixteenth and seventeenth hole
wefe halved. both men having game
brilliant control OF their balls,
ON the eighteenth Abbott evened tn
maieh by dropping in a long putt H
had PLAYED one down 20 bogeS a goo
share of the way to this point.
me gallery which followed Abbott an
Magee in the afternoon was the isrges
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