Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09
OOhI 1OO loN II
By Steady, Clever Game He Becomes
State Golf Champion for the
Second THE.
ONLY MAN WHO HOLDS HONOR
No Other Player Has Ever Been Able
to Come Back.
F0YE NOT IN USUAL FORM
Fails TO Play Brilliant Game that
Earned His Title.
SCORE rs OVERWHELMING
Match is = DisappointSnent 60 Iargs
Gallery because of the Lack
Of Closely Contested
My MAN WHO HOLDS HONOR
No Other Player Has Ever Been ABB,
to Come Back.
FoYE NOT IN USUAL FORM
Fails TO Play Brilliant Game that
Earned His Title.
CORE Is OVERWHELMING


Frank II. Gaines, one OF the veteran golf
ers OF the Omaha Country club won the
title OF Nebraska state champion for the
second time in the seven years OF the stat
associations existence. Saturday afternoon.
decisively defeating w. J. Foye winner Of
the state championship cup in 1910, 10 no
and 0 to play.
Frank Gaines won the championship In
1908 and has been in the finals each year
since then. He was defeated by Blaine
Young In 1909 and W. ]. Foye in 1910, but
this year the former champion came back
strong and earned for himself the honor Of
being the first man who ever won the
state championship twice
Gaines played a great game OF match golf
Saturday, winning against a man whom he
had played often and knew TO be fully as
good a golfer as himself. However, II must
be admitted that W.. J. Foye, Billy in
the golfing world. was not playing his usual
good game Of golf when he Joined in either
the morning or afternoon sessions OF the
state championship finals
Foye's putting throughout the match was
poor. and his shots in approaches were not
what might be expected OF such a golfer.
Gaines played a most steady, consistent
game all through the match, although he
he surely would hole.
Foye all through the match stuck right
TO his job of winning holes, no matter how
uneven the match appeared. He went right
after every one. but the ability to putt
and approach was not in him yesterday. He
played In what seemed to be good form
but the strokes fell short or overran the
green's or holes.
Frank Gaines did not play a record break
Ing game. probably due i'm a great deal to
the strong wind and the heat OF the day.
He played with good Judgment All through.
winning most OF the closely contested holes.
| Detail OF the Play.
Both players got away from the frat
tee, haiving the first hole, four strokes
| each.
On the second hole Gaines did not allow
| for the strong wind blowing, and drove
under the fence. He surrendered the hole
| to Foye. who got four.
| The third hole was halved s each, no
sensational shots being made.
Foye got a poor drive on No. four and. in
| addition. after making two pretty APP
proach shots, missed an easy putt on his
third shot on the green and took six.
Gaines made five.
No. five was halved, although Foye
should have won IL easily. He was on the
green in two but missed two puts, and
took five.
Both men played well ON six until they
reached the green, when each took two
| puts making the hole in five each.
Foye dubbed his drive on seven and was
short on his approaching pitch. Gaines
won by running down a twenty-foot putt.
having made the green by a short drive
and an approach. This put Gaines up ana
gave him the lead that steadily grew as the
match progressed.
No eight was played prettily Both were
on the green in three and Gaines took
two puts. Foye missed an eighteen-inch
putt and took 8. ,yGaines, 2 up.
No. nine was halved. both taking five.
because Of poor putting.
This left Gaines up at the turn
49, Two Up ON the Turn.
4 Foye drove with an iron off 10 and made
his shot two feet farther than Gaines
wooden shot One approach put both on
green, but Foye took three puts to Gaines'
two and went down in g. Gaines up
4 No. IL found Foye In the long jungle
grass to the left OF the course and his APP
preaching shot fell 10 yards short Of the
green. Gaines was on the green In two
with straight long drive and a short APP
proaeh and went in the cup with one
putt. Gaines 1 up.
On No. IL both made the green in one.
Gaines had a long putt for his third. shot,
while Foye lay up against the hole % he
putted carefully in. -..
Gaines drew his drive on 10 and on his
approach shot landed in the bunker north
OF the green, Foye made straight drive
but rolled over the west edge of the green
In the bunker. Gaines was out and two
puts put him down. This was the undulat-
ing green and Foye took three puts. losing
the hole 6. to Gaines 8. Gaines up
No. IA Gaines won with an eight-foot
putt, to s. Gaines up.
At Is both were on the green In two ana
halved II In A.
Foye drove outside on 1e. slicing the ball
and playing IL against the wind. Gaines
went down in and Foye in g. Gaines UP.
Foye made a short drive on II and went
over the green on his approach. playing a
70 Gaines S, because his last putt rolled
around and away from the cup. instead OF
dropping in. Gaines 8 up.
No Is was halved, both players making
It in loose T.
The score;
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