Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-08
SEMI-FINALS IN GOLF TOURNEY
Three Country Club and One Field
Club Players Left.
FINALS TO BE PLAYED SATURDAY
MaEee, Gaines and FOye OF the Coun-
try Club and Chambers of the
Field Club the Top Men
at state Contest.

Three Country club golfers, Jerome
Magee f. II. Gaines and w. ]. Foye. and
one Field club player. W. N. Chambers,
are left in the play for the state champion
ship in the Nebraska state Golf assOcia-
ton. now In progress at the Omaha Field
club
Thursday morning the odds were even,
Ivur men OF each club being in the running,
but the Country club golfers all defeated
their men except John w. Redick who
found Chambers too tough a proposition.
Saturday the finals will be the big match
of the day. +. II. Gaines and Jerome
Magee meet in one-half Of the semi-fi-
mails and Billy" Chambers will tackle w.
j. Foye, holder OF the state championship
title at the present time. Either Of the
semi-flnal matches will be as good golf
playing as will be witnessed in the finals
round tomorrow.
The morning matches of the tournament
were battles straight through. Magee and
Jerome Allen had a struggle for the eight
cen holes, although Magee won before th'
whole course had been completed, and 3.
Chambers Goes Fast.
Billy Chambers played one, Of the best
games OF his golf career In defeating John
w. Redick of the Country club, and !. He
drove a little wild on his first hole and
after that would not let himself out his
full strength on a drive. being afraid Of,
losing the match by a wild stroke. Rediok
knew that he would be likely TO be a little
wild as he had driven several balls out of
the course on the previous day and he did
much of his driving with an iron.
r. II. Gaines proved too speedy for ]. B.
Lindsay. The former champion simply
played an almost perfect game and won on
the sixteenth hole,
Playing in the directors and secretary's
flights and in the consolation flights was
good, and many of the matches were fought
out harder than the ones in the champion
ship
Interest ~ Keen.
Intense interest was shown at the Field
club all Friday morning during the third
round of the championship play in the
round of the championship play. Close
matches, with the dark horses dropping out
one and two up kept the crowd in a furry
of excitement.
The question Of how the end OF the iound
would. find the standing of the two clubs
left in the championship contest, the Field
club and the Country club, was IN the
minds of every one. When e. II. Gaines
beat ]. b. Lindsay up to to play It was
known that at least one OF che SEMI final
lists would be a Country club man.
However the other matches were up in
the air. Jerome Masee OF the Country
club, and James Allen Of the Field club.
were even up on the ninth mole and both
men playing like fiends.
w. N Chambers of the Field club cent
a thrill through the gallery when he came
In at the end OF the first nine, 1 up on
John w. Redick of the Country club. Cham
bers was playing a brilliant game, but
Redick had settled down b. that time ind
II was sure to be battle for blood on the
inside nine
Sam W. Reynolds, the youthful player OF
the Omaha Field club, played great game
against w ]. Foye of the Country club,
but lost to the older head and l. Rey-
nolds had Foye down at the end of the
first nine. but Billy Foye was not 10 be
drowned so easily, coming back strong
IN the inside nine.
Clubs divide HOnors.
In the directors and secretary's flights
OF the tourney and in the consolation
matches. the events are divided more
evenly among all the clubs entered. George
Ross Of the Happy Hollow club won the
consolation match handicap game flight
with a score OF 70 strokes. up on DOGGY
when figured in the new Omaha Style"
handcapping system Of Frank ]. Hoel
Ed Tracy OF Miller Park club was second
with down on Colonel DOGGY.
Surprises in Championship.
Surprises were dropped on the Jtourna-
ment in quick order Thursday afternoon,
by the golfers in the championship round.
Jerome p. Magee won his match against
J. f. Hughes, up and to go, when the
majority OF the gallery had expected at
least nineteen-hole match to settle the
supremacy OF the Country club and Field
club cracks. Hughes was not playing In
his best style In the whole match, while
Magee was steady and certain OF almost
every shot. missing but a few hard ones
all the way around.
Sam Reynolds and Harold johnson, the
two youthful experts OF the Field club. had
go for real blood. Reynolds and John
son have been at rivalry all year. Recently
Johnson won club championship semi
finals flight from Reynolds in a twenty
hole match. His revenge came in a nine
teen-hols match. winning by one stroke.
ChampiOnshiD fright.
SECOND ROUND.
J. p. Magee. Country club, beat ]. W.
Hughes, Field club, 5 and 4.
James Allen, Field club, beat ]. A. Alb
bott, Field club, / up
rIs,d r, c, IL say; O Flea club beat Al Calm
F. II. =, Field club, beat NJ H La
DouceuI I'd club, and 2
John .edick, Country club beat Ralpt
Peters, Country club, and l.
". NJ Chambers, Field club, beat d. L.
Daugherty Field club, 3 and /.
w. J. foye. Country club, beat Clarence
Peters, County club, and g.
Sam Reynolds. Field club, beat Harold
Johnson, Field club, up 10 holes.
Directors Flight,
SECOND, ROUND.
A. ]. Fitzgerald, Field club. beat 8 L,
Stichter. Hastings Country club, and &
j. w, Tnlson, Field club, beat King Den.
man, Field club, : and /.
n W. Folsom, lincoln Country club beat
r. w. Porter, Field club. and l.
+. w. Hale, Happy Hollow, beat F'ranci,
Gaines. Country club. 2 up.
ID. v. Sholes, Field club. beat Guy Furay
Field club, and 8
II. b. Morrill, Field club, beat A. G
Nichols. Field club, and l.
G. II. Wilson, Field club. beat ]. d. Por
ter. Field club. by default.
L. r. Wilson, Miller Park, beat j. Bla
keney, Field club. and 8.
secretary's Flight.
SECOND ROUND.
c. f. Kimhan Council Bluffs Rowing as
ISOLATION, beat w. w. Shinn. Miller Park
%. j. slbbernson. Happy Hollow. beat p
w. Downs. Field club 1 OPP.
IL. w. orr Lincoln Country club, beat A
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