The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
OVER THE LINKS IN RAIN.
THIRTY-oNE STARTERS IN THE ofkN
TOURNAMENT AT KNOLDFOOD.

Travis wins = Gold MEDAL In the preliminary
Round by Ono stroke, with Harrimnn u
Second ~Piace-stewart Leads In the Mern-
inE Round-Ror the Archboid Cup To-Day
Rain. that changed from a slight driSEie In the
morning to q dronching downpour In khe AFTER
noon, bothered the golfers In the semi-ahhuaA
open tournament at tho Knollwood country
Club yesterday, yet thirty-ono players hendeo
in full cards. Tho conditions called for a medai
round OF thirty.six holes. The first sixteen were
to qualify for the Archbold Cup and the second
sixteen for the Leith Consolation Cup. W.
Travis won the gold medal, with . score OF 1885,
but he led H. NJ. Hartman by only ono stroke.
Fem, Stewart, and Douglas were tied for third
place, with 1875. Stewart led In the morning.
with 81, and made tho incoming holes In "a, o
new record for tho links.
An unusual incident Of the day was Q conflict
between P. Gilbert Thebaud Of the Green's Com
mittee and a party OF gunners. just as no was
rutting out on tho ninth green. which IN on the
far edge OF the property, two or three guns were
discharged near by and the whizzing OF shot
made him duck his head and rub his cars. A
dash into tho woods revealed q party or nvo
sportsmen. who were out for the first day OF
quail shooting. They had flushed q bevy and
were banging away at the birds and directly
toward the golfer.
You must stop shooting around here" said
Thebaud. for you may hurt somebody"
"T'ell." said the spokesman of the party.
"d'ere amt no signs up every 100 feet telling
trespassers to chase demselves."
"Well. quit at once. or l will arrest you ALL"
rejoined Thebaud. As he spoke he displayed o
| silver game warden's badge. This sight, coupled
with the brave appearance hebaud presented In
his new apple-green golfng suit, struck terror to
the hearts of the gunners. They fed with speed
and despatch. and thereafter the golfers wero In
no danger of being riddled with birdshot.
The feature Of Travis's game was his consis-
tent form. There was not a z on his card. and
many Of the holes were made in par strokes.
He mado the homo hole. l73 yards, in 3 on each
round; Stewart repeated this performance. and
his second round in the morning, and was not SO
steady as usual. In the afternoon he, made the
Of the day. The low score was due primarily to
2 remarkably long drive, Starting out for
the .247-yard hole. Rushmore, a player of
much greater experience, required II for the
s sainsie sot Of e e %fon'T Rash anof 'h drove sh into Snf tho
flower bed. and tho lie among the shrubbery was
almost aIn stun u,nPIha Ia In hi, 0p ,HM6 . the lm,s entire nem'
pelling the player to lift and drop on the fair
shrubs.
eighth hole oes $50 80 yards S. in 2. and the eleventh.
10 yards t over p. the w wat R.t In the .5so same mnGs low tSH
latter hole in 2. .Reynal got the second water
hole, $50 yards. in 3. He beat his record for
tho course by ten strokes and played very
evenly. Robbins broke his two drivers, yet
made each round under 81. He should be dan
gerous In the match play rounds later on: Har-
riman, with 80, had the best round in the after
noon. He made three holes in SO and sixteen In
As, while his worst holes were in Is. He is an
other one who should be dangerous at match
play.
Kerr and Fry finished at nightfall in a heavy
rain. yet each qualified. Godfrey also made his
round late. In spite of the downpour, however,
Miss Bessie Enos pluokily made the rounds az
his scorer. The cards follow: