The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-16

Worlds Record of 76-Enst and
West Will Be Represented In the
FinaIs-Semi-FinaI Today.
MORRISTOWN, N. j., Sept. 15.-
The contest for the amateur golf cham
pionship of the United States, which
began on the Morris. County clubs
links, last Monday, is rapidly nearing
it's conclusion, and there are now only
four Of the original contestants left for
the semi-final rounds, which will be
played tomorrow. The final round of
matches which will decide this years
championship, will take place on Satur-
day.
OF the eight men placed to play to-
day, two represented Chicago clubs
and the other six were Eastern play
crs. After a most sensational days
golfing the Chicago men are still in to
play for premier honors. These are c.
Il. Macdonald, the '96 champion. and
Walter b. Smith, of the Ontwentsia
club. Lake Forrest, Ill. The other two.
Findlay Douglass and w. J. Travis,
represent the Fairfield County Golf
club, of Greenwich, Conn, and the Oak
land Golf club, Of Long Island, respec-
lively.
In the semi finals Macdonald and
Smith will play against each other to-
morrow, and Douglass and Travis will
try conclusions also. So that. no mat
ter how the matches may result the
final fight for champion will be be-
tween the East and West
Large galleries followed each of
the players during the entire days
play, and at one time there were over
1900 persons scattered over the links.
Play was begun promptly at 10
o'clock, the first pair to go out being
FOXhall P. Keene and Walter ]. Travis.
A good deal of money was wagered on
the result of this contest. In the first
row of sixteen holes Travis played eX-
Cellently and finished in the lead with
two up. In the second round both
drove we'll for the first hole, but Keene
missed an easy put and Travis won in
to 5. For the next Travis made a
perfect drive, landing near the green,
but Keene's ball struck a tree and roll
ed down the side of the hill. He lifted
1t to the green, but Travis won the hole
in to S, making his lead up In
driving for the third hole Keene's ball
fell into a bunker, and in getting out
with his iron, Keene sent the rubber
into another bunker from which he
lifted it to the green, landing there
in 4. Travis was. on-the edge of
the green in 2, and with a beautiful
put of some thirty feet, won the hole
8 to 5, increasing his lead to up.
Travis in driving for the next hole hit
the telegraph wires over the railroad
and took another ball without requir-
ing a penalty. Keene reached the green
in 2, and the hole in 4 to 5, taking
one off his opponents lead.
PHENOMENAL WORK.
Travis made a phenomenal put Of
forty-five feet for the fifth hole and
the ball fell into the cup amid deafen-
ing cheers from the gallery. The sixth
was halves IN 5 and Keene won the
seventh by a clever put in to 5.
Travis won the eighth in f. to 5, again
leading by up. For the ninth
Travis tried to beat the record Of thir-
ty-seVen strokes, but Overdrove the
green and Keene won the hole in 5
to 6. Travis having taken thirty
eight strokes was one behind the rec
ord. The tenth was halves in T.
Keene,- after some very, pretty play, in
which he got his ball out from the
roots of tree, won the eleventh hole
in 4 to 5, reducing Travis lead to
8 up Travis should have won
the twelfth, but missed a short put and
the hole was halved, in 6. He in
creased his lead to up by winning
the thirteenth in 10 7. Both
got over the railroad track in for
the fourteenth and on the green in
8. Keene missed his put and Travis
holed in 4 to 2, winning the hole and
match by up and 4 to play.
Douglass had g lead Of up over
Stillman when they started for the sec
opd round. The first hole was halved
in f. Both players used cleeks In
driving for the second, which should
have been Stillman's, but his ball hung
on the rim and Douglass holed down
Id in hi
approach shot for the third hole, which
was haIved in 4. Douglass made
drive of 900 yards for the next hole,
which he won in to 6. The fifth was
halved in and Douglass got the sixth
in to 6, Stillman's ball going into the
woods in playing for the seventh. which
was halved in 5, and by good play
Douglass won the eighth in to ).
Douglass was lucky at the next hole,
as his ball being sliced rebounded into
play again, and he Won the ninth, to
s. The match was ended on the next
hole. which Douglass won in to 3,
making his score 9 up and to play.
DOUGLASS BREAKS RECORDS.
Douglass was in such splendid form
that he played out the remaining eight
holes to try to break the record Of
so for the links held by J. A.
Tying Douglas played splendidly. He
not only beat Tyngs record, but also
put the professional figures OF 70
in the background by making record
of rs, which was wonderful perform
ance.
Douglass has not overtaxed him.
self during the weeks play, and, if he
can repeat his game of today, the
title of champion will undoubtedly
be conferred on him next Saturday.
The MacDonald-Coates match proved
a very one-sided affair, as the big
Chicagoan led the Newport golfer by
eight up in the first eighteen holes.
In the second round Coates played
strong game. and, after winning the
first hole in to 4, he halved the next
four in As and IS. Macdonald
won the seventh in to and the
eighth in to 4, but Coates got down
in in the ninth and halved the
tenth in 4. Macdonald was bow
in the eleventh, which he won in to
6, making his score 9 up and to play.
The victory of Walter B. Smith, of
Chicago, over George D. Fowle, Of the
Philadelphia Country club, was not
unlocked for, but a closer game was
expected. In the first round Smith
gained a lead of up, but In the
afternoon play Fowle put up a much
stronger game. Smith eXcelled in driv-
ing, but FOWle was the dbetter on the
short game. FoWle won the first in
8 to 4. and Smith won 9the next two,
which made him 9upeV Fowle won
the fourth and fifth, and Smith got the
sixth, seventh and eighth, leading by
9 up. Fowle won the ninth and
tenth, reducing Smith1s lead to Z