New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-16
GOLF.
TRAVIS DEFEATS KEENE IN THE ANA
rEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
ONLY FOUR PLAYERS LEFT FOR THD CUP
DOUGLAS WILL MEET TRAVIS AND MAC

DOUGLAS WILL MEET TRAVIS AND MAJ
DONALD WILL. PLAY SMITH TO-DAY
u was a crucial day the Morris County Inks
Yesterday. The third round OF the Dig eon cna'"
n,orsh,n reduced the competitors TO four men, ana
,o.hav Travis will meet Douglas ana MacdUau
will play Smith. Tomorrow the survivors are "
meet for the cup. Douglas. the orilian' young
scotchman who halls from the Fairfield County
Country Club and who has been in this country
..ro.,, .,1hteen months defeated Stilman and
smashed both the amateur and professional rec
oyds of the course Foxha p. Keene was oea'eh
nv Travis Coats lost 10 Macdonald ana ROWE suo-
cur,her TO young Walter Smith. AS inc tou,na
nnent stands now. two Eastern ana TWO "e' ,
rsnresentatiyes are left for the maj euussio
49,. md Douglas will be called upon 10 uphold
IN. reputation Of the East against Macdona'u anu
Smith the last Of the Chicago contingent u SUI
v,ve the risors Of the earlier ROUNDS III e"o' %
,oaav. matches II will be n contest between nome
bred talent and the opponents OF foresH pNii' i'
besides Douglas. MacoonhIu a''o "
the big drink. ...s,
Showers that nobody asked for aho Hoo"u'
wanted spoiled the comfort Of the spectators oui-
,ny q large part Of the day, but the rain was never
nara enough TO drive people 20 shelter. IN 'he
.,,.,roon the crowd took refuge under macNn-
...,s and umbrellas and the matches went on IN
spite Of the wet ., -, ,bs
Travis and Keene were the centrai nsureS O ~
6ay and more people followed their coh'es' .'""
oil others
IN Wednesday, Keene had earned quite repu'a-
,,or and not a few of the onlookers expected 10
GO. him win against Travis. But while MS game
against Tying wonderfully strong ae'''
Travis II proved rather mediocre IL was '"e " ~
match started in the forenoon ana carried WI" "
enc yreater part Of the early morning crowns.
Travis bad the honor but dropping INTO 'he noI-
,ov and being short on his approach, keene are"
nrst blood BY winning the hole at TO D. fScine
the second tee Keene made capita! drive srd'sh'
to the green. while Travis laid the Ia" .wen,y
Zoe, from the cup. From this distance Travis
holea hi. put-a superb shetland won In . Inc
third hole f. a carry of 23i yards, with road as
continual hazard to the left and blind para''e
bunker TO penaze anything but truly MI "iNo
Roth were over from the tee and on 'he gre"
with their second shots, Travis oeing OF 'he i",
edge Of the green Keene made long put Tor . anu
hung on the lip Of the cup travis i""eo - -
down and the hole was haived in 4
Tho fourth hole Is over railroad emDanh1peh'
and measures $40 yards. Keene sliced MS INV
md topped his brassey Into the bunker Wii'io
Travis who made capital tee shot. pia!eo me-
bra.sev 10 the left. thereby avoiding the bunker
suorether and landing well up TO the green -
n,blick failed to bring Keene out Of the difncui'!
into which he had fallen and he changed the cruz
for a mashie This time he was over i'",''
reached the green his third. while heene' WIN
was playing two more. lined long put 'n'' ''
dangerously near laying his opponent SWINE
Travis holed his fifth and the hole return
ing now for the seventh. Kesne had the auVah
,aye of the drives but fooled his iron ana ca'Ieu
.carcelv twenty yards. Travis bounded lh'o .he
tran inst before the green and chopped out lor
loss fan ten feet Playing the odd travis was
short again while his opponent lay DEAD IN the
like Travis was down his next put ana go' '''e
hole at to G.
short drive but an exceedingly accurate one
carried Travis 1870 yards from the seventh tee anu
the ball getting a fair landed In capitai posi-
ht.
the same thing with his brassey and 1us' escapeu
the woods Travis escaped the branches OF MS
Second hut was on the green in g. Keene over
ran the cup on his FOURTH while Travis VINO laS
dead in the Ike hoed the put ana won INC ne h h
ing went Keene far below his form OF tte
previous day while In putting ana haiI-roh , siioes
ne was wretched. Finding bimseit agalhs, p''Sed
This hnrt his game considerably. He had none o,
the easy confidence which marked his pay asalnst
Tvng: he seldom holed long put ana was mo-
ficeaby weak on his brassey WORK .s.
Gaming new 10 the seventh, keene outdrove
Travis and the ball caught the sde OF IRE M. iUa
long roll Travis Overdrove his brasSey getting
well the lef' Ct the green ana SOM eene 70
the crest OF the BIZ leading down 10 th ne H Ho.
Then came OF the pretiiest Plays OF We o az
From the aide Of the decnyity heehe dU,Ieu TIL
gave him the hole at to 5. The eighth was hilNeu
In G. and Keene won the ninth. leaving MN cow,
on the homeward journey heene p,ocee ond a ne
Trav,s was well on the green in 3 the latter won
at { 10 G. On the eleventh both lay dead IN ana
half In was the result heene won t me Fonr
,aanfh green in 2 and. holing in more, half In
& resulted The next was haved. Travis won the
sixteenth and on the home green by holne 4
twenty-foot put Travis nnlsheo tie Hoii''e P'''
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