New-York tribune., 1898-09-17
GOLF.
DOUGLAS AND SMITH TO MEET FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
FINAL, ROUND 10 BE DECIDED AT THE MORRIS
COUNTY LINKS To-DAY-TRAvIs BEATEN
BY DOUGLAS. AND MACDONALD

LOSES TO SMITH.
Wv ~. ..cona time IN the history Of American
~o,, a hor,ebred PLAYER will meet Scotehmah TOT
,,a National championship. The sem'-hnal rouno
NJ the big Mor~ntown tournament yesterday Ie
suited in the defeat Of Walter j. travis OF YAK
land and C'hr-les r. Macdonald OF Chlcago' ana
today Douglas and sa~ith. the two survivors are 10
nav for the cup East and West VIII ne pl''eo 'i'
,,s contest for although Snith is Yales cham
,,o, b,s hon, Is in Chicago. while Douglas Games
rror, the Faraeld County Club. OF Hreen"'on'
Conn Yesterday was the crucial point IN the 'ou'
rament and IN spite Of tho threatening "ea'"ei
Of the early morning hundreds OF peop'e satheieo
a. the links The committee found u necessary ="
stretch ropes across the green's in order 10 keep
.hs crowd from pressing upon the players. and a
line NJ oaddie boys preceded the gallery 10 see that
the proper distance was maintained Even mat
d,d not restrain the spectators and at times 'he
contestants we're hemmed in by dense c'rcie OF
eager faces. ~
co,enr e,iouette demands absolute silence at all
times and this evidently proved an irksome task
10 some Of the onlookers. for ore pretty eiri was
heard 70 remark to n tell sunl'urned youth at her
side that men were worse than set Or nervous
invalids the links
Talk about women being nervousr she e1-
claimed Why you hdget and fuas as rnuon as
an old maid II you hear a skirt swish
But the crowd pretty good about keeping
s,tn and q was only once or twice that any an
novsnce occurred OF course. the amateur-camera
n.nd had to click his box now and then, and al-
wsys st the most critical times, and the morse or
the psssing trains occasionally caused halt IN
the proceedings. hut, on the Thole' there Nas
nothing 70 which tho contestants could lay 'neir
defeat except 10 their own want OF skill
7, the afternoon the crowd was larger than on
any nrevious day Of the week. and the bright
ooors Of the different groups made a pretty eight
Some Of the less enthusiastic did not follow 20
every green but waited under the shade OF the
trees for tho contestants 20 pass them. These dif
feyent gatherings could be seen all over the Inks
On some Of the holes where the hills form a natu-
raj anphltheatre the ground was filed with people
seated where they could get full view OF the play
Even the little todders scarcely out OF the nur-
s.ry had their red coats and kniekerbockers. and
tr,,dsed msnfully after the players. and some OF
the criticisms Of these youthful admirers were
often as keen as those Of their elders Few OF the
peop,a there were not themselves golfers OF more
or ability. and for that reason the oro"o was
an appreciative one. 1t takes a good deal OF en-
thusiasm to walk six miles IN the not SUM- even II
the grass Is green and the going easy. and the fact
that more than thousand people did II yesterday
speaks we'll for the interest In the play.
To the majority OF the spectators Travis ana
Doueiaa being both local players, were naturally
the centre OF attraction. The other match had
Roodly following, hut II not "a large as wouId
Re expected from the reputation Of those who took
part Once OF twice. when the two galleries came
together at some portion Of the links. the players
had a good opportunity 10 reckon their relative
popularity and the odds were always in favor OF
the home pair Tho first match TO gain the tee
in the morning was that between the two Eastern
srs Promptly AZ 10 o'clock the days play began
Douglas won the toss and chose the honor. Driv-
ing a low straight ball he landed on the fiat just
before the abandoned first green. while Travis took
the higher ground and secured a good tee for his
second shot. Attempting TO draw the ball 100 hne
. he went out OF bounds and dropped another with
the usual penalty Of stroke and distance. 1t was
.hs frst Indication or the nervousness which later
told so heavily against his game. He was on the
green IN Z. however. while Douglas. who
struck the face Of the hill leading to the green
followed in tho like. Travis overran the cup. and
es his opponent lay dead he gave up the hole. Tho
second hole ia merely Il cleek shot OF I75 yards,
, r,oss,ny a wide ravine and reaching the main
driveway TO the clubhouse Both were over from
the tee Douglas having somewhat the worse Of
the position forty yards from the hole. He missed
. a long put for q and the hole was halved In g.
Facing the third. a carry OF 234 yards. Douglas
pulled the ball over by the roadway and landed
40 c,o.e 70 TIRE fence that ne obliged 10 play
hack Travis cleared the bunker. but his attempt
for a 4 vas misjudged. and Douglas. who had
reached the green on his third. was able to naive
the hole The fourth hole crosses the railroad
track and runs over a beautiful piece OF turf 10
rreen near the woods. There was nothing to choose
between the two drives from the tee. but In play
ing his iron Travis landed far to the right ana
ovarian the green on his third. Douglas used a
brassey carried the bunder and was on the green
IN 2 Coming back, Travis made a wretched ap-
proach and. as Douglas was dead on his third'
Travis gave Up the hole. The latter had the best
OF the argument from the next tee and followed
ND his success by landing his brassey well on the
green Douglas was too strong on his second. over
running the green and getting into ;he rough Play
ing the odd he was three feet away while travis
was short on the like. Douglas then missed snort