New-York tribune., 1899-06-22
GOLF.
Au,TE1,Rs AND PROFESSIONALS IN A
NOVEL. MATCH AT OAKLAND.
A FOUR BALL CONTEST BETWEEN TRAVIS AND
HUNTER AND TYING AND ANDERSON
MATCH ENDS IN A TIE.

MATCH ENDS ~ TIE
At the Oakland Golf Club yesterday waiter .
Travis the Oakland champion. and DaVu mum.
the local professional met James A ly"s' '''
Baltusrol champion. and Willie Anderson P'o.e'
sional at the same club. in the first halt OF
two- hole four-ball match. II Great BTU
ain four-ban matches are a familiar feature oi
golf but I'm this country with the single exception
of the ST Andrews contest year ago III WIN"
Douglas and Walter Smith. of Yale. met the wv"
professionals Anderson and VIII Smith OF Shin-
necock II is doubtful If such a match has ever
taken place before. Certainly there have been none
in which the competitors ranked as high as the
four who faced one another yesterday
The match was at thirty-six holes eighteen being
played I'm the forenoon and eighteen In the after
noon II resulted in n tie at the thrty-sixth green
The second half IL to be played at Morris county
probably on Tuesday OF next week.
Thanks to the refreshing rain OF the previous
day the mon had a links in the pink of condition,
and with cool breeze sweeping across the grounds
everything seemed to favor a satisfactory contest
Tyng won the toss. and chose the honor. setthB
the ball rolling with a screaming drive toward the
first green. Travis followed. and ;hen came An
derson and Hunter followed by crowd OF spec
tators from the villas OF the Oakland colony
The four men on the far edge OF the green III
. and both the professionals were out In the
conventional number OF puts the hole was halVed
In t. Travis and Tying each needing a stroke more.
confident for he endeavored to clear the road too
closely In the hope OF landing on the green. and
instead OF that landed in the bunker. IL cost him
two more TO get out. Hunter was on the far edge
OF the green on his drive. and with the usual cour
age OF a professional attempted to bring of a
forty-foot put for a 2. He failed but haved the
hole with Tying In g. Going for the third. Anderson
made "A phenomenal drive that carried clear to the
bunker but under local rule he permitted to
lift and drop back without penalty. lie topped his
second and again went in. and az Tying missed a
wee put OF three feet for a Hunter got the hole,
and the home pair was up.
TRAVIS IN POOR FORM.
So far the honors had been almost even. though
Travis from whom much was expected, had
shown none OF the form which distinguished his
game on the same links last week. The profes-
sonals too, were rather disappointing. Most peo-
pie have an idea that a professional in golf IS
analogous to a well-oiled machine In the accuracy
with which he PLAYS his strokes but rule pro-
fessionals differ from amateurs merely in the
acuteness with which they seize favorable open
lngs and the chances they are willing TO take Tor
the sake Of bringing off brilliant shot. Certainly
this was the only difference apparent yesterday In
going for the fourth hole Anderson gave an In
stance of this for a tremendous drive carried the
green and he hoed out In g. thus evening the
score Again the fifth three brilliant long shots
carried him TO the green, and he won this hole
also in D. But both professionals went wild on the
sixth driving out OF bounds. error without ex-
cuse and as Tying drove his second into the
bunker Travis had no difficulty In taking the hole
In >. The seventh made by all except Tying
in a par g. Hunter won the eighth I'm f. Tying driv
ing out of bounds and Anderson falling to bring
off a short put for a half. but on the ninth Tying
brought off a capital put for 4, and Hunter
overplayed his approach into the trap. Tying saved
the hole and again tied the score The cards up
TO this point