New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-28
GOLF
DOUGLAS BEATEN BY TRAVIS AT LAKE
WOOD.
A SURPRISE IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE
ToURNAMENT-NoTED PLAYERS COMPETE
FOR PRIzEs-To-DAY's DRAWINGS.

ToURNAMENT-NoTED PLAYERS COMPETE
FOR PRIzEs-ro-DAY's DRAWINGS
For the second time within a fortnight Douglas.
the amateur champion OF the United States, mas
been beaten at golf. week ago Reginald Brooks
gained a signal victory him in the champion
ship contest at Garden City. and yesterday Travis
scored almost notable a triumph In the open
ing round OF the three-day Lakewood golf tourna-
ment This second defeat, following so closely
upon tho other. will detract considerably from the
champions prestige and cannot fail TO have an
important bearing on the National championship
contest to be played in July Travis after
round OF eighteen holes by up and to play.
The day was perfect for golf. and II comparisons
may be drawn It can be said truthfully that in
this respect the tournament favored
than the metropolitan affair at Garden City, when
the wind was too boisterous for good tee shots
Lakewood has always had special attraction for
golfers. and the men who gathered on the links
among the pines yesterday among the best
known in the game. Sixty-four entries were posted
and OF this number hfty-six started the morning
round at medal play-an unusual showing for so
early in the season. John Miley presided at the
first tee, and the crowds Of gayly dressed women
from the hotels and cottages who watched him
start the contestants off made a pretty
Most of the onlookers waited until Douglas and
Travis had started before setting out over the
course. and as they did not get away until late
there was a large gathering In their wake.
This match had double aspect. being a sort OF
medal and match play affair In one: for while the
scores Of the first eighteen holes were to count as
match play for the cup for which the two men
had tied In the autumn tournament they were
also allowed to In the thirty six hole round
at medal play for the qualified sixteen. There is
an old saying on the links that golf is won and
lost on the putting greens. and as the contest ad-
vanced Douglass poor showing furnished fresh
PROOF OF Its truth. Though the champion almost
Invariably outdistanced Travis from the tees his
putting was miserable. II was the same old
trouble which marked his play at Garden City
and against well-balanced man like Travis II
proved disastrous. This weakness came out more
strkingly toward the latter part OF the play
Douglas seemingly being unable to hold himself
together and 10 clinch the advantage gained in
approaching the Starting out the first hole
halved in T. Then Travis took the lead nv
winning the second. measuring 3iO yards In a per-
feet 3. Going for the third. Douglas got into the
bunker which settled matters as far as he was
concerned, and gave Travis the hole by 5 TO s.
making the latter up. Then Travis laid Douglas
a stymie on the next green and that hole was
halved In 5. Apparently nothing could stop Travs's
bolt. for he raced the next two holes in s and
4. respectively. winning them both and leaving
MIN up, an advantage which Douglas found II
hard to overcome. But the next hole was a bad
Douglas got II Owns 70 e TIVE weak long game and
eighth. also. and the ninth was haived the two
The tenth went to Douglas. end the eleventh and
twelfth were halved in and g. respectiyelv AFFORD
the gap and win But just as things began TO look
more promising he became erratic on the greens
and the steadiness of his opponent left him no
of the thirteenth. taking for a hole and Travis
won 1t in the par figure. Douglas however, got the
a 5aY IN ro and then only down with
going to the seventeenth Douglas was hole high
on his tee shot the distance being 24O yards yet he
holes on this round would have been halved but
for weak putting: SIN, it cannot be said that his
eighteen holes. and against a less able and steady
opponent this would have ranked as good golf.
Travis won by up and 10 go. The cards were
". J. Travis:
E IN .. .:.:.::: & "a
+. s. Douglas:
G fS .:::::::::::.::::::s SS4sss .Isi-so
bye hole.
This match. though deciding the possession Of the
and he and Travis continued opponents in the
afternoon round at medal play. Travis proved
luck by agSn Re cRamPon a f at
the close Of the play he led the field. winning the
golf medal offered by the club for that achieve
The first sixteen will meet to-day for the Lake
wood Cup. the chief trophy of the tournament,
while the second sixteen will meet for the Consola
ton Cup. Those who failed to win place In either
of these divisions are now out of the tournament
altogether. The drawings for the first round at
Lakewood Cup-Wright VS.. Douglas De Ralsmes
VS.. Davis O'Connor W. Tying. Watson VS.. Robbins,
Forrest Pr vs. o Travis HaoGg9e VS. Brooks Lynch vs.
Consolation Cup-Woodward Walthew, Mad
dock VS., Worthington Toer vs. Reyn9l. Murray
ten Dahgren VS.. Happen, Converse VS.. Frothing-
ham.
The scores Of those who qualified in the first six