The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30
TRAVIS WINS AT LAKEWOOD
OAKLAND GOLFER PLAYS OLETERLY
~ JuE COURSE "AMONG THE INES

oIKLlSD GOLFER PLAYS OLETRRLY
M THE COURSE "AMONG THE PINEs.n
r...or Of westbrook Runner-Up-DourI,.
and Hartman Meet with Defeat-Roy d.
Rni,mos Wins the MISUNDERSTANDING
hams Consolation Cup-Other Results.
brilliant displays OF the match game, the su-
..,ia,,ye form OF sport on the links. marked
~. close OF the Golf Club Of Lakewood oman
,nnrr.ment yesterday. To accentuate the in
,.rest after sensational rounds. both the q. s.
y A and the u. G.. A. champions were but ont
:, Tho semi-hnal round for the Golf Club Gun.
-hirh Travis won after the hardest fought
tournament on record.
To begin with the semi-1nals. no better con-
,ost could be imagined than that between
watson, the 19-year-old youth who swept the
lrts OF prizes Town South last winter. and
douglas. The latter played his best game
,ince the amateur championship. Watson
showed his quality at the start by laying his
.npr,ach dead aud winning the hole in 3 to
He won the second in 4 to 5 and the
third In 4 to 9. getting to the green with his
hr,ssey, while Douglas on the like found the
bunker. Having the fourth in g. each losing a
s,roke on tho green. Douglas won his first
hole OF the match on the next green. in 4 to s.
Ihalyed hole in 5 followed. and then Douglas
won the 4OO-yard seventh hole in 5 to u. Wat
son recurring three strokes on the green. Per-
tsct 30 made the eighth hole. ITO yards. a
h,lyed result. Watson again scored a 3 for the
ninth hole. 1875 yards. his iron shot again lay
inc the ball dead. Douglas needed 9 here.
through a short second shot and Door work on
the green.
They halved the tenth in 8. As q sample OF
hs long game. Watson was we'll on the eley-
snth green In 3 and won the hole In s to 7.
Douglas OVERLAPPING the green on his fourth
.bot. q maehie pitch. The twelfth. another long
hole. Douglas won In 5 to Z. Watson half top
ming and failing to get UP on his approach.
The thirteenth also fell to Douglas. in 4 to s.
trimmed put losing Watson the chance to
h.lve. They halved the fourteenth hole in q.
both taking three puts. Douglas now SQUARED
the match by winning the fifteenth In 3
10 l. getting within two yards Of the
eup on the iron shot. He took the
lead on the next green. putting out the length
O, the green for q 2. Watson getting a 3. A
bupgled drive sent Douglas into the bunker
from the seventeenth tee. the stroke lost there
costing him the hole. In 5 tot Facing the
home hole. both sent beautiful drives. Watson
following with an approach shot that dropped
near the hole. but Douglas only made the edge
o, the green on the like. Douglass long put
failed to get down, and making his three-foot
nut on the like with the utmost GOODNESS. Wat
son won the decisive hole by 3to 4. The cards:
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Seven o, the going-out holes were halved by
Travis and Hartman. the former winning the
fourth and the latter. the fifth. Only that each
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three next holes. leaving Hartman / up,
HHm 10 lost The hole BY I Z to g. ' 4 clever eT? 3 1t to 4
won Won Irsyi. the aiftesnth; and he should have
man. who had been trapped on his tee shot.
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the ss ssTtes hsrr ! to s. but b,l here p,. luck
ai;sf long nG" drives Ss from snS the " sisstee 4 tee tee. a GsP:
rinan laid his approach dead, winning in 3 to
th s9f ha Rsd' tie nInet asnth IN M ca Taaiit T.. ' &aR:
ing the twentieth green on their seconds. Har-
f TiaSP lay az dead Sf' on N the "'f iike and Won the hole %e' IN
.to5 This eveaed up Travis's defeat IN the
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erage play in the semi-fnals for the Consola-
t,io1 cgP at the hands OF Reynal. who won by
2up. Their cards:
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The cards:
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.Bye holes a''' -'o-"
In the final for the Consolation Cup Frothlng-
the match safe. for. aIthonish Reynei came in
very finely, the former won by 3 up and . to
play. Their cards:
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'Bye holes.
.,Agreat party Of Golhng enthusiasts followed
{ S7et Travis az, and a !, Watson iinaI round; The tn, thr9 ,Ps
second time during the day. won the first hole
h II 3; setting down a. eIghs.foot R1t; Trf s.d
5 7 s e f. u! !af :s '5ds ' of he sPp 'ss, t PS y:
s s5ss1 }D s!e 1SIEi 6 l,n, W u 3Ss 81 s,ie ID. hi E. i5 S39
he green. Trpvls, taking the Is hole in ! 10 9:
u us VI E. .o Eo the third hole; TRAVIS ma Sd poor
SisyiHs two from Il the tee ss.f but Vat Watson %sdss;
me drive. He foozled his second. while Travis
snt his brassey into the bunker. Watson
played a short approach to the right in poor
aye, but won the hole in 4 to Z. He captured
me next claverIy in 4 70 s.
Watson sliced his second for the nth hole
mo the road: playing short OF the green In an
sTemnt to pitch it with the niblick.- Travis
TrsyIug carefully and winning in 8. to Z.
Lhey haiyed the sixth In 8. Starting for the
ssrventh, Travis sent a screamer. but Watson's
me ball. slightly pulled in an attempt to
Gst 70 the left of a tree. hit a branch.
Tnlch checked its. flight. A long brassey
snot' however. eyened up matters. Travis
SE va 50 close to the tree that he had TO
Pleased the gallery" They halved in 5 and
me short hole TO follow in 3. Travis won the
nIhth In , to I, Watson. getting a poor line and
,,pPrPlng, his brassey shot. but bounding over
out holes.
Both dubbed their iron shots for the tenth
tEeen, but Travis laid well on the green on his
kutIh, while Watson overran. Travis won IN
S0o Going TO the eleventh hole. both got
SHay good drives. clearing the bunker on their
uasseyS and getting to the green on their
t,nlrd. They halved in 6. after Indifferent put;