Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07
Champion Douglas and Hartman
Defeat Their Opponents.
GREAT GOLF PLAYING At CHICAGO
Macdonald, the Westerner, Seemed
to Lose His Power.
SCORES OF SEMI FINALS

oNwENTSIA GOLF COURSE, LAKE
FOREST. ILL.,, July THE feature Of to-
day, the last but one of the amateur golf
championship tournament at Onwentsia,
was the sep1i-fnaIs IN which four OF the
hest amateur PLAYERS of the United States
were pftteo against one another. Findlay
g. Douglas. the present champion. was
drawn against C. 2. Travis of the Oakland
Golf Club. while Charles B. Macdonald, the
only remaining western golfer. met H F.
Hartman of the Meadowbrook Golf Club
The winners of these two matches will
meet tomorrow to decide the championship.
Followers of the game almost universally
conceded Douglas his game with Travis.
It Is not the first time they have met in
the semi-finals. A year ago Douglas and
Travis came together at Norristown, Doug
las winning with comparative ease, and on
this account and on the splendid form he
has displayed all week at Onwentsia, the
game looked upon as almost certain
for Douglas.
Travis however, has shown greatly i'm
proved form.
Close Work Expected.
The match that was expected to result in
the finest golf. however, and the one which
veteran golfers followed with the closest
interest. was that between Macdonald and
Hartman. The marvellous green work of
Macdonald in his match yesterday with J.
G. Thorp. the runner-uQ at Shinnecock
Hills three years ago, and Harrimans
magnificent play with H. z. Toler, after the
latter had secured an apparently safe lead.
showed both to be close 20 championship
form. and the club house and stands were
almost deserted for the links when the two
started ont to settle the question Of su-
periority.
Play for the first eighteen holes COM
menced at 1850 o'clock, Douglas and Ira
Wis starting out first They were followed
a few minutes later by Macdonald and
Hartman
scores for First Nine Holes.
The Hartman Macdonald score for the
first nine holes was:
Macdonald. QUIT 3 Ga As 4 81.
Hartman. outs S 1 44 hi2.
The Douglas-Trayis score for the first
nine holes was:
Douglas. out 4445iO
Travis. out / Is > ; / Is.
Hartman Oyertakes Macdonald.
At The end OF the eighteenth hole. semi
final match between Find,ay S. Douglass
and Travis, Douglass was four up on Travis
and at the end Of the eighteenth hole in the
match between Hartman and Macdonald
Hartman was Two up on Macdonald.
The Observation-Disclosures score for the
second nine holes was:
Macdonald. 6 > / 5 B "a. Total, s..
HARTMAN > % + . = . - 1Olal, ST.
May Be Hartman Against Douglass.
The result Of the morning play of the golf
tournament at Onwentsia points to a con-
test between F'indlay s. Douglass and H.
NJ Hartman for the amateur championship
n the finals tomorrow. Douglass playing
n fairly good form. finished the first eigh-
Teen holes. four up. on ". J. Travis, his
Oakley Club opponent, while Hartman,
though playing poorly at first. did pretty
work in the last nine holes. finished two up
on Macdonald MacdOnald's putting on the
green was much inferior to his yesterdays
play. and several times he lost or haIved
when even fairly good play would have won
for him
The DouSlas-Trayis score was:
Douglas. out 4 Is 6 > 1 30.
Travis, out IS > g ; 6 @45
Douglas. in ) q 1 > Is 3 81. Total ST.
Travis, in = 6 > 8 is. Total. 90.