New-York tribune., 1899-07-28
STRONG GOLF BY TRAVIS.
c,-Rrrs AND LYNCH FALL BEFORE HIM
AT sHINNEcoCK.

..-r~ INTEREST TAKEN IN THE CONTESTS By THE
.,cAILERY"-BXcELLENr WEATHER FOR
THE GOLF TOURNEY.
.A.u,ton n Y July q (specaD.-Walter j.
rro,1s the Oakland champion. was the bright par
,.rlar star Of the third days play at the en'h-
.oock Golf Clubs annual invitation tournament
80 In the morning ne beat James F. Curtis
- ex Harvard crack who yesterday beat harry
uou,ns. r.. by up and 10 play and IN the
sanoor he defeated Jasper Lynch. the secretary
. .hs lakewood Golf Club. by up In twenty
holes. -,,.
after tive mornings OF about as unpleasant
-reather as can be imagined. II was great ana
,oassnt relief 20 see the shining brilliantly
mis- mornins As there were the foursomes 10 De
- on as Well as the two rounds Of the cup
matches 10 be played. the golfng crowd began 10
s-rlve early accompanied or followed oy a large
number of the fair sex, who were prepared 10 ap-
,iaua or criticise congratulate or condole with
,heir favorites as the case might require In fact
20 enthusiastic are the Shinnecock women that IN
,he gallery which followed the Travis-Curus
match Yesterday morning there were even more
women than men, and their remarks showed that
they were fully capable OF appreciaung 'he
worth OF shot any man in the crowd
But il was IN the afternoon that society turned
on, r. large numbers honor the crack exponents
Of the royal and ancient game Following the
Travis Lynch match was a crowd OF fully three
hundred OF the best representatives OF the south-
colony ana as tne BdNlS uIesScN NS'~-'
govned in all the brilliancy Of color which sum-
rsr fashions permit and the red coated golfers
stroned over the green grass the sight was
charming one
Miss Beatrix Hoyt the leader Of the women
critics and after the tournament rounds were over
she played round in figures which many man
srvled but could not emulate II is now regarded
as even more OF a sure thing that Travis Will WIN
the Presidents Cup than II was on Wednesday
after HoNins and Terry were put out Of the run
ming for his work yesterday was consistently good
throughout his two gruelling matches.
THE FINAL MATCH PLAY.
Tomorrow the final match play rounds will be
run OF NJ thirty-six holes each. and on saturoH!
Inc tournament will wind up with grand handl-
,ap With prize for the best eighteen hole score
as well as the lowest thirty-six hole round.
pecular thing about the tournament this year Is
the fact that the four men In the seml-hnaIs oe
long 10 the old" brigade, all those are calleo
who are out OF college. while last year II was pre-
enninenty boy" tournament, Hollins the SIX
+eon-year-old Fchooboy. and Clark OF the Harvard
team Aebtinc T. out between them. This year
however. both fell early. and the "oldsters are
having It all their own way
The matches tomorrow are: Presidents Cup
Walter J Travis and A l. Ripley or boston re-
comic Cups P. Nash. jr.. the Columbia ere" man
and c Tiffany Richardson, Of Yale. Consolauoh
Cup-De Lancey Nicon and F. c. Havemeyer' an
other Yale man.
To take up Yesterdays play IN order, CuI'ls anu
Travis led OF in the morning carrying the gallery
With them for after Curs's beating Of Hollins on
Wednesday no one knew what he would 20 hsAt
md n was regarded as certain that Jasper Lynch
would heat owen Winston. and A. L. Ripley l. A
Murdock ir Both Curtis and Travis drove scream
ting long balls but Curtis displayed the fauit "hlch
rvse ~ cost him so dearly-that Is, pulling ms
drives His second shot was weak. and ne lost
the first hole in to 8
The next two followed in Ike hgures from 'ne
same causes. the fourth was halved, and IraNIs
after driving the sixth green. went down ID 10
Curtis's 4 which left him up on the hrst h'e
holes His medal score. by the way was some
ching phenomenal for he was one under Tor the
e-e, ave holes sclaffed drive on the sixth tee eit
b,s hail In the railroad track. and as Gurus droVe
vrsu over he won the hole. his first Of the round
The seventh was halved. Travis won the eighth
ss Curtis pulled his drive into the long grass at
the left and after dividing the ninth they turned
for home with Travis up. Curtis has been ac-
c,eed or being "a gutter" but those who looked TO
see him crack with the long and discouraging lead
Of 4 down and 9 TO go staring him in the face were
disappointed He halved the tenth in good style.
and after sending his drive into the long grass at
tbe efr in the eleventh picked II prettily out and
balv1d that hole He won the next by oeau uutuI
three after pulled drive had LETT MIN IN Dad ne,
bslved the next one and won the fourteenth AnIs
COOS work lett him but down with 70 go, ana tns
crowd wondered might not pull II
T~ayis tonned his next drive, but Wretched toozle
y,sfn hs iron cost Curtis the hole ana as lney
halved the next the match was over IraNis peln9
s up with TO go.
The cards were: