New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-16
GOLF.
TRAVIS WINS ANOTHER MEDAL AT
OAKLAND.
HOME CHAMPION FIRST IN THE THREE-pAY
TOURNEY ON THE BAYsrDE LrNKs-HAR-
RrMAN BEATEN BY WATSON.


The three day open tournament OF the oahia"u
Golf Club under the auspices or the MeuopoA'a"
Golf Association, begun yesterday Oh 'ho
links at Bayside Long Island. handsome SILVER
cum presented by Walter Il. Lawrence Is 10 go 10
tho winner of the first sixteen at ratch pay,
while the winner of the consolation DIVISION IL 10
receive a similar trophy, presented Dy arthur
Tavlor Thirty players faced the tee In the quar-
flying round and medal play, inciuuins Se'o,
who have been prominent In the metropolis" GU
cui, this season Walter j. Travis. the hone
champion whose last triumph was gaiheo III ''e
,rv,ta,ion tournament of the Marine ana rie'o
Climb a fortnight ago. and Herbert NJ Har
the metropolitan champion. were among 'he 'no''
notable entries but there were plenty OF o'ne's
hardly less skilful In spite OF the scor|
,,reans and nnty ground the scores averaged re-
markahy well. ..
When the play opened In the morning there was
every indication Of another sultry day. ana thoso
starting early suffered considerable by '"e NO.,
hut later a outhwesterly breeze sprung up anu ~
afternoon 1t was blowing almost gaze 80 mo-
while the conditions decidedly more cof''o,'-
able the wind was responsible for many poor o"'''
THE QUALIFYING ROUND.
Travis made the best score IN the aua",' "s
round and won the gold medal, though MS caru was
one stroke below the record of 81. when ne es'ap-
ushed On Saturday He went out In 40 the oosie
n'ood took AZ for the same distance Travis Oeean
well nv taking the first hole In par ana DEANS
t,oeie a stroke on the second On tne 'iu ~,
which measures 137 yards he drove the green WIN
an iron and ran down long put for z" Con'ihui"e
.h,s steadv game he was hole high TOT the heA'
hole IN 8 and taking more for the green nc 80
o,. IN the bogie figure OF 5. At the ronrth' hi'n
and ninth holes he took one more than oosie' nue
beat 1t a stroke the sixth ana eish'i ii''-s s
this almost fautless round In 40 On tne se'o"u
/ ..lrlp fnr
| distance but his total was twelve strokes oel.er
,nar his rext nearest competitor. and Judging ny
| ,b,e +, NAV safely be predicted that ne VIII prove
| IN no the ultimate winner OF the week
c. II Robbins another member VI '"e 49,
sinh got second place at 81, and Hartman "no
was expected to be Traviss closest ri'a'' ou h'
| better than So x. ,.,a
] y, ,bara was tie for the last two places III inc
| first division three men-Page, OF Lexing'on' laS
! Tor % Oakland and Hamilton, OF Baitusroi-coh-
] ing IN with the same score, IV@ ihis ',e Voc
| n,oved off at one hole and Hamilton was oea'eh'
! tbus taking his place among the consolation men,
80 osoIotion class there was another tie,
! h,oh was PLAYED of IN similar fasnion' anu
.h,s cleared the way for the afternoons round az
match play.
TRAVIS DIsPosEs OF sLoCUM.
,,o., Travis was paired with slocum. OF the
c,a,ar island Cricket Club. whom he disposed OF
rather easily at up and 20 play Inc surprise
came when Hartman. who Is consideIeo ny "''
90 n. the most prominent candidate for the anna
| .rr championshp at Chicago. was beaten oy N
| n 1u,tson r. Of the Westbrook Golf Ciup II Is
M, the first time that this clever youhsslei h.io
Osst the calculations of the golfng set for In the
| lakewood tournament six weeks ago ne oeiea'eu
douglas in the serni-inal round after tine cnanpi
| go hoon forced TO his best pace, and only sue
! had 70 Travis IN the finals. He was down
20 Hartman at the end Of the first nine hoeS yes
tordoy having made the round in 3d. to Hartman
| 20 Turning for home Watson won the tehth ho'o
! a, r 10 q but a long put by Hartman saVeu .,e
,,,o- tho eleventh and this success Hartman ioi-
,nd nm nv taking the thirteenth on comoiiia-
,,o y, good driving and putting that gave MIN INC
.,,r Then Watson put bit more speed INTO
~, s,roSos and ran the next four holes In success
! ,or leaving the score up In his favor HURT
| go, rcade a momentary stand on the seventeenth,
which he took at to 8. but Watson won the h',''
| ho,a and with 1t the match. The scores on 'he
last nine holes were'
Watson ..................".s 1 3 e 8 . : Is
wilcox who drawn against Arthur i"''
nod no difficulty In winning by up and 70 play
i O,Conror OF the Staten Island Cricket Cuo'
! ,s.a rdvard Ieayitt OF Fairfield. by up. In
| 49, Consolation division Hamilton and Lawrence
| ia tbe closest match Of the day. Lawrence woi'
! r,, after nineteen holes had been piayeo' INC
! ,hor resr,ts will be found In the summary Inc
so,,rg. for to-day's second round In the MIST VI
,,on orc Travis and Wilcox Lynch and OCohnor'
,tor.or and Rallou Matthew and Watson anu III
~ oonso,eti on division, Walthew and j. H. Iavior
and Lawrence and Douglas
The summary:
OAKLAND CUP.