New-York tribune., 1899-07-28

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A l. Ripley. Oakley Country. beat I. a. Muir
cok E b gaefT with m Rim when he started out
with Lynch. for although on form t; the Oakland
he IS playing just now the best go.f Of his life
he was to come 10 beating Travis the invincible
no one realized. but as the matcn went , on "a Hna
hole the interest grew intense, and when the
e&fhteentn & noIe s tbTee SIDES Of the green in
solid phaianx three and four deep. broke out in
! t sPpaga s5a followed M the rest
Q; The match which nay ended IN tte1 GStocy o6e o
the prettest exhibitions Of amateur golf ever seen
in this country.
TRAVIS AND LYNCH BEGIN PLAY
soon after o'clock Travis and Lynch started
our on their long journey, and divided the nrst TWO
holes in 8 and 4 respectively. Travis drew first
blood AT the third. Lynch topping his drive and
finding the railroad track, which cost him TWO
strokes He redeemed himself at the fourth now
ever by winning 1t. 10 5, Travis missing TWO
yard put for half. The next seven ho.es were
divided a fact which easily shows now Wen ana
strongly the men were going. Lynch had all the
luck and Travis was losing chance after chance
10 win holes by missing TWO foot puts on
the tenth hole was the only bad one they had
and this was caused by each driving out Of the
course and getting into the long grass tTaVls mac
gone the hTst nine holes in A 10 Lynch 5 i9, not
phenomenal scoring. IL is true. but low Nhen the
imuOrtance OF the match is considered, Wnlch, OF
course made each cautious. Each NAG Woh one
hole Travis the third and Lynch the louItn, we
resi- being halved. and their even play mauo ING
crowd hold It's breath ,.A o,a .bo,
Lynch forged ahead. brilliant mace posslpls< py
q twenty foot put making him up az tle ~,
Travis won the thirteenth, but the miss ol sloI
put lost him a chance 10 win the fourteennth anu
another at the fifteenth made Lynch up. ne SIN
teenth was halved after an attack OF uh
had made each lose chance for WIN I'd ~
drove abo1t twenty yards short OF the seventeenth
green with Travis slightly away, Dut nak ,
approach which he ran up with cleek lald MN
dead IN 2 and as Lyncn failed 70 send noNn s.A "a.
foot put for a 3 the match was all even WIN ! 10
50. The gallery numbering now every one one VIZ s
around the hole so that slightest deviauoh rom
the straight line OF light would have caused utS
sster but both drove straight and far WIN LyIiCh
again having a shade the better OF II Each oNtraPL
preached on his second fifteen YARDS, put taci
was dead his third and another hole was halVeH h
This made extra necessary Tor the HIatC4
Travis mad the honor al the nineteenth, ana uIot
good though not remarkable ball, whlie ,i-yHci
worried doubt by the strain, topped Dauiy anu
tne ball hardly went q hundred YARDS -L -,
A grand recovery with his brassey put LyhSSh o'
the green terms with Travis. ana sun a. az,
other hole halved At the twentleth edo,. do,-
grove well. but TTavis's steadiness came INTO PaS
sgain here. and Lynch sent his second into tns
bunker. while Travis reached the green supeiiO
nibliek shot laid Lynch ten feet from the noiS @
sut Travis down IN 4. and the LakeWooo ma, -,
ialed by inches TO hole out. This enoed one u