The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-04
AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT.
Results of the Play at Garden City Yes

New YORK, july Wv after d. 1ldNls
of the oakland, L. l., Golf club and r.
C. Watson, jr of the Westbrook club
among those qualified at the amateur
golf tournament on the Garden City
golf links, met to-day and Travis de-
feated his younger opponent by two up
and one to play, When the draw was
made last night nobody anticipated
that these two would be drawn against
each other for the first round of match
play, but fate had ordained it so, and
while many would have liked to have
seen them meet later on in the tourna-
ment, the draw made it imperative that
one should be forced to retire from the
contest this afternoon.
| Last evening five men tied with scores
of 1877 each for the last four places on
| the qualification list. This made it
necessary for the five to play off this
morning at medal play to see who
| should drop out, and j. G. Thorp or
Cambridge, Mass, fell.
Sixteen pairs of golfers played thirty
six holes each to-day, which meant that
sixteen players would be forced out dur
| ing the afternoon. While many of them
| had quite a following of friends, the
| chief interest of the gallery centered in
the match between Travis and Watson.
When these players started out for the
morning round of eighteen holes they
We're followed by an enthusiastic gal
lery, and each good play drew forth the
applause of the onlookers. Up to and
including the sixth hole Watson held
his own, but from that point Travis
made gains which left him three up on
the ninth hole, and when the round was
completed he had his lead increased to
five up. Travis was not as good as
usual on the long game through the
green, but he did some remarkably
clever putting, which is considered his
weakest point in golf. During the af-
ternoon round Wetson died much bet
ter work. although a high wind which
sprung w was more in the favor of
Travis than of his opponent. Watson
brought down the Oakland mana lead
to one up, but could never get ahead of
him, Travis winning out by two up and
one to play. Had Travis played out the
bye-hole with a par score of three his
total score by strokes for the thirty
six holes would have been 172 or six
poorer than his top score of yesterday,
A. G. Lockwood of Boston, who had
two up on his competitor in the first
half of the days play, finished with
score of four up and three to play.
Most of those who watched LockWoods
game said that it was a decided inn
provement over that of yesterday and
many of the players looked to the Bos-
ton man as the one player most likely
to defeat, if both last until the final
round, which will be played next Sat
urday.
Fl. NJ Hartman of Meadowbrook,
who holds the title of amateur cham
pon, since he wen it last year at Chi
caeo, met Louis Livingston of West
brook He had only one up on Living
ston in the first half of the match, but
won out by three up and two to play.
Findlay S. Douglass of Fairfield
County club is still in the race, having
defeated Reginald Brooks of Meadow
brook by up and to play, so that he
is in line to regain the title of cham
pion of which he was deprived last year
by Hartman.
John Reid, jr., Of st, Andrews and
Charles S. Seeley of Wee Burn club.
We're even up in their first half Of their
match, but Reid won out in the after
noon by up and to play.
OF the sixteen men left in five are
colesians, one a schoolboy and two
others just one year from college. The
other eight are more seasoned at the
game, two of them having learned golf
on the other side of the Atlantic. The
good showing made by the younger ele-
ment proves conclusively that the home
bred golfers are making rapid strides
in mastering the game and 1t will not
be much Of a surprise should one of the
younger set capture this years cham
pionship although the odds are decid-
edly against such an outcome.
Following are the results of to-days
matches with the order of pairing for
the second round match play to-mor-
row:
T. S. Beckwith, Cleveland. won from
J. A. Stilman of Newport, r. l., up
and to play; w. J. Travis, Oakland,
defeated r. C. Watson, jr., Westbrook,
2 up and 1 to play; j. A. Tying, Morris
county, defeated II. F. Kneeland,
Washington. d. c., up and to play;
c. Hitchcock, jr., Point Judith defeat
ed Percy Pyne, up and 3 to play; John
Reid, jr,, St. Andrews, defeated C. S. |
Seeley, Wee Burn, 3 up and to play; |
T. M. Robertson, Yale, defeated Garli- !
ner Hubbard. Cambridge, Mass. up |
and to play; A. G. Lockwood, Bos-
ton, defeated A. L. Norris. Dyker
Meadow, 4 up and 3 to play; J. II. |
Brooks, Scranton. Pa. defeated Gilman |
p. Tiffany Newburgh, 2 up and to |
play; John Stuart, Princeton defeated |
A. M. Robbins. st. Andrews, Z up and
5 to play; w. M. McCawley, Philadel- |
phia, defeated Stuart Stickney, ST.
Louis, up and to play; Findlay S. |
Douglas, Fairfield county Greenwich
Conn, DEBATED Reginald Brooks, Mead |
OVERLOOK 5 up and to play E. M BY |
ers, Proinecton, defeated Allan Kenna-
day, Montclalr, n. j., l up; Quincy A.
Shaw, jr., Myopa club, defeated r. A. |
Rainey, Cleveland, s up and to play;
Harry b. Hollins, jr, Westbrook, de-
feated r. A. Rainey. Cleveland s up
and to play; Harry B. Hollins, jr..
DEBATED C. Tiffany Richard
Hill, 2 up ]. G.. Averill.
Rochester, defeated j. C. Jenkins. Bal
timore, up and / to play and H M.
Hartman of Meadowbrook, defeated