New-York tribune., 1900-07-07
GOLF.
DOUGLAS AND TRAVIS TO MEET FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.


Golf for the championship at Garden City Is near
ing It's end Yesterday finished the senli-fnals; to-
day win see he new champion. Hartman, the
present holder Of the title was beaten by Douglas;
| Lockwood lost to Travis, and Douglas and
Travis will meet for the cup. That summarizes the
days doings, but to describe all the things well
! done would be to enumerate almost every incident
| Of the play Lockwood somewhat on his
/ game but the other three played royalty Last
evening shrewd judges were predicting that Doug
/ las would rewin the title lost at MoTTistown in
1898. Certainly If he repeats yesterdays perform
Travis must play grand golf TO win
A peculiar interest attached to the play aside
from its Importance as a National contest. for IN
! each a home-bTed was pitted against
! foreigner. Fortunes Of the draw had placed Doug
! las. the young Scottish golfer. against Hartman
/ while Travis paired with A G. lockwood, the
( clever Englishman who made such surprisingly
! strong showing in the Baltusrol tournament An
! other interesting thing about the play was that
/ Douglas and Hartman were placed in the same po-
! sition as at Onwentsia q year ago, though with
titles reversed Nor was this the only coincidence
! commented upon by the spectators. In the On
! wentsia championship Douglas. Hartman and
Travis likewise in the seui-fnals. the fourth
man being Charles B. Macdonald, who did not enter
/ the present tourney.
| The day was the hottest Of the week And at
Garden City when It's hot its very. very hot. It's
horrid. Those sweeping Hampstead plains are COW
cred with the thinnest loan Underneath are
oceans Of sand. And when the sun beats down the
heat fairly oozes from the ground as though
coming up from enormous underground fur
mace There are no trees TO speak Of and the little
tent, pitched al the halfway green did q land
Office business in cooling drinks every time pair
came round Travis sttn clvng 70 his big umbrella
and had the pleasing position Of being the most
envted man the course Douglas seemed the
least affected by the weather. and played power
ful game No man in the country can beat Doug
las at his best. and yesterday he iuvincible.
Hartman played magnihcently, but against Doug
| lass grand strokes he appeared to small advan-
tage. If any explanation IS to be given of the
champions success it must be found in his long
game. Time and again he would cover go yards
from the tee while his brassey strokes equal
ly effective. It will be a splendid fight when he
meets Travis, well worth the journey to see.
Travis and lockwood were the first pair to start
and the latter chose as his caddie Willie Camp
bell Of Boston, who until recently was the pro-
fessional at the Franklin Park links, IN that city.
Travis contented himself with the same little urchin
who has carried his clubs so faithfully throughout
the week On the first hole neither made any mis-
takes. and half in a bogie was the result Play
Ing the second both were short of the green. but
each ran his second well up 70 the hole and this
also was haIved. The next hole measures 349 yards,
and each reached il nicely his second shot.
Their approach puts overran, however and n
coming back Travis trimmed the cup for !. but
IN doing so he laid his opponent half stynie
This lockwood was unable 10 clear so that another
halved hole was the result.
On the long 5N2-yard fourth hole each SKINNED
the bunker but Lockwood topped his second
though the ball bounded along the baked
ground TO fair position for the green. Travis
had even worse luck sicing his second into the
long grass and taking 10 the green. Lockwood
was there in and down IN two more. winning the
hole easily and taking the lead for the first time
since the start
Then came the fifth. and here Travis showed his
skill with the pUtter by running down from dis
+lr of
him the hole in and tied the score. Both men
We're playing slowly. The heat almost insult
ferable, and there were many deserters from the
ranks in the rear lockwood missed his chance to
take the next hole in by trimming the cup. and it
was halved in a boge 4 The next hole was halved
in / under bogie. Coming TO the eighth, Lock
wood got revenge for his earlier misfortune by
laying Travis styr2ie The latter took the thing
CoOly however and made no attempt 10 clear it.
that the hole was haIved in a mediocre g. The
ninth halved in 4. and the two turned
for home wi II the match all square.
4 topped drive on the tenth cost Lockwood the
hole, Travis was down in par TO his op-
ponent's ;. The next was halved, but on the
twelfth Travis down a pretty ten-foot put ari
made a brilliant 9. This gave him lead Of UP,
The thirteenth also went 10 the Meadow Brook
man. this time in 70 6. Lockwood had ,he mis-
fortune 20 top his brGssey. and though good re-
covery enabled him 10 reach the green on his
fourth, he missed the put for half. The pound (
ing pace that Travis set was beginning 10 tell on
the next The two men spit even. bar at the If /
f@enth Travis down in l. d stroke under h1Ele, I
and got The hole Lockwood showed his nervous /
ness by topping II the sixteenth tee-au error that
cost him the hole and gave Travis lead or up. +.
\ stymie on the seventeenth gave Travis another +.
hole. and rhe home hole halved the fore .
noon play ended with Travis up.
After luncheon they We're al it, again, and Travis .
made Il quick Starting with the irst
hole III i ne halvej the second and third. the .
next TWO, and then had lockwood at his mercy /
In fact. the Euglishman played doggedy. but with /
no apparent hope. and on The eighth green IL was /
an over. The Hnal score vas II up and 10 70 play .
championship semi-finaL
CHAMPION HARTMAN OUTPLAYED.
Meanwhile Douglas and Hartman had been hav-
ing the closest kind OF match The champion opened .
by winning the toss and choosing the honor Then
TO the amazeneut Of the oulookers, he topped his .
drive and landed IN the long grass short of the .