The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
TRAVIS A GOLF CHAMPION.
HE WINS THE HONORS FROM HARRI.
NAN IN THE ". q. 4. TOURNAMENT
A wrII.Piayrd Match In spite Of the Gale
and Rain -Garrstson Leads for the Morris
County and he witt Cochrsns for the
Ard.I,y SEMI Cups-Other Scores.

and Rain -liarrstsOn Iseaus TOR ths norris
County and DE witt Cochrsns for the
Ard.ley semi-Aunual Cups-Other scores.
Walter J. Travis, captain of the Garden City
Golf CInb won the second annual golf cham
pionship Of IN. NJ q. A Yesterday at the Nas-
sau Country club by defeating the title-holder.
Herbert Melville Hartman. BY 5 UP and ? To
play The two had a gale to contend against In
the morning and a rainfall during the rrs' nine
holes in the afternoon Yet, as the ram Killed
the wind. the golfer. and the gallery wer. bs
glad to see II "a Kansas farmers IN q dry spell
Travis won by superior steadiness from the tee
and by occasional brilliant WORK on the snort
game Hartman was a. uncertain az a
drunken sailor on the toes. and. except on the
holes near home In the morning and Tor a spell
in the middle part Of the afternoon play. No was
decidedly below his true form.
The gross score for the thirty four holes played
were; Travis. l5s, Hartman. 1879. Although
Il few holes we're approIimated lraVlss
card may be accepted as correct ana ~ SHOWS
an average OF twelve strokes under D IL
may be- called very good golf, and the man who
o~utplays his game at tho amateur champion
ship In July will earn his laurels. FS Douglas
won the gross score medal In the handicap
With 81. slice His figures show the difference
between playing in the gale and In the AFTER
noon. and. incidentally the pace that Travis set
for Douglass score for ,hirty-four holes counts
up 1871 The handicap cup was won by Alian
kennaday, with a net return oil 1852
Old sailormen would have called the gale that
swept over the links a nor easter. but in spite OF
1t there was an Interested group OF onlookers to
follow the match. At no time. however. were
there more than four hundred persons in the
gallery" although It included such dlstin-
guished playe IA Miss Ruth Cnderhil. the
woman champion, and Mrs " Butler Duncan,Jr
One effect Of the wind WAS to make the players
press on the tees. The wind. however. affected
Hartman more than Travis. for the latter Is a
''heady" player who can place his drives almost
where he will and who always sends a straight
ball, while Hartman always plays for a slight
slice, which left the ball Yesterday at the mercy
OF the gale. Besides, he plays the brassey and
iron shots we'll up In the air, a suicidal method
in such furious blasts. 1t worked sad havoc TO
him on many holes.
To begin with Hartman sliced both with
driver and brassey, having to play his third
from long grass. Travis had played straight,
although no took 3 TO the green. and but
for A fine recovery by the Meadow Brook ANA
VuT ne WOulu ldNb WOI Ilt lihlltl hol'' 81 ~
was. a half in 5 went on the records Pressing
against the wind, both topped their drives from
the second tee. Travis made a good
second and won in 5 10 Q, both APP
proximated. for Hartman bred his
brassey into the bunker and 1t took him two
more to get out. He lifted after more wander
ing work in the effort to make the green. Fair
drives were recorded from the third tee. Har-
49, NJ L1L.AA into npnA 10 vFnEG nnf
missed his iron shot. Travis tried to carry tho
bunker. failed, and took TWO more 10 get over,
Hartman, meanwhile, had carried the green
by a full iron shot. This enabled him 10 get the
hole. 5toT
An approach put which badly oyerran cost
Hartman his chance on the fourth hole, but
through LAYING n sfimie he was lucky enough 20
get a half in 5 The same story made a nth
hole a half In the same figures. \ par 4 won
Travis the sixth. Hartman taking three TO
make the green PIayns me shhiI seTenIh
won again, sto4. Both were bunkered on tho
second shots for the eighth hole, but Hartman
made The green e nlaying outi While rTavin vas vas
o He PLAYED thu long, game poorly 10 the
ninth. while Travis. 10y. playing, q full Iron shot
safely on NE green re- Tor ms "a 'i ion1, got DONNA
Barring a half In 3 for the short hole, Travis
now held command TO the fourteenth hole. 80?
yards. whore he made a grand and was . up
Seconds for the next hole, hut TrNyi~ did not get
out well ard Hartman won the hole IN : TO \
par won hin the neyt, for TRAYS took three IN
the green Still in shape. Hartman made the pond
hole in two, dropping the ball dead from thetn
He had no chance on the home hole. however,
for Travis was on the green in two and ran
down n three-yard put for ? Hartman. after
a niblick from the road that lay dead had a
sure 1. but lifted. This left Travis aup for the
morning
Better putting won Hartman the first hole In
starting ont in the afternoon, when the rain had
succeeded the gale After a hal. In six. par play
followed to the turn. when, after nearly alter
Mating holes. Hartman was SIN 4 down. The
homeUard holes were PLAYED ms grandly, but
win out, had the better % the situation. Harri-
man reduced the lead 50 that he WAS but 2 down
with to GO. Both were virtually on the Az
teenth green on their third shots. and a half
seemed Imminent. Hartman weakened on the
approach rut. however. and Travis had the hole
IN too This made him. dormie. and "a they
halved the next. Travis had the match. The