New-York tribune., 1900-07-06
GOLF.
xrARrNG THE END OF THE GARDEN CITY
CHAMPIONSHIP
-p.vrs. LOCKWOOD. DOUGLAS AND HARTMAN
THE ONLY SURvIvORs-TRAvIs's
NEW RECORD.
NEW RECORD

---s survivors were Travis. Lockwood Douglas
I'D Hartman. They VIII be paired this morning
N The order named. What the ultimate result will
- zine alone VIII tell but il looks more and
--7-z As though Travis and Douglas would face
ss-- other n the finals Both played hawlessIy
II Yesterdays matches. Travis making rec
ard n g for The 1rst nine holes. Douglas had the
least exa1rns contest ot the four but while never
--ver he displayed force and confidence that
z--- weI Tor his ultimate success. Fairly judged
--= CAV developed the brilliant and attractive
-.ar o. the week, and thar IS saying g good deal
TIE crowd was not so large the merit OF
roIt deserved A mistake has evidently been
g-ase II choosing July for the championship,
though al O1wentsia year ago The crowds were
enormous The fact that people have already scat
tered t1r the SUMMER doubt explains the small
attendance The committee, however, IS still conf
5e-- thar today and to-morrow's rounds viii be
as popular SIS those q any previous championship
sr5 they are making elaborate preparations 70 en-
rs--zt- -1e visitors The day was tnsunerabIy hot
a. added tacrcr against the attendance-and there
vas scarcely breath o. wind 70 relieve the glare
q RE SUI The showers Of the previous day had
frightened NJ the turf and added considerably TO
-he tone Cf The greens which have been baked and
rrz-rIs5 on 81 the week so that II this respect
IRE players were well favored
Briefly put The days doings included the victory
C Hartman over HoIlins, Douglas over Stuart
lakewood over Reid and Travis over Hitchcock
r summarize again, II was golf q wonderful con
s.s-ency and vlgor occasionally brilliant, but more
leaves green n On the whole, the honors
rested with Douglas and Travis
Travis. sriI hugging his huge umbrella was one
q me first 70 start He was paired with Hitch
cock The yale lad who had gwen Tyng such e
6ruc1.-E On Wednesday. Both drove the bunker
and were close 10 the green II 2 Hitchcock was
dead OF his put and hOled oUt II 4 while Travis.
who had an eight foot put 20 naive missed and
l9s- IRE hole On the second, where Travis made
such e brilliant . against Be-kw-th or the previ-
---E zE-ef- e
s-zs- drove The green, while Travis slashed past u
with his cIeek landing II the sandpiL on the fur
lher side and taking 70 hole cut.
Thus sz- The Tale lad had played in fawIess
STYLE hui On the third he pu- hls second shot into
ne bunker and IN playing out he oTerdrove the
greer Travis quick 70 take advantage Of
the opening and after reaching the green II 2 he
-7r the hole al 70 :. Then came the long 5o2
ys-. fourth hole and here again the seasoned
game Il The older man won out Travis did the
hole r bog1e 3. Hitchcock overrunning the cup
OF ths@4E
T5e -t-h measures 2s3 yards and IS capital test
q, a1rroach plays Each made the green n but
Travis hs- the better position ana he made the
most q T. b running down ren-fOot put for 5-a
stroke under bogte- On the sixth he made another
{ winning nat also. Travis was now at his best
and swinging along with the precision OF q well
oiled machine The seventh IS called q S4o-yard
noe ve- Travis made Il II strokes under boyle,
scoring on 9 ftry-yard rlid-ron approach that
dropped neatly INTO rhe cup Such a game as this
would have beaten even Fardon, and t1itchcoch'
while beating bogie q stroke himself, was no match
for il
IN fact. ths Tale man showed signs q weakening
under rhe pounding he was getting On the eighth
he dove inc TIE rough and missed his only carce
q having. Travis made another bogte and got
rhe hole Facing the ninth Travis fairly SUI
passe5 himself going down II and breaking tn9
record t5r TIE h-s- nine holes On Tuesday harrl-
nan established e new record OF 36 fer this cls-
tz-ce bu- Travis lowered f- one stroke with his %
Hitchcock had rather hard luck on the nlnth a
II r---1ed The cup for a J
Turning for home. therefore. Travis was up.
although Hitchcock had gone out IN 4e-a score 70
have M hl-- On even terms under ordinary con-
arl11s Tl-s 5ogte breaking pace gave IraFls l--s
tso-h II WcLe the next rTo were ha-Ved n . a-o
4 regpec-.vely Travis drove into the rough on the
fve hundred yard thirteenth hole but rnaraged 70
halve u n g Hitchcock was now irrevocasiy down.
Tie aex- -vo went 70 Travis. who was tnen up
L uone-tarv check was given him on the SIX
Ieer-n where ne hooked into the long grass and
later 5verrsn the green into the bunker Hltch-
cock was On The green n and won at . 70 o
TIE szvsr-een-h was halved II 5. and the nome
aoe went 70 Hitcacock. . 70 The hIst nan
ended therefore with Travis up
After re interval for luncheon they went al Il
again. Travis was fortunate IN having established
his advantage 50 decidedly, for II THIS ha41 F7-c'
cock ned MS own admirably. The first hole went
70 Ei-ctcock II e bogle !; the next three were
hzlve6 and then Hitchcock won again, this time
n sp-e1G-5 g. The sixth and seventh were
sp-- OF even terms. and the next TWO went 70
Travis 80 raa- at the rwe1ty-seventh the score
stood j-s- where Il had been al the start -le
tenth wzg hsEved IN 3 Hitchcock gor the eleventh
ire 1ec- was az-ved, and then Travis hnsneo mat
te-E by Winning the thirteenth and taxing L1e
nzrcE. 1P and 10 play The only d-sappo-'4LlHg
feature u The entire contest was IfaV-s -a--1-7
70 break The record IN the morning halt- perhaps
L- may % Il today
TIE uat-1 between lockwood and helo pf0'eo
even more sensational lockwood went OUT II %
snc finished with & total q s. within TWO
E-roks @: rle record Reid played almost perfect
E-- OF r1e outward journey, scoring o. yo-sL e
159r They .zLred the first Two holes, ana @ L-tTL
-oekwooc galoped away from ms p -Ies f0
opponent. LzklEg both the next Two L-oLeS u
elee- U1.ca is stroke under bogls Fec ,S55 LllSl5
$50 = get ne EfrH u a peI-SSIt : ne other two
were La-.e1 Ia 1 each the rounded Inc L-l-- L-
--Ce grand recot e.yi - s--T ? oCCrood's lead
SO eleventh n each. cutting --D~h-9.S- -
aez- Y : . Stroke better than bogie. ana t got
80 h-s original Lead on the -o-l ICED r6e
sxtee--h and seventeenth went 70 Helo, 1-- 80 1
re home hole was halved in :. the HaoIH4i-e P-A'
Ine most remarkable part OF the fHAtsh fHAs $3.50
- .I1cheor Reid was ! COY GOWN ,S55 w. rfr at this
tl-cz- moment made his most serious - -. -
-e day he topped MS drive into ne Po.I,s - -
. ard lied the match The e1clLeileAl 80 q n
pm rsn high. Three more holes were p4GtsTiI tsij -
-s effort 70 decide the tie, but each was naIseu,
&c II Was not until Reid got into the pu4kef on On
N9sz Init not often reached n championship,
B-sIf1s1 showed able form asa:LSl - yoEi-g r nd
-9Lay The morning cards were run oul "a q ei-i @
essle-.ly even figures but t1sTIl5A577 y 49, 5- 1rsf
slls holes TO-DAY he viii be paired with Douglas.
yaEeutsls rhsv met In similar cham pionshlp.
Gs1 Il that time Douglas held me s lILT, ,5 - 80
= thar the ex-champion would square the olu
st2zrr ~ E5r,7,s-o- rbe last ot the college boys