New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
GOLF.
TRAVIS LEADS IN THE GARDEN CITY
CHAMPIONSHIP.
MEADOW BROOK MAN WINS THE CUP FOR THE
BEST SCORE AND MAKES NEW REC
ORD FOR THE LINKS.
THE CUP FOR THE

cup far Travis and a new record for the links.
the supremacy of the homehred type Of golfers and
a champion in the ruck. These the things
that marked the opening round in the National
amateur golf championship at Garden City yester-
day. Gathered the links which is evolve the
new champion were more than hundred OF the
best golfers In the land At the top. when the
play over, Walter J. Travis, calm and
imperturba BILE ever, but with the prize for
which all had been struggling and with record
of 81 for the course. which beat Douglass score
by stroke
To get all these players through without mis-
hap required able and early start Robert
b. Kerr, whose experience in such affairs qualities
him for the place better perhaps. than any one
else took charge of the work of getting the
couples off. and few minutes before seven the
first pair had faced the tie and off II will
be long struggle. Six days Of thirty-siX holes
each is the ordeal and the man who passes
through 1t successfully will to have qualities
of endurance and steadiness not usually con-
sdered necessary In a golfers makeup judging
by yesterdays result. Travis stands a chance OF
winning out better than any other. Douglas and
Lockwood, the one from Scotland and the other
from England, both outplayed. while Harri-
man finished 13 strokes below the winner. And
these have been the men about whom there has
been much talk
A perfect day. clear. calm and cool, links In
fauItess TRIM ideal arrangements, a throng OF
enthusiastic spectators and competitors whose
prowess has made them familiar the country over
combined render the occasion the most pllii-
liant and successful held under the auspices
of the United States Golf Association. Not a
single incident occurred to mar the days dongs
AS the chimes Of the nearby cathedral at St Pauls
toued the hour of the first pair were away and
that time until dusk the players followed each
other in rapid succession. The Greens Committee
aided by a corps Of assistants saw that each
couple were provided with scorer. and the ar
rangements for the comfort OF the visitors all
that could be desired.
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Even those who nothing for the struggle
for the championship the sight will we'll repay the
visit to Garden City Gayly decked tents occupy
every available about the clubhouse and
with the crowds that surround the ropes the links
is interesting sight The tournament is TO con-
tlnue through Saturday, closing with the final
round for the cup
Some of the green's showed the result OF their
hard usage in the last few days. but the club had
force of men scattered over the course by day
light. and of the turf excellent. The
care OF three four miles of lawn means small
amount OF labor, with the most abundant
facilities and too much cannot be said in praise
Of the and energy with which the committee
has fulfilled its duties. Golfers have learned TO
know that what the Garden City Golf Club under
takes is well and thoroughly done, and not the
least part of its success thus far has been the
admirable way IN which it has taken care Of its
Put briefly. the programme yesterday called for
double round in which the best thirty-two
players qualified for the subsequent rounds AT
match play. IN all, 1O3 started the morning
half Of whom about twenty withdrew before the
day closed. Traviss total vas 166 Next him
came r. c. Watson. jr, the clever young golfer
from westbrook, who did 169. Sttllrnan of New
port, followed 175. and after him came Douglas.
who year ago held the championship against
all corners. Tied with him az 156 was z. NJ. Byers,
of Yale who is entered from the Allegheny Country
Club
In fact, all the college boys ably sustained their
regulations and the most gratifying feature Of the
entire day this admirable showing OF what
may be called the home bred class. Hubbard, OF
Harvard; Pyne, Of Primo atoa; Hitchcock, OF Yale,
and Stuart, of Princeton, we're all included among
the lucky thirty-two. while several Of the school
boys. and notably HolIns and seeley. did capital
work. Hollins qualified at 1S2, and Seeley IL.
comparison with those from the home belt VIII
lam Waller, of Onwentsia: Herbert Leeds. of BOs-
ton; H. J. Johnson, of Chicago; Carnegie, of Pitts
burg; Lineaweaver and Wright, Of Philadelphia;
10 make place in the eligible class. A G. Lock
wood. Of whom much was expected, did only $50,
while Reginald Brooks of Newport who was
Har!mau's up in the Metropolitan two
years ago, and Stuart Stckney OF St Louis, barely
managed to slip into the first class
that FIVE had qualified COR the last four places.
The tie Will be played off this morning, when the
fifth wheel as one man dubbed him. Will drop
out The measurements OF the course and the
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