Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-15
PLAYING FINE COLE
Travis and Vardon Smashing Records
on the Links.
LEAGUE BASE BALL RECORD
Corbett Arrives at Queenstown and
Denies His Wife's Charges.
PORTS IN GENE AL

Walter J. Travis. the present amateur and
New York golf champion. gave evidence
yesterday in the final for the chief cup at
Tuxedo that when necessary he has plenty
Of reserve force. Pitted against Louis Liv-
ingston, jr., he not only won by up and
to play but knocked down all records. pro-
fessional and amateur, by completing the
round in seventy-one.
The young Westbrook amateur. who last
year came within an ace Of lowering Her.
bert M. Harriman's colors when the latter
was at the top of his game, stemmed the
tide as we'll as was possible. and under the
conditions any other amateur In the coun-
try, except perhaps Findlay Douglas, would
have had to acknowledge defeat at a much
earlier stage. And In sticking to such q
redoubtable player the less experienced
amateur proved beyond all question that he
Is entitled to rank among the very best In
the country. But for bad luck to the home
hole Livingston would have followed close
upon Travis footsteps in the record-break-
ing line and his friends and the big crowd
which followed the match showered as
many congratulations upon him as on the
champion. Scores follow:
Travis, out. ........5 4 3 5 4 3 4 s35
Livingston. out....5 ( 5 4 45 40
Travis. in. .........4 3 3 8 4 S36-7l
Livingston. in. 80, a 3 4 5 4 6-36-76
In the semi-final round in the morning Mr.
Travis was pitted against E. M. Byers, the
young Yale representative, who on the pre-
vious day had established a record of 75
The champion Ekoved equal to the occa-
sion and; going out in 49, was up at the
turn. The Yale representative, however.
stuck to his task, and playing the fifteenth
hole was 1 up. A fine four from Travis,
however. SQUARED matters and Byers. una
day for. the, next two holes, lost the match
by 2 up and to play. Score:
Travis, out. .....4 5 5 8 2-3S
Byers, out. .........5 B 4 o g 3-42
Byers. in...........4 / a4S5 Is $40
Louis Livingston qualified for the final by
defeating George q. Armstrong by I'D and
l to play. The young Westbrook player
outclassed the Fox Hills representative, and
showed beyond question that the latter
should never have defeated him recently in
the first round for the Staten Island cham
pionship
American Cyclists Ahead.
The grand race of the nations at Paris
yesterday was won by American cyclists.
Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria,
Belgium, France and Holland also COM
peted, each country being represented by
three men. Cooper, Mcfarland and Banker
constituted the American team. The dis
lance was 500 metres.
In the preliminary heat America defeated
the semf-finai heat America won from
Italy by the same score.
The purse was $500 francs, divided into
individual prizes. and three prizes for the
winning team. The marking was by team
and by points.
The French team, composed Of Jacquelin,
Bourrillon and Loubet, disputed the final
with the Americans, the latter winning al
though the French crack, Jacquelin, fin
ished first, in minutes II les seconds.
Cooper was second. Mcfarland third,
Bourrillon fourth, Banker fifth and Loubet
sixth. '-.E tf'' 'tSEETt.
Maher- Too Much for JenOrds.
Peter Maher completely outclassed Jim"
Jeffords of California In the two rounds of
what was to have been a six-round fight,
at the Pennsylvania Art Club, Philadel-
phia, last night. At no stage Of the fight
did the Californian show any cleverness.
Maher scored his first knockdown in the
first round. with a left on the jaw. JEFF
fords was evidently weak at the end of the
round and when he met the Irishman in
the second round Maher went at him and
scored three knockdowns In quick success
sion.
1t being evident that Jeffords could not
stand another punch, although he made
every effort to get to his feet, the referee
stopped the fight.