The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-06
COLE At GARDEN CITY.

| HdlneHt ldSt MOHuuy Oh lie 1ttIueH
| City links only four remain to fight 1t
out for the honor of holding the anna
teur championship Of the United States.
These are Herbert M. Hartman of the
Meadowbrook club, the present champi-
on; Findlay S. Douglas Of the Fairfield
County club, Greenwich, Conn, the
champion of '9S; Walter j. Travis of
the Oakland club, Long Island and A.
G. Lockwood an English player, who
has made Boston his home These play
ers are known as the big four in this
! tournament, and since they began last
Monday they have been picked by the
! experts to be close up az the finish. All
four represent different nationalitias
! Hartman is an American, Douglas Is u
| Scotchman, Travis an Australian and
Lockwood an Englishman by birth
| Hartman, who is the present champion
is really the only homebred player in
| the quartette and Travis might be also
said to be home bred, as be learned the
game in this country. Douglas has to
links in Scotland for his thorough
knowledge of the game, and Lockwood,
who represents the Allston club of Bos-
ton, picked up the rudiments of golf
over English links.
When play was resumed this morn
ing four young American players were
the opponents of the four above mon
toned, and the result was that, While
the native born colegians We're defeat
ed, they put up such a splendid game
that par golf and better had to be play
ed by the winners in order to keep the
younger element out of the semi-linal
rounds, John Reid il, formerly cham
pion of Yale university forced Lock
wood go closely that the Eng.ishmnn
was forced to play four extra holes,
making in all forty holes before he sue
cumbed to the Briton.
Travis carried sensation n his
morning play by establishing a new
record Of thirty-flve for the nine holes,
which is one stroke better than the
record made by Douglas yesterday. His
opponent, Hitchcock of Point Judith, r.
T., covered the first half of the morning
round in 40 and was five down on the
turn for home This was wonderful
golf for both men. Coming home In the
morning round, Travis had a chance Of
making new record, as at the last
hole had he made it in four he would
have covered the eighteen holes in n,
which would have been one better than
Douglas did yesterday. In his drive for
the eighteenth hole Travis pulled slight
ly and overdrove the green, his ball
landing in the road. He took two to
get out and had about a ten-foot put
to make the hole in II, but he missed
the put and duffed on his next attempt,
taking six to hold out, while Hitchcock
was down in four. The poor putting on
the part of Travis on this hole robbed
him of record which would have stood
for many a day
In the first round of the days play
Douglas played against John Stuart of
Princeton and Chicago, and finished up
with Stuart four down for eighteen
holes. Playing the second half the
Seotchman increased his lead and won
out by nine up and eight to play.
Champion Hartman and Harry Il.
Hollns, jr., We're pretty even for the
first nine holes of the morning play,
but at the finish Of the first eighteen
holes the champion was three up on
the Westbrook player. In the afternoon
Hollins fell back in his game and was
defeated by Hartman, who finished
with five up and three to play.
The feature of the day was the extra
ordinary showing made by John Reid,
jr., in his dual with Lockwood in the
afternoon. Lockwood was one up on
the morning round, but Reid was full
Of confidence when he started out for
his afternoon journey over the links
The Engishman won the nineteenth
hole in four to five, but Reid cut the
twentieth in two to three. Then they
alterlpted in winning holes until they
arrived at the thirty sixth, which Reid
won in three to five, making the score
all square at the end of the round It
then became necessary for the men to
play off until either one should gain an
Reid played in splendid form aud |
had the first, second and third holes of
the play off in four, tire and five re-
sps ctively. On the next hole, however
Reid came to grief, and the Englishman
won the HDie ana lIldlcn ny llVe TO sew |
an, which made him one up and entitled |
him to tax part tomorrow in the semi |
finals in which he will meet Travis. |
Douglas and Hartman will also meet in |
The semi-finals and the wise golfers look |
TO Douglas and Travis as the men who |
will battle in the final rounds ON Satur- |
lay, the winner Of which viii be the |
champion amateur golfer of the United |
States for 19C0-0t
The summary on medal play basis fol- |
cWs: II NJ Hartman, Mcadowbrook, |
morning; out AS In 42, total 81, after
loon out 81, in 81 for holes. Total 81;
.otal G8, day total, 155
H. &. Helms, ir.. Westbroo5, morn
ng: Out A. in 40. Total, 49, Afternoons:
Out AZ, in 81 for 6 holes Total "A; dav
otal l67; by F. holes not layed.
A. G. Lockwood, Allston club. Boston,
Morning. out 36, in %; total Il. After
noon, out Al, in AZ; total 49, Day total.
10; extra holes. AZ, 55-17
John Reid, jr., st. Andrews. morning:
Out 49, in 40; total 80. Afternoon, out
2, in As: total 81: day total 1Go; extra
loles, A3 57-1o.
Walter J. Travis, Oakland, L. + morn
ng: Out rs, In "a; total 10 Afternoon,
tn, A