Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-27
Travis Beats Watson ~ in semi-Final
Round for, Presidents Cup.
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Walter j. Travis, the critics had pre-
| dicted, defeated Robert c. Watson, IT., yes
| terday in the semi-final round for the Presi-
dents cup on the rain-soaked links of the
Shinnecock Hills On. y Golf Club. In the
other match Roderick Terry, jr. beat Chas
| Hitchcock. jr., the present Yale champion.
In addition to these two matches a club
pair foursome was in progress. 1t brought
out some excellent club pairs, and was
won by R. c. Watson. jr., and H. B. Hol-
Inns. jr, of the Westbrook Club, whose
best ball was ~
1t Is not often, fortunately, that golfers
are called upon to tramp over the links
| in eager competition for silver cups and
glory under as disagreeabe conditions as
We're present yesterday. While the games
themselves were full of sport, they also pre-
sented many ludicrous features, and the
pile of logs burning cheerily in the mems
locker room was the most comforts BILE
greeting that could be extended to the
soaked contestants. Not q man who played
IN the morning returned to the club house
with an inch OF dry clothing upon him.
Hitchcock and Terry left rivulets of water
behind them they tramped down the
club piazza. and De Witt Cochrane, who
caddied for Hitchcock, said the amount of
water that had found entrance into his
red sweater made it feel as heavy as lead
Most of the players We're provided with
umbrellas. under whose cover they were
chielded from the pelting rain as they
RUGGED toward the ball after each stroke.
Two or three fearless women clad in
long mackintoshes We're included in the
small crowd that followed in the wake of
Travis and Watson. Expectancy ran high
IN this match. as 1t was only three weeks
ago. In the Garden City championship that
travis beat Watson in holly played con-
test by up and to play. Watson has
been been anxious ever since TO square accounts
tIoh -,
man s friends hoped to see the chance come
yesterday Their hopes underwent a shock
at the first hole, when Watson half TONED
ms dr,Ve, and, putting poorly, took s for
the hole to a DOGGY for Travis The lat
ter was hole high. 231 yards in = The sec
ond was halved in ;, each missing A five
root put for 4. Travis won the third hole
Watson drove his ball on the roi,ro.d
track, the ball lodging about six inches
from one of the rails. His niblick shot
tailed to get the ball out and broke the
n1b!1ck The third shot reached the ton of
the bank and good put gave WATSON a Z
Inc next was halved in DOGGY T. and then
the champion won two in succession, the
lfth hole however, being miserable golf for
both. watson pulled his drive and the ba II
fell Into the railroad cut His second shot
only half cleared the bank and he needed
! to reach the turf. Travis having driven
snort OF the bunker, made an abominable
iron shot, and with the bunker ONLY ten
yards from him, went into it. The hole Is
the shortest on the course, IG2 wards vet
Travis took > and Watson G. The seventh
was halved, and Watson again went into
the railroad cut on the eighth hole, losing
that. and Travis finished the nine holes.
five In the lead. The champions confidence
was well shown at the tenth and twelfth
holes. which he gave UP. On the former he
pulled his drive and his second hooked the
ball into a mass Of scrubby brush. Watson
giving momentary exhibition Of his best
game. won the hole in 4. par golf Travis
topped his driveFaon the twelfth, the ball
rolling barely fifty yards, and Watson be-
ing close to the green, aI3 yards the former
picked up. Travis made a mastery APP
preach shot on the thirteenth. halving the
hole. and when he won the fifteenth the
game came to an end with the champion
in the ascendancy by up and to play.
The Terry-Hitchcock contest was prac-
tically Yale golf match for Terry. pre-
vtous to his graduation year ago. was the
university champion, and Hitchcock now
holds that honor. Terry won by up and 3
to play. Honors were even on the eleventh
green, and then Terry won four holes in
succession. The game was finished in a
torrent of rain. and the greens had an inch
more Of standing water. Skillful putting
therefore out of the question but not
withstanding this Terry made of the last
four holes in DOGGY figures. Hitchcock's
putting went off badly toward the end. and
his defeat was primarily due to that weak
ness.