Evening star., 1901-09-21
TRAVIS IN THE LEAD
Looks as if He Would Hold Golf
Championship.
CLEVER MATCH At ATLANTIC City
Egan, His Opponent. Held Him
Closely All Through.
THE SEQ r ES M A D E

ATLANTIC CITY, September 21.-It looks
as IL Travis would again be champion.
After having been postponed for week
owing to the death Of President Mckinley,
the golf match between Walter J. Travis,
the champion, and Walter Egan OF Chicago
for the amateur championship OF the United
States Golf Association was begun this
morning on the links Of the Atlantic City
Golf Club at @Northfield. There was only
small attendance at the opening Of play
Although experts believe that Travis Will
retain the championship, there are some
who expect the western player to give him
a hard battle, IL. indeed. he does not defeat
him. Egan, during the tournament, has
proved himself a good, steady player. His
defeat of Seeley In the semf-inals last
week was brilliant performance and won
him many admirers. Both men have taken
hard practice during the past week.
A fog hung over the links during the
early morning, and the heavy dew made
the links just a tri1e wet The sun came
course was soon dry. The air was cold,
and everybody wore a top coat. Travis and
Egan came out early and practiced some
before starting the match.
Play Starts at 9.4O A. M.
Play was started at 9:4O o'clock. Tho
champion had the honor and his tee drive
was twenty yards better than that Of Egan.
Both overran the green In their approach,
but on two good puts they halved the hole
in four. Travis again outdrove the western
man on the tee off for the second hole.
Egans approach fell short, while Travis
again overran the green. They tried hard
to hole out in four, but it took five to do 1t
and the hole was halved.
Egans opening drive to the next hole
lacked direction and he got into the long
grass. In trying to straighten himself out
he made matters worse by getting behind
several trees.
Travis reached the green In three pretty
strokes and holed out in four by brilliant
2O-foot put. 1t took Egan six to hole out
This made Travis one up.
Travis landed his tee drive to the sourth
hole on the edge of the green. Egan's fell
fifty feet shorter. He approached we'll.
however, and made the hole in four. Travis
had a chance to hole out in three, but he
trimmed the cup. and 1t took HIM five to
get in the hole, thus making the match all
even.
About Equal at Fifth Hole.
There was not much difference in the
first two drives of the men to the fifth hole,
except that the champion mad the better
direction. The latter put his third shot
right on one corner Of the green, while
Egan's fell short. Another short stroke
each landed them near the edge Of the cup
Both missed on their next, and the hole
was divided in six strokes.
Both men got into trouble on their way
to the sixth hole. Travis tee drive struck
tree and he landed in a bunker. Egan. too.
got into the bunker, but not through strik-
ing the tree. The champion made beauti-
full approach and holed out on al short put
in four, Egan taking Ave to negotiate the
hole. This again put Travis IN the lead.
A wide and deep sand pit lies directly in
front Of the seventh hole, and they played
their drives with great caution. They
cleared the hazard safely and landed four
feet from the hole in four strokes each.
Their fifth missed, and then the champion
missed another easy chance to score by
trimming the cup, and 1t was his opponent 8
hole in six, which again made the match
all square. Travis was dead on the green
In his opening drive to the eighth hole,
while Egan was little short The latter,
however. approached well and managed to
halve the hole in three. '.'s't't -
Both Make Good Drives
Both men made good tee drives on their
way to the ninth. On the second shot,
however, Travis got into another bunker.
Egan had better fortune and cleared it.
The latter held his advantage by a neat ap-
proach and made the hole in five to Travis
six. This made, the western man one up
for the outward journey. The card:
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Travis used his iron club on the tee-off
for the tenth hole and was we'll on the
green. Egan landed on the edge with a
wooden club drive. They were dead on in
their second and halved the hole in three
Their progress to the next hope was q
repetition of the tenth, both men holinR
out In three In par golf
Travis seemed a trifle careless going to
the twelfth hole and hit into a bunker.
Egan also got into a bunker but his an
fine ha hA holo =
Travis took the thirteenth hole by a won
derful approach after a bad drive. He won
by to 5.
He also won the fourteenth hole. Each
was on the green In three, but, Eean
trimmed the cup and Travis holed out in 4
to Egan's 6. This made them all even,
Egan won the fifteenth hole, chiefly be-
cause OF poor put by the champion. This
but matters were all even at the sixteenth
hole, when by wonderful approach of
seventy yards Travis placed his ball within
Egan's 4. ~
Egan's approach for the seventeenth hole
was short, and Travis won the hole in 5.
This put Travis l up.
Travis got into bunker playing for the
last hole Of the morning round and Egan
evened the match by taking the hole & to
The card for the second half of the mS-n.
Ing play follows:
Egan ...............3 8 &c 6 9 80
In the afternoon round Travis was one
up at the third hole.
Travis took the fourth hole through mis-
cradle work on Egan's part The latter
took the fifth, making the Chicago player
one down.
The sixth hole went to the Chicagoan,
making the match all even.
Egan was unable to get over the bunkers
safely, and lost the seventh and eighth
holes making him down.
The ninth was halved. making the match
Travis 2 up for the first nine holes. The
card:
Travis. ........... 4 8 6 4 A43
Egan............ 8 5b6 85 $40
Travis won the tenth and eleventh holes
The match now stands: Travis. 4 up. with
only seven to go.
FRANCHISE TRANSFERRED.