New-York tribune., 1901-09-13

records offer no criterion Of what be expected
tomorrow.
Douglas was beaten putting last year. and
twelve months have witnessed vast improve
ment in his game ir this respect. Travis. the
other hand has heightened his stroke, and. though
his game to-day was not as polished as usual his
exhibition Is d whole has been the better OF the
two. Whatever the result, the winner Will have
far from easy path the championship.
Seeley ana Egan represent the younger element
IN amateur golf and each has a record ~ expect
The latter IS a seventeeu-year-oid schooboy who
enters Harvard this outh. He has The hope Of
the West bound up IN hia success. foF, with the
defeat OF Holabird and Macdonald yesterday. he Is
left It's sole representative Seeley beat Travis
IN the Metropolitan seml-hnas. ana Will stand
some hard going before he IS put out.
Each of the four had hts mettle tried to-day In
a way that seldom happens IN third round play.
Percy Pyne and Percy Jennings The former OF
Princeton and the latter from Yale made telling
scores. Pyne met Egan. and was only beaten BY
eighth FOR the put the thrty-sixth green.
Jennings paired with Travis. and the character
OF play is best told by ,he score IN The morning
half. when he had the champion down. They told
me-" said Travis afterward that 7 could take II
easy. but 1t wasn't rest cure by any means" Al
the end Travis was only up. with : 20 90. Jen-
nings is merely sub the Yale team but he
lasted out three of the regular men-EIitchcock.
Myers and Byers-and played the champion In
stronger form than any he has vet met II
there are more such substitutes at Yale the Var
sity team might be retired without loss.
II turns out that New-York may have the credit
for this clever young Yale man. Though entered
from the Noun: Anthony Golf Club of Bennington
Centre. VI, mis- summer home his real residence Is
Manhattan and after his game to-day he was
claimed by the New Yorl.ers. As fo- Dorglas ne
too had something OF Livingston, OF West
Brook, was hts opponent and the fact that the first
ten holes OF the afternoon round were halved IN
almost faultiess figures shows the calibre OF the
play Douglas won finally by up and to play.
Charles Seeley drew lockwood. Boston's sole
representative left by Wednesdays round The
match all square at the end OF the first haif
but Lockwood down as the afternoon pro
gressed and was finally beaten 2 up and to play.
The West consequently has but IN 20
morrow's semi-faals. while the East has three 4
preponderance Of strength that makes the remol al
Of the cup a remote possibility. Egan may best
seeley' though shrewd judges say he cannot; but
even then he must beat Douglas Travis and the
double task is beyond his ability.
a strong wind which blew half n gale in the
afternoon was an unpleasant factor in the play,
though serving to show the converts OF the new
golf ball which has created such furore this
week that its qualities all that have been
claimed Against hard blow it's lighter makeup
renders II less speedy, and its carrying power IS
partially destroyed. The wind brought rain clouds
but only few drops fell. and the crowds remained
on the course until the end
IN the forenoon Travis started out with Jennings.
followed by throng Of onlookers which increased
eighth hole the champion was four down, and
th9ugh ne got the next, Jennings had lead OF
8 holeS when the two stopped for luncheon The
nrst OF the afternoon holes was haved IN D. Travis
got the next, but Jennings had recovered his old
lead when the third green was passed
The fourth hole Is a short one-lS2 yards. Both
We're opposite sides Of the green their drives.
Jennings short mis- approach put. while
Travis overran. Jennings missed his chance for a
half, and Travis got the hole to 1.
Farming the nth against the wind, Jennings
pulledhiS second, brasse, and was short on his
approach. On the green Travis laid him half
stynie. and at to Z, leaving Jennings only !
up. This was quickly made AL square, when
Jennings topped into the bunker from the sixth tee
and Il en- turned o up in the champions favor on
the next where Jennings nubbed his br4ssie in the
sand pit
The next TWO were halved, and then TRAVIS naue
the score up in his favor by taking the tentn
and eleventh each in par 3. Al the sixteenth
Travis was 2 up and TO go, and the next hole
settled the match Jennings missed hts drive, re
peated the error with his brasse and took . 70
the green Travis. who had meanwhile played MS
second from the face of bunker. dead In
and at to 6, giving him the match by up
and play.
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