New-York tribune., 1901-05-24

Travis in background. at Apawamis GOLF Club
that could he expected. The care of three and n
half miles of sward I'm a championship meeting
means small amount of labor. and too much
cannot he said in praise OF the energy and care
with which Maturin Ballou the Apawamis captain
has fulfilled the task
There were plenty of matches to stir their er-
thuSasm. on the opening day II had been stroke
play; yesterday it was hole play. and to a golhnS
crowd the change Is always appreciated Hole
play is man against man with the loser out. and
the battles waged yesterday were of the spectacu
lar kind. Emmet. of Garden City had the hottest
kind of a fight with McCawley. OF Lakewood. in
the morning. only winning the twenty third
green. In the afternoon he met Robbins. of ST.
Andrews and here again he forced 10 the last
green win. Mathews and Clark had to play
twenty-five holes TO settle first round tie. and
then Mathews ran down a ten-foot put and stole
the hole and the match. Carpenter another Lake
wood veteran. fought 4. II. Larkin. OF Nutley. to
the nineteenth green and then saved the match hy
a stroke. while Janin the Staten Island champion.
finished by the narrow margin Of up Cory.
the Florida cK-champlon. Reed. OF Montclair. had
equally keen going with Taylor the Dyker Meadow
representative who held his own until the seven
tecnth, when a badly driven third struck tree
and landed the ball in water trough. Taylor was
beaten up and 10 play.
The notable incident OF the day. however. was
the complete downfall OF Hamilton. the low score
man IN the qualifying round. Douglas met him
in the afternoon and made a runaway match Of
it up ard TO pay-an extraordinary finish for
a medal winner II the gallery" match OF
the day.
douglas had the honor. but made a OF his
drive. Both the green In and there
Hamilton laid his opponent a stymie There was
nothing for Douglas do but jump it. Taking his
mashie. the Nassau lifted the ball and dropped
it sweetly into the cup-a bit OF skfuness that
called forth generous applause and the hole.
Douglas got the also, > 10 6. ON the third.
Hamilton topped his drive into the gully and the
would have cost him the hole had Douglas
not missed easy put for I. As II was. the hole
was halved in s. The next was halved one also,
this time In T. The NTH hole is pretty iron
shot to bowl shaped green Both were on from
the tee. but Douglas again missed put for "A half
and the hole went to Hamton-the first he had
Wor in the match. Facing the sixth, Douglas
sliced into the rough. hut well out his
ond and the hole halved in j. on the seventh.
Douglas sent beautiful second TO the green. which
Hamilton reached on the odd. Douglas got the
hoe To . making him 3 up. Hamilton. who; by
me way, mad Davis. the Apawamls professional as
caddie. seemed completely demoralized by his OPP
Drove into the 6unkS the 6a andng ay andeT e
the base OF the cop 1t cost him two to get out.
Hamilton again topped into the rough only fifteen
yards from the tee losing the hole by to !, Doug
The tenth was his at to >. on the next Hamilton
landing among the Rocks ks at the edge OF the ditch
That hole he lost TO :. and as the twelfth was
Earlier in the day hamilton had met net Wat,
IdEIOr, ana thOugh ne won. up ana 10 play, the
match told on him more than generally
posed Taylor plays clean. fast game. fun of
brilliant strokes. and with proper training will be
heard from in later championships. Douglas, on
the other hand had enjoyed a comparatively easy
victory over Daniel Chauncey. of Dyker Meadow
who was beaten up and TO play This partly
plains the later outcome.
Travis opened the forenoon with victory over
Singer. in which he went out In IL. record for that
distance. following it later with ding-dong match
with MenZies, who badly worsted
Seeley, the young Wee Burn golfer came
second on Wednesdays qualifying list was equally
successful first with Marsellus and later with
Michael Mathews, the home star. took a cIevcry
earned match from Tying by up. running down a
thirty-foot put on the home green to do It, Car
penter, who only hand when putting
rounded out his day Of Victories by defeating Janin
at the same point. Two more close finishes closed
the afternoon Macdonald winning from OConnor
by up and Emmet from Robbins by up.
To-day the pairing Will bring Macdonald and
Douglas together in what is likely prove the
most sensational match of the morning Carpenter
Will meet Mathews, Seeley will play Emmett and
Travis will play Reid. the survivors meeting In the
afternoon In the sem-fnals In addition, there is TO
be club pair fOursome, I'm which each club In the
association Is privileged 10 enter many teams of
two IL desires The leading cards of Yesterdays
morning round follow