The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-18
TRAVIS PLAYS GOLF.
PUTS ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS,
PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR,
In THE SHADE
BEATS THE BOOZE SCORE
Negotiates WestbrOOl< Links, Full
Eighteen-HoIe Course. Twice in
154 strokes Each Time
Around.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Walter J. Travis,
of the Garden City Golf club, and anna
teur golf champion of the United States
for the last two years. smashed all rec
ords, professional and amateur, today IN
the invitation tournament of the West
brook Golf club near Great River, L. I.
Yesterday he won the gold medal for
the best score in the qualifying round
at medal play, making the four rounds
of the nine-hole course, thirty-six holes
in ALL in 160 strokes. Today in the first
and second rounds-~at eighteen holes
match play he made the unprecedented
score of 154 strokes each time. This
is the best performance, either amateur
or professional, at thirty-six holes ever
made on this side of the Atlantic. 1t is
the first time forty has been beaten On
each of the nine-hole rounds over Il
course of standard length in the United
States.
The regular playing length of the West
brook links is 1852 yards, but in order
to make the course more difficult for this
tournament. some of the tees have been
set back so that the actual playing length
over which Mr. Travis played was 3,ei3
yards This change brings the course
up to the standard playing length of the
championship links abroad and the rec
ord which Travis made today is unpreee-
dented, as it is twenty-siX under Elves,
or, in other words, ten over .fours. In
July last Stewart Gardner, the profess
sional of the Garden City Golf club,
in competition with big field of brother
professionals, made the rounds of the
Westbrook links in 157 for thirty-six
holes, so that Travis, by his wonderful
work today, has clearly demonstrated
that his recent visit during the summer
months to links in Scotland has borne
fruit. He is at all times a studious and
obServant golfer. His work all through
the course is machine-like in accuracy
and while he uses a lively ball, he has
lessened the force of his swing so that
he seems to command the progress of
the little rubber sphere within small
margin of certainty.
Louis Livingston Jr, of the Westbrook
club. made the best showing, closely fol-
lowed by Charles H. Seeley, of the Wee
burn club, of Connecticut, each of whom
survived the first and second rounds
and these two will meet tomorrow in the
semi-final round. This should prove to
be a very close game, but Livingston
ought to win on his showing so far in the
tournament.
John NJ Ward, who some years ago
had a national and, in fact, worldwide,
reputation as a baseball player, is the
in this tournament
In the morning round of eighteen holes
match play, Ward beat c.. f. Watson
Jr., of Essex county, N. J., by up and
8 to play, and in the afternoon he de-
feated ". C. Carnegie, of Pittsburg, by
3 up and to play. In his golfing career
Ward has never been set up against such
a tough proposition as that with which
he will be confronted tomorrow. Travis
will be his opponent and, while Ward
uses his driver and brassey with force
and accuracy, his short game cannot
cope with that of Travis. The general
opinion is that Travis and Livingston
will win their individual matches tomor-
row and meet in the final round of tn rty-
six holes match play on Saturday. A
little over year ago these two met in
the final round of the Tuxedo Golf club
tournament, and then Livingston pushed
Travis so closely that the champion had
to beat the Tuxedo record by five strokes
in order to win.
The semi-final and final rounds for the
consolation cup, a trophy presented by
the Westbrook Golf club, were played
today In the semi-1nal rounds F. C.
Jennings, Westbrook, beat E. W. Jew
EFT, Garden City. by up and to play,
and A. G. Hodges, Rockaway Hunt club
beat J. G. Tappin, Westbrook, by 1 up
In the final round between Hodges and
Jennings the game was all square at the
seventeenth hole and was decided on the
home green, Hodges failing to run down
short put after getting out of consid-
cradle difficulty in a sand bunker. Jen-
niugs was returned a winner by 1 up.
Following are Travis cards for morn
ing and afternoon rounds, and the re-
suits in each class:
Travis
Out ........5 80
In - ..........S 5 ) 3 81 I 1 gss-7-15l
Westbrook cup, first round
c. H. Seeiy, Weeburn, beat E. S. Knapp,
up.
Hamilton. Baltusrol, up.
A. M. Robbins, ST Andrews, beat J. R.
Suydam, Westbrook, s up and to play
Louis Livingston Jr., Westbrook, beat
4. Dewitt Coehrane, Ardsley, 3 up and 2
to play.
Watson, Westbroek, 8 up and to play.
W. j. Travis, Garden City, beat S. A.
Jennings, Nassau. 7 up and to play.
John NJ. Ward, Fox Hills, L. L. beat c.
f. Watson Jr.. Essex county, New Jer-
seX. up and to play.
w c. Carnegie, Pittsburg, beat R. G..
Watson Jr-. Westbrook, up and 1 to
play.
Second round
Seeley beat Tying, up and 3 to play.
Livingston beat Robbins, 2 up.
Travis beat c. L. Tappin, up and to
play.
Ward beat Carnegie, 8 up and to play.
Consolation cup, first round
F. C. Jennings. Westbrook, beat E. w.
JeWett Garden CITY up and to play