New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
GOLF TOURNEY STARTS.
TRAVIS MAKES NEW LINKS RECORD
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST
AT ATLANTIC CITY.

Atlantic City n. j.. Sept (SpeciaD--Another
triumph for Travis and a new record Tor the INKS
were the two important incident IN to-days play
at the links Of the Atlantic City Country Ciuo-
was the aax fall In the race the national anna
teur golf championship, and Travis LED the heio
with flying colors. His total score for the tnHty-
six holes ISL. figure which placed Dim az tue
top Of the list of 12 competitors. and gave him
lead Of three strokes over Douglas TO make IL
the champion was compelled to cut the record OF
the 7S The new score Is 1--WE strokes lower
than Douglass old record of 81. and three under the
unofficial record established by E. A. barley IN
recent team match between the Atlanuc NiJ anu
Cape May golf teams
The tournament will last through the week
Though to-day's play was merely preliminary IN
the more exactng match game Travis had shown
that his title of champion would not be taken from
him without struggle. 1t was thirty-six hoies' or
twice around the Atlantic City links, that each
player covered. Those who made the best thr'y
two scores were to be eligible for the subsequent
rounds at match play, but as In most Dig toufha-
ments of the kind. there was tie at the end ana
six men are TO meet tomorrow for the last three
places in the qualified division The score which
was is twelve strokes lower than the dividing line
in last years championship at Garden City. This
home bred skill in the last twelve months
THE COURSE IN GOOD TRIM.
The was in the best OF trim, and the at
tendance was excellent Promptly at a. M the
first pair faced the tee, and from then until
p.
Kerr secretary of the association who usually at
tends to the starting at these championship con,
his place was taken by Samuel Y Heebner Of the
executive committee. To handle 124 players twice
II 40 a. M and the last man departed on his
the
ea to place & IN the ne M s no sno
vded that ali who failed make a score Of 100 in
in starting the second, but the committee mis-
Judged the he caibre Of the field badly and the rule
low scoring is probably due to the % fact that the
than that at Garden City % Where @ the last cham ham
pionshp held There is not bunker. except
Of 100 yards and deviation from the straight line
of play is not seriously penalized.
THE WEATHER HELPED.
Another thing that helped the general result was
the weather A southwest wind is the prevailing
breeze at Atlantic City. and 1t usually blows
pleasantly brisk for golf. To-day the air was al
most dead calm; A third reason more ,e mporta mt
peared @ this season and which is being used by %
per cent of the contestants. The ball is made with
Of rubber and p covered with thin shell Of guta
percha, instead Of being moulded of solid rubber
ties, far exceeding those of the orthodox makes
he the eS
first time Yesterday and made his record with IT IT
golfers are providing themselves with 1t In the
The course is well suited for exploiting its use
for the ground is comparatively level and 1t lies
well. Here is the official summary of distance for
each hole:
s ss sS ss sfS ss ssa ss @ sss ss ss Is. ss
This gives total playing length of 5S7S yards for
which a fair bogie would be figured at 70
Findlay Douglas made his rounds in 160, securing
second place, and after him came L. P. Myers, of
Fox Hills who had the honor OF making the best
morning card-79.
The West represented by William Holabird
and Walter Egan, of Chicago, who tied for fourth
place at l65, but 1t was regarded significant of
the status of the Western game that Phelps b.
Hoyt recent winner of the Western championship,
unable to qualify. Those who tied for the last
three places We're Hit, Cory Byers. Croker, Liv-
ingston and M G. Macdonald. In the morning they
will play off the tie. and the drawings will then
be made follows: Pyne against o. Perrin A.
Reid against c. NJ. Hamilton, Ward against Egan,
w. c. Fownes against Myers. Barley against
Seeley H. S. Fownes against w. p. Smith, S. Ken
nady against Holabird, Lockwood against Harlan.
Gallagher against Griscom. Douglas against Orms-
ton, Johnstone against j. e. Thorpe. Renhart
against No. l; Jennings against Fredercks A. II.
Smith against No 2; Travis against Porter, G. B.
Macdonald against No 3.
The summary below shows the full Of those
who qualified tied for the last place in the
thitry-two with the totals of the others: