Evening star., 1901-09-12
EIGHT SURVIVORS
Third Bound Being Played at North
field Links Today.
INTEREST IN TRAVIS And DOUGLAS
indications That Championship
VIII Fall to One of Them.
w E A r 81 E r Is FIN Z

w E A r 81 E r Is FIN E
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. September 12.-
The tournament for the amateur champion
ship Of the United States Golf Association.
which has been In progress hsre all this
woek on the links Of thu Atlantic City Golf
Club at Northneld. near here. has now been
sdfted down to eight players, The third
round matches were tho order for today.
with the semi-hnais tomorrow and he great
championship contest between the twO sssx-
vivors on SATURDAY.. OF the eight players
remaining six are credited 10 New York.
one to Bostou and one to Chicago.
Notwithstanding the heavy thunderstorm
last night. ths links were In Sair condition
today. and some nne golf 10 looked for by
the crowd that has been following the play
ers throughout the week. The matches to-
day were a. follows:
Percy Pyns. "a. Of New York agt. W. e.
G. n. seely, New York. ast. A G. Lock
wood. Boston.
F1ndlay Douglas. New York. agt. Louis
Livingston. New York.
Percy Jennings. New York, agt. Walter
Travis. New York.
There 10 a wide difference Of opinion
among the experts as to who viii win the
match. The early play tended to show that
the championship laid between Travis, the
present champion, and Douglas. last years
runner-1ip but the excellent showing made
by some of the survivors has upset calcula-
tions somewhat. Lockwood's work against
young Holabird of Chicago has placed him
in the front rank. and there are many who
would not be surprised II he were the run
ner-up or the coming champion.
Bright Weather for Play.
The sun shone brightly today. which soon
dispeiied the haze that hung over the links.
A strong breeze blew across the course.
which was not just to the liking OF the re-
manning goIfers-
Play was late In starting. II was nearly
10 o'clock when the former intercollegiate
champion. Percy Pyne and w. Egan, the
western representative. teed Oh. They
were followed by ex-Champion Douglas and
Livingston. Seeley and Lockwood and Jen-
crowd was on hand to see the start. but
tho IL o'clock train swelied the crowd to
several hundred.
The surprise Of the morning was the
Trayis-Jennings match. Travis started
out we'll but soon lost his advantage. The
first hole was halved in 8. while the second
went against the champion In 4. The third
was halved In 8 and young Jennings then
in g. The fifth hole went to Jennings. as
did also the sixth, seventh and eighth.
Here the champion braced up, and by a
good exhibition Of golf took the last hole
of the outward journey. Travis was not IN
form. His long game was away of, ne
slicing many Of his drives. Jennings, on
the other hand, played steady game HIS
long game was beautiful. The score for
the outward journey follows:
Travis. ..:........... : ! > sS41 SI
In the Egan-Pyne match at the ninth hole
the western man stood l up. Pyne cap
tured the first hole; Egan the fourth and
sixth in three strokes, and the ~, intsreol
were halved In fairly low scores.
Egan played at the top Of his game. and
his work was much admired. The card for
the first nine holes follows:
Pgae. Pgae ..,...,......:.,.: sSaS Ii
Ex-Champion Douglas like the cham-
pien. was also in some trouble. The good
form which he showed yesterday was not
In evidence today BY the time he and
Livingston reached the ninth hole the lat
ter had last years runner up. down. Liv-
ingston took the first hole In grand style,
but Douglas evened matters by taking the
second hole.
The next two went to Livingston in four
and three strokes, respectively. The fifth.
sixth and seventh and eighth were halved,
and the ninth was captured by Douglas in
four. Their card for the outward journey
is as follows:
Douglas. ............. % 4 46 3 +2
Livingston. ........... 4 5 4 Z 5-41
The LOckwOOd-SeeleyM Match.
The Lockwood-Seeley match proved to
be a stubborn contest. Lockwood holed out
in four to Seeley's i've at the start. and
Seeley reversed the order by taking the
second hole in five to the Bostonian's six.
Both men played steady golf. and the
next three holes were halved. Seeley took
the sixth and seventh in and to Lock-
woods and 7. The eighth was halved in
four. The ninth hole was taken by Lock-
wood in 6 to Seeley's I. This made Seeley
one up for the first nine holes. The card:
Lockwood ........... 646
Seeley ................ 3 Z 7-45
At the end of the morning play in the
Travis-J Jennings match the latter was three
up Being three down at the ninth hole
was far below Travis game, and he took
a decided brace. which. however. did not
last long. The tenth hole was halved in
four and the champion took the eleventh
In three. On the next hole Travis pulled
his drive and went down in to Jennings 5.
This again made Jennings up.
The thirteenth hole was halved in four and
on the fourteenth Jennings got into bunk
er and lost the hole to Travis. Jennings,
on four good strokes, took the fifteenth
and the sixteenth was halved.
Travis was we'll on the green for the
seventeenth hole In and by good short
stroke and a fine put holed out in s to
Jennings 6. The eighteenth hole Is well
protected by bunkers and these gave Ira
Wis considerable trouble. He got into two
and gave the hole to Jennings. This made
Jennings up for the eighteen holes. The
card for the inward journey follows:
Travis ............... 4 BIAS 54 If
Jennings ............. 4 4 4744 5-3
Douglas and Livingston.
The morning play in the Douglas-IAving
At the ninth hole he was one down, but by
q fine exhibition Of golf he managed to
ihake the score all square at the twelfth
hole Both men were on their mettle and
played an exceedangiy steady game. The
feMteenth and fifteenth holes
were halved and then Douglas forged
ahead by taking the sixteenth and eight
eenth holes. the seventeenth being halved
The score for the inward course follows:
Douglas .......-..... As 8 $40
Livingston ........... A 6 4 6 4 4 8 IA
Egan and Pyne.
Egan In his game with Pyne maintained
his lead, and after the tenth hole increased