The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-18

GLEN View GOLF COURSE, ILL.,,
July 17.-E. M. Byers, Yale, 'O1, golf
champion of that varsity in 1900 and
1901, member of the Allegheny club
OF Plttsburg, today defeated Cham
| p1on w. j. Travis in the third round
OF the match for the amateur golf
championship. 1t was by a narrow
margin, the match not being decided
untll the last hole had been played and
the quality OF the golf may be judged
by the medal scores, Byers II and Ira
Wis 70, six and five under DOGGY, re-
spectively.
Byers won the game after apparent
ly being hopelessly beaten. He was
three down at the turn, with Travis
playing perfect golf. But he stuck to
it like a bulldog and on the last nine
holes played golf that has seldom been
exhibited even by veteran profession
ais. His medal score for the last nine
holes was IS, or six strokes under
DOGGY. Travis took his defeat like
true sportsman.
Says 1t Was Unbeatable.
THAT score tells the story better
than anything I can say" said Mr..
Travis, after the game. "The game
Byers put up would have won from
almost any professional in the country.
1t was unbeatable"
Byers played Chandler Egan, Of Ex-
moor, In the afternoon, and defeated
him in game replete with brilliant
golf. ByerS' medal score in the after
noon was 80. Thus he played thirty
SIX holes in 157, and tonight his
chances of winning in the semi finals
tomorrow and the finals Saturday are
considered of the brightest. Immense
galleries followed both the morning
games between Travis and Byers and
the afternoon game between ByerS and
Chandler Egan.
Walter Egan Is Beaten.
Walter Egan disposed of George
Ormiston, CT Pittsburg, in the morn
ing round, but in turn was beaten in
the afternoon by F. o. Reinhart, the
young Baltusrol golfer Egan's VIC
tory over Ormiston was not unexpect-
ed, as the latter showed bad form in
yesterdays play, but his defeat by
Remnant was unlocked for and was a
great disappointment to the Western
contingent.
Percy R. Pyne, Of Princeton, was
also defeated by George H Leslie, of
Skokie, more through his own poor
work than from especially good golf
by Leslie. Then Leslie was defeated
in the afternoon by DR.. D. P. Fred
ePicks, of Oil City. He had the game
won, but with the driving rain Of a
sudden thunderstorms pouring like a
cataract on his back, he missed a two
loot put for half on the eighteenth
green and the Pennsylvania won the
nineteenth hole and the match.
The semi-finals at thirty-six holes
will be played tomorrow. Byers will
meet DR.. Fredericks and Louis James,
who barely qualified, but who has been
playing par golf since the first day,
will contest with F. o. Reinhart.
Large Gallery Follows Play.
A tremendous gallery followed the
Byers- Chandler Egan match in the
afternoon, hundreds of women Drawing
the blazing sun and trudging over the
long course behind the favorites. The
first hole was halved in DOGGY five.
Egan drove to the left of the second
green, fully 230 yards, but Byers halv-
ed by pretty eight-foot putt.
The third was haIved in five and the
fourth in four, Byers holding a twelve
foot putt. Byers took the lead on the
sixth, one stroke under DOGGY, Egan
trimming the cup for half. He also
won the eighth, 5-6, Egans third
overruning into the bushes. Egan
took the ninth with a three, running
down tWelve-foot putt. The tenth
was ha!ved in five, the eleventh in four,
Byers laying Egan a stymie on his
third, and the twelfth in four.
Playing for the thirteenth, Byers
went into the brook on his third. and
lost the hole, rs, evening the match.
But he took the lead again on the short
fourteenth hole, his drive stopping two
yards from the cup. He also won the
fifteenth, Egan missing a three-foot
putt for half. He won the match on
the sixteenth with a pretty four, thus
winning his way to the semi finals,