The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
GOLF 1T TUXEDO.
Grent Playing in Metropolitan chsm-
 pionship Tournnment.

| plonship Tournnment.
 New York, May sO.--The semi-final
 round of the Metropolitan golf tourna-
 ment at Tuxedo to-day resulted in the
 defeat of last years winner and de-
 veloped very fast play Incidentally 8
 new record, 72, for the course, was es-
 tablished W. J. Travis, the national
 amateur champion, and Findlay S.
 Douglas, winner of last years metropol- itan tournament, and Wirt l.. Thomp-
 son of Baltusrol and F. A. Macellus.
 the champion of the Yountakah Golf
 club. were paired when play started to- day.
 The latter two got away first, but at
 the Sth tee allowed the Travis-Douglas
 match, with its large gallery, to pass. Travis started al pace that has sell
 dom been equaled in this country, and
 playing with machine-like steadiness l finished the first nine holes in one under the par figure The match was finished at the 18th hole with Travis up and to play At this point he was 3 un- der and and his game had been wonderful exhibition of accuracy and form. The bye holes were finished, but l in playing the 14th Travis got into a | brook taking for hole and lost his | chance of finishing under 70. As 1t was l his card was 72, or one over par, Doug 1 las frequently out drove the champion and made some splendid approaches, His weakness however, lay in putting, phase of the game in which Travis to-day was phenomenally strong, run ming down several long puts of 25 or 30 feet.
 On the out play Travis won the first hole, but lost the next to Douglas, who scored a splendid g. Travis won the next, haleed the fourth, and won the 5th, 9th and 7th He lost the Sth but won the 9th standing up at the turn He was on the 10th green in and holed out 10 yard put. This performance he repeated at the 11th green. eliciting much applause from much interested gallery. The 18th hole was halved in B. making the score dormie 6, in Travis favor. The next hole, also halved gave him the match
 In the meanwhile the Marcellus- Thompson match was coming on slowly and without great advantage to either player, Marcellus was one up at the turn but Thompson squared the score by taking the 11th hole. He lost the 12th and 18th and was two down. He regained himself. however, and was one up at the 18th hole He lost the next, l making all square again and the 18th, l which was halved in five, failed to in- | ish the match. The players went on to | the 18th hole, Marcellus winning this, | and the match. Although Marcellus | has come up the easier side of the tour- nament he has played steady, consist ent golf and has to his credit 7s made | yesterday, which euualled Travis score of the preliminary round.
 His match with Travis tomorrow, in | the finals at 36 holes, will be interest," ing. The cards of to-days matches fol- low:
 Travis; Out, 1, 4. 3. 4, 1, 5. 8, 1, 3-34 In, 3, 3. 5. {. 3, 4, 3, {, 5-3S. 72.
 Douglas Out, ,, 3, 1, {, 5, 6, {, 3, 4-38 In, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, D. 5, {, f. 5--41. 70.
 Marcellus: Out, B. {, {, 6, 4, 6, 1, 4, A. A. In, 6, 5, 5 4, 6, 1, 3, 5, 5-43. S4.
 Thompson. Out, B. 4, 5, 5, B. 5, 4, ,, A. 42 In, 6,4, 6, 5. 6, ,. 3, 4, 5,--44. Se.
 Extra holes Marcellus 5, Thompson 6.