The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30
GOLFER TRAVIS PUT OUT.
MACDONALD BEATS HIM ~ SEMI
FINAL on TWENTIETH HOLE.
Douglas Defeats Macdonald In the Final
Second Cup Also GOes TO . Nassau
Professionalism Finishes In the
Lakewood Autumn Tournament.

W. J. Travis. who has won the first cup
OF the Golf Club Of Lakewood twice In sue
cession. was put out IN the scni-1nal y"ster-
day by {. * Macdonald. after "A twenty-hole
match. and. to enhance the interest In day
of spirited play. the victor succumbed to
r. s. Douglas IN the final Travis and Doug
las have each now Ave first cups won In the
record of fifteen semi-annual tournaments
of the club There was n great turnout OF
followers to eljoy the unusually brilliant
mat ches Of the closing day
Travis's bad holes were the eighth. whcr"
he was bunkcred on the second. the seveni h.
tenth, eleventh and twelfth. on each OF viii III
he missed a put short of three feet and on tire
nineteenth. where he topped his second
Macdonald was uncertain in lis approach
puts going out. but he improved in this re-
spect aiterward. His worst holes were the
seventeenth and eighteenth both of which
were lost and this enabled Travis to halve
the eighteen holes. A detail that n.8te the
putting uncertain was that the green around
each hole had been pounded smooth. so That
the ball sent from the regular parts would
accelerate its speed and dart past the cup
once the level ring was reached or else swerve
of the straight line.
They halv,d the first hole in S. but the
second was corraed by Travis in =. who
holed out from of the green. He also won
the third where Macdonald took three to
make the green. in to i. The fourth. ffth
and sixth we're halved, but cdonald won
the seventh. in to 4. Travis missing
short put to half. lia also won the eighth
where Travis WAS bunkered Oh his second,
in ; to !, and they halved the ninth in 4. Mac
donald making fine approach from sliced
drive into rough grass
All even at the turn. the frat four holes
of the journey honeward were halved IN
fours Travis missed fairly short put
IN three of them TO win. Playing the four
tsenth Macdonald pulled his second hole
high, but IN the rough grass. while Travis.
who close TO the apple tree that he
had to shorten his grip to keep from hitting
II, only made the road Playing out very
neatly with the aluminium niblick from
rut. the ball made the green, but Mac
donald pitched his ball within "A foot of the
cup and took the lead by winning in to s.
A marvellous shot marked the play for tho
fifteenth hole. of 35S yards. for Macdonald.
using "A mid-iron. sent hi, ball to within SIX
sixteenth was halyed in 4. due To Macdonald
hollnn out an foot put in grand style
after Travis had trimmed on his third.
or the way to the sew entccnth Macdonald
sclafed his second, using "A metal spoon.
but Travis made the green nicely on ia"
like and won n 20 on the eiehteenth
topped brussy was Offset by Travis's overplay
Of the green, the balls lay nearly sd. 10y
side about three IPtlt from tHt NOE. 'ldC-
donald missed. but Travis ran down safely.
winning in 5 to 8 and squarinv the match
Playing the first extra hole Macdonald
pulled over the line of trees and II seemed
an over for him. but Travis topped hi second.
so each took three strokes to gain the green
They halved in 5 Playing the twentieth,
where Travis had made the Nv o in the morn
ing Macdonald had the longer drive. which
had not been the rule. and h" also laid his
approach within few inches of the hole.
While Travis overran. This enabled Mac
donald to win the hole IN 3 To and the match.