New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
GOLF.
TRAVIS THE ONLY SCRATCH MAN ON
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP LIST

The sole appearance OF ". J. Travis at scratch
heads the list OF a number OF radical changes IN
the Metropolitan handicap list. issued yesterday
by the Metropolitan Golf Association Ftndlay D
Douglas who holds the championship OF the as
sociation. and who appeared IN the same Class
with Travis in the list issued last August has
been dropped to the class below where handlcap
OF one stroke has been given him The TACT that
Douglas failed TO make better showing IN the
national championship at Atlantic City last sep
ten1ber is the ostensibe reason for the change
although the tournaments since that date nave
shown the Metropolitan champion TO be inferior 10
Travis in many important aspects OF the game
Douglas is thus put back TO the same class where
he stood at the beginning OF last season ana IN
which he is now, as then. the sole representative
Tie list is issued in accordance with the proVls-
ions adopted at the annual meeting OF Nhe aSso
citation in January. and will govern not only the
Metropolitan championship. but practically al
open tournaments held within fifty miles OF New
York prior TO August 15 At that time revision
will be made on the basis of the form shown IN
the earlier months of the season. and this revision
will used IN the fall tournaments under the as
sociation's auspices.
Many important changes have been made since
last seasons issue. The handicappers at that time
omitted cIa sses / and , but in the present list
tba COMMITTEES has taken the liberty OF omtt-ng
the third class well In other words, tney give
it their Judgment that with the EXCEPTION oI W
Douglas player in the association Is enttled & 20
Livingston jr.. the former Staten Island cha1piio'
and John Reed, jr, the St Andrews GnaI1npIoIL, 1pL
rIass While r { Watson. jr. another OF last
seasons Class men. has gone to Glass >.
a rating Of 5. while { n Hamilton. of BaItusrol
men have come down to s Some of those who
have improved their ratings are T. 7. Reid or
Montclar, who goes from 70 8: g B. cory, tne 4
former Southern champion, who goes from 10 ..
Roy De Ralsmes tne BatusroI { Tynrh of ke
wood. VINO enjoys similar advance
10 or 3etter are ets6le 20 as as usual has
l{aT in its liSt al
are entitled to II or better This takes in about
G4e m r c0nsereG are @ 5aTh Fng Of
IS. Those who are rated at 10 or better are gwen
in the following list. the numeral at the slde OF
each name being the rating received under last ia5t
out this numeral did not appear at that time as
rated 10 better:
seratch-w,, J Travis o. nonz,..
a"de9R Rvs4s N2 Ii Red dPss2H % g. and d. 3 H { sss5 E eoa
Reid. : and + {. watson ,s. j5 3 - =, R-ook, :.
,-s6 g?sg $ 4 4 Graa9 oln5 . & e y 4 aaF5a R.4Ha )
+ " Menzes, > Pierre PrOaj and T II, 7 Reid
H Jennings. H. R tombstone E KNAPP. 8 Z PyTe. S
ertson s. NJ. NJ. Singer ! ] A stilHan s. L TaPptn'
aaadca5 1ila 10 s-Maturtn BalL2u II Ba'ss s
Mag BehT H Bili4gs 1S 8 d c5rnlGe 81 5lnf s. GRauncey M
f,asnes A s. 10: q G. Dixon 4 T Dwight, z " For
rest :: E. A Freeman; J. 5 Gillespie : NJ eranSn1'
II 3 9 GTis"oId ;. ~ ", 4 M4rteIis : G e
Martin 3 R. Matthew's. 5. J r MaxZ.ei i.. n N N
0C6nno- 8: R A Rainey r L Redae-d IN a VI
10. ] r { Tappan 70; Z. L Tappn. : ! ; Tayl9r'
n vanderpooI: J Ward. :. H F Wht-ney, Pau vi vi
cox 10; H. J. Wilson ;: G. o. winston . ana SINS
Wff Haadap al Ba5sF 70 ,.,,s C s9h5e 70; S.d 2
81. 10 Price Collier. y 3 Cole p: l. H ConAn'
{, 8 Cox .. A. NJ Delano: '. N Delano 10: w 5a.i b
t- T q Douglas. Q. William T gray fa-l
I{,r-ison 10. H HoIbrook 10. T D. Hooper = George
II Hull r. O. 6. A Jenkins. 3. G kane 2; !
K,,Dn .. W 4 Larned. 10, E A MulhkeH, J .
Na@thinC 0. \ l. Norris. 5: c H Robbins : r n
I5~hs-tson :. d Sanford 1U; W L Savage. W q
scott ir. 10, John smith. 9; P snow o Z steye3S, S
W r Thurston. :. II K Ioler ri T. 4o"hSeH-' IT,
A z Whitney. 10: F. ". Wilson; o ~ r,,
Handicap No 1O-E. p. Alvort J. ". Baker- L +
Baldwin: c Barnet A Barron n ; a9V'IS: 1S
@ n BowIey. z. 3 Brown tr-. g q CarnpoeiI ~
2 " Gambler. 10. R c Carroll 7. G C,ngdoni D., e; L
Cr1ye-. F H Croker II. NJ Day. tr.- ? y pouois-
dav 10: Duncan E2ivards 10 p I Fuller ! D Free
maj: : FrothinghaU. :; L 3 Ciarretson p ". l.
fIurtber : " T Hilton. o. Eiockneyer. 10 = {.
KeIt. ! VI Knapp l. 2 Laroclue 10: Il MaxWe9'
J Noler IT. 10: G. Murphey; " ; OConnor. a =
Paterson .: G L. Perkins A : Pitt. o = Ru2yon, -.
= . Pushu0re 10. z. o Schuyler. 10; II c smith.
T 1. smith. W T stern. 10 = r. stodda-t- 10 = !
stout. 10. Terry jr-. $ W l. Thompson 10 e.
ToFey: J. D. Traxers 10; g Trussdae 10, I. = n
Wheeler 10. F. H. wiEgin. 10. O. l. Williams