The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-07-17
AN "EI" FOR TRAVIS
The Cha1hpion Beaten by Byers Of
the Allegheny.
ALL CALCULATIONS
UPSET
iastic "GaIIery" Watching
the Play.


pionship was resumed and many good
scores were made by the contestants dur
ing the morning round. Chief interest
centered in matches between Champion
Travis and e, M. Byers Of Allegheny,
who was expected to make Travis show
all his skill to keep in the running, and in
the match between Walter Egan and
George A. Ormiston, whose score of 70
In the qualifying round, a tie with Travis,
furnished one OF the biggest surprises OF
the tournament. Large galleries fol-
lowed both games and the play was close
ly watched. To-days match play will
bring the tournament down to the semi
finals. These will be at thirtysix holes
tomorrow and the generally expressed
opinion among golfers this morning was
that Travis would surely win his way
through them to the finals.
Egan and Ormiston halved the first and
second holes in 8 and 4, DOGGY figures.
Egan took the third ST, .Ormiston slicing
into the trees and going into the ditch
As. Ormiston finding the trap bunker.
Ormiston won the fifth, ga.
Byers showed considerable nervousness
IN his match with Travis, while the vet
eral played as II errors were unknown to
him. Travis took the first hole, SIS,
Byers missing two-foot putt for half.
The second and third; were halved, Byers
third to win. Travis took the fourth,
sixth and eighth and Byers the seventh,
his magnificent brassy landing him on the
green. At the turn Travis was UP with
medal score Of SO, three under DOGGY.
The medal scores: 49,
T pveys-6nt .:....,.St s ! 4stz Ess
Percy Pyne Of Princeton found a
formidable opponent in George H. Leslie
n nd OF ha
eighth.
Ryers Beats Travis.
E, M. Byers Of the Allegheny club,
playing the prettiest golf in the nine
last holes that has ever been seen in an
thus added an "ex'' to Champion W. j.
Travis title, defeating him by one hole.
Byers' medal score of IS for the last
nire holes has only been beaten by one
or two professionals. His driving, ap-
preaching and putting were absolutely
| flawless, and this, too, with a handicap
of three holes against him as the cham
pion, and the young Pittsburg player
made the turn with Travis three up
Byers' game was, simply unbeata BILE.
Travis played par. golf or better, in fact,
he beat DOGGY by three strokes, going
out and three strokes coming in, but this
was not good enough to hold down the
putted the champion time and sgain, and
showed the form and nerve of veteran.
The result upsets all calculations as re-
CARDS the championship. 1t was conf
IDENTIFY expected that Travis could dispose
of Byers, though by close score and
| work his way 10 tie finals.
| Tie rest of the score follows:
B Eysy5s1n 4 - - T TStal +
Chandler Egan Of Exmoor, easily de-
feated Dr.. L. L. Harlan of Columbus,
6 UP 5 to play.
Egan's medal score: -
EganT N ::::::::S ! 5 $3.50 s-tl
George H. Leslie of Skokie, held his
advantage over Percy Pyne and won 8
| up to play Louis James of Glenview,
| beat Ralph McKittrick Of St. Louis, 6 up
5 to play.
Dr.. D. P. Fredericks of Oil City, beat
| Abram Poole, Jr.. of On1wentsia, up
2 to play.
Phelps B. Hoyt Of Glenview, beat Her
bert J. Tweedie of Exmoor, up to play.
F. o: Reinhart of Baltusrol, beat H. C.
Smith CT Onwertsia, 5 up to play.
The play this afternoon will be as fol-
lows: -----=-~~------------.
E. NJ Byers VS. Chandler Egon; George
II. Leslie VS.. DR.. D. P. Fredericks; Phelps
B. Hoyt vs.. Louis James; F o. Reinhart
VS.. Walter 2. Egan
ri have only one thing to say about my
defeat" said Mr.. Travis, "and that is
that Mr.. Byers played a little better
game than I did He earned his victory
and therefore deserved it,
The Interesting Close.
In the Byers- Travi affair an interest
| ing incident occurred when Byers first
| took the lead. Byers holed in a rather
| difficult putt for half on the 18th and he
| was dormie one. The immense gallery
| was as still as death as Byers drove for
the home green. 1t was screamer, the
ball stopping fully 200 yards, jumping the
road and landing we'll on the fair green.
Three drives were even better. Both ap-
preached well, Byers a little away, but
his approach putt laid him dead. Travis
tried for a three missed by narrow
margin and the great gallery and throngs
| on the spacious clubhouse verandah en-
| Enthusiastically cheered the flushed, smiling
Pittsburgher as he and Travis shook
hands good naturally.
I played my best when I struck my
gait said Byers, later; Il realized my
opponent was a hard man to beat, but he
knows how to lose as we'll as how to win.
Naturally, I am proud that won"
500 in Sight of Bismarck.
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