The Washington times., 1902-07-17
Holds His Own With
Cracks at National
Golf Tourney.
HANDlLY WON TWO MATCHES
Davidson Beat Vose and Lost to Travis
in the Second R0und-Dr. w. S. Har-
ban Wen and Lost and Horstmann
Was Defeated in First Match Play.

GLEN VIEW. Ill. July t6.-FOur East
ern golfers and twelve Westerners are
all that are left of the sixty-four who
qualified in the preliminary round at the
national championship at Glen View
yesterday. As the result of the
first and second rounds at match play At
eighteen holes. which took place over
the picturesque links today. forty eight
contestants were eliminated. and among
those who fell by the wayside were
such players Of national reputation as
Arthur c. Lockwood and Joseph G.
Thorp. of Boston; Walter Fairbanks, OF
Denver. the Pacific Coast champion: W
p. Smith. the champion of PHILADELPHIA;
W. c. Carnegie. of the Allegheny Ccun-
try Club. and G. F. Brohaw. Princeton.
Dr.. L. L. Harlan a Survivor.
Outside of these reverses the results
in both rounds created little surprise.
Unlike the opening dag, which was still
and sultry. today was ushered in with
miniature cyclone. accompanied BY
intermittent showers. which made direc-
tion almost out of the question for the
contestants and interfered materially
with the comfort Of the gallery, which.
while not numerically as large as yes
terday. made up in enthusiasm for what
ii lacked in number The four Eastern
players who survived the crucial play
today were Walter J. Travis. OF Gar
den City, the national champion: Dr..
L. L. Harlan. of the Columbia Golf
CLUB, vf Washington. ID. c.: Percy Pype
I'd, of Princeton, and Frank o. Rein
hart. OF Baltusrol. the young collegiate
who recently defeated Travis in the
Mo!ristown tournament. and who IN
turn at the same meeting was put out
by Lake Conklin. who in this after
Moons play h7d to succumb to the su-
perior work OF Louis y. James. OF Glen
View. who took the match by hole.
James Remarkable Golf.
James. by the way. displayed some
remarkable golf during the day. He
was one of thirteen who tied for the
last two places in the qualifying round.
and in the play-off this morning both
he and Oliver c. Fuller. of the Mil
waukee Country Club, were the lucky
pair to get within the prescribed limit.
Zach took four for the first hole. the
other eleven taking SIX or worse. Those
who lost in the play oil are Waiter B.
Smith and William W-ller. OF Cwentsia:
E. b. Martin, OF Washington lark; T.
ID. Hooper. Of Nassau; X. y. Daniels.
of Midlothian; d. II. McAlDin II. Os-
singen, y Y: c. y. Zimmerman. New
Haven; J. \. Stillman, Newport; W.
Dickenson. of Des Noines. the Iowa
state champion; NJ. L. K. Smith. of Nor
ris county. and ". +. Glow, jr, of
Edgewater.
Young James, of Glen View. was
paired with Maturin BallOu, the sacre-
tary Of the trI:ed States Golf Associa- I
tion. who finished thirty-seven in the Z
qualifying FOUND. and he defeated the
Apawimis player by up and ! to play.
Travis Won Both Rounds
In the afternoon James kept up his
fast pace by putting ont Conklin. of
Princeton; Walter J. Travis. national
champion, had rather onc-s'ded con-
tests in both his matches today He /
first defeated W. T. G. Bristol. captain 1
of the Midlothian Country C!ub. Of Chi |
cago. by Up a.d to pay; il the af- /
ternoon took John c Davidson. OF the I
Columbia Golf Clup Washington. into /
camp. down and to T:ay.
The cards in the Travis-Bristol match /
follow;
Travis-Out-5. i. 4. 4, 6. :. 4. 6. I'll
In-i. ,. ,. 6. s. >.
Bristol-Out- e. .. >. 4. 4, 6, {. c. 6-i6.
In. 1. ;. 6, I. s.
Coming in three by-holes were not
played.
Lockwood. who used solid gutta
percha ball. which is being doomed in
the East. took an SIS in his match with
DR.. d. ?. Fredericks. of Oil City, Pa,
and lost by down and TO play to q
golfer who never took lesson from
professional in his life and claims that
his knowledge of the game was acquired
entirely from reading books on the
sport.
16-Year-old Player Wins.