New-York tribune., 1902-09-05
GOLF.
TRAVIS MAKES LOW SCORE At DEAF
IoURNAMENT-G A STROKE
BEHIND HIM

is' ana ram made the scoring conditions far
Irolh favorable at the opening of the three dav
tournament OF the Deal Golf Club yesterday so
that Archie Grahams amateur record for ,bs
0S "dS not endangered, yet the average golf
ing was OF very good order particularly in the
a. ai'eIt4ooh match play. Graham who played with
iIdVls' mad an excellent chance to beat hin, ont
ioi 'he cup offered for the low score, for the
hoIo noiuer was stroke ahead at the sixteenth
hole' out on the seventeenth tee he drova t,+o
Toush grass and took five for the hole xbU
travis drove the green and got a three Tbis
ehaole travis to finish in So. which won the cuD
~ ~DIdLldn had TO be content with an 81 the same
mark recorded by s VI. Allen
The race between Travis and r.-.L -,
most interesting feature OF the nuaItf,,i,, t
me Ior mer said that the wet greens were so sovy
@ite' Iie Keen greens OF Nassau and Garden
c''S thdt ne wasted at least six chances in mt
ing oh the long game Travis made but oue
nnlstake' when ne was in the bunker on his
second stroke for the second hole v-bara : -
was Jotted on his card The vet pa-ticu1arJ,,
d thunderstorm that carried a cIoudburst along
~ a lhe excuse put forward by many for their
Hisi cores and no doubt with business MOODY
ana Ilrfany were going very well until th. 5aI,,x-
oU' lot "hlch tbs likely the latter vou1d have
oeen at least ten strokes better than he rs
l'i' III spite OF the soggy green. there were good
S'oIIes 10 De recorded. Four PLAYERS for
,i.9'ance' mad holes in two strokes. Chadwick had
MS luck on the sixth Pickett on the eighth Aus,
no'e. The degree OF their good fortune, as wen ss
the merit of the scoring generally nav be studied
OS 'ns following table of the playing distances:
Gu' $50 80 3S3 5Ss 40 1sS so 80 s4o-s 2ss
IN ''.-'9 go 40 1oo 80 365 I9S 24s-S -pS
The round in all 6255 yards. a true cham
plonshlp course in distance in the placing o. ths
hazards and IN the general playing conditions II
IS longer than any OF the five championships V,xs
OF Great Britain except St. Andrews which fz
6-32S yards There pienty OF life and savetv
IN the clubhouse and on the wide porch but onlv
q few hardened golfers well wrapped in nnaelin
toshes Fentured out follow the players oVsr
the INKS II was = sp,enGidIy managed tou~ns-
Hent the committee. 5. ". Allen, CSeorgs EIs--
yey and G H Bowley, handling The large
neld without any delays confusion The ror
score II the hrst stxtee1 go at which igTI-a
SIX were tied for dve places. Chadwick dropDinE
our on the play of, and in the second set six vpe-
out --o - 0-OS
in the afternoon match play the favorftes hsf5
I1eiT own. except that the defeat of Phillips the
tto4lyWood champion. vas unexpected. but mary
OF the finishes we're very close. The drst 81.
teen played TOR the Deal cup. The second ser FOR
tne conSoLa t1cn cup and the third sixteen FOR .
cup gwen by George u. Young, president OF rhs
DeaI Coli Club. The beaten eight in tie frst
SCI VIII Keep On for another cup to-day There
were elghty-Hve starters OF whom sixty-sav en- re
Curred caroS The summary Cf the tav's NAV
follows. with the scores under 90 in fuII.