Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-08

their nearest approach to it prior to this
was a halved match with the Massachu-
sets Golf Association at the Essex County
course. Manchester-by-the-Se Sea.
Instead OF playing four-ball match in
the morning and the singles in the after
noon as has been their custom in their
other International matches, the competi-
ton consisted of nine single matches. each
at thirty-six holes, the first eighteen holes
of which were played in the morning, when
the Englishmen finished in the lead by 6
to 2 points.
Champion Travis covered himself with
glory by defeating John l.. Low, captain
of the British team, by up and to play.
He did the course in the morning round in
rs to Lows So and led by up.
Findlay S. Douglas. of whom so much
! was expected. proved a decided disappont-
J ment. He was 3 down to Norman Hun
| ter in the morning, who handily beat him
in the afternoon by up and to play.
When six of the matches were finished
| it was found that the British led by to
| points. and everything hinged on the next
three matches. Amy one Of them would
| give the victory to the Oxford and Cam
| bridge men, while the Americans had to
| win all three; but that cut no figure with
| the Americans. for where there is life there
| is hope and an American never gives up
until the last ray Of hope has vanished
| The only other American who had thus
| far won. outside of Travis, was Bruce
/ Smith. who was up on Ellis in the morning
and beat him on the days play by 10 up
! and to play. Barne had beaten Reinhart
! by UP and to play. Beveridge had beaten
| Chandler Egan by up and to play. and
| the honor Of victory hung on the result Of
! the last three matches.
AS the matches came In still in doubt to
| the very finish, the excitement grew in
| tense The Bramston-B rokaw match was
| the first of three to come over the hill.
BramstOn was up on the morning round.
| but Brokaw played a pretty steady game
| in the afternoon, and kept cutting his oppo-
nents lead down in the last half, until
Bramston was only 1 up at the thirteenth
| hole, when the gallery began to swell in
size. The excitement began to grow greater
| with the halving of each Of the next four
| holes and when Brokaw won the home
hole and made 1t necessary to continue
playing until one or the other won hole.
| the crowd was wild with enthusiasm. The
| thirty-seventh hole was halved. and, in
| playing the thirty-ninth. Bramston got
bunkered on his drive and lost two shots,
while Brokaw won the hole in 8, which
gave him the match. He had a grand body
guard to escort him back to the club house.
| Conklin won by up.
L. H. Conklin, who was down in the
morning, turned the tables in the after
noon, and beat his man out at home green
| by up. He had D. F. Ransom as an oppo-
nent, and it was a welI-earned victory The
applause was extremely hearty, as this VIC
| tory made the Americans all square on the
match, with but one more match to be
| heard from. While they were still In the
| height Of their Joy Byers drove on from the
| eighteenth tee and succeeded In winning
| the hole and the match by up. This gave
the Americans the match by to points.
| and by actual holes played by q to 20.
The enthusiasm was such as Is seldom seen
upon a golf course. It was Americas first
victory over England on the golf links. The
| lineup and points were: