The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-04
GOLF GAMES CONTINUE.
Eastern Men Predominate on the
Glen Cove Links.

Glen Cove L. l., Sept. with five
eastern golfers, one from Pittsburg and
two westerners, left in the national
amateur golf championship tourna-
ment. play was resumed today on the
Nassau Country club links. These
eight players are competing in the fifth
round and the survivors will meet in
semi final round this afternoon The
four winners this morning will all be
honor men in the tourn 7ment for
United States Golf association medal
which is presented to each of the -FOUR
semi-finalists Walter ]. Travis, the
former national champion, is paired
with George L. Brockaw, the Prince
tonian. who put out the young western
champion, Walter Egan, yesterday. The
gallery was rot large when the men
were started but most of the spectators
followed the match. Paul Murphy. the
St Paul school lad of Garden City,
went off with +. o. Reinhart, the
Princeton golfer. of whom great things
are expected. E. NJ Byers, the strong
Pittsburg golfer and runner up in last
years championship met Walter r.
Tuckerman, of Stockbridge, Mass,
comparatively new aspir2nt for high
hOnorS. The two Westerners are paired
off together. Bruce D. Smith, the On
wentzia club member and Yale Junior.
and W. D. Cady, of the Rock Island
club. The latter is also an unknown
quantity. while the weSterners pin
their faith, now that they have lost the
two Egans, upon Smith for high honors
in the tournament. The course was in
good shape and playing conditions were
all that could be desired.
The largest gallery followed the
Brockaw-Travis match. Brolaw had
the honor and outdrove Travis by few
feet. Both, however, got long drives
and good lies, Travis trimming the cup
for three and the first hole 80 yards.
was halved IN 4. Brokaw drove into the
rough for the long second hole, $40
yards. Both approached far over the
green, but Travis ran UP dead and won
in to 6. The third was halved in 4.
Rrokaw fell into the mound bunker in
approaching the fourth He got out
short and made a desperate attempt to
run down 25 foot put but ran six feet
over the hole, putting out in five.
Travis, however. won in four and was
two up. The fifth and sixth ere each
halved in five, both getting in the bunk
ers from their second shots for the fifth
hole. Travis failed to reach the green
on the short seventh hole 161 yards bIit
he ran UP dead in two and half in
three was the result. Brokaw missed
short put on the next green and Travis
won, giving him a lead of three on the
eighth green. Travis won the ninth in
to 5 He putted dead to the hole in
3 Brokaw tried to play around the ball
but just missed getting in the cup Civ
ing Travis the big lead of up at the
turn. Brokaw, whose playing had been
far more erratic than yesterday now had
a streak of good luck. Travis drove out
of bounds from the tenth tee and lost
the hole in to and Brokaw won the
short 18th by superior putting in to 5.
Travis won a close match by 1 up.
Travis led by on the ninth hole. but
weak playing afterwards reduced his
lead to l up on the sixteenth green, the
last two holes being halved on a mar
row victory. Z. NJ. Byers, of Pittsburg,
had a game Just as close with Walter
Tuckerman, of Stockbridge, winning by
one hole on the home green. Bruce
Smith. of Chicago. beat S. d. Cady. of
Rock Island ILL.,, by up and to play.