The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-09
TRAVISMERTS HIS WATERLOO
GREATEST OF SURPRISES IN
 GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

ormistOn, of Pittsburg, Carries Of
 Honor of Putting Former Champion
 Out Of the Game at BaItusrOI-H.
 Chandler Egan Wins Both of His
 SIatcheS-Barnes, of New Haven,
 Beaten-Results of Other Matches.
 Short Hills. N. J., September S.-The defeat of Walter J. Travis, of Garden City, to-day by George A. orIniston. of Pittsburg, was the greatest of the many surprises which have occurred during the programme of the national anna teur golf championship tournament, which began Tuesday on the links of the Baltusrol Golf club. It was match that caused a great deal of interest and the two players were followed by many of the most prominent golfers of the east. Both men played steadily, but each had bad periods, the luck of the game being fairly divided. Ormis- ton should have won the seventh hole, but Travis laid him stynie which the Pittsburgher failed to negotiate. At the ninth hole Ormiston laid stymie foD Travis, but the former champion play ed beautifully by jumping his ball over his opponents, and it fell into the hole. Ormiston got down a very long putt on tine next hole and playing right along was dormie two when he tied for the seventeenth. Both drove well, but Or miston made remarkable cieek shot, the ball striking the grassy bank bor- dering the green, and it carromed across, rolling slowly until it fell into the cup. Travis did not know that the hole had been won, and his iron shot struck the same bank about a yard fur ther on, getting lie, which made it possible for him to go down in three.
 When the players reached the green both were surprised when Ormiston' $ caddy stopped and picked his ball out of the cup. This won the match for the Pittsburgher by 3 up and 1 to play. Travis congratulated him, say ing: No man could play with a hope to win against such fine work as that
 This is Ormiston's fourth national tournament, having been entered each time from the Oakmont Golf club of Pittsburgh, In 1901 he was beaten by Findlay $. Douglas at Atlantic City by 1 up. At Glenview, Chicago, the follow ing year, Walter Egan beat hi mby the same margin, and last year at Mas sau, Bruce Smith, of Chicago, put him out and the verdict was again up.
 Ormiston will meet Frederick Her reshoff of Ekwanok of Manchester, Vt, tomorrow, and this should be a close match as Herreshoff is playing in ex- cellent form.
 H. Chandler Egan, of Chicago, won both of his matches to-day, beating A. w. Tillinghast, of Philadelphia, in the early round and M. McBurney of stockbridge in the afternoon round.
 Following are the results of the days play
 Championship First round, match play: w P. Smith, Huntington Valley, beat M. Barnes, New Haven, up and to play; W. T. West, Camden, beat M. C. McKinnie, Norinandie Park, 3 up and to play; Archibald Graham, New Jersey, beat R. p. Hanson, Phila- delphia, up; A. M Reid, St Andrews beat w. R. Tuckernan, Chevy Chase club, up; E. M Byers, Pittsburg, beat Walter Egan, ExIaoor, 4 up and to play; Frederick Herreshoff, Ekwanok, beat H. w. Person, Philadelphia Criek- ct, up and to play; G. A. Ormiston, Oakmont, beat E. s. Knapp, West brook, 1 up, 19 holes; W. J. Travis Garden City, beat F. A. Proal jr., Sea Bright, up and 5 to play. J. M. Rhett, beat Enos Widen, jr., Morris County, | 3 up aIid 2 to play; R. c. Watson, jr., Westbrook, beat P. H. F. Frelinghuy- sen, Morris County, up and 5 to play; Dr. D. P. Frederieks, Oil City, beat J. D. sTravers, Nassau, up; Max Behr, Morris County, beat F. G. Newton, Seattle, 2 up; Arthur Havemeyer, Sea Bright, beat Robert Abbott, Hillside, 1 up, 19 holes; G T. Brokaw, Garden City, beat A. H. Connolly, Austin, Tex, 5 up and ? to play; Malcolm McBur- ney, Stockbridge, beat T. M. Sherman, Utica, up; Chandler Egan, Exmoor, beat A. W. Tillinghast, Philadelphia Cricket, 3 up and 1 to play.
 Second round-West beat Smith, 6 up and to play; Herreshoff beat Byers, | up and 4 to play; Ormiston beat Ira wis, up and to play; Rhett beat Wat son by 1 up; Fredericks beat Behr, 3 up and to play; Havemeyer beat Brokaw, 1 up on 20 holes, and Egan beat Mo Burney, 4 up and to play.
 The third round of IS hole match play will be decided tomorrow morning with the players paired as follows:
 West vs. Reid; Herreshof vs. Ormis- ton; Rhett vs. Fredericks and Have I1aaUer ya Epaf1 +- 5 aS Ez5