The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-09
GOLFER TRAVIS Is BEATEN.
SUCCUMBS TO ORMISTON IN THE
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
winner Had the 332 Yard Seventeenth
Hole In Two when Dormie-Match
Play Full OF Sensat tons at Baltusrol
Chandler Exam In, but Byers a Loser.

Hole In Two when Dormie-Match
Play Full OF Sensa lions at Baltusrol
Chandler Egan In, but Byers Loser
Old fashioned matches brought out new
sensation yesterday at the amateur golf
championship over the links of the Baltusrol
, Golf Club, for Walter j. Travis. the title
holder and also British champion, met defeat
at the hands of George A. Ormiston. the best
player OF the Western Pennsylvania Asso-
citation, and for five years deemed possibility
for the national championship. Orniston
won by and /. He came to this country
from North Berwick to Pittsburg when about
~ years old. and has since kept in touch with
the old links through visits to Scotland, but
Ormiston has learned most OF his golf in this
country. Chandler Egan was another sur
vivor. and in the afternoon disposed OF young
Malcolm McBurney Byers fell by the way
side.
"Ormiston beat me by fDe golf. aided by
the bit OF luck that Is part of the game and
always welcome, was the comment OF Travis.
My defeat will let the Britishers know there
are others-it has been their fancy to refer
to me as in a class alone"
Travis also said that the defeat might
change his plans about the Olympic tourna-
ment. He had not intended to play IN 1t,
but now II may be necessary to go there Tor
revenge.
Four to survive the morning round. II West
Of Camden is included. were Philadelphians
although the Harvard boy had every show
to win both the second and third. as Travis
made mshap that 1S eEst on nd s.t e ap bese
proal halved in tours. and he played well
thereafter But now Travis ha "a. yarn Sarme ,d
get active and he did not win a single mole.
being beaten by and 4. Travis went out in
N aR hda pI9S IN "a a,S Taie on the -FOUR remain
An uphill match. on the other hand. was
the portion of the other favorite. Chandler
Western champion had clear lead on I'll
linghast. but the latter again squared tne
match BY two on the tenth After alter,
and won by 5 and /. The Westerner home
ward Journey barring the six on thes1teenth
was beautiful. going for 80 The card was:
HI Hlr e; E ass1:.s u. Is
H 4,l, G hssn .... : .S-ss
Two matcnes in the round We're G fa,is
winning the extra hole in toe.
.Ieiries q callow youth against veteran.
for Herreshofr had as opponent the doughty
hS P st bae Tfe ry for Sp th s
pionship at sandwich 1t was the, betting
match OF the day. for nuny of the old guard
thought Byers couldn't lose.
Chandler Egan and McBurney halved two
holes and then the former had his first
Of the west T s 'he he
cock Hills and Stockbridge. winner did not
play with quite the usual dash, ior Egans
supremacy had been established TO McBur-
nry's satisfaction in many match about
boston, Three up at the turn. Egan won
Every hole of the Ormiston and Travis
match was "A treat to watch. Having the
first in 8, Ormston bagsed the next two MIN
ha tStd the ffth and sixth in 4s. but luck
favored Ormiston on the latter. Tor ne nearly
halved out from grass knee high from the
Luck again helped ormiston to a half on
would otherwise have won the hole The
eighth. an unlucky hole throughout the
tournament to Travis. ormstonr A. captured ed
stymie Omissions bah was on the lip OF
tne cup t and It saey WITH
hi- niblick and gained the hole. The out
ward journey had been 40 to Al. with Travis
l down.
Dropping his tee shot nicely on the is4-
yard tenth green. the ball rolled so near the
hole that ormist9n Won IN % hut r gooS
luck enabled Ormiston to steal the twelfth
from him, The Pittsbnrger was in the bunker
then holed out from of the green with his
mashie for =, 80 that Travs's careful was
on the fourteenth enabled Travis to
cut the lead to but mp again Then two were
halved but a better long game awarded the
sixteenth to Ormiston, putting him dormie
. The finish on the next hole. which de-
spoiled Travis OF the title of American cham
pion. was marvellous one and set the gallery
TO cheering like mad
and made the green. He vas sure of q
al nd with chance for 2. Vow Ormiston
pIayed Taking cleek. although it was
only an iron shot, Ormiston played the shot
with half force. a favorite approach play Of
his The ball hit Just short of the green and
rolling on true to the line it dropped into the
hole for q II was finish to stir the blood
of every golfer among the bystanders, and
the cheers were spontaneous.
The hole ia of 332 yards and Omissions
shot that ran down was OF about 40 yards.
II was the first two ever recorded on the hole
and one will not be made again in many
dav Playing out the home hole for Ormis-
tons card they haved in 4. The strokes