Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-04
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Pinehurst's Big Golf Tourney
Brought to a Close.
TRAVERS AGAIN FIRST
McCAMMoN OF THIS CITY WON
FIRST CONSOLATION PRIZE.
z. M. C. A. Boys Beat Baltimore at
Basket Ball-New Orleans Races
Cornell Won Chess Honors.

Walter j. Travis, the amateur champion,
added the Pinehurst cup, the chief trophy
of the New Year tournament of the Pine
hurst, N. c.. Golf Club. to his long list
of laurels Saturday by defeating w. G.
Fownes. IT., Of Pittsburg, In the Anal round.
by up and to play.
In achieving a victory the ''Old Man"
was called upon to play the best golf OF
which he Is capable. as his young opponent
stuck to his formidable task with deter
nination that was truly remarkable Called
upon to make an uphill fight of 1t at al
most from the outset, Fownes made bril-
liant recoveries when his chances appeared
to be hopeless. and the interested gallery
that followed the match was kept in a fever
of excitement to the end.
A high cross wind made putting on the
smooth clay green's most uncertain guam
tity at the best, and rain, which fell in the
later stages of the struggle, did not i'm
prove the chances for good medal scoring.
Travis was 1 up on the first outward jour-
ney. with the advantage of obtaining
half at the fourth by laying his opponent
a skymie
At the fourteenth the champion was j
up. but as Fownes won the next three with
the aid of phenomenal putting and halved
the home hole, matters were all square on
the first half.
Travis made a g~1nd Sc on his outward
journey in the afternoon. and Fownes, who
was a stroke under DOGGY" was 2 down
with to go. After losing the rext. Travis
started in with three successive holes and
was up with only to go.
Both were In trouble throue 1 the green
at the fourteenth Fownes was In the
bunker on his fourth. and the match was
apparently over. when he brought OF one
of the most remarkable shots seen in many
tournaments. From what appeared hope
less lie IN the formidable hazard, he laid
the ball up to within yard OF the hole,
and being away. ran 1t down on his next.
Travis was so surprised that he missed q
short pull for half. Fownes won the next
two holes with the aid of superior putting,
but 1t was all over at the seventeenth.
when he overdrove the green. Travis made
no mistake, and, winning the hole, took the
match.
0. McCammon of this city had to play
fast golf to defeat G. B. Fownes, and by so
doing he not only won the first consolation
cup. but tied for the best gross score on the
days handicap. w. c. Fownes had the sat
isfaction Of carrying Off trophy for Penn
sylvania by defeating w. w. Burton of
Lakewood In easy manner, but F. w. Hentz
of Mount Airy. who had been picked to win
the Holly Inn cup for Philadelphia, was
badly beaten by F. J. Bailey Of Chicago.
The summary of the match play follows:
Pinehurst cup: final-Walter J. Travis
Garden City, beat w. c. Fownes, IT.. High
land and l.
Pinehurst consolation; final-O. Mccain
mon. Chevy Chase. beat C. B. Fownes
Highland. l up
Carolina cup; final-D. M. Cole. Westfield,
beat w. e. Marcus Montclair. and l.
Carolina consolation: final-W. C. Fownes
Highland. beat w. w. Burton, Lakewood
and L.
Holly Inn cup: f1nal-F. J. Bailey, Chi
cago. beat W. F. Hentz Mt. Airy, 9 and T.
Mt Holly Inn consolation: f1nal-R Good
body. New York, beat G. w. Watts, Poland
Springs. 1 up.
Berkshire cup: semi-final-I. W. Kemble.
Philadelphia Country, beat H. H. Brown,
Philadelphia Country, and 3; G. C. Dut-
ton, Oakley, beat F. o. Horstman, Chevy
Chase. 1 up.
Final-Dutton beat Kemble, and a.
Berkshire consolation; semi-final-W R.
Hotchkin. Montcfair beat 8. Y Ramage.
OIL City. D and 3: r: o. Lamb. Common
wealth. beat S. B. Ayres New York. 1 up
t1nal-Hotchkin beat Lamb, and s.
While Philadelphia could claim small
honor In the match play. the handsome
trophy In the days handicap event went to
a Quaker city golfer. Milton c. Work of
the Philadelphia Country Club, with the
aid of handicap of II. captured the much
coveted prize with net score of 49, This
was splendid achievement in view of the
conditions prevailing ~