The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-10
'EGAN OK HERRESHOFF
 WILL BE CHAMPION
EINAL BOUND TO-DAY IN NA-
 TIoNAL GOLF CONTEST.

ormiston, Who Defeated Champion
 Travis, Falls victim to the Man
 chester, VI, Man-Egan Picked for
 the Winner Chiefly Because of Hi.
 cOnslstent work.
 Short Hills. N, J. Sept. g.. With Walter J. Travis dethroned as the champion. of American golfers the honor of succeeding him Is to be de- cided tomorrow on the Baltusrol links. Either H. Chandler Egan, of the Exmoor country club of Chicago. or Frederick Herreshoff. of the Ekwanok country club of Manchester, Vt, will be the new champion as these two are the survivors of a field of 1SS men. re- presenting clubs all over the United States who started in the annual tour nament last Tuesday.
 Egan has host of followers who be- lieve his consistent work during the week indicates that he will be the win ner. The young New England repre- sentatiye also has a strong following on account of his decisive victories in the third round and semi-fnals to-day. Herreshoff defeated Ormiston, of Pittsburg, in the third round this morning by up and 3 to play. al- though Ormiston's defeat of Champion Travis yesterday made him decided favorite. In the serni-hnal round Her. reshoff again displayed excellent form and won by 6 up and to play from ". T. West, a young player of much promise from Camden. N. J.
 Egan played well in his morning round with A. Havemeyer, of Sea- bright, N. J., but he was bit wild on his drives while his short game was excellent. He beat Havemeyer. by up and to play. In the semi-final round Egan started out at fast clip and was 5 up at the seventh hole, hav- ing halved the first and third and won the other five from his opponent, pr. I'D. F. Fredericks, of oil City, Pa. pr. Fredericks won very stubborn game earlier in the day from J. M. Rhett. ot I the Crescent Athletic club of Brooklyn, the pair having to play two extra holes in order to decide the match. The oil City player had some hard luck on the outward journey with Egan but the EChicago man was only 3u up at the turn. Then the doctor cleverly wore down sl this lead by very steady work, his only fn1istakes being a topped tee shot at the l4th and short shot on the following thole with a long putt. Egan drove badly and pulled into the long grass but made a good recovery only to miss Ehalving the hole when his ball, after being in the cup bounded out again. Frederick won this (the 15th) hole in .I s to and the match was all square at that stage. Egan won the sixteenth in to s and the 17th with a beautiful tputt in 3 to 4. This gave Egafl the match by 2 up and to play.
 As Egan is the western champion and Herreshoff is the Vermont state champion the final round of 36 holes match play will be battle between the East and West.
 Following are the results of to-day's play:
 Third round, w. T. West, Camden. beat Archie Reid, St. Andrews, by q up and l to play; Frederick Herreshoff, Fkwanok, beat George A. Ormiston, EPittsburg, by up and to play; pr ID. E. Fredericks Oil City, beat J. M. Rhett, Crescent A. C., Brooklyn, i up lon 20 holes; H. Chandler Egan, Ex- moor, beat Arthur Havemeyer up and to play
 semi-f1nal round: Herreshoff beat
 West by 2 up and to play; Egan beat Fredericks by up and to play.