New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
SEASONS GOLF RECORD.
II c. EG4N HEADS LIST.
". j. TRAVIS and j. d. TraUers
Come Neat zfith Fine Records.

over 1t is possible to give the prominent amateurs
q rating for 1895 In endeavoring 70 properly
classify the 1t Is essential TO note especially
the achievements over so-called standard courses
as well as the quality OF the fields In which the
successes we're attained. The winning of cham
pionshp does not necessarily imply that the title
holder is the best golfer a case in point was the
win of Louis n. James in the national tournament
at Glenview in 1909.
Th. year however. there can be reasonable
excuse for not placing II. Chandler Egan at the
head of the list He Is deserving Of the place as
Walter ]. Travis in previous years While
dwelling on the champion it will be interesting to
glance at his record. During the last year he
played In eighteen matches. seventeen and
| lost one. His trip abroad in the spring and the
commencement OF business career in the early
, fall combined 10 make this season considerably
shorter than that Of 1909.
In way history has repeated itself with IL
Chandler Egan in that the strain Of three impor-
tant ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the Western cham
, tionship and the national hampionship-foIoWing
In rapid succession. made him loser al Exmoor'
where in 1904 Bruce Smith defeated him on the
twenty-irst green. while this year Egan finished
down to z. e Giles. The champion showed his
class Immediately afterward by winning one-club
competition. doing the Exmoor course in 1s. using
Indiron.
Egan's form permits only of praise. He drives
long ball and plays his irons beautifully his
coveries from trouble marking the most brilliant
part Of his game. There those who claim
that Egan's wild driving times would his
downfall on many OF the famous links abroad. but
that's another story. there is telling what he
might do the classic courses of Great Britain
when put TO the test. Let it suffice that he has
won almost everything in which he took part this
year-a worthy record for champion Here 1t is:
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Sest D Bok5n m baat ep va Waltsr Fan e up ~
Nattona-3eat Charles B. Macdonald, ? beat Dr..
sin sin9a CAT up 6sat FTsd sTe-h9f ~ up beat HaF
down, w.
In selecting the second best golfer there is little
or nothing TO choose between Walter J. Travis
and Jerome D. Trayers on tournament play in the
last season. Therefore in naming Travis ahead
OF the Nassau boy. the move is prompted by for
deeds Of greatness, rather than by present
day form. Ever though shorn OF his champion
ship title. Travis has gathered in his share of
the spois this season He began his 1916 cam
paign by cleaning up z good field OF players In
an important tourney at Pinehurst last winter.
and followed this with exceptional low scor-
ing stunts. during brief stay st bermuda
His metropolitan district debut was less
spicious. as the veteran lost TO ". c. Chick in
the spring tourney at Lakewood Travis squared
accounts shortly afterward by beating Chick IN
the Garden City tournament Al Fox Hills Travis
tride OF his game and met with crush
ing defeat in the second round OF the Me,ropon-
Coli Association championship at the hands
o. TraTers. Later on he defeated Travers at
westorook and shinnecock. only TO lose again TO
the boy az Nassau. In the national championship
Wheaton Travis lost 10 ". c. Fownes. II.
TIE title OF ''golfng machine" given 20 Travis
long ago becaus. Of his remarkable stesdin.ss
was less applicable this year. For instance on
rhe first day Of the trf-city match at Garden City
last month Travis returned an exceptional =. yet
the following afternoon his game fell OF fully
half stroke hole. Even though reverses have
come 10 Travis more frequently this year than in
Travers easily takes third place in the ranking
He STATED in6iTsTsaty IN tne sRrng 5y losing
lost in the InesTopotan POI 10 George T Brokaw after
The Nassau player was in the national champion
ship. when he lost 10 Eben " Byers- In the open
tourneys At Englewood, Westbrook and Shinne-
eocS ITaFeTS vas he 97l1aer,lP' put ne Son at
leading all rhe amateurs in the Metropolitan Goif
Association open championship az Fox Hills II
In q majority Of the open Journeys in which he
conpetsd: Iravers carried OF low score honors in
winner in the tri-city matches In ten tourna-
three Others. besides breaking even with Travis in
four encounters These are exclusive Of the occa
match al Nassau In that thirty-six hole match
ITave-s returned sooEs o. 14E l4o g2od enough 70
finish. Travers holds the amateur record At Mas
4 6. lockwood seems entitled to. fourth place.
IN addition 70 winning the Massachusetts cham
margin Of stroke. the Briton has shown excep-
son notably in tae last round OF the national open
charpioaskEp. at Ny0pia. when he reeled OF q 75
While Ffodlay s Douglas did coTnpar lively little
tournament playing this year, he cannot well De
rated worse than fifth In the trf-city matches.
month he defeated his opponents quite easily. and
later won his club championship al Nassau for
the second time.
" =. Fownes, tr.. who generally accounts FOR
the cups in the vicinity OF Pittsburg 10 say
nothing OF Atlantic City, is capable OF fitting al
No ; while Walter z Egan. runrer-up 10 H. C
Exam IN the Western championship and winner of
the lakewood spring tourney. is good seventh. /
Dr. .. P. Fredsricks comes next He displayed
good form the amateur championship. leading
The ield in the qualifying round. with Ii5 He also
made the team match the day before Dwight
Par--!dze, the interscholasrc champion and Great
harrington winner, looks well No. g while Ebera
N Byers partially for his occasional flashes OF
br1.liarcy and partially for old times sake should
Tnsa chere is John " Ward on whose head
titles rest easily He the New-Jersey State
city matches. and various other occasions proved
his r1Ehc De rated here. Charles H Seely /
the metropolitan championship and that IS all but
he : { hard TO beat at that. and ought to (
account for twelfth place The may be said /
Archie Graham runner-up 10 Seely IN the met
-p-1.-zn, who next. The former New-Jer- (
sey CHAMPION has for years shown himself 10 be !
hss rot done much this season. because OF trip 1
broad but he il deserving Of q ranking. as Is /
A L White. the former intercollegiate champion /
7 u Sherman another tournament winner, is |
also entitled 20 recognition
--rfs accounts for sixteen golfers. There are |
Others have done wonders in spots, but for al
src.rd ability they cannot consistently be placed |