The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
GREAT GOLF AT SHINNEC0Ck,
TRAVIS BEATS TRAVERS IN FINAL
or ~ HOLES. o..
Queer Happening On the Homo Hole when
Travers Drives Into Pocket Of Indian
Caddie B0x-Long Search for the Lest
Dall-CIose Play for Other cups

Trevofo Drives INTO FOCkot " s"usss'
Caaidie B0x-Lons search for the Lest
Dail-Close Play for Other Cups
SOUTHAMPTON. July 2s.-A rule Of the
green" Of the oldest. funniest sort that has
ever been seen on Q links In the history OF
golf occurred In the final Tor the hfst cup
between Walter j. Travis and Jerome d.
Travsrs to-day at the shinuecock Hills Col
Club tournament. They were all even play
ing the home hole. jerome Trsvers having the
honor and getting OF . screaming ball. There
was slight pull to II and. flying somewhat
OF the course. the ball bit an Indian oaddle
boy. one OF the Shinnecook lads. plump In the
back. Travis drove . straight ball and then
all hands set out to search for Traverss Dali
In the stubble. There were two or three
hundred persons engaged In the search and
every inch Of the ground was scanned over
and over again for over ten minutes.
Times up" announced W. A. Putnam
Of the green committee. as he looked At me-
watch. Travis cast Q sharp glance In MS
direction. which meant that he did not want
to claim the hole on the teohnicallty. A.
lest expsdent Travcrs called UP the oeddie
boy who had been struck and who had deem
- jealous ~ the others In searching Tor the
ball. John Ward searched the boys pocket
and to the general surprise the missing Dali
WAS found there.
The Indian caddie was As much surprised
q any one. He had been too busy crying
out "Ouoh" and rubbing tho sore spot wnen
the ball hit him to not ce that 1t had oaromed
into the pocket II was rule Of the
green" for which no penalty rested against
Travers. who dropped the ball and played on.
The match had highly sensational finish :.
Travis winning on the twenty-nrst hole. IL
was the best golf contest seen In the M. q. A.
his season and will send the two principals
to Wheaton az equal Eastern fsvorites for tho
national championship.
Travera was the better on the approaches.
but he missed puts Of two feet or less on the
eleventh and seventeenth greens. The match
n oil was treat TO the great gallery that fol-
lowed over the dunes for twenty-one holes.
A half in I was the beginning. A flfteen foot
put on the second and one Of twenty feet on
carried the IA YARD yard fourth green on his drive.
winning the hole In that might have been
had he tried for Y, but IT We rs. n9t Necessary:
ren to wood Voc so Sn SnS t. tSe tee shot ',
Az even now, hne io-foot put saved half
s for fv e. az the ,. .. :es oyer s RR.
Tsy led TRAVIS Y. ,S Sn dTlys
s hs ess1 put Rs
the top Of the ridge. Travers hit the disk and
had almost q 4. winning In s. This made
them square at the turn. In the remarkable
The tenth was a half in 3. the .youn ester
to Offset pulled drive. Both were in the
ro1sh from the eleventh tee: Trsv err pulling
secure had he not slipped up on a short put.
TEaveEs was dead for On the twelfth.
winning the hole in 3 and being now 2 up.
Two halves in fours followed. when Travers
He drove the bunker before the green. . shot
Of 2!6 yards while Travis over-approached
THE sixteenth was halyed in s. Travers
missing 4 short put TO win. The youngster
into the rough from the tee. as he had on thN
eleventh. The home hole. after the bali
Of some ~ feet to win the hole and match.
They halved the next two extra holes In
s, par golf. Both wore on the twenty-frst
green in :. the balls lying 10 feet from the cup
on opposite side Of the sTesn Trsver: had
bold try and won the great match 10 5. The
sn%s sTs t%o he iouf she9
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