New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-28
NEW YORK GOLFERS WIN.
TRAITS MAKES Il RECORD.
Philadelphia Beaten IN First Half
of Tri-Citg Match.

The Metropolitan golf team decisive victory
over Philadelphia in the first half of the tri-city
match ut Garden City yesterday When the last
put had been holed the totals read: Metropolitan.
10: Philadelphia, 5. the scoring being on the basis
of point for each match. There were ten players
on side, single matches prevailing in the morning
and best ball foursomes in the afternoon. This vic
tory Of the Metropolitan entities it to meet
Boston to-day for the Lesley trophy
After the individual matches of the morning had
been concluded 1t seemed almost foregone con-
ciusion that victory would perch the banner
of the local team OF the matches all save three
resulted in favor of New-York.
With little no wind interfere with the drives
Il ideal day for golf. Walter j. Travis, cap
tain Of he Metropolitan team. in his best form.
and playing against H w Perrin he went out in 81
and came home in 35 for brilliant r. This was a
new competitive record and broke the amateur rec
ord for the course by two strokes. The next best
score ever returned at Garden City was 73 by
Stewart Gardner. the clubs professional
Standing the eighteenth tee Travis knew he
needed for 70. He had been IN a similar posi-
ton several times before. but somehow something
would happen to keep him from doing the trick,
for II Is matter of record that he has made the
circuit in Z. fewer than eleven times On this
occasion his tee shot the pond made the edge
of the green, but the ball was some thirty feet
from the hole. The put looked good all the way,
and to the words a bystander, went in as
If ne it,
",
though he might have saved q couple of strokes II
reasonably short puts that he missed had gone
down t Ion, on the third and fifteenth greens His at
down Although Travis had Perrin 10 down at the
finish the latter made an s2-good enough to win
a majority of matches played over this difficult
course. The record card follows:
Charles Seely. the Metropolitan Golf Association
champion. led of for the home team playing
against R. E Grtscom. the visiting captain. seeIy
scored his point without much difficulty. and on
straight hole play had the match by up and 8 to
play Archie Graham defeated DR.. Simon Carr,
one Of the strongest Of the Philadelphians. by 8
up and to play, while Jerome D. Travers had
G. J. Cooke down Ffndiey s. Douglas, although
of in driving, never played better short game
Douglas was opposed to T. Oden Horstman, and
won by up and to play. his card showing IS
Philadelphia's first winner G. A. Crump.
The latter approached and putted in deadly fashion
defea ting Harold Wilcox by 4 up and 3 to play.
A W. Tfllinghast, Of Philadelphia, from the
veteran Charles b Macdonald on the home green,
but John M Ward defeated R. e Hanson one
Of the Pennsylvania youngsters, by Up and 5 to
play. H. P. Smith looked like q loser against
Percy R Pyne. I'd, but the latter topped his drive
from the eighteenth tee the pond. so that
the Philadelphia. getting q g. halved the match.
Playing the extra hole Smith laid his second shot
after a short drive within fifteen feet OF the hole
and dropped the put for ) The best Pyne could
get a 4
Ralph Peters. ir.. the Princeton boy playing last
on the Metropolitan team, defeated J. Noile by s
up and to play. Peters was a substitute. and
Travis put him or the team in place OF Devereaux
Emmett. The summary OF the singles follows: