The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-12
THE old MAN.
IN RACE FORM
Travis Looms Up an Obstacle in
the National Golf
Play.
Journal snaoial serxioa.

Journal Special Service.
New York. July 12.-walter ]. Travis. the
''old man OF the links has forged to the front
again. In the finish Of the qualifying round
of the national championship tournament ut
Englewood yesterday Travis returned score Of
Is, giving him total of 152. Jerome d. Tray
ers also did IS. good enough to place him Sec
ond with 155.
Then came q. II. Bankard Of Baltimore, with
158, followed by r.. Chandler Egan, the title
holder, 69 and G. 3. Van an Week, Jr., with 100.
places in the qualification scramble. They were
W. T. West, Gilman p. Tiffany, John NJ. Ward,
c. ]. Sullivan, Douglas Laird and ]. Foot. 1t
required three extra holes before Tiffany and
West eventually won out.
The luck Of the draw has brought several
favorites in the same half. Fortune has smiled
on Egan, who Is IN the upper half, and Tar
removed from the most dangerous claimant for
his title.
The best men on his side Fred Herreshon,
Or. Carr T. NJ. Sherman, Harold Weber: DR..
D. p. Tredericks and Lyon, and to make thlng1
easier for the Elmore crack, fate has decrsed
that Herreshof and Carr and Weber and Fred
ericks must meet In the first round.
1t is in the lower half where the real fight
ing will be seen In the second bracket up.
pears the name of Banknrd, the Baltimore sur
prise. and a little further down are G. NJ. Bey'
ers and Dwight Partridge drawn together. Archie
Reed meets Travis, George T. Brokaw1 plays
Murray Oliphant. and then comes Travers vs..
Perry Pyne second. In the last bracket are
Van Week, il, and Archie Graham.
backs in their first two rounds they will clash
Friday morning in the third round Travis II
stopping at the Englewood clubhouse this week,
and saving his energy for the real struggle.
After the hard luck on the part OF Trayers,
due to his having been caught In the rain on
the first day, the gallery was anxious to see
him get going under favorable conditions. Travis
had returned his Is before Trayers started out
and the latter knew that in order to finish ir
| front something exceptional would be required
He needed II to tie Travis, and, with true
sporting spirit, he declared his intention o.
Several hundred people swung in behind Ira
| vers and Weber they left the first tee, ant
| the Nassau player at once showed that he wal
ting q 8. The hole is $50 yards. Then cam.
annoying setbacks when 'Jerum," as his friend
call him, took three puts On the second ant
| third runs. Here were two strokes dropped, ant
| it began to look like hopeless task.
| Travers then gave evidence Of ability tina
would make Vardon envious. He mad
the next five holes in IT, 50 that a four at tn
going out. But in his drive the ball barel!
made the fair green beyond the rough. TIL
| green was long way off and guarded by 4
bunker, but, acting on the advice Of his caddie
Travers used cleek. He made q beautiful
shot, as straight as an arrow in Its flight. bu
| the distance was not in the club and the bal
failed to carry. He then tried to gobble fou
after making the green, with the result that b
! overran and took six.
! Even then he had a chance to get 72 II h
| made no further Mistakes but he faltered o
three green's AS it was, he got three and hi
IS equaled Travis effort earlier in the day.
! In getting his IS Egani went out in 40 an
home in 3s. He showed signs of settling down
but complained Of his half iron shots. whic
were more or less uncertain. His driving wa
never better, straight down the line and usual
| for considerably more than 200 yards. Hi
friends feel sanguine that he will be hard {
| beat later in the week. =. -. +:
The draw for the first round is as follows
! Herreshor vs.. Carr Johnstone vs.. Cole, W, F
! Smith vs.. Behr, Knowles vs.. Sherman. Weber vs.
Fredericks. Bowers vs.. Tiffany. Whittemore VI
Egan, Barnes VS.. Lyon, Whittlach vs. West
| ridge VS.. Byers, Reid VS.. Travis. Brokaw VI
| Oliphant, Travers vs.. Pyne, Van Week vs.. Ora
ham. st.. .-.N.A. ! -. -. -, q