New-York tribune., 1906-07-12
TRAVIS SHOWS THE WAY
IEADS GOLFING FIELD.
Trarers Second IN Amateur Cham
pionship Qualifying Round.

walter J Travis Of Garden city. once again
demonstrated his ability a consistent medal
stvsr bv leading the field In the Ss-hole qualify
M feund ef the amateur championship tourna-
-ent az ths United States Golf Association on the
Inks Of the Englewood GoIf Club yesterday. The
fsgneT champion returned a score Of I52. three
strokes better than Jerome D. Travers OF the Mas
fau Country Club who came in second
H BanEard. jr-. comparative stranger from
Baltimore. third with 15s. while c. E. Van
Week IT, OF Montclair. tied for fourth place with
ne title Eoider H Chandler Egan at 159. George
s E~on. Canada's strongest amateur. made 1sl.
OF the 81 starters on Tuesday morning over one
hundred finished.
Dwight Partridge of Yale who led The field with
81 the end Of the first days play. failed TO live
" 70 his high estate Yesterday. and took s.. he
ruslihea but was far down the list
those with scores Of 1ss tied for the last tvo
faces There were six-W. T. West Gilman p.
rTfauy JOHN II Ward. J. D. Foot. and Douglas
Laird In the play-of, requiring two holes. West
shi Tiffany won, thereby earning the right TO con
fhas al match play to-day.
he luck Of The draw has brought several favor
ha the same half Fortune has smiled on Egan.
uh Is IN the upper half and far removed from the
m5H dangerous claimants for his title. The best
6kh on his side are Fred Herreshoff Dr.. Carr. T.
q snernan Harold Weber. DR.. D P Frederlcks
lnd George s Lyon To make things easier for
ne Eznoor crack fate has deereed that HERE
i IS in Tie lower half where the real fighting
vi 5e seen. IN the second bracket appears the
nane Of Bs1kard. the Baltimore surprise and q
llue further down are E NJ. Byers and Dwight
Travis George Z. 3rokaw plays Murray Olyphant
and then comes TraverE vs.. Perry Pyre. I'd In
ine ast bracket are Van Week Jr-' ana Archle
FTo7idea Travis and Travers meet with no set
dash Tomorrow meaning in the third round
IHavE is staying 81 the Engewood Cup mouse
e ~rarE fe
Afssr the l5ara 1,ots AZ, the part of Travers IN
tsinE caught IN the rain the first day, the gal
eT anxious the metropolitan. champion
eei going under favorable conditions Travis had
returned his q before TfaVers started out and the
EisT srrW thar m order 10 finish in front some
, n tie 7 " W. 'g Si4i, fT',s <nortinE snirit he
declared hs intention 70 90 for everything.
heFeEai hundred persons swung In behind IreVers
and Weber as Ihcy left the first tee. and the
Nassaq PLAYER once showed that he was on edge
y laying hs approach dead and getting 3 The
Wien 'Jerun.~ as his friends call him, took three
~ m she second and third greens. Here were
eo strokes dropped and II began TO look Ike a
rake even Tsrdon envious. he made the next
lse hoes II seventeen. 50 that a AZ the 34d-yard
80 au!r would nave given him - going out lie
49, sseo lS erlle 50 that the 2an barely mace tne
~ n ar9 guarded o. a bunker. but acting on me
-tsce n his caddie Travers used a cleek- He
- 1lslt hnt the distance WIS not in the eluD ana
Y ball failed 10 carry the trouble. He then tried
- nat he averran and took s.
Ever then he had chance 20 get Y. provided he
alae no further mistakes but he faltered three
gems As i vas, he got a &c. and his - equalled
1sloEs
s..........s : sss:sS :s1ssss-7s
Chandler Egan returned a e. He went out in
anc home in IS. He showed signs Of settling
0o@a DIT complained Of his half iron shots. which
Ae'e more or less uncertain. His driving was
ls'eT better straight down the line, and usually
- - considerably more than 20o yards His friends
he week ~ "a
,the accessibility ~ the Englewood course from
~ ety e evidently appreciated by the golfers,
al ~ larneo oat In larger numbers yesterday than
-, ,-s Opening day a number Of holes can De
49, IRON TIC clubhouse. which is pleasing TO
mo - not enjoy trampng over the hills
saas lran Tor the FIRST round Is as follows: Here
-. - -aTY. Johnstone VS.. Cole: " =. smith VS.
go. movies Sherman: Weber vs.. Freaericks;
:. - is. Tiffany. WhitteT1lore VE- ESan: Barnes
s-s,stL+ " hitlztch IS West; Evans vs. Bankard: /:
Il Gson - Wilcox. Partridge vs. Byers; Reid
- 'llaff' BrukaW vs. Olyphant; Travers vs. Pyne;
Cox rs Graham
q, summary of yesterdays play and the totals
'n rounds follows: