New-York tribune., 1906-07-14
GOLF FAVORI1ES LOSE.
BYERS And. LYON YIN.
Travis Puts TraUers out and Then
Falls Victim to ByerS.

The amateur championship tournament OF the
United States Golf Association in progress on the
links Of the Englewood Golf Club has narrowed
down to Eben NJ Byers St. Andrews. and George
& LYON OF Toronto Byers worked his way 70 the
final round yesterday by defeating w. 7. West. OF
Philadelphia In the third round. ard the redoubta-
BILE Walter j. Travis. of Garden City, in the semi
final round. Lyon won from Gilman p Tiffany OF
the Powelton Golf Club, by up. and then easily
defeated Ellis Knowles. of Yale, by up and 10
play.
The surprise OF the day was the easy victory OF
Byers over Travis by up and to play. The poor
showing of the veteran is partially explained py
the fact that he had a hard match in the morning,
when he defeated Jerome D. Travers, the metropol-
tan champion To those who make close study
Of golf it is easily understood what hard matcn
means at the latter end of n week in midsummer
Golf in a national championship becomes an en-
durance contest. as we'll of skill When
Travis met Byers in the afternoon all the snap
had gone cut OF his game, but even IT the Gardeh
City player had been at his best IL is by no means
certain that he would have beaten the Plftsours
expert. who played the best goif fe mas SHOWN al
any time this week.
There is no reason why the success Of Byers
over the three-time national champion should oc-
casion any surprise. The pair first met in the ISUz
championship a Glenview, when Byers won IN d
sensational finish A year later. in the nationaI
tourney at Nassau Travis reversed the decision
by putting out Byers in the final round They did
not meet again until few weeks ago at 81. An
drews, in the metropolitan championship. "heh
Byers won by 5 up and to play. Add to this yes
terdays victory for the younger man, and II VIII
be seen that he has defeated Travis in three or
the four meetings.
There has probably never been a hnalist in this
country who received little credit for clever
work as Lyon. This plucky Canadian travelled a
thousand miles, determined to have "shy" at
the array OF crackajacls in the States. He ar
rived only a day before the tournament began. and
started in the qualifying round almost unnoticed
He has played good golf every day, even though
he does not possess that free, easy swing which
is only attained by those who take up the game
early in life.
In talking at the nineteenth hole last night
the Canadian took exception to the statement that
he defeated H. Chandler Egan on a fuke in the
Olympic championship at Glen Echo in 1904 Lyon
called attention to the fact that during that match
he broke the record for the course and he did not
think there was anything fiuky in golf like that
When the golfers arrived at the links in the
morning they could talk of little else save the Ir
vis-Travers match Opinion was pretty evenly d'-
vided as to the outcome, bat. II anything, major
ity had leaning for Travis in the belief that the
veteran would win through his deadly work on the
green's Their line of reasoning looked right at the
start when Travers, after laying his approach to
the first hole inside the others. lost the hole by
taking three puts. He settled down Immediately,
however winning the second hole in 4 20 5. when
Travis sliced his second shot out Of bounds.
The Garden City man brought of one of his SEN
sational 3O-foot puts Tor a Oh the IhITu STeel'
This hole is 400 yards long. Travers returned the
compliment in the way of a steal" when he ran
down a long one for a the seventh green.
When the veteran got into trouble playing the
eighth Travers won in g. They halved the ninth
in l. leaving the younger 1 up at the turn.
His card showed total Of 81 80 for the other.
When Travers won the eleventh hole in 8. making
him up. 1t looked as ST he was sure winner.
Even the Travis admirers admitted that their man
would hardly be likely to overcome the advantage
MIA NJ TRAY
Just at that point luck seemed to desert TraVers.
Poor drives from the next two tees cost him those
holes while his tee shot going to tho fourteenth
was sent away with so much vim that it found the
bunker some go yards away. There was an ele-
ynent Of hard luck in that and iE another hole.
Now up, Travis continued on. winning the next
two holes in perfect 4s and the match was over.
Their cards were as follows