The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-24
ANNUAL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST DAYS PLAY IN METRO
POLITAN TOURNAMENT.

Out of Seventy-sIx Players Entered
Sixty-three Turn in Cards in Qualify
ing ROund-First Thirty-two Qualify
Sensation of the Day the Record
Golf of Young j. ID. Travers.
New York, May 23.-Out Of the sew
enty-six players who entered for the
eighth annual championship of the
Metropolitan Golf association, which
began to-day on the ST. Andrews club
links, sixty-three turned In cards in
the qualifying round of thirty-six holes
medal play. The first thirty-two quail
fed with scores of ia and under, to
continue at match play for the cham
pionshlp title, and the others are d.
vided into two divisions for minor
prizes.
The sensation of the day was the
splendid scores made by Jerome D.
Travers, the young golfer WHO recently
moved from Nassau, Long Island, to
Montelair, N j. The amateur record
for the course of 5,S41 yards was 7S
made by Archie Reid, member of the
St. Andrews club. Young Travers
made the morning round In 72, and du-
plicated this score in the afternoon,
This establishes new amateur and
also new competitive score for the
links.
Walter J, Travis, who formerly held
the Metropolitan title as we'll as the
national honor, went around in n In
the morning, but he also made 72 in the
later round. Findlay S. Douglas, also
a former champion, did 50 and rs, but
Archie Graham of North Jersey, G. 7.
Brokaw, Garden City, and S. D. Bow
ers finished ahead Of Douglas, who was
sixth in the list In the order of merit.
Those who qualified to-day will play
tomorrow in the first and second
rounds at IS holes match play, and the
final round Of thirty-six holes will be
decided on Saturday.
Following are the scores of the eleven
players:
j. D. Travers, Montclair, N. j., IA;
w. j. Travis, Garden City, 140 Archie
Graham, North Jersey, 151; G.. T. Bro
kaw, Garden City, 152; S. D. Bowers
Brooklawn, Conn, 1853; #, S. Douglas
Nassau, l.. L., 1877, A. NJ. Reid, st. An
drew's, 1853; F.. O. Hustman, ST. An
drews, 1859; G.. P. Tiffany, Powellton
N. Y, 161; R. c., Watson, jr., Garden
City, 161; Il. M Byers, st. Andrew s.
1853; Fred Herreshoff, Wee Burn, Conn,
1854; A. M. Robbins, st. Andrews 166;
B. G.. Fuller, Apawamis, Rye, N. Y,
167; L. P. Gwyer, Siwanoy, New York
167; Max Behr Morris County, N. j..
167; C. H. seeley, Wee Burn, Conn.
1857; C. A. Dunning, Nassau, l.. l..
1877; R. Havemeyer, Seabright, N. j.,
1859; w. T. stern, st. Andrews, 1859;
]. M. Rhett, Crescent A. c., Brooklyn
So; w. l.. Gunther, Ardsley, N. Y.
1859; c.. l.. Tappin, Westbrook, L. l..
17O; Howard Jaffray, jr. Arsley, N. Y.
10; P. w. Kendall, Fox Hills, S. l.,
III; John Reid, jr., st. Andrews, III;
J. D. Foot Apawamis, Rye, N. Y,
172; DR.. A. H. Hart, Apawamis, Rye, N
Y, 17S; Oswald Kirby, Englewood, N
j., 17S; l.. A. Hamilton, Englewood
l'173; 7. w, Phillips, Siwanoy, N. Y.
174; A. f. Barron, Ardsley, 174.
The draw for the first round of match
play tomorrow resulted as follows:
Kendall and Behr; Reid, jr., and
Tappin; Jaffray and ]. M. Rhett; Gun
ther and Phillips; Barron and Kirby
Hamilton and Hart; Travers and Full.
Ter: Dunning and Foot; Travis and Ar.
chic Reid; Graham and Stern; Brokav
and Bowers Douglas and Seeley
Gwyer and Horstman; Byers and Her
reshoff; Robbins and Watson; Tiffany
and r. Havemeyer.