Evening star., 1907-07-14
TRAVERS AMATEUR
GOLF CHAMPION
Wins Decisive Victory Over
Archie Graham on the Course
of the Euclid Club.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. July l3-Dlayipg
the same unbeatable golf that has cbar,r.
terized his play since the beginning of tho
tournament. Jerome X Trlvers. the nine
teen -year-old golfer Of Montclair n j. to-
day won the national amateur golf cham
pionship from Archie Graham OF the North
Jersey Club. Travers won a decisive Vic
tory, up. 5 to play. lie was up at tho
end of the morning round of eighteen holes
and gradually increased his lead The end
came at the thirty first hole, when Travers.
after dropping 175-yard midrun. shot 10
yards from the cup, ran the ball ON the
next shot to within less than a foot of its
goal and holed the little putt after Graham
had narrowly missed long putt that would
have prolonged the game
Travers' medal score for the eighteen holes
play in the morning was 20. for the first
nine holes of the afternoon play 36 and he was
one under bogey on the last four holes
played. Graham took IS I'm the morning. 80
for the first nine holes in the afternoon and
! was one over bogey on the last four holes.
Graham Simply outclassed.
Graham played a plucky game, but he
was simply outclassed by a golfer who, to
quote the language of President Chauncey
| of the United States Golf Association. In
presenting the gold championship medal
| to the new champion, had given the finest
| exhibition of golf that has ever been seen
|
ments started
! "Travers is the logical winner of this
tournament and deserves the champion
| ship" said the veteran Walter J. Travis.
after watching the little New Jersey golfer
| hole out the putt that brought him national
! honors. He had the hard side of tho
draw and wad1 through a lot of high
| class players TO the finish
Travers played beautiful golf today, al
most as perfect in fact as that shown in
yesterday 5 sensational game with Warren
| X. Wood. He was in trouble OCCASION
ally, but his ION shots several time won
! him holes when apparently he had lost.
| Only once did he display poor Judgment.
! That was on the seventh hole of the after
noon play. The distance to this hole Is
| 402 yards, with A big bunker guarding the
| green thirty yards from the cup. Braham
| took chance after his long drive and
| brassied over the bunker. low ball that
| carried more than two hundred va DIS.
Travers tried the same shot, but could
| not get the distance. although he made
| perfect stroke, and his ball pumped into
the bunker, this shot losing him the hole.
| Travers generally outdrove Graham. his
| iron shots We're almost invariably better
| placed, and his work on tAe greens. the
| most delicate stroke of golf, was far SUI
| perior to that of the North Jerseyman.
| Jerome Travers now holds the national.
| metropolitan and New Jersey hampton
| ships. He has won the metropolitan three
| times
Story of the Contest.
A detailed description of the contest
| follows:
| Hole 1-32o yards Both drove 26O yards, al
| most to the bunker. Travers little short
his approach, but putted to within 20 inches or
| the hole. Grahan's approach was too strong but
| he putted dead, and hoed In 4. Travers hoied his
! putt. Halvcd in 4.
| Hole 2-253 yards. Graham half topped his drive.
but the all Jumped the ditch. Travers' drive was
good. Roth well the green In . Both
| took puts HGlyed in 4.
Hole S-2O5 yards. Travers cleek shot carried
| to the green. So did Grahams. Travers was Z
! feet on his approach putt. and missed his
| third. Graham hoed out In 3. Graham, l.
Hole 4-i14 yards. Graham's long drive sliced
into the high to the right Travers was per
| feet go yards. His cleek second was nearly TO
! the green. Graham well on the green in 3.
| Travers' third yard from the cup and lie
| holed the putt winning the hole. Match all
| square.
| Hole 5-4l5 yards. Travers outdrove Graham 20
| yards. Graham's cleck shot was considerable to
| the right. and he short his third. Travers'
| midron q yards the hole. Travers holcd
! in T. Graham taking q. Travers, ! up.
Zoe $50 yards. Travers sliced into the woods.
| He had to play straight out from down hill lie
| yards short OF the cup. Graham drove long
straight ball approached to within ten feet OF the
cup. and holei out in = quits. Grahams hole.
| Match all square.
Hole : 1862 yards Both drove 225 yards. Roth
! trassied to the green. Graham was short on his
approach putt. aud Travers nearly holed out in 3,
! taking the hole In 1. TraVcrs. l mp.
Hole s l3S Yards. Travcrs' iron barely cleared
| the bunker to the right, hut he neatly holed IN
! from 20 yards away. Graham laid his second shot
Hole $40 yards. Poth drove well, Graham
| deliberately slicing 10 get fat lie back of the
! bunker. He half topped his second, caek shot.
but the hall Jumped the bunker and rolled nearly