New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
TOLFING WIZARD WINS.
TRAVERS BEATS BEHR.
Earns the Nezc Jersey Cham pionship
IN CIercr Fashion.

Jerome D. Travers. of Montclair, won the
championship Of the New Jersey State Golf As
sociation by defeating Max Behr, Of Baltusrol,
IN the thirty-six hole final round at Baltusrol
yesterday by UP and play. This makes
the third tournament and the second champion
ship the Montclair player has won this season
After struggling to get on his game for several
days. TraveTs came into his own against Behr.
end as the match progressed, settled down to
pace that would have proved hard for any
professional to beat Behr the former Yale
player, was never dangerous after the first half
of the morning round in spite of 4 clever short
game. His approaches with both midiron and
n1ashie are delivered with an unusual amount
~ back spin. rarely acquired by amateurs. He
also drives q long, low ball.
In Yesterdays match off the tee there was
little 10 choose between the players in the mat
ter of distance. Ordinarily, Travers would be
a trifie longer. but for the sake of direction he
preferred 10 drive with his brassey. This
shortened his tee shots about ten yards on an
average. His approaches were delivered with
superb judgment and accuracy, and his putting
in the afternoon was of such a deadly nature
as 10 give Behr absolutely no chance TO recover
At that part Of the game
Conditions We're ideal when the golfers gath
cred in the morning. The sun shone out bright
and strong making it appear something like a
summer day II has always been said of Trav-
ers that he plays best in warm weather and his
performance seemed to bear out this assertion.
The Montclair wizard began badly however
by pulling his first drive out of bounds. mis-
take which cost him the hole But one hole does
not mean much at the outset Of an all-day cor
test The uncertainties of the game were ex-
empified while the We're playing the long
fourth hole, considered by many the most
tho
his drive to the woods and then got trapped on
his third shot vet managed to lay his next with
IN six feet Of the pin and earned halve in 5, as
that was the best TraveTs could do after playing
the hole perfectly
pulled drive into trouble cost Travers the
sixth hole, Behr getting 4. At that stage the
metropolitan champion stood two down. The
Tide turned at the next. however when after
getting into the rough on his drive and having
10 play out short. Trayers hit ball fully ESQ
yards TO the green and won in to 6 At the
turn Behr stood up, his card showing
even 40 to 43 for Travers
The latter squared the match with al the
tenth hole, even after losing a shot in the rough.
His third. > beautiful mashie pitch over the
water. laid the ball dead A week approach cost
Behr the eleventh hole which went to the Mont
clair player in TO 3 Travers was then l up,
and II the first time he mad shown in front
during the match The next few holes proved
disastrous for the Baltusrol player. He lost the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth in quick
succession Travers played these holes in par
figures, so that the slightest mistakes of the
ether proved costly
Although down af the fifteenth Behr worked
hard TO recover lost ground, and he did man
sge 10 get a hole hack at the 525-yard six
teenth by laying a full iron shot dead and get
ting 1. q stroke under par The next two were
halved the pair Of IS at the home hole being
particularly clever. This enabled Travers to
tire for luncheon with q lead of up. His
card showed -, against even so for
Behr.
The afternoon round recalled the final be-
tween Travers and Findiay Douglas at Nassau
in the Metropolitan Golf Association tourna-
ment. Travers went out like a wild horse,
bringing of a put for a , at the third and
other long one for from the edge of the
seventh green. 3 at the ninth added another
hole 70 his credit. so that he stood 8 up at the
turn with only nine more holes TO play.
His card going out showed 30, or a stroke
under par. This. added to his &c coming home
in the morning. gave Travers a score of AZ for
eighteen consecutive holes. The record for the
course is Il, held by George Low, the clubs pro-
fessionaL
Travers ended the match on the twelfth green.
wEere Behr missed easy put. They finished
c1t lhe bye nOles. but neither man Kept up the
same fast pace. For the double journey Travers
required l57 as against 16O for Behr. If TraV-
ers had not neglected TO hole out q put on one
Of the greens in the morning round, when his
han was stone dead. he would have won the
gross score prize in the handicap with 40
Their cards were: