New-York tribune., 1907-06-08
GOLF CHAMPION BEATEN
BEHR PUTS GRAHAM OUT.
ITaUers Reaches FincI Round in
Ne1c Jersey Tournament.

AI0CCFS hf0CH6S }RcI KOurG an
Ne5c Jersey Tournoment.
Jerome D. Travers, of 1Icntclafr. and MAY
Behr. Of Morris County earned their r,,ces j.
the final round Of the eighth annual ch7r,nfor-
ship tournament Of the New Jersey state C,oI-
Association over the BaltusroI links yesterday.
They will meet in the 36-hoIa final round tn
day
Behr had the distinction Of putting out Archfa
Graham. Of the North Jersey Countr- Club the
titleholder in the semi-fnaI round Although
recognized for years as a golfer Of mora than
ordinary ability. the former Yale PLAYER has
never been able to figure prOrninent1v a. match
play In the Qualifying round of the national
tournament at Baltusrol in 1894 he had the
best single round of 20.
From a scoring standpoint the Behr- Graham
match proved the feature of the day. Starting
out Graham got one cf the longest balls that
has been hit off the first tee this week. II was
good for close TO ESQ yards. straight down ths
course Behr. the other hand. sliced his
drive. and after barely getting over the bunker
on his next. came within an ace 4 holing out
his approach. so that the hole was his in 10 ).
Another brilliant bit OF work VAS the haIvines
of the 3o0-yard NTH hole in 3. Beth men laid
their approaches over the bunker dead Cicip-
the ninth hole Graham stood enc IN bur
here Behr brought off 10-fOUt put for 2 anI
squared the match. Their cards showed SO out
the tee. which gave him entirely TOO much to
do, especially as the Norris County man kept
Behr did get into trouble he recovered besuti-
fully. The match his by up and 3 20 play,
and had he finished out the bye holes he would
Eehr:
Gs' IN
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Earlier in he day Behr defeated Murray
Olyphant of Enslewood. who held ehe state tito
in 1904. Graham's early success was at the ez-
pense of Charles ". O'Connor. OF the Essex
County Country club.
TraveIs, the Metropolitan Golf Association
champion. played just well enough 10 win and
little more. Against r. NJ Barnes of EngIa-
wood. In the second round, Travers was troubled
with the wild driving which has been re-
sponsible for the falling of in his game this
spring. He made number Of good holes, how
ever. and going out in II. stood { Up az the
turn. He had made wager with Graham that
he would get around in -. but he gave UP hops
for that soon after the turn An unusual fnri-
dent happened while they were playing Ne
ninth hole. Their balls after the drives we've
together on the far green. "froze." as they say
Although Barnes stood > down going To III.
eleventh hole, he played we'll enough thareaft~r
In the @SeuI-inaI round TraverS defeated How
ard J. Gee the Princeton champion by - uD
and , TO play. Here Travers Went out in N
even ~ good enough 70 phase him NJ There
after the NontclaiT man always had the match
well in hand. He expects to play better iu the
final round against Behr to-day and he gen
eraI opinion is thar ne VIII earn another title
Behr, who SAYS no has never played We, a
az present IS confident Of winning, however.
The summary follows:
Champ. nshtp ls-crnd roun1yay F-sr Norris c---ev
Archir Graham North jersey. IA, c! W 0'co-z--
II Arsiaie beat J \ ryug. Ealrusrol, hy u zni
SENT anar-rs5- jea GRAHAM bs u7 sa4 TO 7,av:
I = :
SseG1d sixteen ,.sgo7d ra'l2d,-I Shs-nl- = vsz-
q" Wooiws-J Mont-,sir beat II Als7Pp. Fc-est IN
W. q sh2up. Easie1ooi beat \ r Pie-so7. r=s,x
= 6 De'rme-, E7Elevoo4, eeat r. A Wright Bll-as-
semi dn1i-ly3 ly3o5,ya-d 5eat sh-rnan by up and
to r play ShouP beat Dtner by : uP an . eay.
wood beat J. : woodward, Arsia,s by > up an / to
riI II = SH'i,h Forest I'M heat a F soa.heran5 =
1T \ Crane. Forest HlI beat N whiriatcs. Mont
u Raxer. Arssair. heat n W. Cranberry. Esss1
ser, Semi % anaI-weoH bsat Smith by Ut and to rav.
F5,,-,t s+t,,s- 80 80; ~ - nineteen 1'isSl
TTye.i beat II \ ro'er Batusrol. by W 'tvsn-v'as
F Snare. Enslswo7d beat T c. ws-stn sa.-u-r-, sy
y a Edwards Morris COUNTY. bea, II L. Holmes
Essex COUNTY by up and play.
F Il smith. 81. Rsl5usroL beat II Bo,,-nae. sa,-
SEM enaI Snare beat Iaread2n BY up AMI 70 play:
tqsrol beat ". II Yavser Baltusr6 S1 ! g9 ana to
" HiTh'y- EnSisvood- beat r Mitchell Ridge
by up and 3 play
: - r Storrs Essex County. beat c. 5 Kellogg Essex
F : TaInldge. Plainaed beat C. Place N5n,-ai-
r,i13 Se an9lnE!5ksy al. bat eisa sy ara 20 py
second beaten eISht tf-st rouud-E T-dt. Balcus-
rol heat @ D Ryall. NouutakRh. w IN
II Dudley. RosevilIe. beat Harold Wilcox. N1nrc-a,
by w and To play
F W Baldwin Glen Ridge. beat J. CampbaI Cory,
| Forest Hill by I 30 holes'.
wool. bv l
Semi fnal-Dudlsy beat Todd rv / UP ds holssl Es-
T,hat neT beat Baldwin sy up and - play
Third Beaten Eight y
Englewood, beat J. E Denton. BaIrusroI up and
| tusrol. W q holesl
. E E Lethbridge South orange. beat F Taylos
Montcair, Up and ! 70 plav
G r Cruse Westheld- beat Cheesennan. Essex
| County, by default
w E Loushrnan. Enslewood. beat A c AeOra
MontClalT hy , up and
semi -unal-LouEhnan beat CaIlan. $ vp and ) 20
/ plaN- LethhrtdSe heat Cruise = and j
Fourth Beaten EtSht thrst rCundt-W T Glsnney,
flainueid beat H " Hack Baltusrol Default
Austin Colgate. Essex County, beat W Bayllss
EnSlewood. . l q pIav
jersey. by default
E E Gedney. North jersey. beat H weathsroy.
Semi, hnal--GIenney beat Colgate. > Up and to
play; Boyce beat Gedney. q up and I play.
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