New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-13
III Racing Professional Baseball Au0mng Other
TRAVIS AND BYERS OUT
TRAVERS AND GRAHAM IN.
Brilliant and Hard Fought Matches
Marx National Golf Tourney.

Cleveland July 12-Jerome D. Travers. Of Mont
clair, and Archie Graham, Of the North Jersey
Country CLUB. qualified for the final round in the
national golf championship tournament on the links
of the Euclid Club here to-day They VIII meet at
thrty-six holes tomorrow, and no matter who
wins, the title is bound to return to the East.
Travers reached the final round because he
played brilliantly throughout the day. defeating in
turn Warren X. Wood, Of the Western IA
vorites. and Eben NJ. Byers the title holder.
Graham has succeeded in getting his name in
scribed the tablet Of fame at the expense of w.
T. West, of Princeton, and W. c. FoWnes. jr., of
Oakmont after the latter had defeated the fayorte
Walter J. Travis, in q match carried to the twen-
Taken all in all, it was day Of surprises almost
pronounced yesterday. Those who have been
disposed TO wager have persisted n making Walter
J. Travis the faVorte In the pools sold after the
qualifying round on Wednesday night the Garden
City veterans name brought the highest prices de-
spite the fact that he has not the title since
1903.
Travers. OF course has been one of the fayorites
all along. although of his supporters Were
Clined 10 weaken because of the brilliant scoring
of Travis in the qualification round. Golfers here
tonight can now see nothing but Travers for the
maj round tomorrow. Should he succeed in win
ming il VIII mark the elimination of 4 renlarkab BILE
season of achievements, the young having
already accounted for the metropolitan and New
Jersey titles
cool, brisk northwest wind blowing this
morning when play began. and the course. thor
oughIy soaked by yesterdays rain, dried out fast
Early as The start was, large crowd of golf low
ers was present 10 see the crucial matches. and
Inc IraYers-Byers contest resulted in one of the
worst beatlngs ever received by the Allegheny
since he has been prominent a golfer Travers
won by up and to play. The match was marked
by the high class work Of Travers and the poor
work OF Byers- Apparently the strain OF the morn
ing match with Ned Sawyer, whom he defeated
after nerve racling contest, TOO much for
Byers, for his score for the first nine holes was
a. while Travers, playing the same unbeatable
game that he has displayed since the match play
began. took Sc
Travers took the lead at the second hole, and
steadily increased #. He Won the second hole in
8. laying his approach two yards from the cup
from distance of about thirty yards. He
the fourth in T. under bogie Byers missing a
six-foot putt after getting a bad kick a per
fectly pitched approach. Both pulled into the high
grass the fifth, but Byers waist high in
the weeds and took two strokes to get out. Trav-
ers recovered beautifully and the hole n
g TO 6.
The sixth, seventh and eighth holes were halved,
then Travers, by a put Of thirty-fve feet. the
ninth in three. a stroke under par. This made him
four up the He nearly holed forty-foot
put for two the tenth. and the hole
three. Having the eleventh and twelfth, the finish
OF the match came the thirteenth! green, Both
drove long balls. Byers played a perfect brassy
shot for his second. landing on the near edge of
the green, but IraVers, who ten yards nearer
the hole his drive. took 3 cleek and drove the
ball 1S5 yards straight a line. the ball stopping
within two feet Of the cup. Byers came within
six inches OF holinr out his third and then
Travers ran down the put which removed Byers
from the championship struggle. The cards were: