New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-13

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Tor the last I'VE years seems 70 remain uHbroken.
Il was in the national championship tournament
that Byers first defeated the Garden City veteran
az G.enVie| back IN 1902 Two years later at
Baltusrol Travis lost 20 George Ormiston, another
Fittsbu-g man. while the next year at Wheaton
the veteran lost 70 Fownes. in a match that was
carried TO the nineteenth green.
a year ago at EnglewOOd Eyers defeated Travis
again, and to-day il was FoWness turn. It Will be
seen by this that cut OF the last FIVE national
championships a Pittsburg golfer has accounted
for the downfall Of Travis in all save one.
FoWnes began auspicIously by winning the first
noe Nom Travis In 3. After halve in at the
second. Fcwnes Won the third in q peculiar way
HIS second was about twelve feet from the hole.
VIII IIaF-S ; approach hit his opponents ball.
knocking il along within four inches OF the cup
another hole.
Thus far. whatever luck had figured was clearly
On the side Of Fownes. The little black man is
certainly with BilI' remarked friend OF FoVynes
when the latter laid Travis a styrnie on the fifth
green At all events it enabled Fowues 10 win the
hole in 10 6, making him UP. To be three holes
10 the bad in a championship match IS always an
unenViable position, and especially so when ones
opponent Is man steady as Fowues Travis
however, seemed undaunted and promptly began to
ioIce matters. AFTER halFlng the sixth and sew
eilth holes in Travis the short eighth hole
IN B. his opponent having much TO do on the
green. Travis also the tricky ninth In a cap
ital 4, so that he able to turn for home only
J down The cards TO this-point read IS 10 80 in
favor Of the leader.
Travis squared the match with at the twelfth
and then assumed what looked like winning ad-
vantage by taking the two holes in > each
IN
Travis proceeded 10 make hash OF the fifteenth
taking z. and FoWnes, who made no mistakes
won in D
won the sixteenth for the Pjttsburp man
This made the pair all square but the deadlock was
speedily broken again when Fownes won the seven
teentn IN another f. Travis being short on his ap-
Sroach. with his opponent dorrnie it was up 10
Travis to do something unusual and the Garden
City man proved equal to the occasion by winning
the home hole in beautiful 8. That squared the
match. and the pair walked over TO the first tee
enthusiasts. the nneteen-hole match between these
same rivals at Wheaton was recalled
After halve in i at the first extra hole Fownes
settled matters at the next by getting the better
approach and holing his put for a g. Travis
took his defeat philosophlcally usual. although
u was known that he looked forward to annexing
the title just once more" Their cards were:
Eownes-out ........... } ! 3 4 SIS
E En- .. : I'LL -
Extra hoes-Fownes /. 3: Travis. Z. /
Sawyer seemed full Of confidence when he ap-
peared on the first tee for his match with Byers
The latter has not been driving well this week and
IL has only been his deadly short game especially
the mashie approaches. that has enabled the 1906
title holder 10 do as wei as he has IT certainlv
looked bad for the champion when Sawyer began
by winning the first four holes right off the reel
This all happened by Byers getting bunkered at
the nTst, driving into the rough the second,
missing an inch put at the third and knocking his
opponents ball into the cup while attempting 10
jump stymie, on the fourth green
Although Sawyer started the hoIasWard tourney
with string Of three Is. Byers, by persistent up
hill play, was enabled TO square the match at the
fourteenth capital won the fifteenth for Saw
yer. his opponent playing this indinerently and
taking 8. The sixteenth went TO Byers after the
latter had made a poor second. He atoned for the
error by laying approach dead.
This squared the match again. and Byers be-
came dorKnie when he won the seventeenth in 1
On The home green Sawyer made good try for
3. but his twenty-five foot put missed by a scant
two inches. Byers played safely, and getting a
halve in 4, won by up Their cards were:
f EssEs. out out ........... 44s45 "a
ByeFE, fn.-............. I'D -
fawyer, ln..-.......... 4-37-77
The Travers-Wood match was the best of the