The sun., 1907-04-21
GALE FACED BY The GOLFERS.
TRAVIS DEFEATS TRAVERS on
THIRTY-EIGHTH HOLE.
Great Final Round at the Garden city club
Tournament Match OF Many Fluctua-
tiOns -Four Minor Cups Find New
Owners -FindIay Douglas scores Well.

That assertion that Travis can't be beaten
In an all day match proved true again yes
terday at the Garden City Golf Club touTna-
ment. but he had to work hard to demonstrate
the proposition Travers ted by up in the
morning and at one time In the afternoon
by 3 up. yet Travis won the match on the
thirty-eighth mole. Poor putting on the
thirty-hfth green lost the match for TraveTs
IT'S a fearful strain on the nerves TO know
you have Travis beaten IL you make a put. 3"
commented Jasper Lynch. THE situation
has faxed more than one young champion 9"
There was a terrific wind throughout the
match and a gale toward its close. yet the
scoring was very good. The green's we're
just right and the putting a feature, There
was keen interest In the outcome, yet nearly
all deemed Traverss chance a forlorn hope.
In the sustained brillianoy Of the golf in stress
of wind, the many fluctuations and the durR-
tion the match will not be equaled in a long
t!ms
Six of the nine out holes were haved in the
morning. all but the first, when two 5s were
recorded, in exact par figures. The action
OF winning or losing was on the second, third
and eighth holes. On the second Iravers
did not reach the green from the tee, while
Travis got 3. The prettiest shot by Travers
of the match was on the third hole. 1t is a
$50 yard hole. and after slicinG his drive to the
hard gravel path, 1ravers sent the ball with
an iron to within twenty feet OF the hole.
He then ran down the put for a win in J.
Starting for the eighth hole Travis sClafied
his drive, and a brassy shot for his second
only sent the ball into the road before the
green. Travers was meantime on the 367
yard green with drive and mashie down the
wind. and he won in 4. This left 1ra~ers
up at the turn and out IN ~ strokes,
The tenth was settled on the putting green,
winning In 4 On the eleventh Travis sclar ed
the drive, his second offence of the morning,
and his approach vas also teHlty "iqRnlng 9ng
was pretty finish to the play on the un-
duattng twelfth green. Both we're on L
while Travers had only one OF three feet to
negotiate, He ran down the ball and was
ST ss 6e6 dPe and PAD ae to behs hs
sliced. was the way Travers began, but Travis
was nearly on the edge Of the side green, IN
out the approach put and won ia 5. They
were each in trouble on the fourteenth.
Travers from the drive and Travis on the
second. a half in resulting. The next four
we're also halved. Travers made great
approach from the trap hazard on the seven
teenth, but missed short put for the hole.
On the eighteenth he trimmed from nifty
feet on the approach put.
Travis evened matters by gaining the
first hole in the afternoon in I, Travers after
fine second from a short drive needing
three puts On the second travis aStonlsneo
into the deep sand pit. Travers winning in 3.
He also won the fourth In and the fifth in
"
Travis played the two long bOles to follow
in perfect strokes winning them in and
the latter for the 535 yard hole with the wind
but Travers was sloppy on his wooden shots.
They balved the eighth in and Travis
squared the match by winning the ninth in
3, as TTavers obligingly made a carrom shot
that Knocked in tn ball for stroke under
par. On the eleventh better putting won
FOR Travis and he had the lead. Travers
evened the score again on the fourteenth
by a =, Travis taking three puts. The latter
stole a half on the fifteenth by a long put,
but TTavers regained the lead on the sixteenth.
He had a 4. while Travis was short on his
approach put uphill and needed S.
The seventeenth was TraYeFss Waterloo.
The thirty-fifth OF the match, to win meant his
victory for the cup by 2 up and to play.
TTavs was nearest to the flag aftSf their
seconds. Instead Of going straight for the
hole. Travers sent his approach put to catch
the side OF the undulatlon But the ball
missed the slope and brought up tw enty feet
on the hole. AfteTward Travis missed his
, put for flve. leaving to Iravers an eighteen
inch put for the match. He emissed IL and they
were again all square.
Now came a half on the home hole in 3.
Next a half on the first extra hole in Z. where
Travers putte past stimy. Playing FOR the
thirty-eghth hole Travis " as trapped back OF
the green and TravSrs within ten feet Of the
hole. II was even betting 1ravers would get
a 3 and Travisat I. The reverse happened and
determined the issue. Travis pitched up dead
to the hole from the hazard. while Travers
tried to "gobble" a two and then missed a two
foot put for three. The cards: