The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-13
TRAVIS IS DEFEATED
w. C. FOWneS Repeats Vic
tory Of Last Year.
TRAvERS TRIMS W. WOOD
winners Form PIeases Gallery, as
HIS Play Is Spectacular at Times.
sawyer Plays sIoppiIy After First
Four HoIes-Eastern Clubs Well
Represented in the Finishes.

Cleveland, July 12.-In the semi-hnais
of the amateur championship. Jerome
Travers to-day put out Eben Byers, the
title holder. by UP and to so.
In the championship two years ago.
Byers beat Travers by the same score,
and the revenge was no doubt sweet
Archie Graham beat W c. Fownes by
four up and three 10 play. so that to-
morrow's final will be between the Net
ropolltan and New Jersey State cham
pions and the twice former New Jersey
champion.
The East Is ali to the good in this fin
ish to the competition that began on
Tuesday with 1o2 starters from all parts
Of the country. There was a throng on the
links. and in the afternoon the grounds
OF the Euclid Club seemed one vast gar
den party. Some 500 followed the Tray
ers and Byers match, and after its SEN
sational finish on the thirteenth green,
they hurried after Graham and Fcwnes.
There were many women In the gallery
and as many more filed the tents and
the clubhouse verandas.
Closest Matches In History.
The matches in the third round Of the
morning were the closest In the history
OF the championships. one going to the
twentieth hole. two 70 the home green.
and the other match to the seventeenth
hole. These defeated in this round in
Guided Sawyer. the Western amateur
champion, and Wood. who is equally as
strong. and the Chlcagoans shed bitter
tears over the downfall Of their favorite
sons. Travers and Wood had the best
sort Of a match, the former. with two
skies on the card, was out in 8, and was
then UP. although Wood had also IS
out
West. who had been scoring so well in
The qualifying rounds, had a lively match
with Graham. West led at the turn. but
Grahams three squared them on the
tenth. Then they alternated in wins, but
Graham had command from the thir-
teenth green. winning by and !. Sawyer
took the first four holes from Byers. but
after that no played sloppily 70 the turn
and retained q lead Of but one hole The
IN holes were played ike two true cham
pions.
FOwnes Beats Travis.
At the championship two years ago, W.
c. Fownes beat Travis on the nineteenth.
and to-day he repeated on the twentieth
hole.
When the Metropolitan Golf Associa-
ton and the National Champions started
for their semi-fnal match. the onlookers
former a regiment behind them.
Travers' golf was as dazzling as fire.
works In his contest with Byers. and he
kept the crowd gasping from the start.
The PittsbuTg bunch who had come over
to see the matches. for there is brother
ly feeling between the two cities. and to
jump 20 and fro between them is a bag
atelle. had made Byers an even fay0rite
with Travers. but they were laying odds
on Fownes beating Graham. Their we'll
laid plans went 10 the winds, Cor era
ham won by { and 8.
The summaries follow:
jerome D Tragcrs. MoHtclair. beat Warren Wood,
Chicago by ] Up.
+. ~ Byers, Pittsburg beat D. Z. Sawyer, Chi
cage. By / up.
A. 7sraham. North jersey. beat W T. West.
Philadelphia. by 9 mp and I 70 play.
W c. F0Wues. Pittsburg. beat w. J. Travis.
Garden City hy i up. % holes.
Semi-inals:
Trayers beat Byers by 6sup aud 70 play.
Graham bcat Fownes by up and TO play
To-day's finals viii be at Sc holes.
Byers and Fownes won the bronze medals
Of the year.