New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11
TRAVERS ON HIS GAME.
WINS BOTH HIS MATCHES.
Some Interesting Play an the Prince
ton Golf Tournament.


D. Travers. of Montclair. won both his matches
in the continuation of the invitation tournament
| on the links Of the Princeton Golf Club yester-
| day Travers will meet B. w. Corkran of the
| home club. in the semi-fnal round this morning
The principals in the other half of the round will
be C. Balm and F. H McAdoo. of Princeton.
| In the third and fourth Fights the matches
| have reached the final stage. In the first named
| G.. E. Morse. of LawrenceviIle. will meet Lloyd
Thomson. of Altoona, and in the last set ]. S.
| Woodward. Of Ardsdale will play A ]. Jameson
| one of the I4awrenceville professors.
, Conditions We're better for the game yesterday.
| a did much toward drying out the
wet spots. but even so, the soggy turf prevented
| the ball from getting much of run. The put
| ting less difficult. as constant
! trampiing had made the green's tricky around
| the holes
| For starter Travers had Dudley H. Barrows,
! one Of the Princeton team, for an opponent. The
| latter's long game all right. comparing
| favOraby with the tee shots of the Metropolitan
| champion, but there was a noticeable difference
| when it came to the half iron Shots Travers
generally getting the pin. Travers went
out in 43 and turned for home up Indifferent
putting cost him several holes. AS it was he
had no trouble in winning by up and to play.
Rather unexpected was the defeat Of Ralph
Peters. jr. in the first round. at the hands of
=.
boys. Peters is regarded about the strongest
man on the Princeton team. He stood l up
with holes to go, but then got trife ragged.
Harry Legg. another of James Nortons Law
rencevilIe hopefuls. handily from G.. w.
Bum. This put Legg in the second round
against Travers. The former has the reputation
Of being a particularly long driver. and occa-
sionally he did make the Montclair man play
the odd but as rule Travers got the longer
ball.
1t was in this match that Travers showed his
class. Going TO the second hole, which is prac-
tlcally TOO yards long. he got within six feet
of the flag with drive and two iron shots
Legg practically missed three drives and each
| of these mistakes cost him hole. Par for the
course IS about 80. yet Travers practically had
a 40 for his first round. He made the difficult
third hole which is moro than 400 yards, in
four both times around.
Nothing but praise be said of the mashie
work on both sides. Time after time LeEC
would lay a short approach dead only TO bave
Travers got inside him. As Norton remarked
such approaching as Travers was doing was
heartbreaking 10 an opponent. The one really
poor drive by Travers resulted In a lost ball He
Won the match by up and 3 TO play. The
bye holes were not played, but with fours for
| these holes Travers would have had a 7S-great
golf over playing length of $500 yards Their
cards were as follows:
Travers-
':;::::::::::: tsss:::"
Leg
iRaa':::::::::::s sSst::.:"
'Byo holes played.
McAdoo. a promising freshman. had the dis
ttnction OF defeating w. T. West, the Princeton
captain, inithe first round. The match was car
Eed 10 the home green. Later in the day Nc
Adoo beat c. Rallin. of Princeton i'm a nineteen
hole match. The former made a good showing
last May in the Hudson River Golf Association
championship tournament at ST Andrews losing
70 Gilman 7. Tiffany who won the title for the
fourth time
In addition to the seml-finaI and final rounds
in the three divisions to-day, there will be an
eighteen-hole medal play handicap. good en-
try has been received for the latter. The sum-
mary follows:
First sixteen (arst round)-Jerome D Travers Mont
clair. beat D. II. Barrows. Princeton up and 10 play
Harry Legg, Lawrenceviie. beat q. W. Brown Law |
renceville, and play.
D. Roberts Princeton. beat = Tubbs I4awrencsville |
w. Corkran, Princeton. Percy Pyno Cd Prince
ton. by default
c Balia Princeton beat c. vanderhOef Princeton. |
II c Jordan. LawrercevIlle Ralph Peters Prince
ton. up o play
F. II. McAdoo. Princeton. W. T. West Princeton
II Van Dyke. Princeton J. B. c. Baker ArsdaIe
Second round-Travers Iegg I up and 3 to play;
Corkran beat Roberts up: Ballln beat Jordan / up:
Third eight thrst round)-d f. Morse Lawrencevine.
beat T. Atkinson Princeton. up.
. \ \ Moore, Princeton beat W. L. Thomas Princeton.
SR ei aRd i! Th Pas Altoona beat Robert .,- VIII
rnington l up 90 h6les '' "
G " Hunt jr.. Princeton beat W A. Furman Law
Seminal ro$nd-Morse beat Moore 1 up GO holes,:
Thomson beat Hunt 5 up and to play.
Fourth eight first roundl-H McClenahan Princeton 1
beat oo Nora I 4,sgSs is up and to play
r. Catlln, Princeton. beat S B. Brooks Princeton s
y J. Jameson. LawrencsvlIe beat J. H Dulles Prince
ton. and to play. @ |
Semi -fnaI-woodward beat Mcsenahan I up and : to
play; jameson beat Catlin. M.