New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
TRAVERS DEFEATS REID
TTNS 1T NORRIS COUNTY.
The GoIfng 4jar Adds Another
Tropby TO His Collection.

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Jerome d Travers. of Montclair. won the chief
cur in the invitation tournament on the Inks
nf the Morris County Golf Club yesterday Tie
national champion defeated Archie Reld, OF ~.
Andrews in the }6-hole final round by " up ana
: =, rjaz class told and. save for brief
-erird in the morning. Travers always had the
,7nrsr hand. This makes the seventh tourna-
r.ent including three championships. that IraN-
ers has wen this season.
In the :;5-hole finals Tor the various other
ca,ps several close contests were in order. al
though the victory Of F. h Thomas. of the home
clph in the second sixteen was decided eXcep-
lion Thomas went around in 2 capital "a in the
morning. good enough TO give him an advantage
of : uo over his club mate. W P Letchtord.
after that II was a simple matter for Thomas
70 win by 10 up and to play. The winner Is
scr Of Ransom H. Thomas. former president "f
the United states Golf Association.
The veteran Charles Is. Macdonald. of Garden
civ. appeared as happy as a child when he de-
feated Z. :. Knapp. Of Westbrook. by up and
8 TO piaE in the final round for the third cup
oswald Kirkbv the Enciewood champion. much
II the disappointment Of his father. finished
down 10 Morgan X. Smith, Of the home club. IN
the first beaten eight division. in q match that
remained in doubt until the last put had been
heed- On the home green. Kirkhy's defeat was
the more annoying for the reason that at one
time he stood I'D.
Another Morris County winner was 2. H =.
Frelincl,llvsen in the second beaten eight SCI
He finished l up on 9. F. Watson. the Essex
County veteran. in a hard fought match that
was decided on the last green strong neld
connected in the eighteen hole medal play haldi-
can and John Reid, jr.. Of st. Andrews an
older brother cf the fnalist for the chief CUP
led with card Of til This gave 'ne
former intercollegiate champion hoth low sTCS7
and ne-. hat as he could not win TWO prizes. ne
tAoL the gross 50 that y. H. RarroNs Of Pam
Ae1d with 7S-5-13 received the net prize
while riding over from the station in the
-,o-ring Travers remarked that he felt rather
zro,,-s,. friend said that If Reid should
s-art off bv getting the first hole IN > II WouiH
r,-ohabIv have the effect Of making the champion
cit mn and take notice" That many 4 true
7-o-5 Is spolzen in Jest illustrated htttie
later. when Reid did actually win the hrs1 h'le
in & thanks 10 bringing of Z larry lonE F1'.
The uav that first hole was played tens 1he
.+o-,- If a good many others which were either
--oy, o- hsIve1 h. the St. Andrews man harely
has any amateur in an important hid,eh III u. 'io
Fast rrl+ted with more consistent dedGiiNe09
,+an Teid did during the morning round ana
~ ,yas this exceptional short game that saved
him from much more decisive beating
Aside from bringing off an occasional dlfncuit
mn there was nothing out of the ordinary
sbor1 Reid's game On the other hand, IraVers
r-as brilliant with his ir>ns, especially in the
,,orninr and it was during this part OF the
r,etcl that he displayed much Of the same cai-
ibre of golf that won for him the national utlo
Fl Cleveland last July
Is
,roo,,, of about 1870 yards stone dead al the
four,, hole. making it a simple matter TO hole
the mt for 3. a stroke under par. This hoie
IS 3a0 Yards. Going out I'm 5s, TraVers turned
for home I ,Ip. but the match was all square a
little later when Reid ran down the longest put
Of the day 30-footer for 4 on the tenth
Green This was after both had topped their
drives probably due TO long wait on the tee
A pulled drive out Of bounds 10 the twelfth
was about the only serious mistake on TraVerss
rart coming home He the thirteenth and
fifteenth due to mistakes by Reid. but clearly
earned The sixteenth. where he laid a half iron
shot over the railroad dead and made a -
Travers was then up, but Reid reduced this
advantage a hole by getting on the eigh-
teenth green Travers got round in "a, 70 - for
his opponent
When tSe pair started out on the afternoon
round IN heat was oppressive, and neither
rlaved with the same snap that characterized
their earlier efforts. Reid began well by win
ming the first hole. as Travers drove out Of
bounds,
The latter Immediately came back with threes
at the second and third holes both OF which he
Won His three at the third was exceptional, as
the approach was made out OF a bunker a beau
tful recovery enabled Travers TO halve the
fourth hole. and he would have won the next
but for a stymie. He returned the compliment.
however, by laying Reid a styme the next,
thereby getting away with a halye. TraYers
went out in 40 20 Il for Reid, and the former
then stood 3 up.
the heat and a little loose play enabled the 81.
Andrews man to cut down the advantage Reid
hsd a moderately short put to win the jfiI-
teenth hole and halye the match, but he failed,
and another poor put cost him the next hole
Travers lost the long fifteenth hole by pulling
his third shot out of bounds. but he the
le.t two and the match was his. Their cards
were follows: