New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-12
Racing - Golf * Professional Baseball Auoobng Other Sports
SURPRISES AT GOLF.
TWO EG1NS PUT CUT.
Travis, T'rarers and Byers Among
Survivors, in Big T0urney.

Cleveland. July E.--Ups=ts marked tho MAY +,
The irst match play round of the national amateur
golf championship tournament at the Euclid Climb
here TO-DAY Numbered among the unfortunates
we're IF Chandler Egan OF Exsnoor. twice national
title holder, his cousin. Walter Egan also of Chi
caGo. and former Western champion: Fred Her
Ieshoa. 81 Gsrle.. City. George s LYON. the Cana
champion and -unner-rlp TO F5,-ers last 49,
and Harold Weber. of Toledo
The eight survivors Of the days play wore Jerome
L IraVeIs. OF Montc!air the METROPOLITAN and NAu-
Jersey champion, Warren *. Wood Of Hornevood
boeh n Eyers OF Allegheny, the national title
Le-tet. ~ r. SAWYER Of Wheaton; Archie Graham
{ FoWnes. il. OF Caknont and walter ! Travis
.. %, a NJ, winner Of the low score medal in
round tomorrow IN the order named
Tie tournament is narrowing down to the keen
esl KIND of q struggle between the East and West
WIN RE New England ard Canadian entrants
el-i--L1atea- As il now stands. there four
NeSterners and as many Fasteners left.
me afternoon play. as 2 rule, resulted according
10 eAts.lato.ls IN this round both OF the Cana
dan eollefS-tieorse 5. Lyon. OF Toronto, and War
IN 81 HaIniltoIl--weEt down to defeat Walter J.
Travis taking the measure Of Lyon and Ned Saw
putting Martin ~. 80 ss-a-,oop
matches were played in deluge Of rain. making
accurate gon difficult. Some Of the scores. how
over were remarkable. Ned Sawyers play in the
morning against II. Chandler Ecan and his worl.
The afternoon against Martin was 81 the highest
order. and tonight he looms up IS decided pos
s.blIly Tor ne cAa1llE;orstlp although he must
ueet Eben u Byers, the present title holder
morrow morning This afternoon Saver plavinE
through The storm. made the round in =. the best
Travers also PLAYED sterling golf IN his match
with Her-esh3ff this afternoon he went out in
e. He made few mistakes playing . steady. con-
sisteHt game. and although two down 70 Here
sh0f early In the rCInd was all square At the
tura. and finally pulled away from the Garden
civ PLAYER and won.
The work Of the veteran Travis attracted chief
Rtfen-i0c IN the afternoon three hundred onthu-
Eizstc golfers braved the 3ou-npour ara followed
tn nd h
vel rewarded Travis made a 81 going out with
E 81 fhe NTH hole. and took Il for the seven
holeS I-1$ei ~ 'A- INV ara J'1lria} LYON pia-cd
well ior the INST i-l.e holes. ms medal score
eQualling that Of Travis. and they were al square
81 tie turn But Travis. after having the tenth
hole i1 four. Won the eleventh. twelfth and thir-
tesnth holes and haived the next three by careful
play.
Weber match IN the second round When the pair
holed out the home green j. vas thought that
Yves had won. but in comparing notes Il was found
that the score for the fifteenth hole which Weber
supposed he had lost. was in reality halved. 50
the United States Golf Association officers had
them continue the match West TiuninI the nine
tenth hole al
An overnight rain proved benefit. rather than
otherwise as The hot sun Of the last few DAYS had
pretty well baked the fair green. which was be-
.1nairs too hard When the players arrived N the
morning They found strong cross wind blowing.
b95ing trouble for mere than ambitious con
.estant although the weather was disagreeaole
cd mot keep down the attendance. OF the sew
sral hundred persons in the gallery a large proper
ton we're women.
Despite the fact that SAWYER had been playing in
loN figures Of late, majority Of those IN the gall
lery could see nothing bur H Chandler Egan when
this pair left the first in the morning round
They reasoned that il would probably be a repeti-
ton OF The final round al Wheaton. two years ago
Eten the EZucc0r crack Won handtly In addition
10 this EEal had also beaten Sawyer in the final
round Of two Western amateur championships.
L only required few holes. however, con
vince The gallery that Sawyer not 10 be trifled
with. ! guess the under dog IS going 70 break
the spell" remarked an individual when the
Nheatc1 player became Up. He received liberal
epp.zuse as M ran down a long Put the nntn
green ard turned Ior home UP. Ills card showed
z CIT, despite : the fifth. The best Egan
could Eet was even 20.
On the Eonewsrd holes Sawyer continued his
deadly short game and although he made three or
four mistakes ne finally won by 2 up EGan lost
because he got into more trouble than his o.
poaeIt- He gave himself ECO rnucn 70 co and al
though wizard for getting ont Of difficulty there
were times when the usual great recoverics failed
to cone Of Both went round in =. Their cards