The Washington herald., 1907-07-12
Travis and Trayers Among
Eight Left in Tourney.
FOUR WESTERNERS REMAINING
Heavy Rain at Cleveland Fails to
Drive the Gallery to the Clubhouse.
Ned sawyer Defeats Chandler Egan.
w. c. FOwnes Has 10 &C 10 Holes to
Beat Phelps in the First Round.

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day of match play at the National Cham
pionship to-day over the Euclid links.
The Eastern contingent still in the hunt
are Travis. Travers, and Graham, OF
New York, and West, of Philadelphia.
For the West. Chicago claims sawyer
and Wood. and the allegiance of Byers
and w. c. Fownes is due TO Pittsburg.
Rain 10 the afternoon did not keep the
gallery off the course. The clubhouse
was as dry as a bone. the rain spouted
in torrents from its gabled roof, but the
onloOkers deserted it's shelter.
Out on the course men who had UNI
brellas or mackintoshes walked bravely
along In the wake of the pairs, while
those not so protected skinned In the let
ups of the storm from tree 20 tree. They
were well wet, but nothing could dampen
their enthusiasm.
The morning was one Of catastrophe for
the West, although Sawyer, Woods, and
Weher glowed as brightly as rainbows
after the stress Of the storm
Chandler Egan Is Beaten.
Chandler Egan. twice amateur cham
pion and winner of countless other titles,
has actually been the one best bet at the
tournament, but he fell as quickly as his
cousin Walter. who, from recent scores.
had not been so well fancied.
An odd thing about Chandeliers defeat
was that IL was at the hands Of Ned Saw
yer. runner-up TO Egan at Wheaton in
1906 and the best golfer in the West. ex-
cept when pitted against him. The hyp-
motto spell vanished to-day forevermore.
Going out. Sawyer ran down all sorts Of
puts, those in the seventh and ninth
greens being of some twenty-five feet.
At the turn Sawyer was up, he miss
ing a short putt 10 win the thirteenth,
which gave the match TO Sawyer by
and l. Egan won the byehole In 3. and
this made his medal score stroke under
that of the victor.
Walter Egan was up on Fraser a;
the turn, but the latter beat him out by
up The cards we're II and S. Fraser
twice left stymies to the Chicago players,
each OF which cost him hole.
other Incidents Of significance OF the
morning included the victory of the title
holder. Byers, over his fellow-townsman
by 2 up. Out in 81, Byers stood up and
the turn. but Macbeth later squared the
match. and only a finish in par on the
last two holes defeated him by down.
Needs 10 Holes TO Beat Phelps.
W. c. Fownes had to go 10 holes to bea,
Phelps, a long putt saving the match on
the extra holes. Fownes was down
throughout the match until he won the
decisive hole in 10 T.
Archie Graham and John Ward were
square at the turn. but Graham had the
best Of the inward Journey and won by
2 up and / to play. Archie Reid did 70 In
putting out Jones.
Herreshoff and Travers were opponents
in the afternoon. They played in heavy
rain, Herreshoff had early speed and
led at the fifth hole by up. He had
taken the second in and the third in
3, and gave the fourth TO Travers In 4.
Herreshon retained his lead by getting
the fifth in J. They halved the sixth in
T. From that green 10 the end OF the
match Travers played par golf, despite
the handicap OF the flashing rain.
Warren X wood made somewhat of a
runaway with Max II. Boyer. Of Morris
town. Wood went out In IS and was then
I up. He played the remaining holes one
under fours and won by and l.
sawyer Makes Good Score.
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a ding dong match ali the way Archie
Reid, of St Andrews. could not withstand
the attacks Of w. c. Fownes. and the
left-handed Canadian. Martin, although
he had the match square at the eighth.
could not hold sawyer. The latter made
a great score. winning by and and
playing out the bye holes for a r. The
Western champion, now that his DOGGY.
Chandler Egan, is out Of the way, will
take a lot Of beating
Archie Graham went out in IS with
Childs. and beat him with some strokes
up his sleeve Travis and Lyon were the
last two out Travis took a lead Of > UT
at the fourth, but at the seventh Lyon
was on even terms with him. They halved
the next two In dashing golf. so that they
faced the tenth all square. They halved
II in T. On the eleventh Travis drove very
short, but n strong brassy shot brought
him TO as near a place 10 the green as
Lyon had gained on his iron. Travis out
played the Canadian amateur champion
on the approaches and took the lead with
to g. A to TO follow made Travis
up. and asfthey halved the next three
he had the match with two holes to
spare.
Tomorrow morning to carry out the
sequence of the draw, Travers plays
Wood. Byers plays Sawyer. West plays
Graham, and W. G. Fownes plays Travis
First Round.
Fred HerTeshoff Garden City. beat S. G. Stick
ney. ST. Louis. by I up and TO play.
J. D. Travers, Montclair, beat W. 4. Stlckney
St Louis by up and to play.
Max II. Beher. Morris County. beat C. II. Stan
ley. Cleveland by I uD.
W K. Wood. Chicago beat P. W. Whittemore
Boston. by up and to play
E. N. Byers, Pittsbhrg beat y. Macbeth Pitts
burg, by up.
H ". Fraser Toledo beat Walter Egan. Chi
cago. by mp.
D. E. Sawyer. Chicago. beat H. Chandler Egan
Chicago. by 2 up and TO play.
F. r. Martin. Canada. beat ]. K. Bole. Cleve
land. by l ND.
Harold Weber Toledo. beat K p Edwards. Chi
cage. by up and TO play.
". T. West. Philadelphia. beat E. NJ Barnes
Englewood- by up and to play.
J. Il. Childs, Pittsburg. beat G. 4. Ormiston
Pittshurg by up
A. Graham, North Jersey beat John NJ. WarI
Fox Hills. by up and ! to play.
W. c. FOWnes. IT,, Pittsburg beat ". E. Pheips
Chicago. by up 10 hoesl.
r. NJ. Reid. st. Andrews beat o. w Jones. To
ledo. up and to play.
6. s. Lyon. Canada beat II c. Fownes IT.
Pittsbdrg. by 3 up and to play.
W. ]. Travis. Garden City, beat T. N. Sherman
Wykagyl, by up and to play.
Second Round.
Trayers beat HerreshoiT by ND and 2 TO play.
Wood beat Behr by up and to play
Sawyer beat Martin By up and to play
West beat Weber by up tis holes).
Graham beat Childs by 2 up aud TO play.
W G. Fownes beat Reid by up and 2 to play
Travis beat Lyon by 3 up and TO play
Rvers heat Eraser BIZ 6 IN and I 70 ~