New-York tribune., 1908-06-06
TRAVERS AT HIS BEST
PLAYS BRILLIANT corr
Behr Also Reaches Final Roa,na
Ne1c Jersey Title

Jerome d. TraverJt. Of Montrlsfr ,ro,
to the final round OF the New Jerzsv ns Tay
sociation championship Tournaments a. - A
yesterday. The other survivor u,ss .t- sierooi
Morrls county. who will meet the s,Ia oar, .,
the thirty-sx hole final round to-s,,, = nofer
a repetition of the championship anat 'Aic ~
when these two fought ~ out at 9,I..N al.
golfers put II. there Is only "Psb-,. - "A
Travers losing his title 0"anes q,
The best golf Of the day was fr-,,-h.s
ers In his second round match agafns, NJ - Irsv.
OF Canoe Brook Although an exesp,,or.'- Psl
driver. Peii mas yet to get his second sbo. oas
control and in playing a man Ike r,.. uads,
weakness told against him ar slrno.s ....-p tis
Going out, the national champion md. - no.
mfstakes-an error in Judgment when ba - 'aa
to carry the bunker going 10 the lon1 t19'sf
and pulled drive to the ninth 'a a'ls
This meant two lost shots. but he 49,,
turn In 80. only two strokes worse thar, - - Us
good enough to place him up At tSs . saa
and at the next gave him the match h. V-nia
to play. Finishing out the bye holes T-.r..9 saf
tinued to travel like champion. and u,,s - o'a-
OF a two at the short fifteenth he came 80 ad
giving total OF "A for the round vrhicb .l% "a q
the amateur record. '1.
The champion showed better form, =, .s,-
than at any previous time this seaso, 1'l
both length and direction with the zroo4,- 81
and never once faltered at the short zan,s Ns' T..
card read as follows: '
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The golf put up by Travers in the seru-s,.I -
against Howard Gifin, OF BaItlsroI sbou-., ~
same falling off that has marked roanv a. =
ternoon contests during the last two or tbras
For seven holes he played par golf. but svs- -
dropping stroke at each OF the next +vo -
he reached the turn IN 80. where he stood
AS he began 70 tire there was A correg,,-a..
falling OFF IN direction. this fault being u,o-,
ticeabls with the drives tran The iron shots. -.
won the tenth and eleventh holes in par sr-,,
and in his eagerness 10 gob5Is a at the tss.s
overran and lost the hole. when the worst he s--s
have had was halve- That made Travers czou
again. and enabled him TO win the match I'm,
later by up and TO play.
Keen matches marked many OF the cout.s-, n
other divisions Charles Hitchcock, r. Of Bau..
roll winner Of the low score medal in the quaifyiur
round survived in the beaten eight division as dld
Roy Webb, OF the home club. All the final ruu.t
matches to-day will be at thirty-six holes. and
there will also be an eighteen-hoIe medal pay
handicap.
The attendance at the club yesterday vss ths
largest Of the week many Of the visitors artvhs1
automobiles. Galleries followed the favort.s
throughout the day and climbed the hills after tas
players without a n1urmUr-
The summary follows:
Cbarpioushfp second rourdl-Max B.hr Mo-i
COUNTY beat B. Barrows. PIainisid. u and 70 par
z ii. Barnes EnsIewood. heat o. kiskby. EasisWOo4
J. j. D. TraSers Montclsir beat ". W. Pei. caa.
H' CHM Baltusrol. beat NJ olyphant Ersasood
sernfhnal-Behr beat Barnes u1 ard 70 pay
Travers beat Giffn, up and 3 % play
Beaten eight first round).C HteneocS tr Ballu'r'i
G. 5. LudloIx, ElgeWood. beat B 2 Rsinnand Eas.-
o. RsinharI' Piainhsd. beat Paul Harrison Mont
Roy webb. Enslsxood. beat G. +. Ryal. Yountazaa
SEP ifG + beat Ludlow uD and soDa;
ssoo1d sixteen second round)-D-. L " cslal.
EngIevood. beat w C Johnson. Canoe Brook uo
c. A n Locxe,t EnElewood. beat T. 7. Rsd. Mont
'i1 U snnsy. ans PlaSed. p beat Duan zs--
sa9kr up snd Mso-. to aEI.sIIrol Plag Uus
SENT fna1@Lockett beat Canan. up and To pa7:
second beaten eight lhrst rcIndl.c s.s,rs IS
sex County. beat J. Baker Pl2in4sld y as,aa
6 G. H Austin. Engleuood beat W E Marcus X'zs-
r H Cunningham. North jersey. beat J. W. Howell
seni-fnaI-snars beat storrs Up; Cunningham ''as
Austin. up and 70 play - -,
Third sixteen (second roundl-H Asop7. Fo'sa
HilI. beat G W Hunt Englsrooi. up
O. NJ. Boynton. EnElewood. beat { ; hs-oss. SSA
H H. Coke, Engisuood beat De Forest Lyon. cau''
r c. Miller. EnzIsvood beat j ?. Ktrwa1. EaEi'-
serni-hnaEBoynton beat AHsopp. up; Coke ''a'
TSird bease ep ane sTt 20 rsf Rs ro-L cans 7a
beat j. W Csrigsss North Jersey. BY default Mi,
+ A. wright Canoe Brook. beat A ?. Gray, r. No7'
F r F'si. eli Englevood beat :. o Miller. EnssT''d
". Sho1p, Enrlevood beat " LOughmaH Ers-
semi .fnai~wright bsat CaIEins W and to 'i''
Fell beat Shoup. up and TO play.