New-York tribune., 1908-09-17
TRAVIS In RECORD
GOLF BATTLE
,rxTS WILDER ON. THE
FORTY-FIRST GREEN.
p.srs Also Wins Sensational Strug-
rls in Amateur Cham pionship
Tournament.


Tournament.
hlsa0-s hl..-,- rolf championship tournament al
uoa. -g.v Yesterday. when Walter J. Travis. OF
t1at. - cI,,h and H II. Wilder. the Harvard
ue $40 broke all records by going forty-one
tiue ,so-a Travis could claim the victory Close
hoies go This was the struggle between Eben NJ
y riFs-s I -,+-.h;,rg the 1906 champion. and John
~ westbrook This was continued to
N ,s-+,sth green before Byers won
N A., $50 q forty-hole match was oecioeo
oacA -,,o,sI tournament at Onwentsia- hut the
]" I.e tstveen Travis and Wilder yesterday VIII
n'e,ohlv n'eeNs 60 down one OF the most sensa-
- ,aaved either here abroad 1t was
uonh- .he+ temporary illness probably cost
me- Il- -to victory The other winners OF the day
VIZ, I.o-,. d Travers. OF Montclair the national
,,,. II c Fornes, tr-. P7ttsburg; L M
cn1--s. -Y.- Trtica; Fred Herreshon. Ekwanok; Max
,To--,s County, and T NJ Clafiin, Boston
Benz - -. ,Ss moment Travis and Wilder start
49, - .1l-sav struggle IN the morning the vet
= ,,ol.d like q loser. He got halVe IN al
e boIs because the Harvard man missed a
"' -. ru+ this weakness was not repeated again
-nas~ during the morning session In fact, as
s.ch progressed his short game became
LIZ ses,v IN direct contrast 10 that or travis
who astOunoeo Ii9
=. .be eighth hole for instance. after getting
= A-,a in two Travis required four more 10
- .hs rrIo thereby allowing Wilder, VINO hao
= 8, the road on his second 70 win IN . 10 g.
r. fsr+ that Wilder after going out in IS was aole
-, .o- home up shows how raggedly Travis
~ ,,,,S Coming home both men played
20 ~ wilder never yielded inch and by
'1..s,nr his advantage two more holes retired
- 5.,,beon I'd The strokes were Wilder, 81;
Travis S. -.,.
s.-,oo- was q prediction made by many VINO
Ia not forget the veterans remarkable chain OF
st-+z-six-bole victories extending over q period
- rine wears Early indications. however. made
80. -,-ssictjon look about as valuable as counter
=. r,o7av Travis made hash OF the second hole
80 bs~sn7e ; down while z pulled drive 10 the
9Th cost him that hole.
New six down Travis looked like doomed man
15is third shot to the seventh, trife pulled got
rsris in the trap 10 the left Of the green Wiiiie
wilder rot nicely home the like Al THIS Junc1-
IRE the match delayed for several minutes 10
r.rs Wilder 4 chance TO recover from an attack
3 .-er7ns rpon resuming play the Harvard
ls- seemed 70 have completely lost his touch as
bs -sgtred four puts thereby practically present
ing Travis with the hole.
"a completely disconnected was Wilder that ne
.,-nd II impossible 10 steady himself for time
nth the result that Travis won three more hoIes
~ succession cutting the Boston players lead down
- m at the tenth Just when it looked as If
the Younger man was a certain loser Travis sliced
INTO timber going 10 the eleventh. and as II TO
-,sEa assurance doubIy sure Wilder ran down q
,b-+vfoot put for E 3 a stroke under par he
slso stole the thirteenth hole by bringing on a
long put making him up. A halve in nVe at 1he
t,-teentb raade Wilder dorn1ie 1, whereupon every
one declared he could not lose
Travis then began 70 play he never played
before making the next four holes in fifteen and
s,lartng the match on the home green. The play
st the seventeenth VIII I've forever. Travis, after
sBcng his drive TO the rough. seemed beaten 10
certainty but Re recovered well and made the edge
O. The green OF his third. Wilder got home on his
second Il was do or die row with Travis, and the
csse seemed hopeless as his ball lay a hogs
hack formation on the green some thirty feet from
the CUP To the astonishment OF every one the
veteran brought Of the put, and the ground trera-
bed from the outburst Of applause from the gallery.
Probably the incident temporarily unneTved
Wider. whose approach put had left him within
eighteen inches Of the cup. put Of this length
ought 10 be hOled nineteen times out Of twenty,
and had thissone gone down there would have been
e different story 10 tell AS Il was. he missed by
hairs breadth. He lost at the home hole also by
taking three puts.
The first Two extra holes were haIved in par fig
tres and then Travis had q combination Of good
fortune rarely seen in golf match His drive,
poorly hit ball, missed q pot bunker by few
inches and his second shot was equally fortunate
ne followed this by a short running-up shot, and
laen missed his fourth but the ball laid Wilder
sVlnie- Il was hard luck for the Boston man, as
lhere was scarcely ten inches between his ball and
lie cup The stymie. however-tfe first and only
one Of the rnatch-saved the veteran, and the hole
vas halved in :
Aiter halving the next in 6 Travis won the fifth,
o. forry-f-st hole Of the match, by running down
-eioot put for q g. and Wilder's second shot found
NE rough the edge Of the green Travis was all
smiles as he received congratulations from scores
G. admirers He was also thoroughly exhausted,
and admitted that he never thought he had q
chance 10 wiz until he squared the match on the
home green.