Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-20
JEROME TRAvERS
STILL CHAMPION
Wins Easy Victory Over Max
H. Behr-Latter Not So
Hard as Travis.

GARDEN CITY, September 19.-Jerome
Travers of Montclair, n. j., still is the
amateur golf champion of America. After
reaching the final stage by a brilliant
victory over the veteran former cham
pion. Walter J. Travis, yesterday, in
what was pronounced one Of the finest
games ever witnessed in this country, the
champion today scored a comparatively
easy win over Max II. Behr of the Nor
ris County Club. The men played prac-
tically on even terms during the early
stage of today's decisive match, but on
the second round of eighteen holes TRAY
ers had all the best of it, and the end
came at the twenty-ninth hole, when the
champion was up on his opponent with
only seven holes left TO play.
Every condition favored high-class golf
today. The weather was almost perfect
and the links were at their best. TraVers
had the honor at the start, but he sliced
his tee shot into The sand pit and in get
ting out his ball went into the rough.
Behr had better luck and was within a
foot of the hole ON his third shot The
champion halved the hole, however, by
running down seven-foot putt and then
won the second hole in three to four
Travers' Clever Play.
Second hole-Travers one up.
Travers drove into the sand trap play
ing the third, but got out ceverly. This
hole was halved in par fours. the fourth
in seven and the fifth in fours.
Fifth hole--Travers one up.
The sixth hole was halved in fours, and
Behr won the seventh in five to SIX
squaring the match.
Seventh hole-Ali square.
Travers regained his advantage on the
,frht vim, ir,er nv
to 6.
The ninth hole also went to Travers, 3
to 4, the champion thus reaching the first
turn in up over his opponent. Travers
had good direction and reached the ninth
green on his second shoH Behr also was
on. in two, but overplayed long putt
and gave up the hole to 3.
Ninth hole-Travers up.
The cards for the first half read as fol-
lows:
TraverS-
Out ......43 4745 40
Behr-
Out .......44 474 5 5 6 +3
Travers-
In ......44 8 4 4 4 5 3-36-76
Behr-
In ....5 4 5 4 4 ) 3-40-S3
Travers won the tenth hole in 4 to ),
Behr half topping his tee Shot. the ball
rolling into a sand bunker. The next
hole also went to Travers in 4 to ), Behr
Playing Top of His Game. -.
The champion was then playing the
top of. his game. On the short twelfth
hole Travers was on the edge of the green
on his drive. He was within a few inches
of the cup on his second and hOled out in
3 to 4, Behr having overpitched the green.
Behr played we'll going to the thr-
teenth. He putted poorly, however. while
Travers, with machine-like accuracy.
holed out in to 3. Travers found the
sandpit on his drive from the fourteenth
tee. but pitched out cleverly. He tried a
long putt, but only trimmed the cup Behr
was we'll on the green with his second,
and the hole was halved in fours.
Playing the seventeenth Behr made two
fine shots, while Travers got into the
rough on his second and Behr holed out
in to 3. a stroke better than par. Both
made good drives for the eighteenth
green, Behr's ball going to within six
feet of the cup and the champions .all
scarcely more than a dozen feet farther
away.
Travers made fine attempt to hole out
in two. but was short. and at the same
time Behrs ball just trimmed the cup.
The hole was halved in par threes.
Behr had the honor in the afternoon
round, and pulled his drive from the
nineteenth tee into the rough. He got
we'll out in two, but Travers was deadly
straight on his first two shots. Both
missed long puts, and the hole went to
Travers, to 5.
Both drove to the green on the TWEEN
tieth. and the hole was halved in threes.
Twentieth hole-Travers six up.
The twentyfirst hole was halved In
fives, and the twenty went to
Behr
Twenty-second hole-Travers 5 up.
Travers won the twentythird hole-4
to 5.
Travers won the twenty-fourth- to s.
The twenty-fifth was halved in fives
Travers, up.
Travers was up at the turn. the TWEEN
ty-sixth and twenty-seventh holes being
halved in tours.
The cards for the first nine holes of the
second round are:
Travers. . 4 3 5 1 s 40
Behr. .......... 3 5 3 5 ) 5 fl
Travers won the championship on the
twenty-ninth hole by up and to play.