Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17
TRAVIS, BEHR, nERRESHOF
SHERMAN DEFEATED IN GOLF
TOURNAMENT.
Contest for Championship Has Mar
rowed Down Now to Four
Players.

GARDEN CITY. L. l.. September IT,
With the big field of contestants which
started in the amateur golf championship
narrowed down until only eight men sur
vfve, the play today had resolved itself
into a struggle between the masters of
the game.
The four winners today will fight II
out tomorrow until only two remain. The
last survivors will meet on Saturday for
the championship.
Particular interest was given to the con-
tests Of today because Thomas S. Sher-
man of Utica, son of the republican can
didate for the vice presidency. was to
meet the veteran former champion. Wal
ter ]. Travis.
Travis had to play a pretty stiff game
yesterday to qualify. His cool steadi-
ness stood him in good stead aand enabled
him to win out after five extra holes
had been played. At the end, however.
the veteran declared that the strain of
the match had completely worn him out.
'Tm all in.'' said Travis as he toiled
back to the clubhouse after the conclusion
next will win, and don't care much"
Foxy Grandpa!" commented young
Sherman, who had overheard the remark
| and who knew that he was to match his
But he doesn't persuade me that the
match is snap
Practically every man remaining in the
tournament at this stage already has
made his mark on the links. In addition
to Travis and Sherman. the players to-
day are Jerome D. Travers of Montclair,
n. j., who will meet w. c. Fownes. jr..
Of Pittsburg; Max H. Behr Of Norris
town. n. j.. who will meet Thomas NJ
Clafiin Of Weston. Mass. and Eben NJ.
Byers of Pittsburg. who meets Fred
Herreshoff of Manchester. VT.
The pairs started off in the following
order: Behr and Claf1in; Travers and
Fownes: Sherman and Travis and HERE
In the Travis Sherman match Travis
was 2 up at the fifth hole. Travis was )
up on Sherman at the ninth hole. He
| went out in 80 to Shermans A.
Behr Bests Cladin.
At the end of the first 10 holes Max
Behr was 1 up on T. NJ. Cliafiin. The
cards:
Behr-
Out. 90. 6 IS 8 4-s
In. 5 4 5 3-41-s4
Clafiin-
fn..... ) 4 4-s-s5
Travis ran away from Sherman on the
outward journey. being up at the turn
The Utican was unable to get anywhere
near his opponent until the tenth. which
he> won in to 5. He won the next two
in to and to 4. But Travis forged
ahead again, and, coming to the home
green. Sherman was 3 down.
Then Sherman overdrove the green, the
ball rolling into the sand trap back Of It,
He took nine shots to get it out, finally
giving up the hole in disgust. Travis
won the eighteenth hole 5 to 10, the lat
ter figures being approximate. Travis
was up at the eighteenth.
The cards:
Travis
Out .....4 3 5 545 3-3s
Sherman
Out .....44 5745 5 Al
Travis
In .......554 3 a 54O-7s
In ..... 4 4 3 4 4 5 2-46-9O
Travers and Fownes played a see-saw
game going out the champion being 1 up
at the turn. Not hole was halved until
was up. They halved the thirteenth in
fives and fourteenth in fours. Travers
won the next in to and the two follow
ing holes were halved in fives.
Travers won the home hole in to 5. as
Fownes got into the sand pit, taking two
strokes to get out. This gave Travers an
advantage of up for the first half Of
the match
The cards:
out. 555 574 s-1
FowneS-
Out. 4 4 6 4 5 5-44
TraverS-
In. IS g 5 455 s+1-s2
FoWneS-
In.... ST 3 81 5 5-44-8S
Herreshof 8 Up.
The Herreshoff- Byers match was at
even at the turn. Byers holed an ap-
proach putt from outside the green. get
ting the tenth in 3 to 4. Herreshoff won
the next in 4. squaring the match.
The next three holes were halved. Then
Herreshoff took the last three holes in
tours. which made him up on the eight
eenth green.
The cards:
HerreShoff-
Out 6 5 5 5+6.
Byers-
OUT 6 5 6 6 40.
Herreshoff-