New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
HINTS FOR COLE SOL0NS
TR4FERS GIVES TIEU s.
Cham pion FaUor8 Another Change
IN QnaEfning PLau for Title


the +irne draws near for the snnual meet
ing Of the United States Golf Association follow
Of the game are showing increased interest in
the championship Question-not go much where Il
will be held about the probable conditions. II
* matter of record that N fifteen years less
than eight systems have been tried. and the gen
erai opinion seeIns be that the tried for the
frs time Garden City last September proved the
most satisfactory.
Jerome D Travers, the national champion. ha.
suggested that instead OF having two DAYS Of
qualifying rounds sixty-four continue after the
first day and thirtytwo 70 qualify, there should be
a one-day testing round of eighteen holes. sixty
four qualify. and that the rest OF the week
should be devoted 70 Ss-hole matches.
In the last championship the first and only eigh-
teen-hole round was productive Of two extra-hole
matches. IN the second round. at thirtysix holes.
the standing in the morning at the end IF eighteen
holes found two players : Up, player VI and
another up, and all these golfers won by vide
margins
A player who up in the morning won BY
and >, and another who was I I'D won by and
On the other hand H H. Wilder, who vas up on
". ] Travis in she morning finally lost the match
st the forty-7rst hole and John NJ Ward. who was
l UP f. NJ. Byers in the morning lost his match
the fortieth hole.
In the third round all the players who were
in the morning won their u1stches-three oT them
by wide ulargins-but in the serni-fnal round only
one Of the successful players was up in the morn
ing round One match vas won BY Up and the
not close
The results at Garden City. showing how the
players stood at eighteen holes and 81 The finish
Of the match follow:
SECOND ROUND.
1s holes ss holes
Edwards = = -Travers : up T-avers Ok
= 4 SecEei Fownes SUP Fovncs SIS
z Van Week r. Sherman up sherman SKA
H wiIder -. Wilder up Travis a. h,
P snafsb " FHsrr.sto~ : NJ F5erreshor 1c1lo
E n Byers 70 Ward IN Byers csoh,
Whitner 7..-.... Behr up Bshr SKI
NJ REID = Claim uo Claim axs
THIRD ROUND
= Fovrnes If. T-avers IN Travsrs ks
NJ Sherman. - Travis N Travis
v Byers. - FFerresAor W F4sr-eshor ets
Claim =. B,hr 1 1p Bsh- 2x1
sEMI=FINAT-
! Travis. .>-.-.- T-a-fs1r ID Trs~tscup
T9erresboe @--- B.hr IN 7eh- 57h)
FINAL
Max Behr--. Trz~ers . I'D Trs~srs 81
The annual meeting Of the Massachusetts Golf
Association viii be held the Exchange Club
Boston, on Monday, January L, At $50 .. Clubs
Of the association may be represented ar any -
its meetings by two delegates duly authorized
each Of whom shall be entitled % one vote. The
nominating committee F7s presented the following
ticket
President Ee-bsr+ windsier. ths Courtr- -luh.
president. Alfred / Ripley he oskl-v country
Club Edmund z. Corznt gou7-rT
Club. sec-etar. Richard r Freeman. Uoilaston cof
club. executive Nathaniel Z. Borden.
Fall River Golf Club Edward 4. wikie AIstcn Golf
Charles 2. Stcknsy Couu--- Club Springfield,
Charles 7. Crock-r. Alpine Gor Club: Charles 7
TraveEi. Brae Burn Country Club.
There will be a dinner Immediately following -7-
meeting and invitations have beer The
presidents of the United States Golf Asso~fa tou.
the Philadelphia Golf Association the Rhode Isl
and Golf Association and the Metropolitan Golf
AEEocIe rio-.
Governors for the ensuing year hav- bseu elected
q the Bairusrol Golf Club follows Louis ?.
Bayard. Louis ?. RaTa-d. ir.. J. Edgar Bull.
Thomas T. REID. Charles z Beckv-fth, Samuel ?.
DavidEe John Farr. Adolphe de Barv. Louis Kel-
Ter. William Felloves Morgan Harold ". Hack.
Charles H. Stout. 4. 2 Riach William ? Smith,
George u. Rogers. {. J. Sullivan. Frederick z.
Walker and Edward 9. Thompson
The officers will remain as before, namely Louis
? Bayard. president. John Farr. ice-president,
Louis Keller, secretary. Frederick z. walker.
trea s1lrer. Messrs. Hack and Riach viii compose
the new house committee