New-York tribune., 1908-05-23
SEELY BEATS TRAVIS
DOUGLAS ALSO BE4TEN.
Trarers Reaches Final Round for
Local Golf Title.

.e-o-ns n 7rravers of Montciair and Charles
H. Seely, Of Wee Burn, won their way 10 'ne til
round of the Metropolitan Golf Association eiiaii-
pionshp tournament at the Baltusrol INKS yes
terdav Incidentally the best laid schemes OF mice
and men gang aft a-gley." for Seely's triumph III
the semi final round only achieved at the eh-
pense of the favorite. Walter j. Travis ei NaiNeN
CITY whom he defeated up and TO play.
Although the latter has not gained chaintion-
shin title since his memorable victory in the anna
teur tournament Of Great Britain at saho"ieh III
1904 he rarely starts in an open coiiAfs''ioh
without being first choice He said hlllseiI esiiH
in the week that he expected 10 fight IT out with
Travers in the final round on Saturday IL VIE
a dav fun OF incidents that devotees OF The game
did not regret travelling far 10 see even In 'he
face Of such adverse weather conditions
To begin with Seely had his work cut out TO WIN
IN the morning match against Arden NJ Robbins
-be 81 Andrews man. who has figured promi-
nently in so many important competitions during
the last twelve years Although easily outoriflhs
his man. Seely did not have his short game work
ing satisfactorily with the result that he found
himself txo down at the turn. He squared Inc
match at the fourteenth green, became one up at
the next and retained this advantage until Inc
home hole, which he lost
AS he was dorrnie one all Seely needed to do
was to play safely for a half in 4. but he hooked
his drive the brook, and the penalty cost MIN
the hole He won the nineteenth, however, In to
g. as Robbins got bunkered On his second
In the mean time Travis having the easiest
kind Of a match with W. ID. Vanderpool. of Morris
County the former winning by up and 10 play.
On the other side of the draw Douglas proved foo
steady for Walter Kobbe, of the home club, "hiie
Travers was always master of the situation in his
tilt with Robert c. Watson, jr-, OF Westbrook
When Travis and Seely drove off after luncheon
their meeting in the seni-na round of the Metro
politan at Apawams in 1902 recalled On that
occasion the former Connecticut champion won
only to lose to Douglas the following day. seeiy
had doubts as to his putting which had gone wrong
in the morning but il did not take long TO show
that he had got the feel" of his club again
A beautiful long game also helped Seely, as IL
always had Travis playing the odd after the drive
The former made every hole save the ninth in par
figures while Travis made mistakes at the fifth.
sixth seventh and eighth holes, all of which he
lost so that he turned for home down. Seely
went out in s. TO 42 for the Garden City crack.
Thus far Seely had been putting consistently well.
but his deadly short game not a circumstances
to what was 70 follow. Travis won the tenth, and
81 he had been opposed 10 anything like normal
golf the next three holes would also have been his
Seely however, brought off difficult put for q
halre in at the eleventh and followed by dropping
2efooters on the twelfth and thirteenth greens
after Travis had laid his second shots stone dead.
Travis lost the fourteenth hole by pulling his
second into q trap that Seely found himself In
the comfortable position of dormie 4. The latter
settled matters with have at the sixteenth, win
ming by up and 2 TO play. Their cards