New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
TRAVERS HOLDS TITLE
PROBES WIZARD At GOLF.
Behr Badly Beaten IN Final for the
Amateur Cham pionship.

rss,1svine the same superb form that has car
ried him to the front many occasions. jerome
d Travers. Of Montcair. \. J.. won the nauonai
amateur golf championship tournament for the sec
o,d wear in succession on the Garden City links
Yesterday defeating Max Behr. of Morris County
S I'D and to play in the thrty-sX hole maj ROUND
There was never question in the mnds OF Ihe
s,,,nensa gallery which watched every shot, but
that Travers would retain his title. In the New
Jersey state championship year ago. ana again
lest June Travers decisivelv defeated behr IN Ihe
final round. Behr played good sound solf yesueI-
dav hut it awaited him nothing against the bIlh-
fancy and steadiness Of Travers
Considering the gruelng struggles both men had
an the semi-final round on Friday. it would not
have been surprising If they had shown reacuoh.
Such however not the case, Tor IraNers
reached the turn in the morning in an even ~,
which included and a 6. while on the homeward
s.,- he had a ss giving a IS for the round,
much the same kind of golf he displayed when ne
defeated Walter J. Travis
Behr went out in AZ and home in 90 about the
paoe he had been displaying throughout the tour
,ran,ent The card in the afternoon read SO Tor
Travers. as against Il for Behr. and. although the
match ended on the eleventh green. 1t was evloeht
% all that at the rate he going he had an e&-
,oellent chance had the bye holes been played OUT
TO return a 20
THROUGHOUT the day Daniel Chauncey, president
< +l,e United States Golf Association, and several
members Of the executive committee had 'helr
hands full in keeping the gallery IN check Al
-sra he
-on would close in so closely as to make IL de-
ri5a5lx, uncomfortable even for this remarkable
golfer who does not appear to have any nerves
While Travers is master Of the game IN all us
departments, he unquestionably eAceled at me
short shots above all others in this match 1t mat
,e,ed MT whether it was the shove shot acquired
nv so few amateurs. the little chip just on the
edge of the green for the ball always seemed 10 Dc
under perfect control. On occasions when the long
shots TO the green went trie astray Travers gen
orally brought his wonderful powers OF recovery
into play with telling effect
There was an incident on the eighth green IN the
afternoon which showed the resourceful nature oi
the champion Each man had played three, Behr ,
ball being about yard from the hole and TraV-
ers's couple of further away. but in direct
line Travers. however. negotiated the stymle oy
pitching over the others ball with his mashe Inc
guilty went into the hole clean as whistle SO
that the champion earned halve when the hoIe
looked lost almost to a certainty
The way Travers brought off trying eight ana
ten foot puts was revelation to the gallery, and
even the old-tiners who have been watching great
golfers in this country and abroad for years. WaAed
enthusiastic Hes as great putter as Walter
Travis ever thought Of being remarked prom
inent player and when he said that he paid the
younger man the greatest possible compliment
Starting out in the morning the pair halved the
first hole, but Travers won the second IN d four
halved holes followed. but the one at the fourth
was comedy of errors, both men getting tangled
in the rough and halving in Z. Travers. however,
with a brilliant the ninth, reached the turn :
up, and from there home he played ike a WIZARD
His seconds 10 the sixteenth and seventeenth
greens though well paysd. tricked over into trou-
HE and prevented his getting As As il was he
came home a stroke under par and ended the
round up.
In the afternoon Travers again mace a mess o.
The fourth hole. but that the only time his op
ponent had q chance to stem the tide. The cham
r,icn reached the turn 7 up and when the contest
erded on the eleventh green. or twentynnth OF the
match and the contestants good naturedly shooR
hands the fourteenth national golf championship
became 2 matter of history. incidentally the gal
1er found itself at furthest point from the club
house meaning a walk back of more than mile
The cards OF the match follow: