New-York tribune., 1908-07-04
GOLFERS WEEDED OUT
DOUGLAS AMONG NUMBER.
Traris Saues Himself By Bringing
Off q Long Put.

round of the invitation golf tournament d. .i0
Apawarns Club yesterday. Hard fought ha'ene'
and a few surprises served to make Things inter
esting The upset OF the day came When fi"uia'
8 Douglas finished down to Graham IN the SEE
ond round The outcome was the more uneApeo'e'.
az DougIas earned an early advantage Going OUT
in 81. the Scot turned for home up ana sup
pIen,ented this by winning the tenth hole.
cr.bar, then lived up to his reputation as
nervv match player by winning four out OF tne
next five holes. Douglas lost the fourteenth ho's
through missing tvo-foot put he also piASeu
the seventeenth hole badly. taking g. That maoe
Graham dorrnie l. but It looked Ike an eA'i"
hole match when the Apawarnis man laid MS ap
proach within a clubs length Of the home noIe' h'
missed the put, however, and a haIve IN ieLt Ui1
ham a winner.
Travis began his match play part of the pro
eramme at the expense OF NJ. K. Shepard. OF Ne"
Haven the Connecticut champion. The latter nuns
on well, but Travis appeared in one OF MS ~"
scoring veins, going out In % and oacK IN o. rs
ures that equaled the competitive record Ior INC
course. Even at that Travis only deIealso ohep0-U
by 8 up and to play
The Garden City crack had a harder task IN
defeating B. C. Fuller, Of the home club later
in the day. Out in 36, Travis turned for nome
I'D only to have Fuller square the match Win
a 4 at the eleventh and at the twelfth FuiIer
missed golden opportunity at the nf,eenIn.
where Travis got into the bunker and followed
by misiudging his approach From good lie Fui-
Ter made wretched shot, and they halved in D.
PLAYING the home hole, Travis stood dormie L.
but he had a few anxious moments when Fuller
ran down 30-foot put for 3. That put 1t UP 10
Travis to get a 20footer down or else walk 10
the nineteenth tee but he proved equal to the
occasion.
Seely began the day the anxious seat by hav-
ing to pIay off a tie TO whether he was TO make
the first or second sixteen. par at the nrst hoe
put him in the first set The metropolitan title
holder had another narrow escape in his matcn
, with F. R. Upton, jr., Of Baltusrol Rassed play
on Seely's part enabled his opponent TO draw 4eVel
at the seventeenth green, and then the match
ended in an unsatisfactory manner, as Seelys
drive trihe pulled. hit Upton's caddie Accord
ing to the rule that meant lost hole for Upton 50
the champion had to take the match on this tech
nicality.
In the next round Seely got going in something
like his true form against w. F. Morgan. jr., of
BaItusroI They halved the first six holes before
Seely managed TO break through with at the
seventh thanks to weak putting on the part Of his
opponent. A ragged short game practically killed
the Harvard players chances at several other
holes 1t is a rare thing for SeeIy to be out
driven. but he had to play the odd time and time
again in this match
The summary follows:
First sixteen first round>-Ffndlay S Douglas Apa-
wants. beat R. D. Laphau. Apawamis- up and 4 to
s ]. Graham. Fairfield. beat ". R Thurston. Apa-
c. 4 Dunnng Nassau. beat S. D. Bowers. Brooklawn.
Waiter j. Travis. Garden City. beat NJ. K Shepard.
G Fuller IPaNanis beat James Foot. Apawarris.
" " lo f MORAN jr Baltusrol. L. Gwyer. silva
Gharias s seey F. R. Upton. t Bal
Howard + Gee, Arsdale W. B. Wheeler Brook
lawn up and to play
Second heat % Douglas .i. up Ge' beat sa
PgRRPg st a2a up and @ TO aad Riy to prps pas 0''
Beaten eight Of tEs round1Te=uIston = beat
KaRsi kEssisa U up and to
Prcvn
beat F s Wheeler. Apawam 3 up and to play.
A. Lishenhsin. Wykagyl beat G R Gillett' "ykasyi'
T Allen. Fox Hills. beat E. l. scoheld. Wee Burn
a aD ah9 watson p Dunwoods H Herring scarsdae
up ana H Bafnes, Apawannis, beat F. W Phillips 81
"dq0 E AqsPong. qR a9 Fox Hills w. C. shOuD Ense-
oscar % woodward Montcair. beat ]. A Peck Apa-
--s q 4 sponurd- Apavamis beat H l. Phillips 81
wanoy. 4 up and TO play.
Second whee. beat Broxn 4r:roDx gD AsR bea5
sse5., Beat WssGn S. weoSRafd gR an9 beat saar 50
Third sixteen 6ss rognd 2o6ty a snd 70 play
H a. sherman: Apawams beat L W. Caiian' EnsiS-
wG9d II " Ro~sld ana to %yssyy Rsg beat C Hunt
lueia NIB SPemher SP an1 fS nOnsia beat L. Dyer
M1sdo v Earra up aad 1unwoode no beat
wants. up and 70 Sey 2 Haven beat w s. Hart
saS 5.s = Pa5 croosa pyser Meadow
by default.
Second round beat kellogg up and to
r1ay Howard beat and 20 play LiI1Iner-
pna1 heat Harris / UP; beat McMurtre, up 2l
holes)-
chrst ,oan-B B. s .s@ B9ttom' Fox Hills
H. H. Wiggin, Apawamis beat T. s. Napier Wykasyi
F. n in ScAd6os Princeton. beat George r Sheldon.
a. P Durdan. Montclair beat l. L Fleming. Apa-
F A. wright Baltusrol. beat DR.. G. Smith Wee Burn
1 .,.
B. H warford. Fairfield. beat Parrish Watson. Dun
woodie up and play -
J. D. E1nendorf. Apawamis. beat GI . TWIN. APa-
wants, and 1 TO play
Second round-Bottome beat wisgin up and 70
play; McAdoo Durdan 5 UP and to play; Wright