New-York tribune., 1908-05-22
GOLFERS WEEDED OUT
KEEN PLAY THE RULE.
Leading Experts Among Survivors
for Metropolitan Title.

n. fhe NetropoIitan Golf Association at the Bal
.usrol Golf Club yesterday. When the two
rounds had been completed only eight of the thirty
two players who qualified for the title Wednes-
dsy remained They Walter ]. Travis, Gar
den City: ". D. Tanderpool, Morris County; Arden
NJ Robins ST. Andrews; Charles Seely. Wee Burn:
Ffndlay s. Douglas. Nassau; Walter Kobbe. Bal
tusrol: r. c. Watson. jr- westbrook, and Jerome
d. Tavers. Mon:clair. the present champion These
men Will meet as named in the third round this
morning.
Although heavy fog and a fine drizzle prevailed
most OF the time, the scoring a decided i'm
provement anything shown in the qualifying
round In fact. some Of the work nothing
short ot brilliant and worthy Of champions. Trav-
CTS arrived early, looking as bright a dol
lar. and X did take the national and
potan title holder long to prove that he is rapidly
coming on his game. Gilman p. Tiffany, champion
Of the Hudson River Golf Association the first
70 find this out
The Powelton man. who was Travers's opponent
IN the first round. had high hopes of winning when
they started out but he succeeded in winning only
one hole Tiffany outdrove the champion. but this
sneh1 advantage IN the long game counted for
naught when ptted against the deadly iron shots
OF the other After the second shot Tiffany always
hsd the most to DO and when the greens was
invariably hopeless, especially as Trayers never
missed anything in reason. After going out in 81
where he stood UP. it a simple thing for
Travers 10 win by UP and TO play. They finished
out tne bye hoies and the winner got q capital IS
Those who expected TO see Travers pushed in the
afternoon were again doomed to disappointment
His opponent was Fred Herreshoff the Garden
City crack, who gave the champion quite a match
in the senai-fnal round Huntington Valley last
week. Il the same story as in the morning
however, Travers always being master of the sit
uation
In addition 10 putting well Travers also sur
prised the gallery by outdrving mis- powerful oppo-
nent. who has the reputation of being one Of the
longest drivers in the amateur ranks. Like Tiffany
IN the morning, Herreshoff had 10 be content with
Winning q single hole. His putting the saddest
seen in e long time. and TO make things worse
The other laid him two styTnes Travers went out
IN -, where he stood up. and by taking the next
tWo holes in par figures the match was his by s
Up and : 10 play BY laying beautiful approach
Wlthln clubs length of the pin Travers was
enabled TO win IT, eleventh hole in g. a stroke
under par. They finished out the bye holes and
Travers got r. making total OF I5s for the day
Findlay 6 Douglas loomed up as 4 likely winner
The heavy greens suited his style of putting but
The former St Andrews attributed his i'm
provernent in the short game largely TO different
ftyle Of putter, which he borrowed from J. H. T
McNurtrie. In the morning Douglas had J. D.
Foot the Apawarnis veteran. as an antagonist and
the latter did well carry the match TO the seven
teenth green
Later in the day Douglas went at q great pace
against l. A Hamilton. of Wy6agyl, and reeled
on IS. In this match Douglas never missed
put under six feet, and a result defeated his
opponent rather handly by UP and 1 to pIay
hamilton had previously beaten George T. Brokaw
Of Garden City.
Travis won both his matches by comfortable
margins. In the morning his victim was John
Reid, jr. of St. Andrews former intercollegiate
champion. Travis the first four holes right
on the reel and reached the turn in 81 where he
stood 6 up. He by up and to play
Later Travis was opposed TO r. T. Mundy of
Montclair. To the turn the veteran showed the
best golf he has displayed at Baltusrol this week
going out in Sc, stroke under par. He was then
four UP and he settled matters on the fourteenth
green. Mundy, who formerly played a good deal
IN The West with Chandler Egan. has something
ot reputation. but his wild driving got him in
constant trouble yesterday
Probably the most interesting match of the day
resulted from the meeting OF SeeIy and G J.
Sullivan. the faltusrol champion, in the second
round. Seely started like wild horse with 4 3.
3 q, three strokes under par, enough 10 place
him up. Sullivan then sail for the Wee
Burn with a succession of holes in par
figures, and only caught Seey, but actually
turned for home up Sullivan went in S6 TO
q for the other. Seely drew level by winning the
tenth and eleventh holes. and then assumed the
lead by winning the twelfth in poor g. both
getting into difficulties
From there in everything halved, but the
finish was spectacular After a long drive from
the eighteenth tee Seely made TWO weak shots TO
the edge Of the green, while Sullivan laid his ball
dead the third Seely then holed 30-footer
for s. which left MIN a winner by Up. Both
went round in 81.
The longest match Of the tournament. and for
that matter Of the season TO date, resulted from
the meeting Of T. H B. Frelinghuysen, of Morris
County and j. Y. Seggeman. of Midland, in the
first round Frelnghuysen won on the twenty
third green.
The summary follows:
charE.onsfip FIRST roundD--R F, Mundy. Montclair,
n J -rarls GARDEN cG52- beat John Reid 5r St
y D Tander75oi Norris County beat ". c shoup
= B 1iscdarla-d Garden CITY J. r. Maxwell. il.
80 t f1 s. " andrews nd beat f. II Thomas
Morris Counts. up and 70 play
sergera.an Midland ] W c25 hoies).
sullivan. i2altusrol Lguis Livingston. West
9 II seesZ. Wee BUR-. beat c F. Watson
Flnaiay s Douglas. Nassau J. u, Apa
!. 4. Hamilton. Tyksgyl. beat C. Brokaw. Garden
cry W and and ,3 70 play 3, ,,,.,u,.-, e..ra.,
Hai1er Ko5sf. I5sltusro. beat G s, Kellogg.
E II Wfld cTanfor8. beat @ Kirby Engiewood,
2. c watson. jr.. westfrook. beat & ". o'connor
E5ssz 50 ems up ss enc 70 il2 tea. O. Renhsr
Fl9zheie up and to ,,d1,c,s, .lsy bes, 6 Tiffany
Fo"el'an. g W and . 10 play.
second round-Trs11s beat Mundy. and to play:
Nan3erPoo beat Maxwell > U and 70 play Robbins
van ". Douglas beat Hamilton 8 up play:
VIZ S4 % a sa % D s a a54s az ' ba5 erssbon sSan fp up
ano : II play
Thire sixteen Chrs, round-o. Woodward MontcIair
best z Wilcox. B5ontolsir. BY defaqh
Z T Allen, Fox HIS. beat Roy Webb Englewood.
r. Douglas jr. scortish-American beat W. E.
eof Moz1elsr , uP snd ! & 70 play. ~ ,-.,,.- ru,,s-
" : :. s-evens Scottish American. J. B. C
Ellis adams Essex county. F. 6 Wheeler Apa-
csTnesit q: 5, AndTeSs heat c A sponord Garden