The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-16
SIXTEEN LEFT IN
 BIG GOLF FIGHT National Championships Being Fought Bitterly-Ex- Cham pion Douglas Out of
 the Running.
WARD DOES THE TRICK
Travis the Gold Medal Winner--Tra- ycrs, Byers and Other Noted Cracks Still in the
 Race.

Garden City, N. r., Sept. lo.-In day of interesting play on the Garden City clubs links the national amateur championship tournament was advanc- ed to the finish of the first match play round of eighteen holes and the big field of aspirants for the title was re- duced from 1S3 to l6
 The survivors include several season. ed players, as we'll as some of the most promising young golfers in the western and eastern clubs. Jerome D. Travers, who holds the championship and W. J. Travis and Eben Nj. Byers. former champions, are among the survivors but f1ndlay S. Douglas who won the national honor ten years ago was put out of the running this afeernon by John M. ward of Westbrook.
 The final round of medal play which was started at o'clock this morning resulted In the elimination of all but 32 players with Walter ]. Travis, the gold medal winner, turning in the low score of 79-74--l53. He played around with Kenneth Edwards of Chicago in a half gale which blew from the north east, and showed wonderful skill by his Judgment and accuracy under the con- dltlons.
 Edwards who tied him with score of 70 yesterday was rather uncertain in his drives today as he took Sb for the round, total of 1894, two strokes behind Champion Travers who had 80 and s2
 The draw for the first match play round was rather unlucky for the west ern players as Mason Phelps and Ken meth Edwards of Chicago were the first pair drawn to play against each other. If was slashing contest. Edwards win ming out after playing 2l holes Travers played just we'll enough to beat Upton by up, but could have done better had he been pushed. w. c. Fownes, jr., of Pittsburg, won easily from Allen, a local man. by up and { to play. Albert Sackel, another youthful Chicagoan, beat S. D. Bow CTS, a seasoned player, by 1 up. T. NJ. Sherman, of Utica. son of the repub- lican presidential candidate, won .his match from H. J..Gee, of East Orange, very cleverly. II. Fl. Wielder, of Lowell, Mass. won A nineteen hole match from H. B. Mcfarland. of. Philadelphia, and fully lived up to all the reports which preceded him from i, New England. y.s,s.ls .r-,s
 Travis and Sawyer who are neigh bors in Garden City. fought another of their many battles on the links. but as usual the master hand" won out. Wards victory over Douglas was by close margin after hard tussle up to the home green E. M. Byers ex- perienced little trouble in beating Peters while R. c. Watson won the game for his opponent W. P. Smith of Philadelphia. by holing Smiths ball In an attempt to make short put to square the match on the home hole. 'e-i -a.t
 ' T. M. Claflin, another young Mas sachusetts player decslvely defeated T. R. Fuller of Wallaston, Mass, by ' up and to play. Max Behr, Morris town Fl. F. Whitney. of Nassau, and Archie M. Reid, of St. Andrews, were the other winners.
 The second match play round con- sisting of 36 holes will occupy the links all day tomorrow. The most inn portant contest and one on which the championship may hinge. will be be- tween Travers and young Edwards. Whoever wins this will probably meet Travis later in the week as all three are in the first half of the draw.
 First match play round IS holes Kenneth Edwards, Chicago beat Mason Phelps, Chicago, 1 up (21 holes); J. D. Travers, Montclair, beat r. R. Upton, 1r., Baltusrol, up and to play; w c. Fownes, jr, Pittsburg, beat B. T. AL len, Staten Island, up and 4 to play: Albert sackel, Chicago, beat S D. Bowers Bridgeport 1 up T. M. Sher- man, Utica, beat Howard J Gee, East Orange, up and to play; C. E. Van vleck, jr., Montclair, beat l.. A. Ham, ilton, Englewood, up and 2 to play; f' H Wilder, Lowell, Mass, beat H. B. Mcfarland, Philadelphia, 1 up de hole9; Walter J Travis, Garden City, beat Chadwick Sawyer, Midland, L. |, up Fred Herreschoff, Manchester, Vt, beat E. w. Whittemore. Boston, up and 9 to play; W. P, Smith, Phil adelphia, beat R. c. Watson, West brook. 9 up; John M. Ward, West brook, beat Findlay s Douglas, Mas sau, up; E. M Byers, Pittsburg, beat Ralph Peters, jr. Midland, L. L. 6 up and to play; Max H. Behr, Morris town, beat Nelson M Whitney, New Orleans, 9 up; Fl. r. Whitney, Nassau, beat J. Graham, Greenwich, Conn.,, up; Thomas M CIaf1in, Weston, Mass, beat T. R. Fuller, Boston, up and 6 to play; and Archie M. Reid, St, An drews, beat J. C. Parrish Shinnecock Hills, 2 up,