New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
FINE GOLF BY TRAVIS
FETERAN SHOHS FORM.
". c. Foze1es Beaten by Youngster
on atlantic City Links.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Atlantic City, April 30-As a result Of to-day's
match play rounds in the open golf tournament at
the Country Club of Atlantic City, Walter J. Travis
Garden City; q. B. Buxton, Philadelphia; Eben
NJ. Byers, Allegheny, and H. B. Hepburn. Uni
versty of Pennsylvania remain in the race for the
chief cup They will in the semi-hnaI round
tomorrow named.
Trayis's hard match was with A. D. s. Johnson.
Of st. Paul. considered by many the longest driver
in the amateur ranks. While the Westerner's su-
perior long game gave him distinct advantage at
tines. the Garden City veteran more than offset
this by his deadly putting. An early advantage of
up by Travis lessened a hole when the pair
reached the turn, the cards showing SO for Travis
and 20 for Johnson
The latter threw away q chance for half at
the fourth by nursing easy putt. and again at
the tenth. Another putt went wrong on the
seventeenth green, bat despite this Travis only
finished l up. He made the round in 50 to the
others g. Later Travis disposed Of F. Oden
Horstman of Chevy Chase, quite handly.
The upset Of the day resulted from the meeting
OF W. c. FOwnes, jr., OF Oakmont, and Hey ourIL.
A grand long game backed UP by steady work
with the irons and sound putting. gave Hepburn
the advantage at all times especially Fownes
developed an unexpected weakness on the green's,
missing three puts Of not more than eighteen
inches.
Hepburn reeIed off the first eight holes in 32 and
although he slipped up with 8 at the ninth, 1t
was good enough reach the turn in IS. where
he stood up. Fownes managed to win one hole
the homeward journey, but 1t only served 10
proloug the agony. the other won with / on
the sixteenth green. the final result being UP and
3 TO play. Hepburn is a native of Kentucky, and
is at present freshman at the University OF
Pennsylvania. He recently Joined the Phlladeiphis
Cricket Club.
Byers and Howard Perrin. former Philadelphia
champion, had interesting tilt. in which the
first seven holes were halved. Perrin then weak
ened. and Byers after winning the eighth and
ninth, always had the match in hand finally win
ming on the sixteenth green. Buxton beat A W
T1lIinghast, OF Philadelphia, by q similar margin
Ths summaries follow:
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IoTres L2kewood up and to play p5sdsB5ia 81
RsAxaFS c9qn Sest a 6st B. Fo%hes
oskrnGn up and to play "eS9r Pa ap. r odsn
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9 z Prev. %ta fIt's6Grg Sa; Up 2 play: >,
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Dyer, beat Perrin Up and play; Buxton Dea'
ssosa9 stxeeR eR eaT.t Mott Riysron
beat Fred EaEs~0 Sd " Up cnd For9e s2 pay 0Eon M
i up: smith Wilmington; defeated R F. Msyegs
beat a,iN II eehey city Up and 70 PLAY PER-
vaey- bt defaait II A MacKeg Atlante city, beat
d ssS hnnis beat CIV Il n O Meshsa "a Aano CIV
sylyana beat walter Wilson, EnsIewo0d up and to
,ssS ssi up and to pay Wight bea, J
q2 Bq'k beat st T291s up ana Kds X Philadelphia
Robert Weir Win9ston up and a., to Fs3Sed Ripx 6z
default F. NJ. Harrison; Monclair beat a w Ne Nelson On
SSsn1 1SSeai PisIePhia1 up: NJ snedaksr Enssvood
ss sssf T. II Neaa8 nR nR6 70 pay Up
Kay Prnoston beat y r MsoT Dun"Sod' s5t p so3ts a3
Wilmington 8 Up and and to- to pI2g ., u, and t. play
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