New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
TRAVIS REGAINS GROWN
UIyS WITH DAZZLING
GOLF DISPLAY.
Fed Herreshof Loses Metropolitan
Cham ponship in Wonderfd
Match at 4 pd7cGmiS.

Match at Il pd7CGnltS.
p1aving the best golf Of his career walter }.
Is II Garden City. regained the title OF
I..,,,,1iran champion by defeating Fred Her
~ Westbrook. up and TO play in the
ei,-- hole final round at Apawamis yester-
The match will long be remembered by
y. gallery which was kept in suspense for
- First one and then the other OF the
-,oi,,als would bring off something uneXpect-
!. .bs-ehv turning apparent defeat into victory
= ra,iving the hopes of hts admirers
-r,a merit of Traviss performance may be the
,,++s- appreciated when it is remembered that
-..,,-nad rounds of IS and y for a total Of
~ His afternoon score equalled the amateur
- for the course made by Findlay Douglas
.sr the latter happened TO be in one OF his
..,-i,7e veins Yesterdays match was one
,.soss affairs in which almost as much credit
t.,ones 70 the loser as 70 the winner. and II IS
- cav considering the stake. that Herre-
e never nut in a better thirtysix holes
-..o-- the match neither man gained an ad-
&c until the third green was reached,
80 Travis brought of one Of the many long
IS which helped him materially 70 win this
p.,5o,er7iT This put in question
- +vel,-e foot affair When IT came TO put
- ,ovrever. Herreshoff cid a few stunts on
+,s ovn account, and not 10 be outdone. the
14.stbrook man dropped twenty-footer on the
-sv+ green for a capital 3. His first stroke Of
- fortune occurred on the seventh green.
+ybsre Herreshoff laid his man a half stymie.
.,licb nroved sufficient 10 enable him TO win the
hole in ! 70 > That made Herreshoff up, but
be straightvay lost his advantage when Travis
3 no,a5 another fairly long put for > OF the eighth
green
The ninth hole is 612 yards just the distance
,bs- should have proved helpful 10 HerreshoT.
rho has the reputation OF being one Of the long
est players in the country. Whatever advantage
he might have gained here, however. was thrown
evay by pulled second shot TO the rough
After that he had 70 be content 10 get a halve
in six so that they turned for home all square.
both going out in s.
One Of Travizs few mistakes OF the day oc-
CURED while playing the tenth hole where he
sliced his second shot out OF bounds Herreshon
promptly took advantage Of this opening, win
ming the hole in 10 8.
The fourteenth hole has always been a try
ing one u Travis during this tournament, as
II reouHes fine second shot TO carry the brook.
Hs did not try il against Herreshoh. being con
tent 10 pIav short with an iron in the hope Of
getting halve in 3 Such proved TO be the
case for. although Herreshoff well up the
hill on his second. in fact only a few Yards short
of the green he was unable TO get 1.
-,isi,5eed second shot left Herreshoff too much
10 Go going 10 the fifteenth while Travis. max
ing Use OF q new brassey he had purchased only
an hour before from Herbert Strong, the Apa-
u-snais professional. reached the green with n
beautiful second shot and the hole in 10 .
The advantage Of Herreshoff's superior long
game was plain az the seventeenth, where ne
reached the edge Of the green, matter OF H'e
hundred-odd yards. in two beautiful shots' anu
9 Won the hole in TO g. Travis played this hole
indifferently half topping his second shot and
supplementing it with weak approach Any
how Herreshof then stood up going 10 the
home hole and he should have finished the
round with that advantage, but he took three
puts and lost the hole in to > Although all
square. Herreshoffs card showed a total Of 40
strokes. or one better than his opponent
When the pair started out for the afternoon
round the gallery had increased in size 10 prob
ably a thousand persons. Travis had all he
could 60 10 reach the green on his second shot,
using the hrassie while Herresho1 got
home easily with drive and an iron They
halred it in I and the next in > but weak chip
shot by HerreshOfT. after overplaying the third
green on his approach. cost him that hole
Then followed four holes halved in par figures
The last Of these. al the seventh redounded to
the credit Of Herreshoff. who. after practically
nubblng his second shot and reaching the green
only on his third. stole a haIve in ! by dropping
a neFFy thirty-foot put. Had Travis been able
10 negotiate ffteen-footer the hole would have
been his in 5 but he missed the put by a mar
row margin
Down the hill 10 the eighth Travis for the
second time during the match laid his iron shot
10 "1lhln few feet OF the flag and with char
sclerlsuc accuracy brought off the put for an
oO'er Two That made him two up, and halve
IN i've al the ninth enabled the Garden City
veteran TO turn for home with the lead men
aohed- He only required 30 TO go out, the
oest score Of the week. Neither could any fault
Oe found with Herreshoff who reached the half
way point in 81. figures rarely beaten on this
course
The eleventh was the most remarkably plared
mole Of the match Standing on the tee only
0ne DOWN HerTeshoT drove a beautiful ball,
eualght as an arrow while Travis. with
s1shty pulled drive, had TO fish his ball out of
NS brook for the usual one-stroxe penalty.
ms next shot, a trihe too strong, landed him in
ne long grass back Of the green, and 1t then
'OoAeo almost a certainty that Herreshoff would
"h The hole and square the match. To every
Ones surprise. however, Herreshoh dubbed his
approach so badly that It fell short OF the
.iook guarding the green Playing the like
ne laid the ball within ten feet OF the hole, and
sui looked like his hole. with Travis's ball
WI o. sight in the long grass.
Just how much skill and just how much luck
"soFed in the next shot will always remain a
matter OF opinion. but the fact remains that
-lssls pitched the ball out straight toward the
pa and with just sufficient force 10 enable 1t to
'saeh the cup. where il found resting place,
Naas the amazed onlookers broke into unre-
'Uained applause When quiet had been re-
esf7d HeTreshon made his put and missed his
mort for a by a hairs breadth, so that
ioFg l,a gafu him