New-York tribune., 1909-05-28
TRAVIS IN FINE FORM
WINS TWICE IN RAIN.
Hereshof Beats Tiffany in First
Round of Golf Title Plan

Good goIf under adverse conditions marked .s.
first and second round matches in the annual char,
/ ponship tournament of the Metropolitan Golf A.
sociation over the Apawamis Club links yester5.v
Such well known favorites as Fred Herresbo1 -
WestbroOk; Walter J. Travis. of Garden 60.
F'indlay S Douglas Of Nassau. and Robert G NJ.
son, of Westbrook. among those who survives
the days play.
In way the luck of the draw proved sever.
bracketing. it did. several prominent ar1ata,-,
for the first round. At the top Of the board v-s.
coupled Herreshoff and Gilman P TIFFANY tbs
PoweIon entrant. whose annual stunt since 1oot
has been 10 win the championship Of the F5p5so.
River Golf Association Tiffany never really sa++IsI
into his game his chief fault being tendency 10
miss shot puts
Always driving a long ball. and Eenera1Iv n, e..
flag. HerreshoH never had TO worry He raa,ba5
the turn in ~. where he stood up and tberass.,
it was easy 10 settle matters the twelfth gree,
As the rain was coming down torrents abo,-.
that time the men had no desire 10 play Ol1t The
bye holes.
Later in the day Herreshof met Clifford D,,
ming, the Nassau player, who defeated Travis t. .
team match last Saturday Dunning reached r.
second stage Of yesterdays tournament ar the a.
pense Of Arden NJ Robbins. who was a tour,s-
ment winner in the long ago. before Dunning eva
saw a golf club
Those who had expected close match bA-vrss
Travis and Marshall Whitlatch. the Dyker Naado
champion. in the first round. doomed To 5fs,-
pOintment. WhitIatch rever succeeded +, :.
tending The Garden City veteran. 4 good TO-
game on Whitlatch's part counted for notbfrz ~
cause he marred it with a number OF I'm tT4ga5
approach shots, being either too short or elsa -
the green out in %. 10 his opponents a. -rs,-,s
turned for home UP, and the match was hnary- ~
on the fourteenth green
Later on Travis met W f ConkIvn Of rs,r
woodie and the latter never looked dangaror,
from the moment he topped his first drive Ont =,
another 5S. Travis tUrned for home uD. He iaz-
the tenth. but then won the next four holes +,
rapid succession, and took the match by s I'd and
+ to play
The most Protracted match was a rventv--ro
hole affair between l. P. Gwyer. of Siwanov and
Francis r Upton jr. Of BaItusroI At the de-
cisive hole Upton got into trouble and Gv~yer Won
easily
Douglas won in the morning at the expense Of
his old St Andrews colleague. J. H T. NcNurtris
and at the fifth hole Douglas almost got a l. The
ball hit the pin and cane 70 rest practically On
the lip of the cup In the afternoon Douglas beat
GWyer by + up and 10 play.
The summary follows
METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIP
First roand-Fred Her-eshof. Wesz6rook beat Glnaa
Dlnning Nassau. beat arden u ROBBINS. Gar5ea CITY,
Up and 3 70 play. c. n Brown. Sa=Ektu. beat J. "
ic1leEainy- FoN Hills. R D. Lapaam. ApaTazals
. r, rIav- RSPe-r 49, " yss-s- 80, p y Zr-5 -
I-nsie"e- ~ and % PLAY os,sa-t hlrNoy, E1s-s-
hg-.,5I. i1' A5au5-1z = Isat v5e I5. up. m
70 play; Walter J. Travis Garden City. beat " Whit
Bsn9.osIs & bee, w n vRsj--7 " l g a-,r g aS5
20 PLAY John " Ward Westbr-oS. Woodward
Mon-riaIr II '. Seggeruan. Midland beat James
> Andrews beat W. W. Harris. Dunvoodis. up AMI
3 20 play; George T. Erozav. Garden city. besr : u
Barnes E1s-eVQ-d 3 up and > 10 play L P tI-syeE
hciesl. Finiay Douglas Nassau. bea- J. H 7 NJ
MuTtria. Apawamis. up and 20 play
second round Herreshof beat Bunnirg. Up and
% play Lapnam beat Brown, 4 up and 70 p-sy,
Watson beat Bowers up and to play, Ktrkby beat
and 70 play. Ward beat SsEEerulau, and
play Reid beat Brozaw L up, Douglas beat GUye-.
up and 90 play
BEATEN SIXTEEN OF CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
First round-Tjnarv beat Robbins u1 tI9 hoIesl.
NicNl-Ualv Graham. Up tI9 hoIesl- A-u-s-r0-g
Barnes heat Harris : m ana 70 D-sy- rp-0r lbeat
AicMurtrie- 1 up t-l E0iesF-
THIRD SIXTEEN.
First rount-N- X smith Norris County. beat H. O
Parsons. crescent tlH Eoesl. F. A. Moore, Apa-
90 play J.. Ci0urI8y. Apawau- beat A J. watson,
5uuwouds default. = Miller. D-rVac1ie. test
I, Il Fl Tomas M7rris C9unty i g7- W = Ea7s-7 s-7oS74
.oesI. Charles Frssbrev Fox f1-Is beat y Bourne
ueieVaod. g up and t1 play
Moore. and play. Miller tru-lay. 3
and 20 play. Fanlerpoel beat Fres5-ey ~ ls Hoies
FOURTH SINTEEN-
First round D. Bran5r-th. Fox HIS. bea- c. 5 Llt-
wood d. PIur1ruer NoatcIal- 1 u7- A Stl-
Garden CITY, beat c. @. stone Ni1l-rzir. 11
20 play l. Casse5eer. Wyk7gyL beat a T. Hasn't
NykagvI. I u Foot. Auavl-IS h
-lsuEr Sc1tsr-AEuerirau. 3 Up and uIay- e. p 3
lark. Arasanls. bear Roy Gu.ss-a1 trsiae u2 a2t
eat II A. sherman. Apavarsis. 8 up aat 70 play.
,asc stir14n uv- Foot beat clark 5 up and % play;
Nari1rd beat Fullerton. 3 Up ana Co PLAY