The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-08

Wheaton, H., Septemerb 1.-Two east erners and four from the western clubs remain to fight for the national amateur golf championship as the result of to- days matcN play in the national tourna- ment.
 The customers are Walter J. Travis of Garden City, who disposed of Fred al 14-hole match, and Thos. M Sherman of Utica, N. T., son of Vice President sherman, who put A. w. Tillinghast of Philadelphia out of the running 1 up in 19 holes.
 The westerners who remain include Western Champion Charles Evans, Jr., former National Champion H. Chandler Sawyer and Mason Phelps, Warren K. Wood and the two Hunter boys, Paul and Robert. But the luck of the draw, which fell so heavily on the east today will mow down the western contestants tomorrow. Paul Hunter, who today equalled the course record of n made by the Englishman, Norman E. Hunter, Wn6n lHe ltdlu ol IHiiSiSii oAiosSAAS N>~~~~ their tour in 1903, will meet Ned" Saw yer Chandler Egan will contest with Warren K. Wood, while Evans will play against A. Stillwell, the long-driving Midlothian boy.
 The draw was kind to Sherman and Travis, in that it did not place them in the same half, so should they go through their games successfully they will not come together until the finals. Sherman, however, if successful tomorrow, may have to meet Chandler Egan, who IS now playing In the form that won the national championship for him twice. or w. K. Wood.
 Sensational golf marked today's play rot only in the concluding round of the qualifying play this morning, but in the much dreaded play this afternoon which was for only IS holes.
 In the first place there was triple tie for the honor of making the lowest quail flying score between T. M. Sherman, Charles Evans, Jr., and Robert Gardner, the Yale pole vaulter. Each played the 36 holes in 151 strokes. Chandler Egan missed making it four cornered by dub ping a putt of not more than foot on the ninth green and Robert Hunter or Midlothian also missed try for the hon. ors by taking three butts on the 18th green. Egan and Hunters qualifying scores were 152. Ned Sawyer with a beautiful 72 this morning brought his total score to 154.
 Paul Hunters record equalling the score of n, which he made in his match against W. B. Langford, had six threes In 1t, five of them consecutively.
 The match that attracted the gallery was the struggle between w. J. Travis and Fred Herreshoff
 The swarthy old veteran nearly broke his opponents heart on the first hole. Travis dubbed his brassy shot atrocious- ly after pretty tee shot, and Herreshoff responded with beautiful long iron shot nearly to the bunker.
 Travis scowled at his ball minute, then took a wide bladed rusty driving iron and slammed the ball. When it stopped 1t was on the green, 30 feet be- yond the hole. Then he ran down the putt; Herreshoff of course missed his.
 Travis, after losing the lead, again got in front at the seventh, when Herreshoff put his tee shot out of the bounds, and increased 1t at the ninth, when the young New Workers ball found the bunker A 12-foot putt on the eleventh made Travis three up. He was three up when at the fifteenth, when only half to finish the match, he lost three holes straight by bad drives.
 E,,t the extra hole was his Travis third shot, a pitch of about 75 yards. hit the flag and stopped within eight inches of the cup. Herreshoff missed a two-foot putt for half, and for the third time this year Travis marked up a victory against Hereshoff.
 Albert Seckel, who was runner-up in the western championship, made 72 In his match against B. P. Merriman of Waterbury and half dozen other scores