Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
WILL FORFEIT Title
Travers Not Taking Part in
Golf Championship Fight.
CHICK EVANS GOOD WORK
Makes Nine Holes in Remarkable
Score Of "a.
PLAYING TODAY NOT so GOOD
Travis Does Not Come UP to the
Expectations of Admirers in
His Showing at Wheaton.
CHICK EVANS GOOD WORK
PLAYING TODAY NOT so GOOD

CHICAGO GOLF CLUB. Wheaton, H..
September THE sixty-four survivors of
the field of 10, who entered the national
amateur golf championship tournament,
started i'm tho last IS holes Of the a6-
hole qualifying round today. Tonight
only g. will be left in the battle for the
greatest golf honors of the country. 1t
was expected that far better scores
would be turned in today than was the
rule yesterday. when the cloudy weather
and the chilling breeze which swept over
the course materially Increased the
scores. The work of Charles Evans. jr,
the western champion. who led the field
yesterday with the excellent score OF H.
was still the main topic of the CONVEX
sation about the first tee. Evans made
the first nine holes in 40 yesterday, and
no one looked for him to beat the mark
of Is set by Tom Sherman, the son of
the Vice President. A remarkable 81
by Evans on the return journey gave
him "a and made him the low score
of the day.
There will be a new champion as Je-
rome D. Travers. the winner of last
years tournament, has not appeared to
defend his title. Trayers had planned
to make the trip here, but at the last
moment changed his mind.
Walter j. Travis did not come up to the
expectations of his admirers. He was
paired with Evans in the play yester-
day, and If the match play score had
been counted, Evans would have won
by . up and TO play. Travis admitted
that he was off his game and hoped he
would be able to do better today.
II. Chandler Egan, Exmoor, who had
taken part IN little tournament play this
season. turned in n, and, from the
manner in which he started today, stands
an excellent chance Of winning the medal
for the low qualifying score.
Weather Conditions Better.
Weather conditions were much more
favorable this morning than yesterday.
but some, of the early starters found the
going pretty hard. Walter ]. Travis not
only took three puts each on four greens
of the first nine holes, but plunked his
ball into the side of the bunker guarding
the ninth green. He took Al for the first
nine holes and then drove into the pond
guarding the short tenth hole. j.. T.
Stanley. Jr., Of Deal. who placed himself
among the elect yesterday with a 70, took
Al going out this morning.
Fred Herreshof of Ekwanok played
good golf. negotiating the first nine holes
in 80. This was beaten by Harold Weber
of Toledo. who completed the first half
Chandler Egan had a chance for a &c
on the first nine holes. and then made an
atrocious dub of a 15-inchs putt at the
ninth green, and took four for the hole.
r. p. Cavanagh, the Wisconsin cham
pion, could DO no better than As for the
outward journey, Kenneth Edwards of
Midlothian also took 40. 7. NJ. Claf-
lin OF Woliaston took 49, and J. d.
Standish.. IT.. the Michigan state cham
pion, took ~.
Chick" Evans, the western champion,
spoiled his score by taking three puts
on the eighth green. where he should
have taken only one. His half round
was 80.
d. e. Sawyer of Wheaton, his playing
mate. completed the first half in IS
strokes. the best of the morning.