Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
GOLF SCORES AT WHEATON
Walter ]. Travis is Only fastener
Left in National Tourney,
FOR TODAYs MATCHES
d. &c. sawyer and ERsn, seckel and
EvHns, Phelps and Paul Hpnter,
Travis and Gardaer-nests
Cards Of Yesterday.

WHEATON, III. sept S,-FsirinGs for
tomorrow:
I. e, sawyer, wheaton. We u, chsudier
Albert seSkel. Riverside. VS.. Charles
Mason Phelps, Midlothian. VS. Paul
Hunter. Midlothian
Gardner, Hinsdale.
Today's round Of match play in the ma
tidnal amateur golf tournament resulted in
the elimination OF one, OF the two eastern
ers who remained in the running. The un-
fortunate was Thomas II. Sherman OF
Utica, who succumbed to young Atbert
Seckel Of Riverside.
Walter ]. Travis of Garden City. the
other easterner, was successful in , his
match against w. c. Fownes, jr.. Of Pitts
burg, beating him, 4 up 8 to play, and thus
in a measure evening up the score between
these two clever golfers, for twice before
in national tournaments Fownes had laid
the veteran on the shelf by beating him in
extra hole games.
Travis did not start well today, taking
4S going out in the morning, but after that
he steadied and finished the eighteen holes
8 up with a medal score of 70. and in the
afternoon finished the game at the thirty
third hole. The bye holes were played out
and Travis completed the round in 70. the
best he has done since coming TO the
course.
Travis to Meet rdn
Travis tomorrow will meet Robert Gard
ner, the long driving Hinsdale youth, and
as the latter is always dangerous, a good
match is anticipated. Travis, however. has
suddenly recovered the form that has car
ried him successfully through the finals OF
many a hard fought tournament and stands
a splendid chance of getting into the finals
of the national championship for the fifth
time.
Tomorrow will also bring another pair
who have fought for national golfing
honors twice before, II. Chandler Eean of
Exmor, twice winner of the national
championship ana ID. r. Sawyer Of
Wheaton, former western champion. Egan
defeated Sawyer In the national four years
ago, 6 up 8 to play. and also took the
Wheaton players measure in the finals
for the western championship In 1905 by
the same score. Sawyer defeated Egan
in one of the preliminary rounds for the
national championship at Cleveland, two
years ago and right now is playing better
golf than he ever. did before.
Yesterday he made a u in the second
half of the qualifying round and In the
afternoon made a "a in his successful
match against H. r. Schollenberger. This
mornings round against Hunter, was "a
and this afternoon he made a 20. But
Egan, too, is playing better golf than he
has in several years. He has not been
over n since the tournament began. His
rounds today were q and 10 a topped drive
at the short tenth hole, which went into
the weeds cost two strokes. losing him a
chance to tie the record for the difficult
course II.
The Evans-SecHel match win also at
tract attention. Evans defeated Seckel in
the finals FOR the western championship
this year, l up after the closest kline OF
struggle. Both are mere stripiings, but
astonishlngly long drivers.
Seckel this afternoon made a 70 in his
match gains Tom Sherman. This was
beaten, however, by sawyer's u. the best
of the day, The two cards follow: