Evening star., 1909-02-14
ANOTHER MEDAL FOR
WALTER J. TRAVIS
Garden City Golfer Finishes
First in Pinehurst
Tourney.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

PINEHURST. N c., February ia
gallery of over three hundred people
followed this afternoons final round in
the fifth annual ST. Valentines golf
tournament between Walter J. Travis of
Garden City and G. J.. Becker of the
Woodland Golf Club. which Mr.. Travis
won :, up and to play in match which
kept the crowd guessing until the
thirteenth green, from which point Mr.
Travis drew away steadily.
At the turn the score was all even
and MIR. Travis had rounded out
fortv-one to a forty-twc for his opponent,
with three poor hits, all of which meant
wins scored against him. The tenth was
"a. in favor of Mr.. Travis, giving him
a lead of ] up: the eleventh and twelfth
were haIved I'm % and A. Mr. Becker
took the thirteenth, "a. to even the score.
and the fourteenth. fifteenth and sixteenth
went to Mr. Travis. 4-5, 3-4 and As, and
the two remaining holes were played in
a. and 4-3; the medal scores 81 for
Mr.. Travis, to Al for Mr. Becker.
a total for the round of 1S for the Garden
City player and S3 for the Woodland
golfer.
F. l.. scofeId of the W. F. Eburn won
the consolation from G. It. Curtis of
Rochester. up and to play. In the
second division pretty contest resulted
between Herman Wendell of Wayne. Pa.
and J. D. Foot of Apawamis. which was
won. up. by brilliant put on the
seventh and seventeenth greens. Mr..
Wendell went out in 40 and came back
I'm f.. while Mr.. Foot made 43 and 42.
The Apawamis player was down at
the turn and dCrme 4 on the four
teenth, but won the fifteenth and six
feenth and drove the green on the seven
teenth with Mr.. Wendell short. The
Wayne player over approached. but held
2J-foot put from the grass at the
edge of the green for a three. which
was the best the Apawamis player could
do T. B. Baird OF the Baltimore Country
Club OH the third division. E. S. Davis
of the Franklin Country Club the fourth.
G. B. Hudson of the Rochester Country
Club the fifth. f. S. Parmelee of the
New Haven Country Club the sixth and
w. Fl. Flagg of the Brockton Country
Club the seventh There were trophies
fer the winners and runners-up in all
the leading divisions and for the consola-
ti0n division winners.
The next important event in the country
club schedule is the fifth annual spring
tournament booked for March H. IS. 10
and 2n. and the tournament committee
confidently prophesies that the entrance
list will run very close to the two hundred
mark.
Summary of play in today's match
Presidents Cup.
Final-w j. Travis Garden City, beat G. L.
Becker Woodland. 5 and o
Consolation: Final~E L. scofeld jr.. W. F..
Eburn. beat VI. 7. Curtis. Rochester. 3 up and
] to play.
Governors Cup.
Final-H. Wendell. Wayne. Pa, beat ]. D.
Foot. Apawamis. . up.
Consoa tfon Final %. c. Davis Brockton
Country Club. beat ". E. Truesdell, New York
5 and ..
Secretary's Cup.
Final-T p. Baird. Baltimore Country Club
beat s. Nj. Merrill. Boston 4 and 3
Consolation Final-Paul Starrett Midlothian
beat j. d. C. Rumsey, New York, up.
Treasurer's Cup.
Final-E. s. Davis. Franklin Country Club
beat III. w Rhodes. Median, = up.
Consola tion: FINAL. $. Linsley. New York
beat H. X. Williams. Willow Brook, and /.