Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-15
Travis Lines Up
at the Fifteenth
Green and Quits
Three Times Little Winner Of Golf
Honors Out of 1t at BrOokline to
Anderson.

BROOKLINE Mass, Sept. H.-An en-
tirely new amateur golf champion II MD
den among the eight players who sur
vived a double round Of the Country
clubs COURSE today. Walter l. Travis oil
Garden City, three times title winner oil
the United states Golf association, packed
upihis clubs today at the fifteenth green
where John O. Anderson Of the woodland
Golf club. a former Massachusetts cham-
pion, eliminated him by score OF W
and 3 60 play after match in whlch
Travis was never i'm the lead.
There were too many traps on the
course for my game said Travis.
The other seven victories OF the day
went to- VIII. Wilder of Vesper, Lowell
w. c. Fownes. jr., of Oakmont, Pitts
burg; Fred Herreschoff OF Ekwanok, New
York. Charles Evans, jr., of Edgewater'
Chicago: Warren X. Wood OF Homewood
Chicago; II. Weber of Inverness, Toledo
and w. r.. Tuckerman Of Stockbridge'
Washington.
The wmning eight will meet in the or
der named tomorrow. All have won va
rious district. state and minor association
titles, but none has captured a national
Betting was even at the Country club to-
night on the result of the star match to-
morrow between Herreschoff and Evans
The defeat OF Travis, and the brilliant
playing of Herreschoff and Evans were
the events of the daN. Travis seemed TO
have a fondness for all traps and hazards
and as there are something like four-score
of such impedments between the first tee
and the eighteenth green, he never sue
ceeded in overhauling Anderson's accurate
game. He also developed a surprising
streak Of poor putting, and just before the
end missed an eighteen-inch push into the
cup. Anderson was four up on the home
ward journey on tarap work, 50 that he
had a single hole lead at the lunch hour
In the afternoon Travis put his second
shot for the first hole into the race track
and followed II by short third. Anderson
saved mistakes on the second hole by q
ten-foot put Travis sliced into the rough
on the third but botn played the fourth tc
perfection. Anderson topped on the fifth
The sixth and seventh were played fault
lessly. On the eighth Anderson sent, his
second over the green into the rough and
repeated it on the ninth, where the match
was squared for the first time.
The short tenth was halved and then
Travis game went to smash He sent his
second shot for the eleventh green into the
pond drove into a trap on the twelfth
missed a short putt on the thirteenth and
on the fourteenth, after driving into the
mari pit he picked up his ball The end
came on the next hole. where Travis hooked
his tee shot into the woods.
Herreschoff continued today in beating
Whittemore, the brilliant work that won
him the gold medal in Yesterdays qualify
ing round. Little Chick. Evans the Chi
cago stripping, seemed 10th to put out his
fellow player from the west. ID. T.. Sawyer
and waited until the, latter part of the
Afternoon before he settled matters on the
seventeenth green. Evans played the morn
ing round in 70 and the afternoon in 70
His match tomorrow Nlth Herresohoff is
expected to be hummer
The only match to reach the home green
on the final round to-day was between Nj
r. Tuckerman and r, e. Martin. 1t over
ran to the thirty-seventh hole. where
Tuckerman won. Summary:
National golf championship, second round
ii. H. Wilder vesper, defeated r. A
Brown, Meadow Brook, up and 2 to play.
w. c. Fownes, jr., Oakmont, defeated A
Fred Herreshoff, Ekwanok, defeated p
w Whittemore, the Country club, up anS
to play.
Charles Evans, jr. Edgewater defeated
ID, h, Sawyer, Wheaton, up and to play
Warren X. Wood, Homewood, defeated J.
Gilbert Brae Burn, up and 2 to play.
Travis, Garden City up and to play.
II. Weber, Inverness, defeated r. H. Cor
ton. Brae Burn up and 70 play.
w. r. Tuckerman, Stockbnuge, defeated
F. A Martin, Ekwanok, i up, thirty-sevei
holes.
The drawings tomorrow for the thir,
Wilder VS.. Fownes. Herreschoff VS.. Evans
Wood VS.. Anderson, Weber VS.. Tuckerman