New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
.BEHR KEEPS GOLF TITLE
Beats Travers in a Close but
Poorly Played Match.
vICTOR's MARGIN ONE HOLE
Each Man Has Now Two Legs on
New Jersey Champion
ship Trophy.


of Pho New Jersey State Golf Associatio.
for the second consecutive year over the
links of the Essex County Country Cluo
Yesterday Max Behr, of Morris County. had
the added satisfaction of doing so at the
expense OF his old master, Jerome u
Trayers. The pair cIashed at thirty-slx
holes. Behr finally winning on the nome
green by the narrow margin OF up
Although there were times when both men
accomplished the brilliant, the match as
whole fell below championship stand
ard Neither man covered himself with
glory in going around in the morning IN 20.
but the closeness of the match. which was
all even when the pair retired for luncheon,
kept the gallery keyed up TO high ten
sion. The scoring was worse In the after-
noon and the card for the entire day was
favorable to Travers by stroke, which is
explained by the fact that Behr had
couple of bad holes. where he took two
strokes more than his opponent
firing badly in the later hours, Travers
lost his direction on his approaches, but
even at that he would have won handily
had he not gone to pieces so completely on
the greens. At no time in his career had
Travors been so hopelessly Off his short
game.
If In the past No. IS bore no especial
significance to Behr,- II probably will IN
future. for he has to thank his good fort
une at that hole both morning and after
noon The first time the pair played the
thirteenth Behr fell wofully short on his
second shot, but, TO his own and every one
else's surprise, Behr's next effort from
far off the green hit the cup so hard as
TO cause the ball to stop stone dead prac-
tically on the lip OF the cup. This ap-
parently upset Travers, who had got home
nicely with two fine shots. Anyway, he
promptly took three puts and lost the hole.
Later IN the day at the same place Behr's
second shot. badly pulled, hit the board
fence only to rebound to the green, and
once again Travers took three puts. there
By losing the hole, which a moment before
looked as good as won.
There we're times during the morning
session when Travers gave evidence of still
possessing some of the oldtime brilliancy,
such as when he laid short mashie shot
out or the long grass dead at the fifth and
got d halve with his opponent in 3, Behr.
by the way, had 20 bring off q trying put
for his 3.
Again. al the next hole, Il wild second
left Travers in the rough to the right Of
the green, but he proved equal to the DC
getting a halve in I. Aside from the fact
that Travers drove well In the morning
these shots we're about his best efforts.
Had it not been for the fact that Behr
pulled out or bounds at the home hole in
the morning Travers would have ended
tho first half 1 down
In the afternoon Behr started out BY
topping his drive from the first tee. a mis-
take which cost him that hole TTaTers
thea ran down ffteen-foo< put for
at the second and won that. This, by the
way, vas the only put of any length that
The Montclair man brought off all day.
Another topped drive from No. was re
sponsible for BeFr losing that hole, and
about that time the Morris County player
looked like a certain loser. He seemed to
be UP in the air almost as high as The air
ship that could be plainly seen on the
eastern horizon
At this juncturs Travers came &c Behr's
rescue by lapsing into an Indifferent state,
which consisted Of a little of everything that
was wrong. Approaches rarely reached
their desired destination. and puts OF four
feet or less we're missed With alarming
frequency. Even SO. Travers found himself
I'D at the turn. having gone out in 90 TO
Il for his opponent.
by taking three puts from q distance Of
scarcely fifteen feet, and Behr was lucky
10 win. considering that he topped his
drive. There vas real class TO the have
IN at the eleventh hole, where T-avers
pulled his drive out OF bounds Behr missed
q put to win on the twelfth green. and his
luck ct the thirteenth has already been
mentioned
At the fourteenth Travers missed another
short put, while Behr won the next On a.
fine 5, thereby becoming l Up, with
holes to play. Travers squared the match
ct the short seventeenth, thanks 20 his
opponent taking three puts, but the Mont
clair man threw away his last chance
when he hesled his drive TO the road going
to the home hole Behr hit a fine ball
straight as an arrow TO within fifteen
yards CT the flag, and won the hole in
10 I, and with il tbs championship. for the
second year in succession
The Montclair GoM Club and the Morris
County Golf Club oev have an equal claim
on the championship cup. as Travers and
Behr have each two legs on the trophy
According TO the conditions, it will become
the permanent property of tAe club whose
representative wirls II three times. The
card OF -eSfevdavsE match ToyIou-s.